I would share the story of the time my S1 Esprit burned to a crisp but it was not a Ford, so...
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- Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:46 am
- Forum: Thanks for the Memories
- Topic: A Tale Of Two Cortinas
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3715
- Tue Jun 21, 2022 4:10 pm
- Forum: Thanks for the Memories
- Topic: A Tale Of Two Cortinas
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3715
Re: A Tale Of Two Cortinas
Chapter 2 We are getting to the Cortinas, patience… I am pulling most of this info from a diary my wife kept for that year as we were newly pregnant. Still needed some basic transportation so we picked up a wee basic Mini which would not stay in gear for £8 (just needed new engine steady bushes, les...
- Tue Jun 21, 2022 4:02 pm
- Forum: Thanks for the Memories
- Topic: A Tale Of Two Cortinas
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3715
A Tale Of Two Cortinas
Found this while cleaning up files etc...can only post 3 pics at a time so...long and boring but is IS about Cortinas (mostly). A Tale Of Two (Lotus) Cortinas. It was the best of cars, it was the worst of cars…okay, I’ll stop there, apologies Mr Dickens – besides, it - the Mk1 Cortina, was never the...
- Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Spammer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2402
- Sun May 22, 2022 12:20 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Van Dusen Garden's ABFM 2022
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7420
Re: Van Dusen Garden's ABFM 2022
That cream coloured car to the left of the CX is a replica of a Lister "Knobbly" was built by a friend of mine. Built from drawings - I first saw it some 4 years ago when it was just a pile of metal bits waiting to be welded together... He formed all the panels by hand/english hammer and p...
- Sat May 14, 2022 11:43 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Van Dusen Garden's ABFM 2022
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7420
Re: Van Dusen Garden's ABFM 2022
Me too, hopefully the weather will cooperate like 2017. https://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/17/10/84/53/abfm_f13.jpg 20% chance of precipitation according to forecasters, sorry - weather people - sorry meteorologists or whatever they are calling these people this week. PS, precipitation is any product of...
- Fri May 13, 2022 9:06 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Van Dusen Garden's ABFM 2022
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7420
Re: Van Dusen Garden's ABFM 2022
Featured marque anniversary celebrations, carried forward from 2020 & 2021, are Triumph Stag’s 50th, English Ford’s 100th, and Jaguar E-Type’s 60th anniversary. Odd, 2020-2022 is not the 100th anniversary of anything related English Ford. Maybe they mean 110th anniversary as the for English ass...
- Fri Feb 18, 2022 1:01 pm
- Forum: Technical Discussion
- Topic: Bisistor ant-feedback unit
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4172
Re: Bisistor ant-feedback unit
I have been vainly dredging the memory to try to recall if the FFR Land Rovers I wandered the hills and dales of Yorkshire in back in the '60s had these devices fitted. Don't believe so but... The RAF FFRs (Fitted For Radio and thus 24V electrics) did have "something" to isolate the batter...
- Tue Feb 15, 2022 12:02 pm
- Forum: Technical Discussion
- Topic: Bisistor ant-feedback unit
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4172
Re: Bisistor ant-feedback unit
A regular coil with some form of isolation as you suggest or just a coil with a fancy name?
- Mon Jan 10, 2022 1:42 pm
- Forum: Member Introductions
- Topic: new to the site
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13828
Re: new to the site
Didn't put the SHO motor in, 220hp wasn't enough, so I went for 240hp! (S2000)
- Mon Jan 10, 2022 1:40 pm
- Forum: Member Introductions
- Topic: new to the site
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13828
Re: new to the site
Yes Brett, that white one was the one I abused with that transplant!
Thanks for posting the photos.
Thanks for posting the photos.
- Mon Jan 10, 2022 1:38 pm
- Forum: Member Introductions
- Topic: new to the site
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13828
Re: new to the site
very clean look installation , is that a taurus should engine Just the intake, I passed on the SHO install due to the weight and a couple of other issues, as well as the Zetec, the Miata, The Pinto, The KA24DE and a couple of others and stuffed an S2000 drivetrain in, photos are (or were) on this s...
- Sun Jan 09, 2022 3:28 pm
- Forum: Member Introductions
- Topic: new to the site
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13828
Re: new to the site
All Cortinas are!
- Sun Jan 09, 2022 1:08 pm
- Forum: Member Introductions
- Topic: new to the site
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13828
Re: new to the site
Definitely sounds like too much work, sell it (to me) I pay in multi-coloured Canadian dollars and will include the first, second and third born (all adults, all gainfully employed and all house trained) :D As for the photos, it is a pain in the ass to fiddle around to get them to load but when the...
- Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:15 pm
- Forum: Member Introductions
- Topic: new to the site
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13828
Re: new to the site
the lotus has turned into one of those "I might just as well " projects , I took the gearbox out about a month ago to change the clutch and fix the jumping out of reverse gear problem , when I bought the car the previous owner had thought it a good idea to paint the engine bay battleship ...