mk 2 corty

[302 XC]

for all you corty experts,many moons ago i had a mk 2 corty 2 door,and sold it of course,as we do,now anyway it was just white in colour,but whats got me stumped (even after all these years)is that the diff had leaf springs and trailing arms,GT dash (all guages ect),close ratio gbox GT front brakes,(BIG ALLOY CALIPERS) 14" wheels(???)hot little 1600,now wat i want to know is i hope it wasnt a GT CORTINA,but the gear on it had me stumped for years any info would be great

[allanv6gt]

Sounds like a GT to me......most bits might bolt on to a std one, but the rear track arms would require more than just a spanner to fit the mounting brackets.
The BIG question should be...Was it a Genuine GT?

[Krytox]

Did it have a Timber dash and Door trims?

I have a 1600E, English import, inbetween a GT and a Lotus, a so called Luxury Saloon.

All the GT goodies, Rosstyles and power assisted brakes.

None iirc came out with 14's

[wombat2509]

There was a post I read some where ? of a similar car had all the GT bits but no badges apparently at the time it was done to save on insurance.

[302 XC]

from memory dont think it had timber dash/inserts ???,kinda sad to see it go, BUT GO IT DID,gave a lot of v6 cummadores a touch up, but oh well such is life ,(good to know that it wasnt a GT cortina,only sold it for $900)THANKS FOR INPUT

[hotdiesel]

Originally Posted by Krytox

Did it have a Timber dash and Door trims?

I have a 1600E, English import, inbetween a GT and a Lotus, a so called Luxury Saloon.

All the GT goodies, Rosstyles and power assisted brakes.

None iirc came out with 14's

I owned a 1600E (manufactured 1968) between 1969 & 1974 in Melbourne.
It was a red colour & I paid around $2500 before trade-in.
My trade-in was a 2 door Mk 1 Cortina GT.
Is yours my old 1600E?

[allanv6gt]

This year I've seen advertised Cortina GT and Cortina GT-L. The latter having the wooden insert on the dash, don't recall seeing door caps....L for Luxury.
Again, the rear track arms bolted to welded brackets on the body and diff (in addition to the usual leaf springs). Not impossible to fake, but requires more effort (and suspect orig/repro) parts to makes it happen. Probably more than the average Joe.Faker would bother with.

But hey, I'm no Cortina expert, 'coz CAPRIs RULE !!!! Yeh !!
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[whooligan]

Ummmm. Weren't all GTs in Australia 4drs?

[cortina-mk1]

Originally Posted by whooligan

Ummmm. Weren't all GTs in Australia 4drs?

yes they were

[66GT]

There was the famous Mk1 GT 500's, just over 100 Aussie made 2 door GT's. There is also a few imported 2 door GT's here. But it wasn't a Lotus (with an engine swap) by any chance?

[hotdiesel]

Originally Posted by whooligan

Ummmm. Weren't all GTs in Australia 4drs?

This is my 2 door Cortina GT in 1966.
It had blue side flashes.
Introduced in the UK northern spring of 1963.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Cortina

[cortinagt]

Originally Posted by 66GT

There was the famous Mk1 GT 500's, just over 100 Aussie made 2 door GT's. There is also a few imported 2 door GT's here. But it wasn't a Lotus (with an engine swap) by any chance?

I have the Ford Aus manufacturing numbers somewhere. There were a few 1963 and 64 Mk1 GT 2 doors built. All the 1965 models were sent to Forth for GT500 conversions.