olde english fords have really grown on me, cars i never liked much growing up but now today id have over anything new, love the mk3 cortinas my dad had them growing up, so glad u rescued her
Hi, I'm from the US and I never seen a Cortina before watching your videos, the Cortina is a good looking car, the front nose/grill is definitely a version of the US 1968/69 Ford Torino. Those 2.0 engines are great engines, back in the day over here in the US we had the Ford Pinto with the 2.0 engines, we would modify those engines and add a mustang 5 speed transmission and a set of 4.11 rear gears and have a good time. I'm definitely now a Cortina fan. As far as English cars, I always wanted a late 50's early 60's Triumph Harold. I always thought that was a good looking car.
Back in the days of the early 70s I was an apprentice mechanic on three pounds seventeen shillings and sixpence a week for a 44 hour week . My employer at the time bought a mrk 3 GLS in electric blue with a white vinyl roof new . He brought it in to the workshop and we all had a good look at it , that's when it all started the misery for millions of motorists of the future! . The Pinto engine with a rubber cam drive engine which was the first I had seen but soon most manufacturers adopted this poor design not to mention poor cam shaft Lube spray bars blocking which was very common fault and the stupid design that the cylinder head had to be removed to change the damaged cam from the rear of the head ( If it was designed to be removed from the front the cost of repairs would have been 75% to the owner) . Then there was the constant changing of rear axle void bushes . It looked flash in its day compared to other cars on the road at the time but handled badly . I remember them well ........ cr#p .
@@Theoriginalbigbrillo The Herald would have several reincarnations, 2 door Coupe, Estate, Sedan ( All 4 cyl 998cc to 13/60 ) and the 6 cylinder Vitesse ( quad lamp ) in both mk1 & mk2 ( 1600cc & 2000cc ), came across a coupe in New Zealand 🇳🇿 that had the 2500cc from the much larger Triumph back in the late 80's by a travelling musician 😀
Outstanding video this is! Over here in Holland we had not many of these Mk.3 Cortina’s. But we had the German equivelent, the Taunus and these were very popular. This Cortina had slightly different bodywork but technically the cars were quite identical. Afterwards, starting with the Mk.4 the bodywork of these Fords was identical. I owned three Taunus models. I wish I still had one!
Fantastic video thanks. Loved Mk3s. I had a 1600, a 2000E and a 2000 estate - all manuals. I put a 5 speed type 9 from a wrecked Sierra in the estate. I'd love to have another. These days I run a 1500 Midget, but the Mk3 coke-bottle Cortina still looks awesome.
Had exactly the same model albeit in mettalic green and a manual box. Same year and GXL. Was a fine car after the head gasket was replaced due to an oil leak at the front of the head and on the exhaust manifold side. Used to think it was the muts nuts but nonetheless I eventually traded it in for ........a TR7! No points for guessing which would be more valueable today :-) Good luck with the project.
So glad you are keen to save a two door GXL, tried to view thru small screen, looks like GT console & satellite quad gauge set. Those front guards were always the first to rot. Save all the bright work & small under riders. I remember from my native New Zealand, those mk3 guards were cheap as chips new, about $120 nzl in the early 80's, whilst the mk2 viva, magnum & firenza ( from vauxhall nzl ) were $228 each. Those mk3 in two door were super rare, I think 2 doors may have been more common in south africa 🇿🇦 The four door variant was also sold new from the factory in australia, except the pinto was accompanied by the inline 6 engine from the aussie larger Falcon. The displacement had two options 200ci ( 3300cc) and 250ci ( 4100cc). Incidentally, those two large falcon engines were also fitted to those late transit vans in aussie ( and nzl ) Do you remember those little combined reverse lights / refectors mk 2 ) below the mk1 tail lights 1977-1983. Thanks for the video & trip down memory lane. 👨👩👧👦💚🌎😄👌👍
I really enjoy seeing Swampy's wipers go back and forth, just remembering how it was laid up in the bushes and left for dead!!...Soon to see Ruby and Bramble's own doing the same :)!!
Lovely mate, was always my favorite motor. My first car was a four door 1600 N reg MK3 in metallic purple with the black vinyl roof. Started life as an XL but with lots of parts from scrap yards around London it was soon turned into a GXL. Had the intake manifold (adapted) and twin Webers from a Mk2 Lotus Cortina, a Piper cam and a 4-2-1 stainless exhaust manifold and exhaust. On top of that a five speed ZF gearbox which I got from god knows where. Went like a rocket but drunk petrol like I owned a North Sea rig. My Mum (god rest her soul) smashed it into the back of a parked transit and I swapped it at Curry motors for a new Mk2 Escort.
Enjoyable vid. It is always nice to watch Swampy out on a drive. I liked seeing Bramble cruise into the show. Lovely looking Granada Mk 1 (we didn't get them in Australia) and Cortina Mk2 at the show. Cheers for sharing a NEC day.
Thanks for another great video Pete, the next best thing to being there :) Looks so strange being able to wander around the show when it's still empty! Great tunes as well, I love a bit of Joe Bonamassa!
