Description
For sale 1972 2 door mk3 cortina. Essex V6, 5 speed, savage replica.
The car has an essex v6 fitted using South African engine mounts. The car was featured in Classic Ford magazine (quite a few years ago) which states it’s a 3. 1. I haven measured the bores to confirm the capacity change.
It has a steel timing gear, 5 speed gearbox, atlas axle, stainless steel side exit exhausts.
It has a Savage bonnet and GT interior retimed in genuine leather.
I have a lot of photos to show work done to it whilst I’ve owned it (around 3. 5 years) for anyone interested in buying it and videos of it being run / driven.
Currently it’s stored at my folks house in Shropshire while I’ve been doing renovations on my own house 170 miles away, this & commitments with a young family means I don’t get a chance to work on it anymore, this is the only reason I’m selling it.
There’s a few things to finish it off:
It runs & stops but after fitting a new (genuine Weber 38) carburettor it needs the fuelling and timing setting up. I recommend that you will need to transport it with a trailer so you can set it up properly. It’ll at least idle & get on a flatbed lorry. Can provide videos of it running.
It needs the windscreen washer pipes fitting. The OEM washer jets are fitted & the foot pump on the floor is present and wired up, it also has a split free correct pre-facelift washer bottle.
The time clock on the dash is no longer operational. The oil temp gauge is a bit temperamental unless you periodically tighten the connector on the sender. The other gauges seem to work; water temp, fuel, oil pressure, volts. Wipers, lights, horn etc work.
Interior light door jamb switches need wiring up. (it uses the older, switched positive, type)
I have the correct pre-facelift chrome grill to fit which I will give you when you purchase the car. I personally always preferred the facelift single lamp version myself, hence why I’ve fitted that.
The exhausts are very loud (side exit pipes generally are) and personally I’d replace those for something quieter.
That is all I can think of currently. It is over half a century old & these old cars always want your time.
I’m not interested in swaps, part exchanges or anything other than a bank transfer sale.
I am open to sensible negotiations / offers. The bonnet alone, being one of maybe half a dozen remaining in the world, is worth a small fortune on its own.
Spec & Work that has been done:
Mechanical / Suspension:
Steel timing gear
Lumenition electronic ignition
New genuine Weber 38 carburettor (£300)
Stainless steel side exit exhausts (both sides)
New front and rear crank oil seals (burton power)
New spigot bearing
New gaskets; sump, inlet, fuel pump, front timing cover, carb, rear oil seal carrier, rocker gasket (from burton power)
New H/ T fixings including new studs for: exhaust manifolds, carb, oil pump and thermostat housing.
New upper and lower front ball joints o/ s and n/ s
New trackrod ends
New steering rack gaiters
New floflex Polybushed front subframe
New floflex Polybushed subframe to chassis mounts
New steering column bearing
New front brake flexis
New GAZ adjustable front dampeners
Upgraded 18mm front ARB
New starter motor (rare version for this engine & gearbox combo) at a cost of £260
New remote starter motor solenoid
I’ve replaced all but one of the fuel hoses with Gates Barricade
New Kunifer fuel lines.
Electrically:
New old stock interior wiring loom
Reconditioned headlamp backing plates and chrome trim rings, all adjusters work.
New domed glass headlights
New upgraded ceramic headlight H4 sockets
New old stock indicator units
New TIM voltage, oil temperature gauges.
Tim oil pressure gauge
New ISO radio harness
LED cluster fitted into rear numberplate housing.
Interior:
GT/ GXL Centre console
GT Tombstone seats re-trimmed in genuine leather (inc rear seat and door cards)
New 3 piece carpet
New carpet underlay
New bitumen/ aluminium floor sound insulation pads
New old stock Rear seatbelts installed
All vent pipes and the air distribution unit were removed and cleaned when dash was out then refitted, joints sealed with duct tape.
Floor painted before bitumen pads installed.
Wheels & tyres:
Steel 13” minilight style, freshly shot blasted and powdercoated.
185/ 70/ 13 rear
175/ 70/ 13 front
Bodywork:
Various sections repaired with new panels & solidly welded repairs sections. PU seam-sealed, painted with a quality zinc primer then top coated before being undersealed where required.
Chassis rails, box sections, front & rear inner valances and inside doors, rear quarters etc were spray filled with pre-heated cavity wax after welding was undertaken. All the usual rot areas on cortinas (sills, front floor pans, subframe chassis mounts, rear valance, inner wing top rails, have been addressed)
Savage bonnet
Bonnet pins
Located in Shropshire
£14700 ONO
