This is my seriously long term project. Its been in the workshop for years. I bought the Cortina as a running car in 1995.
I found it in a small ad in the back of Custom Car magazine. Can you imagine paying this amount for a 2 door Mk1 today? I done a deal and drove it home from Nottingham to Essex. I was very happy with it .
I used the Cortina as it was for a few months whilst I tried to make up my mind about what to do with it . At the time I was only interested in V8's and so I began to formulate a plan. Remember this was 1996 - I was young and daft and I thought the 'Pro-Street' look would be cool.
Originally it was a Delux trim. The interior was not too bad, but almost none of it would be used.
Someone had fitted a 1500GT engine, though it had started life as a 1200 Delux. If I had a Mk1 like this now it would get a symathetic restoration, but at the time the Cortina 2 door was not as desirable or valuable as it is now so I hatched a plan to cut it up . In my defence, the floor was rotten and needed a lot of welding. The front wings were made of filler, but the rest seemed OK.
I'll post some pics of the build when I get round to it .
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