69 Ford Cortina

Hey, my name's Matt, I'm only 18 so expect some niave questions off me. I'm from England, in the middle of no-where, this being the reason I'm on and American forum looking for help with my ride.

I'm customising a 1969 Ford Cortina, a mk2 Cortina, my inspiration for the rise is ultimatley Hot Rods, but I love the whole Los Angleses scene, i think its super cool, so that is in the back of my head as I customise my car.

I'm self-prepping the car, I'm half way through at the minuet, the car is currently red, but it's going to be black by the start of next year hopefully. My car is awaited by the guys at Bay Area Rods in the south of England, where they are hooking me up with suicide doors and shaving of all of the handles.

Once thats dne, I'l lower it by 60mm, and then put my new wheels on, I just brought Cragar Smoothies, they are 14 by 7's.

Then, it's time to get electirc windows, as the mechanisms in mine are totally rotten.

Then, I'm getting custom door cards with my initials stitched into them, and a custom center consul.

I do want a grill made for me, but I can't find anybody how can do the job, if anyone knows anybody, then please let me know.

After all that, I'll drop a two litre Pinto engine in, fully re-conditioed, chromed, and attatched to a sierra five speed gear box and a sierra braking system, don't really know the spec of that little lot yet though, I haven't done that much research into it.

Hopefully then it will be done, and I'l get myself a Cadillac...

As soon as I figure out how to, I'l post pictures up of the car, so you can see how its all going.

Nice to meet you all.

damm, that was a mouth full! just kidding, welcome aboard.let us know how your doing from time to time. good luck

:HMMM: Mk 2, They came out with the 1300 and 1600 OHV engines did'nt they ? Down here we have plenty of the old MK 2's and even many Mk 1's with the sloper bonnets. So you going to shoehorn in the Pinto OHC 2000 or 2300 cc. I re3member years ago, when me and a m8 had a mk 1 Escort, slammed in a 1600 motor and adapted up a diesil turbo to it in a blow throgh configuration to get the curved tube we swiped a stainless J tube from a public toilet washbasin did the job perfectly. To drop the compression ratio we then made up a 3mm thick head gasket out of solid copper and sandwiched it between the head and block,. No wastegate ( whats that !!). Went VERY well,,,, untill we were racing a mercedes down the motorway, she was pulling away nicely and then BANG..... coasted to the breakdown lane, popped the bonnet, and there was the gasket blown clean out of the engine, one half on either side of the block ??? :LOL: :LOL:

Hey Southerner, Im going for the Pinto OHC 2000, I cant afford the insurance on a 2300, im only a kid and they're charging me a fortune now. It's because other kids keep crashing in their Corsa's I guess. I'll post some picutres up soon, maybe tonight, it looks like a bit of a rat at the minuet, which isn't a band thing, but, it should look hot when its done. Keep an eye out for it.

to get a custom made grille for your ride, try this:
www.customgrills.com


hope this helps,G`luck with your hot rod!:toocool:

Hey Lost 34, thanks for the webiste - figures....