David_Hill
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 posted on 11/11/03 at 10:14 PM |
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Asking For Your Opinion
Some of you might have seen my topic in the donor car forum. I'm a Uni student doing a project with a Locost and i've got a few responses
from all around the place now, but I could do with some more.
Can I quickly just ask you firstly if you had difficulty finding the Cortina uprights for your car, and are they getting harder to find or more
expensive?
Secondly, what alternatives to the Cortina/Escort uprights do you recommend or have used yourself.
Sorry if I annoyed anyone who's posted in the other forum to my thread, I wondered if i'd reach another audience here that's all.
Thanks for reading!
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 11/11/03 at 10:16 PM |
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tina,s are an endangered species,most use seirra,s as doners now
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 11/11/03 at 10:40 PM |
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Cortina uprights are no way near anything like the Escort ones....btw 
There are enough Cortina Uprights about, when you know where to look and want to pay a bit more
Ben
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DrEagle
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| posted on 11/11/03 at 11:27 PM |
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As ive said before on one of the pages: Ive got a set of Cortina Hubs with new bearings ready to fit in them in if anybody is interested. They are
cleaned up, Zink primed and painted black see http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/eaglekitcars/Cars/EagleSS/EagleSS_Images/EagleSS_Cars/Simons_Build/0503A.jpg
and
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/eaglekitcars/Cars/EagleSS/EagleSS_Images/EagleSS_Cars/Simons_Build/0503B.jpg
for photos.
They are without the ugly back plates, callipers and disks.
I am thinking about putting them on eBay.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 11/11/03 at 11:30 PM |
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Most people would like them with at least calipers... perhaps thats your problem?!?!?
Ben
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VinceGledhill
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| posted on 12/11/03 at 08:29 AM |
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You will get some from www.findapart.co.uk
This is an online comunity of scrap yards. You simply put in all your details and your request is sent to hundreds of scrap yards around the UK. One
will then call you back with the parts and a price. You choose weather or not they are within your price range.
I found my hubs this way and a marina pedal box for an earlier project.
Regards
Vince Gledhill
Time Served Auto Electrician
Lucas Leeds 1979-1983
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nick205
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| posted on 12/11/03 at 09:18 AM |
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David,
The NK Indy I'm building uses Sierra front uprights. The Sierra's McPherson strut is replaced with a 'mushroom' shaped insert
which has an offset tapered hole for the top ball joint fitting.
Check the August page of my site www.winchester7.com for some pictures of the hub and insert.
I thin you have the makings of a good project even if the outcome is to design/market an adapter for something like the Sierra hub.
HTH
Nick
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David_Hill
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| posted on 14/11/03 at 05:28 PM |
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Thanks for your replys everyone! I'll look into Sierras and findapart as well.
Nick, the info about the Sierra and the insert is really handy...cheers for that!
Thanks again everyone!
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ned
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| posted on 14/11/03 at 05:37 PM |
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I know a scrappy that had 2 cortinas complete with uprights, just no one seemed bothered as I went back after posting it up a month later and they
were still there. Scrappy is in west sussex...
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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blueshift
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| posted on 15/11/03 at 01:31 AM |
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There's a 1.6 cortina festering in Barkham "scrapheap challenge" scrapyard. it's parked in the side of a row of chopped
freight containers, on the right as you go in, down the hill a bit.
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ChrisW
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| posted on 15/11/03 at 08:52 AM |
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Andy Hewing always has Cortina uprights, as do Luego altho I'm not sure if they'll sell them without a kit.
I've also heard Luego will buy uprights if you have any to get rid of!
Chris
My gaff my rules
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 15/11/03 at 08:59 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blueshift
There's a 1.6 cortina festering in Barkham "scrapheap challenge" scrapyard. it's parked in the side of a row of chopped
freight containers, on the right as you go in, down the hill a bit.
If your talking about the Reading breakers (which you should be), he wont sell the Cortina's "bits"..... uses them for parts for his
racers 
Ben
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blueshift
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| posted on 15/11/03 at 08:14 PM |
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It's near Reading, on the outskirts of Barkham. where they film scrapheap challenge, I think we mean the same place.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 15/11/03 at 08:28 PM |
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Yep, thats the one !
Ben
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Mark H
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| posted on 17/11/03 at 03:21 PM |
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If you can be arsed and have the space, you can pick up a whole Tina for about a ton (Ebay a good start). Sell the rear axle, engine, and get a bit of
your money back.
Mark Harrison and
Q986 KCP back from the dead...
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blueshift
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| posted on 17/11/03 at 04:07 PM |
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A nice idea, but we have a cortina sitting on stands outside with a 2l pinto and a back axle on it. advertised both, no interest.
admittedly I only advertised on here.. once.. but still.
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DrEagle
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| posted on 17/11/03 at 04:56 PM |
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I have put my set of Cortina hubs on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=21654&item=2443334673
If anybody is intrested.
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rabiddog
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| posted on 17/11/03 at 05:37 PM |
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thought they where yours after seeing your earlier post by the way Im the high bidder at the mo
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rabiddog
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| posted on 17/11/03 at 05:48 PM |
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I'm not now!!!
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DrEagle
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| posted on 17/11/03 at 11:28 PM |
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Doh!
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