Continuing the Lotus Cortina Rebuild
Work is going ok despite the cold weather and the front suspension is now going on. I had to use some wood blocks to raise it up under the wing as holding it with one hand and putting a bolt…
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Work on the Lotus!!
Just a little bit of progress as I am waiting for parts to arrive. So a little bit of work has been done on one of my other cars, namely MRO or Mr Orange as I know him. I have…
Update on the Lotus Cortina
Well I now have everything prepped ready to go back on the car. New wheel bearings on the half shafts, rebuilt back brakes, new back springs (gulp) as old ones were shot. At the front it didn’t have the straight…
Lotus Cortina update
Work has proper started on the car and back axle parts and trim are coming together. The car is a 1965 on leaf springs and is very good body wise. The problem as always with these cars that are left…
Lotus Cortina update
Well the Mk1 is coming along nicely. Interior trim is more or less cleaned/repainted as needed. The car is currently at the sellers workshop but is coming ‘home’ this week on a trailer so I can start working on it…
Lotus Cortina Restoration
Having bit the bullet and purchsed a Mk1 Lotus Cortina that has been stood some years (and lost bits on the way) it feels like dejavu in a way. The car is a 65 airflow with the plain door cards…
National show weekend for Mk1 Cortinas
It’s the time of year I enjoy the most with the gathering of the ‘clan’ at Stratford Upon Avon Racecourse. The show sort of starts Friday evening for most with people turning up and catching up with friends they literally…
Nissan Skyline. The 1989 car that changed things!
Way back in 1957 a Japanese car manufacturer called Prince entered a Skyline in saloon car racing locally. In 1966 they merged with Nissan and continued racing with the Gt-A and B. In 1969 the GT-R arrived and it dominated…
Mr Orange. Mk1 Cortina 505 MRO Restoration and a half!!
It all started back in 2017. A lady from London rang me about her father’s Mk1 Cortina which he was reluctantly selling having owned it from new. Details were sent to me which I duly passed to the club editor…