I had v6 mk 1. Trying to fit v8 in car without cylinder heads and exhaust is probably not the way. Mk 2's have a lot more room under the hood than mk 1. My mk1 v6 blew all away around tight streets. Even mates worked Valiant 318 coup ! 289 was next but I went into Falcons instead. Good luck mate. Cheers from New Zealand
believe it or not...I had an Air scoop like that on my car...it literally pulls the air away from the carb and starves it out at hi speeds.... Ford used to remove the Hi beams and run hoses directly to the carb thru a special air 'cleaner' so to speak... I was a teen an didn't quite understand the dynamics of the air flow,,, having it facing the back air was pulled out of the engine bay to cool it... it really wasn't a scoop... that's what the tubes running from the hi beam 'removal' did... look it up...in Ford race cars with that scoop...they always supplied air to the car thru the hi beam headlight delete holes
We likely need to do some testing with small strips of paper taped to the back of the scoop, hood, and just in front of the windshield to see where the air flows. Our theory is that one of two things happens: 1) dead air at back of scoop/base of windshield gets pulled into air cleaners. 2) or air coming through the radiator has an easier exit at top of engine which improves radiator cooling, but means hot air is being pulled into the air cleaner
i saw a 3 litre v6 version 5 speed all wheel discs = dark blue with black interior 1/2 cage roll bar = super fast scary in the wet toy play songs on the gas peddle !
Great to see the Cortina coming along. Looking at the rot, there is nothing there that scares me and in fact it is less rotten than most I have seen over the years. The places it has gone are all typical for the model...and don't be surprised if there is rust in the lower lip of the windscreen / rear glass apertures when you get the glass out, as they were famous for hiding it there - especially in the corners of the A and C pillars. The two-door was fairly rare not to be in GT or Lotus spec and even then, there weren't many two-door cars produced or shipped outside the UK. The gearbox that came out would have been a Borg-Warner BW35 - a typical unit that was used in many British cars of the period. In the Cortina though, it was horrible. The box never really used first gear except to roll off the mark, so second gear had a heck of a job to do before dropping into third. However, because of the diff ratio (I think), the gearbox had a mind of its own when you'd pull out to overtake if you were doing between 40-55mph (64-88km/h) and would kick back into second if you floored it. The problem was that if you were doing anything 50 (80km/h) or over, by the time the box realised it should not have chopped down, you were inevitably run over by the truck coming the other way! A big, heavy beast of a gearbox, they did put up with a heck of a lot of abuse and were also used in the likes of Jags (both the straight 6s and V12s) and even the Triumph Stag. I am seriously looking forward to seeing the bodywork complete and then seeing it come together with that marvellous 289. The T5 sounds like the right box for the job for sure, too and although there will be additional weight up front with the engine, there are ways of saving weight with some of the Mustang components that you're looking to put up front to beef her up a bit (and sad to say it all comes down to budget). Also, there are aluminium / fibreglass panels that (if regulations allow) could be substituted for the likes of the bonnet and boot lid....although maybe not in rural Saskatchewan! I must admit though, my mother never had issues driving the 4-door MkII of Dad's with its 289 and 4-speed...and at 5'3" and slight built, she would have struggled if the unassisted steering was heavy. We also owned a 1937 Hillman Hawk and she would swear and curse under her breath as she heaved on the steering wheel in that, so my statement is not without precedent. I seem to remember Dad carrying a couple of large concrete paving slabs in the boot when he went to the drag strip and I do remember that the vehicle could spin the wheels in third gear under the right conditions and light them up even when starting off on a downhill slope, so I don't think the paving slabs were for homologation purposes, eh.... Being that this was in the mid-late 70s, performance tyres were not as sticky as they are now and there would be certain liberties that you will be able to take with the Cortina for the track that Dad couldn't for the road-going car - especially with the setup of the rear end - so getting the power down on the tarmac may not be as difficult. Man, I wish I lived closer! I'd love to come and give you a hand with the body and general fit-up....and my wife is getting worried because I'm talking about what you blokes were about to do and then thinking aloud about the options for repowering my Triumph 2500S sedan when its engine comes up for rebuilding soon! There's one (or two) very large puddle(s) between you and me though, so it's not an easy drive to get there. Maybe one day....if only to see and hear that car on the track! All the best
Wrong front end. The Mach1 had an endura front bumper, painted to match the body color, and the hood and side trim were the same. Keep the chrome for the sportsroof whereit belongs.
