Steve.L

It's about time i started a thread on here
This is my mk1 project



I bought it with a rover v8 lump and 3 speed auto fitted ,I Never liked Rover engines so it was binned off leaving a huge hole ,
I have had to do some serious work to get it where it is now


























More to come

Steve.L

Rotten wings?

Tev

iTrader: (2)

Very nice! I really fancy a mk1 cortina

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Cool project. I was shocked when I seen the pic of the car with no floor.

Steve.L

puddy

Some great work there , best thing you could have done is bin the V8 !

I have a x flow powered mk1 as well , gotta love a Tina .

puddy

Steve.L

I have had the engine and type 9 in mocked up ,Im hoping to get the bay finished next so i can get the ecu wiring etc sorted ,While i prep the whole car for paint


I re fabbed the exhaust manifold from a kit car manifold that had a zetec plate
Welded to it already


Should do for now ,

Steve.L

Plenty around for sale
Cheers
And this is a decent shell

Cheers

Cheers bud i remember following your cossy build

Osborne0121

loving the manifold !

Nick 172 Sport

nice build love retro cars as im retro myself lol

Steve.L

Same as mate

tincho84ar

cooool mate, i love that engine, post some pics of the engine mounts if you can

The Crocodile Hunter

cool project! I also love mk1 cortinas!

what colour do you have planned for it?

Steve.L

I have the retro ford mounts ,But i modified them to suit my modded
Crossmember

Was red ,Not sure now ,Might be lotus colours

The Crocodile Hunter

lotus colours will look good.

I've always fancied one in a nice deep metalic colour? black, a dark grey or maybe the aubergine they made the escort cosworths in?

Steve.L

Im obsessed with Mk1 Lotus cortina's ,I missed the bargain days
So for now this will be a clone ,Probably faster
And less worry if i damage it,I have another squirreled away
But it is a 2 door GT that is white also . Not to sure about metalics
But would be nice to see some different flavours ,The Lotus boys will hate this though
As it is no Lotus ...

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Fook the lotus perverts lol.

Nice exhaust manifold.

Steve.L

Cheers

Steve.L

Loads more done ,Will upload pictures but it all looks the same ,Sanding filling sanding filling ZZzzzz
Off sick as well so really slow progress ,Picked up some better seats off ebay ,That wont need re-covering Leather
They were too cheap to pass up and have runners fitted
Anyone know if the rears will fit ?
There from an alfa romeo

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

What Alfa are they out of.

Steve.L

They were advertised for a GTV 916

Steve.L

Time to get the old paint off ,Beautiful weekend weather has got me back on it ,Numb hands though lol

Maxwell

Nice conversion.

Ps. That manifold is sex!!!!

jonny s2

iTrader: (12)

love mk1 cortinas.....one of me mates fitted alfa seats in a mk1 golf. and i fit some in an astra van.... awesome seats

liam-rst

iTrader: (1)

Fook me that's some amazing work, your obviously very skilped my hat goes off to you

Steve.L

Ready to etch now,The door wells took me hours ,Worth it though,Pics of that to come as it started hail stoning ,I had to remove loads of top rust off the top of the panels after the hail etc,I had not noticed the big clouds above grrrr
More work ,Anyway heres where i am at now ,

Tev

iTrader: (2)

wow coming along a treat keep up the good work fella

Mark V8

iTrader: (2)

Lot of hard work going into that

You'll need a dry garage to keep the surface rust at bay!

Steve.L

Stripped back everything !All in etch on the outside now,Shows me the low spots nicely,Few bits more ,Then it could be colour time !
Weather permitting

Steve.L

Keeping it for a bit now ,I am also restoring an Aeroflow GT
So bare with me

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Its a shame your selling it.