Thread: Cortina Mk1 or BMW 2002?

Originally Posted by Rick1970

I have a soft spot for the MK1 Cortina's. I had a 2 door years ago, mate had a 4 door and his father had 4 door GT with Bob Holden built, ex Escort Lotus twin cam engine for many years....


There was a MK2 Cortina GT in town years ago with a legally engineered Rover V8 in it.

My uncle has a mk1 with a 400+ cubic inch mechanical injected Windsor in it.
It does flex a little, but that's due to the fact that it lifts both front wheels off the ground on take off

Had a MK1 GT many years ago. Great car, easy to work on and heaps of fun to drive.

Originally Posted by Vern

My uncle has a mk1 with a 400+ cubic inch mechanical injected Windsor in it.
It does flex a little, but that's due to the fact that it lifts both front wheels off the ground on take off

Conversely my brothers mate built a 1980 323 BMW with a 350 and T400, fully decked out in JPS black scheme and gold BBS rims, put a few Brock dunny doors to shame back in 1985.
One mate had a Mk1 Escort with a 302 windsor and C4.

It'd be the 2002 for me...and find yourself a friendly fibreglass to knock you up a period style aero kit and it would be scary beast

And I agree, a 2002 was something I always wanted to own and never did, I had a full set of the Fiat 124 Sports instead . But oh, to have a 3.0 CSI done up to look like 3.0 CSL ...aaah Lotto
Cheers
Mike

MK1 Ford Cortina 1965 4 Door Sedan | eBay

I'm currently running an E30 325i which I restored and then added turbo and it is a "hoot". Beautiful touring car and if one wshes to give it a bit of wellie it goes around corners with the best of them. Still light you see.

Given druthers on your offering I'd go down the Cortina route more so if you could get GT furniture and power plant and running gear, better still a GT GT Cortinas will only go up...............Ditto E30 M3s but people want ridiculous money for trash heaps, or should I say trashed heaps.

Cheers

RF

Mk 1 2 door
Mk 4 zephyr 3 ltr V6
ford transit box with Mk3 zephyr cluster
Mk 1 dif with a Mk 3 center
remote brake booster
triumph PI front disks and calipers
twin front sway bars
widened 14" wheels made out of 8 WE falcon rims
GT60, 205s
350 holly
Heaters and lake pipes made by me
rails plated, plates under the back seat
floor of the boot cut out and tube welded in

this was when i was 17, it followed a 186 in a triumph herald

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