To the people who question the tail lights, I checked them and they do not say AMC, or Hornet, or have a year on them, nor do they say Ford, or Cortina. What they do say is “Canada”. That suggests it is a variant for the Canadian market. Not conclusive, but a possibility. I know the Hornet did not differentiate taillights for Canada.
@@FTW523. Apparently it was spotted by a grader operator as he smoothed gravel on the back roads of the relatively dry prairie farming region of Saskatchewan Canada. In that province the government doesn’t use as much salt on the winter highways as most places do, and never spreads salt on gravel roads. This means less salt eating metal and there are a lot of good survivor cars from this region of Canada. Also, with so much space on the prairies, farmers tend to just put their retired cars on a grassy gully area or on a field just out of their farm yard. This is why we say God bless Saskatchewan, or call it the “promised land” for car guys.
Wow! The ol' MkII 2-door! Don't see many of them about any more. Back in the day, a lot of them that were poverty spec were turned into Lotus Cortina replicas, although most didn't get the twin cam Lotus engine for obvious reasons. Same options down here in New Zealand on the late 68 through 70 models - the poverty spec 1300 crossflow or the 1600 crossflow (aka 711M or 'Kent' engine). The earlier MkII (67-early 68) had the 1200cc and 1500cc non-crossflow engine that was carried over from the MkI. The 1600 was the best of the bunch for power power and modification ability, with the pre-crossflow 1500 being the block that was used for the twin cam Lotus head. Great little cars in and of their time, they still perform well now and trying to find one that has not been repowered with a 2-litre Pinto or heavily modded 1600 is a hard call. Funny you mentioned the 289 - my Dad traded his '67 MkII GT for a '67 MkII Cortina that had a 289 out of a Mustang GT, the 4-speed gearbox out of a MkIV Ford Zodiac and a shortened Mustang diff. It backfired through the carb one night and the engine bay caught fire, destroying a lot of the wiring and melting the carb itself. Dad decided that what the engine needed was a bit more breathability, so sat down with it to plan the rebuild, which included balancing and blueprinting from one end to the other. I don't know what the internals were or the final cubic inches or horsepower, but I do know that it sounded awesome, was bloody quick and she red lined at 7200rpm, so he must have had some serious internals and a wicked cam. I also know that the speedometer needle would easily wind around to where it would point straight down through the middle of the high beam warning light on the dial - about 140mph - and still wanted to keep going. He was doing that one day along an undulating road a few miles from our home and on one crest we suddenly found ourselves airborne. After she landed and Mum gave him an earful, Dad backed it off to a relatively sedate 90mph which, considering the open road speed limit at the time was 50mph / 80km/h, was a good start! This vehicle (we called it "The Beast") was a 4-door, she was white with an orange vinyl roof (it was the 70s after all), orange pinstripes on the body line on each side and orange paint in two rectangles on the bonnet and boot lid in the style of the Mustang GT livery. After the fire, the orange on the bonnet and boot was painted satin black. It was a great car and gave Dad much joy every time he drove it....although after imitating the Wright Brothers, he never drove that quick again with Mum or us kids in the car. I'll look forward to seeing how this progresses, guys! All the best.
@@KiwiStag74This is why I love cars, and put out what we do on RU-vid! Such a great story of how a car can define a time in your life and bring family together laughing over the “remember when” discussions. You’ve made my day! If you ever want to come to Canada & work on it, for fun with like minded people my home has room for you. - Rodney.
