anglia58 Posted June 13, 2023 Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 hi, i got side tracked, from the things i still have to do, a mate of mine wanted again an old ford, he saw one, and asked me to go and see it, on the other end of holland, that's 190 miles from us we went with an mondeo estate with some spare parts in it, we had a look, a chat with eelke (the seller) who is a very nice guy, the car was like he sayed , so he bought it, traded in the mondeo, and we drove it back the 190 miles, we had a lot of fun on the way back, we made it with out any problems, last weekend we fixed a few things witch were needed, like weld a few plates in the wheel wells, a piece in the chassis beam, also two holes in the right wing, and sprayed these, and this was all don on the public road, becaurse my mate hasn't got a garage, i got 4 and i still have to work outside, a bit stupid i think , but the weather was nice, and we had a lot of fun, like 2 kids with a new toy, and you get distracted by the women and girls passing by, especial with the hot weather we have. now we just have te renew the backbrakes and kabel, and it could be good to go to an mot, then we got enough time to the other things to fix. so you see you have to be a bit nuts to want to drive an old ford, it dosn't come for nothing, but it's worth al the effort, to drive an old ford, cheers marcel, and jan the owner of the taunus estate 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Knight Posted June 13, 2023 Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 Love those pictures mate. This was a typical scene in the 70’s, 80’s in the UK. The blue oval, 190 miles no issues 👏👏 be good to see the progress through updates. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia58 Posted June 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 i know, i have seen that a lot over here aswell, in this piece of my town they made a book of the history of my neighbourhood, and the girl that made the pictures and the book, made a piece of me will i was welding on my transit in the early evening, and stated that it used to be normale, and you could still see it here, a lot of people know me or my cars, so if you are nuts enough you will be a selebrity, don't need a ferrari, just an old ford will do, cheers marcel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaileyMex Posted June 13, 2023 Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 Love that, and the cat looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pack 2000 Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Dont most people repair cars on the streets these days with greater density housing? I dont even have a garage just a carport and I often resort to parking two wheels on the gutter to get under it rather than using a jack. In your photos there seems to be a little inlet there between trees thats just a perfect outdoor workspace. More work less girl watching! 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 12 hours ago, BaileyMex said: Love that, and the cat looks great. THATS A CAT ! ! ! ! OMG! 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaileyMex Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Doh!! Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janneman Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 That’s BOB the Dog😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miniliteman Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 If I didn't have a nice garage to work in I would convert the living room. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vista Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Slot mags 👍😎 There was a time when they were everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pack 2000 Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 29 minutes ago, Vista said: Slot mags 👍😎 There was a time when they were everywhere! Australia! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Wolfrace Slot Mags . . . . . . Far too much good taste involved to be fitted in Aus 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia58 Posted June 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 hi baileymex, thanks for calling my fury 4 leged friend bob, a cat, now i got a pissed off dog, he wants to have a talk with you, i don't believe that, i think he want to bite you, may be the best solution is, some sesions with a psychiatrist for him and sent you the bill. my mate from the taunus estate (cortina) sent me some more pictures of the work we did on the public road, witch you not allowed to do, but when you are a criminal you don't care that the other cars, are now red aswell. we will update when we fix other things on the car, cheers marcel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaileyMex Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 7 hours ago, anglia58 said: hi baileymex, thanks for calling my fury 4 leged friend bob, a cat, now i got a pissed off dog, he wants to have a talk with you, i don't believe that, i think he want to bite you, may be the best solution is, some sesions with a psychiatrist for him and sent you the bill. Ah man, I meant CAR not cat 😁 Sorry Bob hahaha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pack 2000 Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 21 hours ago, katana said: Wolfrace Slot Mags . . . . . . Far too much good taste involved to be fitted in Aus That was in the old days before we went the American big wheel crazy. We even made our own wheels back then too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Boy Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 Nice work 👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accord83 Posted June 16, 2023 Report Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 15/06/2023 at 14:42, Rally Pack 2000 said: That was in the old days before we went the American big wheel crazy. We even made our own wheels back then too. 🤔Mmmm, in the old days before y’all decided as a nation that bad taste was something to be excelled at James? 😂🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pack 2000 Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 10 hours ago, accord83 said: 🤔Mmmm, in the old days before y’all decided as a nation that bad taste was something to be excelled at James? 