I met a bloke today with a taxed and MOT'd X reg Cortina 2L. He said he's looking to sell it around the end of July because he's getting on a bit and had a fender bender recently and doesn't think he should be driving. he said he wants £150 for it.

I think we want to go rover v8 and dedion suspension, hopefully get hold of a sierra donor car for most stuff. Just wondering what bits I might want off a cortina, whether it would be worth taking this one.. hubs might be useful, or something, not sure what other bits.

can anyone think what kind of bits I might want off it? if it's just the hubs I suppose I might as well just invesigate the sierra hub adapters.

If you're near Reading though, let me know and if I figure I don't want it I'll give you his number

Cortina prices are on the up, and not just because we're all nicking the front uprights!!!

2 mk 5's in this months classic ford for £1000+. Remember when you couldn't shift for'em, how many do you see these days?

you don't really need any cortina bits now, as you say you can use sierra uprights, and if you want cortina ones they run at about £50-£75 so if that's all you want offer him £50.

Cheers

Chris

Check the price these went for, admittedly they do have new calipers and disks.

Silly Priced Cortina Uprights

Right that would leave £45 for the rest of the car..............

i guess the rite price is whatever some one will pay 4 it, whatever it is ?

I'm sure I'll upset a few people here so I'm sorry but I think the Cortina uprights are so much more elegant than the Sierra uprights which looks so heavy and clumsy by comparison.

Just my opinion for what it's worth.

BTW, I got my Cortina uprights for £45 from a fellow LB forum user which I think is a fair price for uprights, discs, hubs and calipers in good condition.

Cheers,
Craig.

I think I might give it a miss, for now at least. unless the poor bugger will take £50 for it.

If anyone else wants it for more let me know and you can have his phone number.

Cortina mk3/4/5 are a good complete donor,the extra width of the rear axle fills the arches out nice.

And if your looking for the +4" chassis its just right

Yeah, want to go dedion though, and definitely LSD. otherwise, I'd probably nab it.

The axle etc is resellable on here.....

The question is, can I be arsed to run a sideline in parting out one car as well as building another? I think dismantling a sierra is enough on my plate for now.

but the little green dollar signs are ticking. how much do axles go for?

Can somebody confirm that the 2L Cortina diff has the 3.54 ratio, rather than the 3.89 used in 1.6L?

If so, I would buy the axle from you to swap the gears over to give me a little more top end.

What year was your tina ?

I've got MK1V 76/80 manual and it says 2litre axle 3.75:1 and 1.6ltre 3.89:1
Estate is 4.11:1

I'll try and find MK 5

not looking too economical to break this old cortina just for the uprights and part out the rest, plus doubt housemates would be too gleeful about two decomposing cars on the drive, one will be cheeky enough.

Let me know if you change your mind, I'll buy the axle off you.