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My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
Hi all Finally have a car to show proper.. not just my rally car! Here is my 66 GT That my old man and i both half own.. was my first car and had a long hard life.. until now we gave her a fresh coat of paint and some new wheels and tyres. shes only a 1500 with GT bits and a 45 dellorto and mk2 esky brakes     
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/12/11 11:18:01
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That looks awesome Matt  I'm loving those wheels, what are they?
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/12/11 13:16:17
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very nice! looks neat as!
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MATTJ
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/12/11 14:04:48
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Cheers guys..
the rims are a one off make from barry lee.. he used to work for mawer rims back in the 60s and made a set of these to suit the mk1 (the original car is also in the shed) there a 2 piece rim..very light and look pretty darn good!
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/12/11 16:55:34
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The wheels look better than darn good, they're frickin' awesome 
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/12/11 17:33:15
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I love it! And a great job you did. Its sixties cool.
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/12/11 20:53:39
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Matt Beautiful car. That brings back some fond memories. I had a Mk1 GT around 35 years ago and loved it. Mine was an ex gravel car wiith a bit of head work,cam and a 45mm Weber. Couldn't kill it. Sold it when I bought my GA Galant rally car.
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/11/13 01:03:38
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absolutely love the look mate.
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/11/15 19:55:20
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Yeah I like it, always loved the shape and the colour is nice!
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/11/15 20:30:06
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that is stunning!!! well done
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/11/15 20:54:06
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nice car matt, by any chance that "original car thats still in the shed" is barry lee's red & white GT.
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/11/16 08:51:07
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Cheers Guys were really happy with how it turned out! Bit if change to the story it was actually ALF Lee that made the rims not Barry Lee.. it was his father Alf that made the rims in the 60's. Apparantly he made one set for the cortina and one set for a EH Holden and thats all that was know of to be made! quote:
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nice car matt, by any chance that "original car thats still in the shed" is barry lee's red & white GT.
Hi Neale the red and white GT in the shed is most certainly Barry's old car! we found it in a shed in the southern highlands a few years ago.. parked when it last drove in 1983, and even started after a bit of mucking about with the battery! I will make a thread on that car when we start restoring it!
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/11/16 17:14:07
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My second car was a Mk1 GT sedan Matt. They are the coolest cars and yeah, those wheels look awesome.
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/11/17 08:16:22
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My second car was a Mk1 GT sedan Matt. They are the coolest cars and yeah, those wheels look awesome.
Cheers Cam!... yeah there awesome cars.. never letting this one go thats for sure!
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RE: My Dads and my 66 GT MK1 cortina
2010/11/17 20:42:54
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Originally posted by MATTJ
Cheers Guys were really happy with how it turned out!
Bit if change to the story it was actually ALF Lee that made the rims not Barry Lee.. it was his father Alf that made the rims in the 60's.
Apparantly he made one set for the cortina and one set for a EH Holden and thats all that was know of to be made!
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Originally posted by Neale
nice car matt, by any chance that "original car thats still in the shed" is barry lee's red & white GT.
Hi Neale the red and white GT in the shed is most certainly Barry's old car! we found it in a shed in the southern highlands a few years ago.. parked when it last drove in 1983, and even started after a bit of mucking about with the battery! I will make a thread on that car when we start restoring it!
Im glad to hear its gone too a good home. My dads good friends with Barry, they were in the Cortina (later Ford) Car club together. That car sure has some history. The last time I remember seeing it was on a trailer in a very shabby state about 15 or so years ago when Barry brought it out to thier old car clubs re-union. Here is a pic of it 
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