hello all...
i've been a member for a while now but haven't had a chance to let you know what i've been upto.
i've got a 1964 pre airflow consol cortina 4 door.
it was a 1500 deluxe orientally but the engine and box are now gone to make way for a 1600 16v straight 4 toyota 4 age from a AE86 along with a T50 gearbox to bolt straight on.
anyway enough words here are some pics of what i've done so far...
starting at the start...
this soon broke down and a plan was hatched for a rice powered rwd toy so some toyota bits were bought...
with the help of my friend and his engine hoist the old unit was releived of it's duties
we then did a trial fitment of the the new engine and box
then to make room for the toyota box which isn't much bigger than the ford item but just didn't fit in the tunnel without dragging it's ass on the floor
then uni got in the way and it was the end of play till i was able to get the car home for the summer. this happened eventually after managing to borrow a trailer of a friends uncle and towing it back with my limp wristed passat... 300miles in one day with a 20 odd ft trailer was defiantly an experience when i'd never towed before
anyway with the tina home safe it was time to get the engine home for good so i bolted on the plates that i had designed and had fabricated in the shop at uni
then my dads friend came over with his mig and welded these to the pinto chassis mount kit that i had butchered as well as some 3mm strengthening plates onto the chassis rails.
he also plugged up the hole i'd made in the transmission tunnel with a plate i'd bent and cut to shape.
then with the aid of the old engine mounting bushes the gearbox too had a home for life
this pretty much brings us up to date since this all i've done is bolt a few things back onto the engine such as the 44 mikuni carbs
atm i'm being held back by being stuck in birmingham at uni and the car being 150 miles away in suffolk
atm my main problem other than needing to get the wireing sorted is the distinct lack of a radiator. i have the toyota one to go with the engine by this is too big to fit in the tinas bay and have sold the tinas original one because i need one with inlet and outlet on the same side. i've got a fan that bolts to the waterpump and would like to keep that to make the wiring as simple as possible but don't know what modern radiators fit the tina bay. any ideas? i know polo ones a popular among you escorts boys so do these fit in the tina bay just as well?
look forward to hearing what you guys think.
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