Christina's uhh.. collection...

[the judge]

Thats lovely!! Noticed you were in Rainford. Wierdly,I know another Cortina botherer in Rainford

[scaryoldcortina]

So then.... *Ignorance Alert*

 

What did Henry do difrrnt [to the bulkhead] for 'foreign johnnie' driving....

 

NO 2 foot tube connected to the brakes & suchlike..??

 

Top Snaffling there...

 

 

TS

The whole bulkhead is a mirror image of a RHD one. You even get handed heater boxes.

[ChristinaGXL]

Yep its basically a mirror image. Only foreign spec stuff I can see so far is the towing eyes front and rear.

[ChristinaGXL]

I apologise about all the beauty shots, I'll get round so some good ol fashined wrenching soon! I just spent the past 3 days cleaning it. I think it was stored in a bodyshop, so caked in dirt.

 

 

 

Spent a good 4 hours cleaning then polishing then waxing it today. There's a few little niggles;

 

Brakes - There are none. at all. Reservoir is full of fluid, but pedal goes straight to the floor. I guess I'll just do a full rebuild anyway for peace of mind.

 

Oil pressure light - flickers when idling, goes out at higher revs. It's a little low on oil so I'm hoping a top up and maybe a new oil pressure switch will sort that out?

 

Ignition gubbins - I always do this when I get something as they're all so cheap and easy to do. I think it's got a bit of a misfire as it's got an irregular drum beat. So points, condenser, rotor arm, dizzy cap, leads, plugs, coil too for good measure.

 

Exhaust. It's rotten. blowing from a few places. Replacement needed. But I hate to buy a new standard exhaust when I want a twin exit. I might get crafty with the welder, maybe This is why I need a tig welder! 

[cort16]

is there any difference between this generation of the taunus and the mk5 cortina other than engines? Does this have a 2.0 v6?

[ChristinaGXL]

It's got a 2.3 fitted now so it's basically a mirror image of a Mk5 Cortina 2.3 Ghia. Oh and it has headlight washers as standard on the ghia and front and rear towing eyes. From what I've noticed UK buyers were ripped off. The amount of features european cars had compared to ours is odd. 

[stripped fred]

That looks ace! Appears to be in good condition and I love the colour and those wheels.

[Captain Flimble]

Taunus looks grand and the interior looks like a nice place to sit. Nice to see a car with a proper cat - she looks at home on the pussel shelf (sorry).

 

I bought a sunburnt pink 120k mk1 Mondeo 1.8 Zetec beater from a mate a few years ago. After a couple of days ownership we ragged it from North Wales up to Scotland with a roofbox and skis to do a tour of the resorts. It ran out of coolant somewhere over the border so we stopped to melt some snow, (giving John enough time to artfully pee his name into the snow, which was impressive). The car then continued without missing a beat all around Glencoe, Nevis, Aviemore and the Lecht, and John managed (an indicated) 130mph on the way back (with roofbox still attached).

 

I later broke the power steering while trying to do a handbrake turn and just drove it for the next couple of years without. Eventually I fixed the pump, polished it to a lovely red and gave it to my sister for Christmas as a nice car. Mine was the other Mondeo that Ford made that didn't have gaffer faster stripes on its bumpers. 

[ChristinaGXL]

Hey mine doesn't have any tape! Power steering fluid is actually coming out at a slightly alarming rate now though. I'm being lazy and just topping it up whereas a jubilee clip would probably solve my woes.

[Captain Flimble]

Hey mine doesn't have any tape! 

 

Could you put a bit on then, please - just to be a bit more Autoshite? 

[Noel Tidybeard]

that cortina taunus deserves a good Woolard shot

[ChristinaGXL]

A whatnow?

[Felly Magic]

Woollarding is an internet phenomenon based on 'the guv'nor' William Woollard posing with one foot on the bumper, whilst doing a piece to camera, from proper Top Gear days. Even Mr & Mrs Trigger of this parish ended up in Metro over the craze!

 

http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/26/gallery-ex-top-gear-presenter-sparks-unlikely-internet-craze-woollarding-3856866/

[ChristinaGXL]

Looks more like The Riker to me

 

[Felly Magic]

Blimey even Riker is a Top Gear fan

[ChristinaGXL]

Sorry for the total lack of updates, but truth be told there hasn't been any. I'm absolutely skint so can't do anything with any of them. In some good news though I got a really good quote for insuring the Taunus at £600 so that's going to be insured pretty soon I hope. Just need to get it an MOT. For which it'll need a little welding, but can't do that as my gas reg won't seal. So pretty irritating all round. Oh and the 2 front tyres on the Taunus went totally flat. So if anyone's got any tyres suitable for a 13x6 wheel let me know  

[Captain Furious]

Out of interest on the insurance, have you considered a classic policy? (Or is that a classic policy?)

 

I have insured mine on a classic policy with Footman James and it was like £124 for the year. They're pretty relaxed about mileage and you can add on things like commuting and agreed valuation for about a tenner each. Not sure if they'd have an issue with it being an import, but I've insured a few cars with them and I'd definitely recommend them.

[Faker]

That's just smashing

[ChristinaGXL]

Out of interest on the insurance, have you considered a classic policy? (Or is that a classic policy?)

 

I have insured mine on a classic policy with Footman James and it was like £124 for the year. They're pretty relaxed about mileage and you can add on things like commuting and agreed valuation for about a tenner each. Not sure if they'd have an issue with it being an import, but I've insured a few cars with them and I'd definitely recommend them.

 

That's a classic import insurance policy with adrian flux, with a 6000 mile limit. I'm 23 I'm not going to get anything better than that.

[mat_the_cat]

I would gladly pay £600 for car insurance if I could be 23 again!

[Captain Furious]

True, I was gonna say I'll happily trade my cheap premium for being 23 again! Still reckon FJ is worth a quote (I don't work for them honest!)

[ChristinaGXL]

Scrap all that the bastards lied to me, they won't insure me at all. Neither will footman james, it's insurance group 21 and they only do up to 20 at my age, what complete and total fucking bollocks. I'm just totally fed up now. What's the point, might as well just sell everything as there's no chance of insuring anything any time soon. Maybe by the time I'm 35? What do you think? I can't believe I can't insure a slower less powerful car than I'm already insured on. It's absolutely insane. Total joke.

[egg]

Assume you have been through all the usual comparison sites just as double check?

[ChristinaGXL]

yep tried everything.

[4wheeledstool]

Have you tried HIC? All my crap is insured with them - oddball stuff not a problem!

[tapir]

bit odd ball but nfu might be worth a shot too?

[Captain Furious]

Shit, that sucks. Don't throw in the towel though, these things sort themselves out in the end..

 

Clutching at straws but have you spoke to them or just done an online quote? If it's only one group out they might be able to swing it with the underwriters

[ShiteRider]

Performance direct? i've got a similar car, in a similar area ( i'm from Burscough) and even though i'm a little older now (31) i've had various capris, cortinas and sierras with them for ten years.

[cort16]

It is shite that the classic car policy's seem to have a minimum age of 25 years. I've found this lot be very reasonably and will usually find a way to insure you. You actually get to speak to a real agent not just a call centre drone following a script.

 

https://www.keithmichaels.co.uk

 

They did my CL500 with no NCB for 300 quid a year. I am very, very old though

[cort1977]

Can a parent or older person insure it and have you as a named driver?