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Ford Taunus uprights
TTK77 - 25/10/04 at 06:07 AM

So do they fit Maxis and transits balljoints? Has anyone used?

[Edited on 25/10/04 by TTK77]

mackie - 25/10/04 at 09:25 AM

If I'm not totally mad then Taunus == Euro name for the Cortina. In which case yes they do work with transit drag link and maxi lower balljoints.
It's the original design as per the book

TTK77 - 25/10/04 at 01:25 PM

Thanks mackie!!! That is how it must be! Here in Finland if u talk about Cortina it is model from 60s...like Lotus Cortina.. So if Taunus is same car as Cortina from 80s, it made all easier, lot of donors here then

[Edited on 25/10/04 by TTK77]

stephen_gusterson - 25/10/04 at 01:29 PM

use google image search to be sure..... lots of mk3/4/5 cortinas come up...

atb

steve

Mark Allanson - 25/10/04 at 05:19 PM

Not to mention the Hyundai Stellar, which was a Mk5 Cortina built under licence with strangly restyled body panels

Peteff - 25/10/04 at 07:05 PM

The European Taunus was a wierd looking thing like a cross between a Cortina and a Corsair. There was a German reg one round the corner from us in the 80's. Stellars used McPherson struts later on in production instead of Cortina type uprights.

jcduroc - 25/10/04 at 11:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by TTK77
So do they fit Maxis and transits balljoints? Has anyone used?

[Edited on 25/10/04 by TTK77]

I used them from a 1988 Taunus 1.3 (Pinto) equivalent to the Mk 4 Cortina. It's exactly the same but I wouldn't use the donor lower balljoints: they're usually in bad condition. Either use new ones or Maxi or Saab 900 ones (same taper 1/8).