MK3 Cortina GXL recreation

[Paul Nicholes]

Hi everyone

My name is Paul Nicholes and I have a mk 3 Cortina 2 litre GXL lookalike. I have spent 5 and a half years renovating it and altering it in order to recreate, as closely as possible, my dad's car that he had back when I was a young teenager through the mid 70s.

I've done almost all the work myself in my home garage, only the heavy machining, chroming and final paint spraying (badly 🙄) were done by other people. 

It's a custom shade of green similar to onyx green that I had mixed to match what I remember my dad's car looking like. Black vinyl roof, black interior, all the GXL badges, trim and accessories - Rostyle wheels quad headlights etc. The engine is nearly standard 2 litre pinto that has been balanced and ported and a fast road cam fitted. 

You can see full details of the restoration on my website www.mk3cortina.co.uk

 

[Vista Estate]

Thank you Paul for inducing your stunning car.

Thank you aswell for agreeing to join us on the OSF stand at the NEC Classic Motor Show 2025.

You have really got the OSF spirit in this car 👍

[PeteRS8084]

Lovely Tina. ........is that fern green mettalic, sure my dad had a 1300L escort mk1 in that green.

[Nige65]

The GXL and GT were the best looking Mk3’s, lovely motor 👍

[BaileyMex]

Very nice, love the colour!

[Dave Knight]

Kin ell dash porn! GXL, the best of the MK3. Welcome to OSF Paul. Not far from me. A short pop over Woodhead! Stunning Tina. Welcome to OSF.