2009/08/01 20:41:13
escortinadriver
Nice, very nice...

Love the quality of those alloy welds.

Also like the turbo setup atop the mk1 in the first pic....[:x)]

Shaun
2009/08/01 21:14:16
550hp mk2 cortina
mate ....that is one sweet ride! I love the 3 door sierra's.
You have got the car sitting perfect. The wheels look sopt on and the ride height is killer.

Are you a spray painter by trade? Or just handy with the gun?
Either way the motor and your touch up of the back panel loos superb!

Love it mate --nice!
2009/08/01 22:04:35
husky510
Hey Gav, I am Kurt. The previous owner of your car, which looks awesome by the way. It's great to see someone looking after one of my cars... looks great
I bought the chip from ebay.uk for 20 pound. stage 3 rated at 330hp. That's all I can tell you about the chip though. I put the -31 on and the green injectors as well. The 3 bar map sensor was in the glove box of the car when I bought it which I found a little strange. I would say it had been raced before with evidence of a roll cage being fitted and if you looked closely at the bonnet you could make out a faded number "77" in the sunlight. But I can garantee that it was Tony's car. I have proof! I payed $15,000 for it in 05, but it was an absolute peice and I spent some money to make it look half reasonable. If you want more history let me know.
Keep up the good work
2009/08/01 22:20:59
husky510
By the way, don't pay to much attention to Tybrown... He doesn't know much about Ford's... He actually has a soft spot for Gemini's![88]
2009/08/01 22:28:00
tybrown
Husky510???what happend to "Mr Tread" ???
gemini's??? what the...[}:)]

2009/08/01 22:37:10
husky510
ha ha!! you got done!!!!
I ride a husky 510cc... no more MR TREAD!!! ha ha!!! Gemini lover!![88][88][88]
2009/08/01 22:42:51
tybrown
Its should be "Mrs Colt" not Husky510

Gav... i forgot to mention that Kurt is a bit of a nutter [%]
2009/08/01 22:44:08
Big_Gav
Yer Shaun, those ProAlloy boys are pretty good. I saw hte article in a Fast Fprd mag on their workshop. Impressive work they do there.
Thanks Jordan. I have had to cut a fair whack of metal out from under those front guards and shave the front bar a fair bit to stop the rubbing at that height!! Gong to be interesting to see if the RS500 splitter will actually fir at all! Im a signwriter mate, but have done a lot of automotive painting in my industry. Painted a few cars here and there.
Kurt!! Unreal mate! What are the cahances eh?... fairly good I guess with only a handfull in the country!![88] I have see nthe roll cage holes but haven't seem the 77 on the bonnet yet. Did you change the dash to a newer Saphire one aswell? Its still in good nick that one. No cracks. Yer I forgot to mention the greens and the -31 is on there.I would love to hear anything you can tell me bout the car mate! Good or bad...doesnt worry me. Oh!! do you know what the extra stich in the centre consol was for?? There was a wire that ran to the front of the car. Maybe radiator over ride switch?

Hmm.... people I know who have a soft spot for Geminis are a little soft in the head themselves!! Hhahahaha! He has seen the light with the 500 but I guess! [;^)]
2009/08/01 22:45:42
Big_Gav
I gathered as much when he mentioned he rides bikes mate!! Haha
2009/08/01 23:08:15
husky510
Mrs Colt eh!!! Not any more... purple festiva man!!!


Gav, I bought the car with a really bad dash board... it had more lines than a street directory. when I sold it to Paul, (the guy you bought the car from), he was alittle more resourcful than me and found a dash in NZ, and fitted himself. I can't remember the switch in the centre console though!!!???
There isn't anything bad to tell you about the car except it was the ugliest 3 door in the country when I bought it. But it came up really well. I admit I took it for a thrash at Queensland raceway for some hot laps, but like you said, the radiator was not the greatest and it got hot quite quickly. I do remember though that car had some serious top end power... it seemed never ending...
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