Callum gives you an in-depth tour of the nearly completed Mk1 Cortina, from bare-shell blasting to Duratec fire-up. www.speedhut.com/Speedbox.html targaclub?igshi...
The owner of these cars is a man of culture and taste. He could have bought Ferraris, or McLarens, but spent it like a proper bloke on some sub zero bespoke cars. I like it.
He doesn't actually. We've built four cars for him. He has a good few others but absolutely nothing you'd call a supercar. I think the closest he has to something like that is an old AMG C63 507 edition. Everything else is old and cool
These cars were the "every man" car, it doesn't make them less appealing or even less collectable, there is a picture of me with my brother and my cousin i am about a year old sitting on the roof of a Cortina MK1, it had a Lotus engine, but wasn't a Lotus Cortina, my dad told me later, that car scared him... i am still fascinated by the rear light cluster. beautiful.
Princess discs was always a good upgrade in the old days.My dad had 2 mk1 Lotus Cortinas in the60's when they were disposable-Sold one to a work colleague who didn't close the bonnet properly and folded it over the windscreen!Lovely job.
Just amazing guys love how much detail you share and show us you don't run a restoration garage you run a rolling art gallery each build takes the level up.one day when I win the lottery im having you build me 2 mķ2 escorts 1 Honda vtec powered stratos silver harrier then 1 bonkers wide arch ultra low audi rs3 powered 4x4 monster leave a space in your diaries guys😉👌👊
Beautiful work from the Retropower crew. That two door Mk1 "Corti" reminds me of a Mk1 GT500 that a mate of mine owned back in 1968, we used to compete in Rally events, such a nice little car that went like a scalded cat.
@@stephenscholes4758 correct, and an old Aussie. I did think that the GT500 was unique to Australia. It was a great little beast but the body structure weaknesses showed up pretty quickly on some of the Rally forest trails. Didn't know about the connection with Lowndes's dad... every day's a school day.
Nicely understated is very modest. The vehicles you build should be eligible for an automotive design award. The design and planning behind these builds is innovative and inspiring. Thanks guys.
Glorious, superb, amazing. I am so envious of the customers and fascinated by the build quality and amazing attention to detail. I love this channel. Please keep it up.
Thank you for doing an exclusive talk through on the Costina. What a beautiful car. If this proud owner does indeed use it as a daily driver, it will undoubtedly turn heads. Looking forward to your test drive, stay safe lads!
I love just clicking on to hear you describe the effort you go to, wonderful wonderful work, now with computer-aided accuracy. Lovely. always love the understated colours and the no bumper & blacks....neat.
Very interesting and thank you for answering a question I had from Harry's video in which he suggested that it wasn't going to be road legal and only used for track events. Cheers
4 dislikes? Seriously? How the hell anyone can dislike the work these guys do is beyond me.😖 I love this Cortina. My 1602 BMW is much the same in a lot of ways, albeit built on about a tenth of the budget and more a DIY build. The ethos and look is much the same though. I just need a lotto win to have RP build me another. 😀
You can appreciate the skill and work but not admire the choices made in terms of colour, stance, trim etc...for instance I absolutely love the mechanicals of their Cortina but not such a fan of it's overall "look" - too boy-racer...the Murray Escort is great because it is soooo understated
Enjoying the updates greatly. I had a Mk2 column change with the lovely webasto roof. Slow as a wheelchair but loved it. Would love to see a build of an Anglia 105 estate. Such a great shape. Mate of mine back in the day had one with a skull head gear knob. legend.
Congrats, beautifully daone cars, and great info on all. Must see theses cars being put through its paces. Want to see Gordon Murray's Escort on the track.
That’s why you’re the boss - smarts... make really bad tea and coffee so everyone else wants to step in and do it for you! 😉 The detail like the hydraulics and screen wash reservoirs are beautiful.
Fitting a full roll cage to my 105E made a huge difference in body stiffness, as beforehand jacking up one corner I had to really yank (jerk) the door open and not a hope of getting it closed again. With cage fitted ALL the flex was gone and best of all was a lap of Kyalami nearly 2seconds up when I raced there in the early ‘70s. Umbrella brake handle.
Nice, like the way they have used alternative, yet Ford parts for this essentially unique Cortina! I reckon tho' I would probably want a shorter gearstick! And a very clean funnel to fill those fluid reservoirs, so as not to strip the paint in that lovely engine bay. love the suspension mods, subtle, but radical! Sierra disks on the rear with Fiesta MK2 front calipers. Lovely! Nice explanation about the original door skin cap ,and new sheet metal lower! Likin' it!
I saw the cars in Harry's video and immediately recognized them as Retropower projects. It would be fun if you could do a joint video where he test drives them.
Love retro cars, love Harry's garage and love Tyrell. Can't tell you how much you and them chill me out. Perhaps see if your customers would allow Harry to do a little drive, I'd love to know how your cars drive and how they compare to the originals.
Awesome mate I’ll have two please. Fist one to be read,black and white please. Second one to be English racing green with appropriate looking strips please.
Utterly beautiful, sad really but as I watched I was thinking how I would have mine built if I suddenly got rich. pre airflow but with the airflow dash, silver steel wheels with hub caps, bumpers.... otherwise the same as this. Well done to you all, as an old boy I remember how fun these cars could be with modded suspension and more power, yours goes far beyond.
