ive owned it for 18 years, sold my daily driver to pay for the resto and although not finished , its out and about. took nearly 3 years to strip the car back and rebuild it all, old banger was rotten under the panels but sailed through the mot on its maiden run out. ive had guidence with the work from some good friends but all the work was done outside the house in the garden. like it or hate it, if you drive past it youll look at it
ive managed to get a turbo for the 6 pot at home and am building the rest of the system up to install it.turbo technics lightened me of a few quid to rebuild the internals but its all balanced etc now.....apparently.
if its good ill be happy, if not then ive got a 3.9 rover v8 on the engine stand at work waitng in reserve ........
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desperate measures taken to do the oil pump............. yep i got real wet and cold








































we cut the edge off with a mega thin disc and welded a new lip on the reverse side and then dressed it..





with a little patience most things are achieveable

and heres the finished inner arch pics






















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Definitely different. Cool car afterwards. fair play to ya

 

Looks stunning mate the work you put in shows top job from start to finnish very nice

 

I like it

 

Looks tip top.

 

now that one looks good .only one badges in site

 

great work, nice car! whats going on with the corsa in the background though?!

 

that looks mental, brilliant project

 

I like it looks cool good wrk m8

 

thanks all
the corsas are raced by the body shop mate, they had a few knocking around. not my kinda cars so i didnt bother paying em any attention.
as for my motor,its not to everyones taste but its works for me.i wanted to build something that no one else had done. its sat on spax progressive springs, mk3 granada 16" alloys that have been powder coated and the engine bay is pretty much obvious so i wont list whats been moved or changed.
it wont win any track days or 1/4 mile sprints but i dont mind, these werent ever gonna be quick by a long shot.....well not on my budget anyway.
sounds ok and goes pretty well for an old armchair motorway roller.
its all mouth and no trousers, looks a bit purposfull , moves like it could be a bit handy and sounds like its packing........just needs the turbo sorted and fitted . ill do that at the end of the summer.
wanna hear it???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceuCLYNJpb8

ive stuck a few pics in the gallery too

 

That look hard as nails

 

Nice car ive some good memories in my mom and dads cortinas

 

Thanks mate. It's a mk2 granada though. Every one thinks its a mk5 cortina to be honest mate.

 

Thats very nice.Top work.

 

Looks the nuts that mate!

 

Me likey

Very cool

 

Fuck me you had me fooled and we had three of them
Nice to see it still rolling though m8,Good on ya

 

merde.

 

Stripped the v8 down to the block today,need to get a set of bearings now,gutted.....gonna paint this lump yellow and black with silver bits.....dunno why,just fancy something a bit different. That said if the turbo turns out to be sufficient ill finish the v8 and either sell it on for a profit or stash till I can afford a mk2 cortina to drop it in.

 

your only round the corner from me i dont use barney sands i use john for my paint work at the bottom of that road. car does look good tho

 

That looks trick as fuk!

 

My paint was done last November and looked the nuts,sadly I've noticed some reactions so ill be taking it back and see what they say. May be interested in your mates company if he's better

 

Looks lovely, alot of works gone into that resto.

what do you drive then if this is so shit?

 

loadsa good coments here so far so , so to be honest i dont care at all if someone dont like it. im sure he/she has a much nicer car..............

 

Love this, looks mint!

Much better than them other Granada monstrosities lol

 

I like it m8 its a classic with your own personal touches

 

So is france!

 

Hi Rich nice to see you on here hows the V8 coming a long car still looks good mate sorry to here the paint is reacting as it cost you a lot of money to get done and I would deffenatly take it back to them Cheers Vic

 

V8 crank is mullered,Paul gonna have a try but may all be over sadly. Gonna see if he has any luck .
Paint will be returned after battlesbridge show mate. Got a charity show on the 18th July too so very busy at the moment.

 

Ok Rich will see you at Battlesbridge mate Cheers Vic

 

a mk2 granada?? dont see many of those

loving the pic taken outside Ace cafe though

think the turbo conversion is sounding potentially noisier than the v8 tho

 

 

Love it in every way dude, is that not the green they used on the mk5 cortina's.

 

Love that! sounds great in the youtube video as well. Very good work all round!

 

The colour is highland green and is an old Ford colour.they used it on anglias and similar.I started painting it nearly 3 years ago but around a year ago everyone else started using similar colours.......think its the only mk2 in the pastel green though. After yesterday its looking very likely the v8 isn't gonna happen,too much wrong with it. So the turbo option is looking good now