@@Rodneys_Rods - So glad the story had the desired effect. I have a few more about that particular vehicle and the others that Dad built over the years. When I think about it, my entire childhood and teenage years seem to be filled with one family vehicle or other that "just needed a bit of pepping up" and would involve hours in the garage with Dad as I gave him a hand with them - whether it was cleaning the engine bay while the engine was being worked on on the bench, handing him tools while he was under the car, watching for fires in the cabin area when he was welding underneath, cleaning parts or (when I was older) reseating / grinding / lapping in the valves on a head (or porting and polishing the chambers and intake manifold) while he was setting up the engine block ready for it. The love of the older cars has stuck with me over the years, although nowadays I prefer fabricating and restoring bodywork and interiors rather than rebuilding engines although I will still work on them and the suspensions of my classics. Mate - I'd love nothing more than to give you a hand with the project if I ever could! Truly, it would be such a kick to see - in the flesh - and hear another MkII running a 289. I thank you for your invitation and if it ever becomes a possibility, I will certainly get in touch although at this stage it's not on the yearly planner and I will just have to keep cheering you along from the sidelines in the interim!
Point of interest - at least in the UK - the Mk2 started life in '66 with the 1300 from the off, only the 1500 being carried over from the Mk1. Crossflow heads appeared a little later on the 1300 but all had the 5 bearing crank. However, some markets did retain the 1200 for a little while as not all territories were given the same line-ups at the same time for various local conditions.
I know what I'd put in it, got it in my shop. Something that would keep weight dist. more reasonable and capable of more bhp than it should have. No I won't tell you, you wouldn't approve, about which I couldn't care less.
@@mescko Hi, I’m sure everyone has their own unique opinion, which keeps the world interesting. Whatever it is, I am not offended. Thanks for watching and commenting.
saw it on Kijiji last year & missed it, I bought a MK2, 2 door from Ontario. Be interesting to see how the resto goes. If you need help with parts, let me know.
To the people who insist that the taillights are not Mk2 Cortina units, perhaps they're not in your part of the world. There's a possibility that the Canadian delivered Mk2's used their own unique taillight. The U.S delivered Mk1 Cortina's had their upside down "Peace" symbol taillights changed from a combination Amber-Red lens to an all Red lens, maybe Canada had their own rules / regulations with respect to taillight specifications. I have never seen any other Canadian Mk2 Cortina's so I cannot confirm, but as Rodney's Rods has stated in other reply's they fit perfectly like they're meant to be there.
@@FMFGUF That is what they look like to me. Canadian Mk2 Cortinas had tail light assemblies identical to European cars but appropriately coloured lenses for North American specifications.
Way back in 1992 I brought a 1500 mk2 Pre xflow with manual column change was a elderly gentleman who brought it from new in 67 it had bench seats as far as I know only about 5 were still around in them days an extremely rare car then I wonder how many are left now? I wish I still had it now❤
I had a 67 1300 cortina 2 door (2 doors were less common than 4 doors,), mine had the pre-crossflow engine, if you're looking for parts try these people ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uxFHfq3qPgM.htmlsi=D-Z-GtJOmQ689bRP although a 4 door it's got the rostyle wheels and tail lights and probably lots of other little bits you could use, i'd go with the pinto engine (you could go to 3 litre v6 essex and have a savage cortina and have everything bolt to together) as the 289 would make it very front end heavy whereas the pinto can be made to go good (still plenty of stuff available) and the handling can be good.
The pre xflow 1300 and 1500 MK2 sure did have manual column change in the UK I use to have a 1500 Super in cherry black got mine in 1992 with all the paperwork Inc original bill of sale from 67
I had a Cortina 1600 GT as my first car, awesome little machine. Couple of photos here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sn4UtFywxrc.html
I've had 3 of those Tina's they are very British they made the 3ltr savage and I think an Australian v8 not sure I know they had the capri mk1 parana there ,nice cars thanks for sharing oh they also had the lotus version incase you didn't know haha
Had a 68 2dr back in 1994 fitted with 351 cleveland c4 and 9'' diff. engine bay length and trans tunnel size were the issue. recessed the fire wall 6inches and fabricated new trans tunnel and it fitted. Was bit of a handfull
@@Rodneys_Rodsim in the UK, and own 5 various cortinas, and can tell you 100% they are not cortina rear lights, google mk2 cortina and have a look at pictures, you will see the lights on yours are very wrong
As far as I know mold grows in dim moist conditions( usually indoors). This car was found covered in this black moss like substance after years of sitting outside. Definitely worth cleaning but I would be shocked if it was mold.
I really don’t know if it is Moss or Mould, but as I think about it there is not much moisture around here on the prairies so much more likely it is a moss.