+Peter Lobb that Bonamassa live performance its just crusing city!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE THAT SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow it was so good to be in 5th gear on M6 toll road crusing to that tune!!!!! awesome. that what makes it all worthwhile, soon ruby will be doing same !!!! thank you Pete, made my day you liking that song
Looking forward to seeing the completed car. I used to have a dark metallic green mk3 2000e estate, with the same clunk between gears so this brings back a lot of fond memories.
Awesome Vid.. My first cars was a Ford Escort Mk1 I had an Orange basic model, the silver basic and then The Roman Bronze MK1 1300GT It had been customised and resprayed with Gold Rostyle wheels. But unfortunately caught fire and burned out. Some of the cross flow engines it was well known.. However this one was down to a Nikki Carb, All i can guess was a petrol pipe had split. I just recall driving along the road and flames behind the dashboard, was not long before it was engulfed. I loved that car, real shine, Recaro seats the whole lot gone. The only thing that survived was the stereo Equalizer booster, really weird the fire just burned around it. :)
My dad had an AMC Pacer X..the worst car he ever owned! haha...it was a nightmare...He was never able to change that 6th spark plug..you know, the one about 3 feet under the windscreen
I'd really love to go and see this show if I can get the time. It's the mix of restored and unrestored cars that makes it so appealing, some times just seeing shiny metal can get a bit boring.
I think Ford proved how durable Cortina MK3's really are. Brambles is severely rotten but she's still in one piece starts, stops and drives. Youre bang on Pete old Fords never die.
Loved our red Cortina 1972 2.0 L GXL with black vinyl roof and double headlights. My dad had it flat out 120 mph and I loved it, he gave it to me but being 14 was too young so was sold on. Still my dream car though, it has classic cool looks and lines and is quite mean.
My dad had a white 2.0 XL 4 door, one of the later square headlight ones. First car I ever really drove, since his old Mk II I was sitting on his lap. Anyway at 14 I managed to get to drive it up the main runway of the former RAF North Weald. I got it up to about 90 but then started to over control it quite a lot. Got quite a swing on it before I got it slowed down and under control. Afterwards dad reckoned I was only a couple of seconds from rolling it over!
Great video Pete, shame about the crap weather on the way down there. Bramble is sounding a bit tire needs some tlc and a rebuild lol. Forget what part we are up to now Pete but looking forward to it anyway. Keep them great vids coming Pete. Cheers Jeff.
There is something about Bramble the way she currently looks. She just stands out with her battle scars she has from 32 yrs of being stood and is still alive to tell the tale. Bramble is gonna look great when she is restored though. Some nice Fords on display and some good parts out there
Crap day for your road trip mate and then horrors of horrors at 5.59 the road signsays-SALT SPREADING the enemy of any car. nice update pete, keep up the good work.
pity I couldn't get there, it looked like it was a good weekend. if you are closer to Norfolk some time will deffo give you a look. keep up the good work and looking forward to the next vid. 😊
Pleasure to meet you bud, you were like Glenn Ford with that camera 🔫. Awesome detail on swampy really top notch work,the standard is now set for bramble and I'm confident you'll surpass that (if that's possible).
From the U.S. Aaah! My favorite. Rover automobile, 75 miles of brake lines Pontiac engine fueled by Stewart Union carbs and LUCAS Melt o matic switches. One thing about the days I when attempted to repair British Leyland vehicles , we stayed busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest " Repair'em by Friday, Wrecker'em on Monday" We were the only shop for 100 miles that would work on them. Our world famous warranty was 5 feet or 5 seconds which ever came first and believe it or not 3% of the time we had to warranty for something stupid and all the car did was sit there for a few days ? I never said it was because the Brits couldn't engineer anything, they have engineered some of the geartest machines in history, but it was because, at the time, they carried planned obsolescense to far or would over engineer to the point it would fail in complexity or serviceability.
I am totally impressed with that ford engine, that it can have laid there all brambled up for years like that and still start up faily easily...impressed as fuck...
When that car was first registered the news on it's radio would have been about the impending ice age and joining the Common Market; now it will be what the weather will be like in 100 years time and how the economy will perform over the next 15 years.
+reevco62 LOL hiya Gareth...told you i would get you in the film !!! made me smile, its a great community all us lot!!!!! always fun to meet you and catch up. i think you as mad as me !!! :-)
Those Cortina were also known as xle and big six , 3 liter. The mk4 and mk5 , xr6 shape had weaker bodies and rusted badly. I owned a Cortina mk5 , 2.0 GL for 6 years, never gave me any problems.
