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by carrat
Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 72 cortina restoration begining to eventuall completion
Replies: 36
Views: 47038

The pictures of your car take me back a lot of years. I owned a MkIII Cortina back in NZ. I bought it with an early V6 already installed, From memory a 2.8litre, I then bought a 3.0 litre Capri motor, a 5 speed Toyota trans, had a bell housing made to put the two together and proceeded to cut the fi...
by carrat
Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:50 pm
Forum: Thanks for the Memories
Topic: 1972 Twin cam Escort
Replies: 0
Views: 7109

1972 Twin cam Escort

I was about 18 when I bought the Twin cam off a friend I knew from school. It was his mothers car that he had inherited as his own when he got his licence. When I got the car it was less than perfect in both body and soul, I was, and still are in the automotive body/paint trade and thankfully one of...
by carrat
Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Escortosis"
Replies: 4
Views: 7880

Re: "Escortosis"

IFHP wrote:Beware of the dangers of Escortosis...

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=yBqCnrCKq8E
I'm going through the DT's for my old Twin cam ever since reading about them in Retro car. I even have my father doing a casual search for a Mk.1 back in NZ. :(