RSS feeds available Dont miss the latest news Cortina news feed Classified adds feed ................................................ Febraury 1st PLEASE READ This site and jewels would like to state that at no time did i ever see the Cortina Nationals as a finacial gain It was and always will be only about the cars and getting all enthusiats all together in the one spot to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cortina MK1. I cannot believe after all i have done and all i have dedicated to this event since the conception in 2008 and being the person who originally had the idea of the Cortina Nationals have now being informed after the membership of CMOOC have voted that i am not a fit person to be involved. A sad day but i will accept the decision and move on. Statement details in HERE Please forward all correspondance to the Cortina Mark One Owners club of Aust Inc. ................................................ January 2nd Replacement fuel tanks back in stock. Also 5 volt fuel sender kits HERE ............................................. November 11th Tie rod ends back in stock! HERE .............................................. October 11th New replacament fuel tank senders. Now available HERE ............................................... July 6th Engine mounts back in stock! HERE ................................................ June 21st Firewall padding now available HERE ............................................... May 21st Mk1 sills back in stock HERE ................................................ April 16th New Mk1 Suspension bushs & idler arms HERE ................................................ Visit the Classifieds! Free to list - Free to sell For small Ford owners Register, and you can place your own adds. Click here! ............................................. February 14th Hanging rock mages ready for viewing HERE ................................................ February 8th Small Ford day images ready for viewing HERE .............................................. October 12th MK2 Cortina sill repair sections available .............................................. October 12th To the tech section Body dimensions and wheel alignment data here ............................................... June 17th Two new cars added to drag Cortina page. Zetec & SR20 powered. HERE ............................................. April 10 Media page updated Small Ford alliance Dyno day Videos HERE and images in the gallery See our dyno printout HERE .............................................. January 2nd New tech guide to fitting Datsun crankshafts into Kent blocks HERE ! ................................................

MK1 2 door V8
Not much to report here only that the car is a 64 2 door Body is in excellent shape with only a little rust on the driver side guard bottom edge and bottom of quarter panel. Paint color yet to be worked out.

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The Story
This car I purchased many many years ago from a local historic racer less motor and box. I always had the intention of fitting a V8 to it as I always wanted to have one. It was the ideal starting point. Over the years work on it was gradually done, but because i was only ever going to fit a Windsor V8 it had created some engineering problems. Over the years there were starter motor problems fouling with steering box and exhausts. The other problem was ensuring the car had adequate cooling. This is where the project halting problems began.

The whole project halted for years and years as we couldn't find away around these problems. The car was always going to be a street car NOT a drag car, it would have been much easier to build a track car only, but that's not what I wanted so further time went by. Eventually with new developments in aftermarket parts and conversion options these problems could be overcome so that's where we are now.
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