😂🤣 I think alot of it has to do with tyre size availability. We have only a fraction of choice you get there and tyre sellers hate you asking for something specific. They give you one choice and one choice only and get stroppy if you don't blindly accept it. Tall profile types are almost impossible to get out side the basic standard ones for modern vehicles. So if you want wider all they have for you is really low profile stuff. So I think over time people have been steered into big wheels and low profile tyres. Remember too that our car culture is all about V8s and muscle cars. British Fords are nothing but a quaint oddity here that people smile at when you go past. They even abolished regular touring cars just to race V8s in our premier racing category. (They were even being beaten my naturally aspirated M3 4 Cylinder cars let alone Sierra Cosworths) So the yobbos had every thing but their precious dinosaurs banned so they could claim to be winners again. Such is their mindset. Now that we dont even make Falcons or GM Commodores anymore you may think they would open the field up and resume regular racing, nope its all Camero and Mustang racing fully imported from the good ol USA. Any other categories that try to get a foothold they ensure gets cancelled. It really is a V8 cult here in motorsport. So we basically have a completely American car culture here so whatever fads they jump into it trickles down to here too. So big wheels and tyres it is. Thats in the modified scene though I have noticed a pull back to semi original wheel sizes at nostalgia is clawing back a few to originality. The photos I post in my "Day Out" thread show a reign in on the donk wheel front. But for me with 13in wheels forget it! Even a mini at the last show had bigger wheels than mine! 15s I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accord83 Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 @Rally Pack 2000That’s so sad James, you must regard yourself as a missionary spreading the word, 13” is plenty! (That sounds slightly rude🤔) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pack 2000 Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 1 hour ago, accord83 said: @Rally Pack 2000That’s so sad James, you must regard yourself as a missionary spreading the word, 13” is plenty! (That sounds slightly rude🤔) 13in? I wish!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierra3dr Posted June 18, 2023 Report Share Posted June 18, 2023 (edited) @anglia58 love you enthusiasm,very encouraging. I have been doing welding repairs on my MK5 Cortina,and I have learnt,when doing welding on my Sierra and needing to paint inside on the B post,I couldn't use the spray gun. So I tried brushing it on,and the result was equally the same as spraying paint on. So now,I have been just brushing 2K paint on my Cortina. It saves having to cover the rest of the car Edited June 18, 2023 by sierra3dr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia58 Posted June 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2023 hi, we are still working in the estate, the rear brake needed to be replaced, we did that, it's a real pain, it's just a crap system, we change some springs in to bolts and springs, the originale stuff is total crap, we drilled a hole in de gears witch adjust the shoes, now we can adjust them with a screwdriver, everything new on the back, so time to pull the air out of the system, did that, we had crap brakes, the next day we unbolted the mastercilinder, and saw that it has leaked about 1/2 a liter of brake fluid in the booster, the last owner just top it up, and never asked himself where it went, (dumbo), so i had a look in my pile of parts, and i had one, it'has an m10 and m12 conection, put that on, pulled the air out, at the last wheel we lost half of oure pedale presior, si i thought it has broken a cup inside, i did had that at one time, we looked for an other one in my pile, and yes i got an other one, we used that, we had pressior, but not great, i dove a round with the car, stamped a few times on the brakes, pulled the handbrake, and yes after 6 times the pedale went to the floor, we didn't have any brakes left, i have taken the 2 master cilinder apart, and found notthing wrong with them, that's a lot of time and work spent, and we got nowhere, there is a block in the brake lines witch could have a switch in it, that would switch a light up, when there is a differents in the brake back to front, we are going to remove this, i just ordered some conections to do this, and then we will try the mastercilinders again. we also had a look witch diff is in the axle, it should be 4.1, if that was the case we would use a 3.78, then his car would drive the same with 320rpm less, but it has a 3.9 so it would only be 120rpm, that's to much work for nearly no gain, he's looking for a 3.45 diff, it's the small koln diff nobody likes, i don't no why. it's stronger than an english axle, you just can't buy a slippdiff for it, his rpm's will drop 450 with this one, or he will buy an 3.44 big atlas axle. i am not a fan of these cortina's, but this one has lowered springs, ajustable spax, nice seats, 2 litre, 5 speed, rare colour(not originale) lots of space, and it just drives realy nice, and my mate loves it, we will make more changes to improve the car, after getting brakes and an mot on it so you see you have to be nuts and stupid to want to drive these old fords, now we just need a doctor to confirm this. pictures, the second one, showes some welding on a strip to keep the shoes inplace, someone broke a piece of it, we repaired it, on the fifh picture it's got a block like we want to get out off the car. cheers marcel, my mate jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pack 2000 Posted June 21, 2023 Report Share Posted June 21, 2023 11 hours ago, anglia58 said: so you see you have to be nuts and stupid to want to drive these old fords, now we just need a doctor to confirm this. I have a sane certificate by a formal panel with a 4 to 3 majority to prove im not nuts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia58 Posted June 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 hi, i got the connections to remove the litle block, did that, and used an other new mastercilinder, took the inside out and have put that inside an other new one that we used, the body has the right connections for the lines, and the result was, still no brakes, we where thinking, that the new mastercilinders are old stock, that the cups where to old, i was looking for something else, and i found my set to make brake pipes, i thought i will take an escort cilinder, clean that, and put new cups in that, and try that, witch i did, didn't work, i looked the car over, and i finally fixed it, it's got brakes, my mate can take it to the mot, hoping everything is right, i can clean 3 new cilinders and put them together and trow them back on the pile, cheers marcel 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janneman Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 Marcel,. thanks for all the hard work. I would never have succeeded without you. what seemed like a simple job ended in a brake dilemma. fortunately it worked. with lots of cups of tea and chatting and chinese food I still found it cozy. thanks for everything.. cheers Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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