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.
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❤
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.
@@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
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.
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
@@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.
Before You even Mess with It you Need to Push it Outside and Pressure wash it Good, Not Healthy, with all the Mold, Beside it would give you Incentive.
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.
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
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.
