Page updated:- 19 May, 2006
Click the logo above to visit the Official MK1 Cortina Owner's Club NEW Site (UK),
Martin Russell's photography site.
It doesn't fit anywhere else, so it's here! Have a look at Martin Russell's photo gallery, here:- http://www.pbase.com/huckaback_photo . Martin is a Cortina enthusiast of many years standing and is also a professional photographer... "I have done photography for 35 years now, gaining the Associateship of Royal Photographic Society in 1983 in pictorial black & white". More than 1,200 images to enjoy -- Recommended!
Clubs and Cortina sites
Loti Stuff
Note: I am not a Loti expert -- so don't ask!!!
| Visit American Bob
Woolner's excellent MK1/MK2 Lotus site here (New address!)
Bob has a large Bibliography section, here with many books you will recognise! |
A great article on Ford blocks here, :-
http://lotus-cortina.com/library/block/blocks.htm and a great article on converting from positive to negative earth. |
| NEW. A Great page on Lotus paintwork here:- http://www.lotus-cortina.com/paint/paint.htm | For Lotus Cortina in the UK and worldwide, look at www.lotuscortina.net. Join the club and get the "Quarter Bumper" magazine of the Lotus Cortina Register. |
| For masses of Lotus spares, based in the UK and going back a long time, try www.lotuscortina.cwc.net/ | |
Thanks again, to Bob Woolner.
Miscellaneous Stuff
| Visit an MG site with massive amounts of detailed articles - such as that alternator conversion you always promised yourself. With photos! Really good site! |
Marcel Chichak has a
lot of interesting stuff here, including a MK2 Cortina being built into a
rally car, plus Mini Cooper stuff, Landcrab stuff, solar heating stuff and
much, much more.
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| If you're into Volvo 122s or P1800s, -- and who isn't?? -- then look here | |
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Frost Auto Restoration Techniques
Tools & Equipment for the Classic Car Restorer, Competitor, and Craftsman : Oils, Painting, Plating, Rust, Polishing, Bodywork, Workshop Machines, Mechanical, Books & Videos and more. UK Agents for Millers, POR15, Eastwood, One Grand, Dinitrol. Frost Auto Restoration Techniques Ltd, Crawford Street, Rochdale, OL16 5NU, UK Tel
: 01706 658 619
Fax : 01706 860 338 Call now for a FREE catalogue on 01706 658 619. Spot the Cortina photo in their catalogue!! |
For tools and equipment nationally, try machinemart.co.uk. Fast mail order (depending on the whims of the post) |
| www.NeilFletcherracing.co.uk
has a nice site with a lot of photos and captions detailing a MK1
Escort rally car re-build. Lots of other interesting stuff about rally car
equipment.
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Motor Racing artwork. All sorts of prints from Michael and Graham Turner |
| Masses of Mini data here. Its the Internet Mini Encyclopeadia! | Lots of interesting rally stuff here, including lots of
photos of an Escort shell being rally-prepared. Well worth a visit.
Tell them I sent you, |
Spare Parts
| Newfords have spares for many old Fords. They have a web-site, and can be contacted by e-mail at newfordpartscentre@btinternet.com but you may be better to phone them on 01254 830343 | Dale Stevenson is very knowledgeable about Cortinas, and has a vast amount of spares. Best to phone /fax him on 01509 264550 between 4.30 and 8.30pm. |
| For wiring looms for the MK1 click here for Autosparks | Visit GEARBOX MAN, Bernie Braden,
a most helpful guy regarding Ford gearboxes! Interesting web-site !
Highly Recommended! |
| I've just had some spare parts for Weber 28/36 from Gower and Lee a UK-based company who have been very helpful. | Twin Cam Services. Australia's Largest Independent English Ford and Lotus Specialists. Lots of stuff for Lotus Cortina and Escort drivers/racers. |
| Burton Power have been specialists in Ford performance parts and accessories for 39 years. I must have bought stuff from them in the late 1960s !!. Great catalogue and a developing web-site here. | I've just been advised of this great Weber site in USA,
with lots of diagrams and parts lists!:- http://www.webercarburators.com/weberexplode.htm |
| If you like to pay more than you should (but occasionally pick up a real bargain), try www.ebay.co.uk , which is an on-line auction. Type in the search word Cortina and you'll often get upwards of 200 items. Not all MK1 though! | For all your steel panel requirements, try Ex-Pressed Steel Panels, at www.steelpanels.co.uk |
| For polyurethane bushes for all sorts of vehicles (MK1 of course) try www.deflex.co.uk . ""Deflex material is a specially formulated high resilience elastomer (polyurethane) with exceptional shock absorbing properties, offering good hydrolysis and mechanical properties"". Phew, glad they told me that!!! They are VERY helpful; I have spoken to them on the phone 01745 360070, ask for Stuart Mason. (Tried and approved by Tommy) | A new company dealing in the 105E Anglia are here, www.105speed.com They have a number of interesting items, including a complete alternator conversion "package". Some interesting exhaust manifolds being developed too. Well worth a visit! |
| Have a look at quality-components for lots of period rally equipment and other accessories. Well worth a look. | Bresco have been around for some 25 years. Chances are, that packet of trim clips you've been saving came from them originally. They supply trim clips, fasteners, motifs and fixings for the automotive and classic car restoration markets. |
| Vehicle Wiring Products, best place for wiring, accessories, in fact anything to do with electrics on your Cortina or other car. Recommended! | If you are looking for second-hand or new books, try www.booksearch.com. Be careful of the prices though, some are double what the book is actually worth! |
| Stevsonmotors.co.uk can recondition your front MacPherson struts
for around £75 per side. They also sell Goodridge brake hoses with a
"for ever" guarantee!!!!
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If you have any links to recommend, tell me.
