Our Td Cortina.......

Heres a some pics of our old 'tina.......
Its a 200ci four speed, found with just 26000k's and still on it's original goodyear crossply's. all of the paint smears are still there along with heaps quality control and parts tags. I've changed the tyres (kept old ones on rims) and rebuilt the brake system. Otherwise I've just been slowly detailing it top to bottom in my man cave
 

WOW!!! I thought my 130,000km TC was clean. this one looks like it just rolled out of the factory!!
 

G'day all, having a weekend off from the Escort, spent the day getting old 'Tina ready for winter so I thought I'd update the thread.........
Changed all the oils, coolant and brake fluid, seems mundane but we find the general maintenance of a car like this really enjoyable, much easier than a resto, after that we went for a magic cruise down the W.A. coast, listening to 'golden oldies' on AM radio with my old man singing along all the way. Even got the thumbs up from a policeman, probably not for Dads singing though
Whilst the wheels were off we got a few pics of the mechanical paint smears, red and yellow represent TD general production, green for borg warner........ Theres a fair few more on the car, tailshaft, front springs etc, if anyones restoring I'm happy to sent some high res pics to help get your job right.......
In the meantime she'll be started once a week until the spring cruising season arrives............
 

Beauty, keep her clean! Would not me many around like this!
Is it TD or TC?

Hello all... Spending way too much time on the RS so I thought I'd take a break and give old 'Tina some time before the summer cruising season....
The old boys been keeping her started over winter so just oil, coolant, a brake bleed and  dusting was needed.
With that I took my dodgey chrome aviaters out of their ford case, forgot about all my worldly worries and went for a drive down the coast, ahhhh....
I've got to be careful now, I can't get enough of looking at the power bulge in the bonnet and would drive her every day but will allow myself 3000km this summer to take the clock up to 35000.
Stoked, let the summer days and cricket on AM radio roll on
 

Spotted you yesterday heading west towards the freeway - looks great!

I've been plain Drew for a while now, we lost our old collie a few months back aged 16, I picked her up as a pup in my Escort. The mrs works weekends so she was my cruising buddy.....
Moving on though we thought we'd get one to match the car this time.... Introducing Scarlet, a ginger border collie. We've got her started early and bought her home in the old 'tina on the weekend...... She's got to learn some car manners yet but heres to many a sunday cruise
Cheers Drewdog.............

It's been stunning weather here in perth for the last couple of weekends so we've decided to bring old 'Tina out of hibernation for some fun.
I listed it for sale a few weeks back with the possibility of a new project on the horizon. I'm glad it fell through now, it would of left a BIG hole in our garage.... That and we picked the new pup to match the car.... She's been trained up in the falcon over winter and has picked up perfect car manners. With the mrs working on weekends she's turning out to be a great cruising buddy
Cheers Drew........