i like these out on the road videos top vid pete even though i would cak my pants taking swampy out in shit weather. i liked that mk1 granada and that yellow mk2 capri
a very rare beast! mk1 granda manual ghina! that is uber rare might be the only one left in that state as most of them are auto (the only ones that the banger ppl don't like) and a very nice mk1 granda coupe with the diy fitted sun roof with gaffa tape as it appers to be in restore condition or half done nice though, more rarenses 2 coursairs and one in silver fox or silver? either way nice mk2 carpi very nice and a ROVER P5B CAMPER?!?! were's the hens teeth? or the esate verson?! some nice barn finds, loving the earily 50's hillman or the lil 50's car that is a rare beast, loads of loud horns XD and the one hooter my old taxi man when he had his citreon xanita he fitted on of those horns on it the old ooooragh! kind
thanks Ant!!! really appreciate this, its really good feeling when you get new viewers Ant, when i make the films i never really know whos out there, thanks mate for your reply today. from Pete, Lancs UK
Hi Pete, well done for going to that NEC RESTORATION SHOW with your latest project and your future project as it keeps the word CORTINA MK3 alive,firm and steady, as it looked like that if it wasn't for you to have braught down there the MK3 examples , there was gonna be no Cortina MK3's. It was astonishing watching Swampy in the rain,behind that wind screen, watching them chromed wipers working looked like a film from the 70's era for a while,it's a pity that the low loader driver didn't had a camera and did what you did PETE...... take some footage of Swampy driving on the high way fighting the water and winds, doing like you was doing to Bramble and the low loader carrying it, it would had been interesting to watch NOW FAMOUS SWAMPY driving in the rain from inside another vehicle,but that cabin sensation driving in the rain was enough for a MK3 Cortina Entusiast to watch that footage more than once, at least that's what I did, missed your air guitar Pete on this video, but for sure we'll watch it again in ep 13 ep 14, and off course like always some Cortina MK3 hunting.That's very interesting too.Anyway,can't wait for the next Project Ruby video
+GODWIN SCHEMBRI Im going to get some airguitar in soon dont worry!! and more road trips and a Malta SPECIAL !!!!!!!!!!! actually we did try and get dashcam footage from the truck with bramble on board but the SD card overwritten the footage and we lost it all !!!!! yes the cabin sensation was hypnotic, all that rain, i agree with you, i watched it back and now i see what you mean!!!! I aint scared to take swampy out, he does the miles !!!!!!!!! all the best from UK, Lancashire and we thank you here at Cortina City for all your kind replies and enthusiasm, and also for a heartfelt invitation to your island. i will be there
It is almost a shame to restore Bramble as she is so distinctive and such a talking point as she is .. but u must and as I have said can't flipping wait !! ☺ . enjoyed the before and after section Pete looked perfect for ur 2 cars ! , sounds like u fancy a bit of Mk1 Grandad action ?, I think they are great cars my dad had a green 3ltr GXL think 72, loved it ... from what I can remember ☺ . Anyhoo thanks for the video . MJK
+Mike Kennedy yes loving the mk1 grandad, what a beast. what a cruiser. 3 litre auto. yes a shame to strip bramble now shes out and about.....its goign to be difficult to do, its a star as it is.
Great new video Pete. I'm the guy who came down from Preston to check out the amazing Swampy and Bramble. I really like the patina on Bramble but will be looking forward to seeing it being restored in the future. If you've still got my details and are up for some car photography just let me know. Keep up the good work :-)
Nice to see ur cortina still looks nice mate , also I love the mk 2 Capri , sad to see that u didn't catch the rs 3.1 Capri mk 1 barn find and the mint one cause lad on Facebook ad a pic of them
Some great camera angles in this video Pete Ha Ha, Something hypnotic about the old wipers Pete e, what was the verdict on the new battery booster mate?? That MK2 Escort was smart . Still like the Granada now
+PaulMonkey66 battery booster was good, i cant believe how they start a car. i hadnt charged it proper thats why it struggled. use dit today on bramble, flew the starter round!!!! WOOSH FIRED UP
Bloody fantastic! The whole thing, your cars, the show, everything! Why don't I know about this show? I'd love to visit! Obviously it's the NEC, but when is it next on?
its ok, we all get old, i feel same......older every bloomin day. someone said to me, as they hadnt seen me in a few years, they said, oh you look older, i said, oh, so do you...lol
Just don't get English Ford's...even the "twinks" were crude. If ever a company embodied the "sell the sizzle not the steak" it was them...BMC had their faults but look at their design legacy.
true, for me though its sentiment as well, my older brother had a mk3 2000 XL and its all the memories, and I do like the coke bottle style of the mk3, plus its a nice drive and they great to work on Stephen, well im grateful you watched the film, means a lot you spent time to watch the movie, from pete
had one it was green 2000cc in the 80. had the mk 2 1600cc ex-police. swap it for a ford orian 1600 need my brain look at, rust bucket inner sills out spring hangers front pillows god it was clapt but my wife like it.sold it for 400 to a long lost mate. he sent the police to my house he would not pay me for a new tyre and wheel as he lay in is bed i removed the wheel. i left him a note. bad day bad payer. i got done for stealing the wheel. a true ford story.
Cortinas and Granada's are my favourite that is why we own 2 one 1975 series 1 Ghia AUTO in flame orange and the other one a 1974 consul L AUTO in white and mold which has just failed its mot on rot on the inside sill
Swampy looks cool, Pete! When is the restoration of Bramble the 2 door GXL going to be restored, and to what extent in comparison to Swampy? How many 2 door GXLs were produced originally, and how many survive on the road and on SORN?
+Lee Faulkner Hi Lee, thanks again for watching the channel. I appreciate that and hope you found it fun to watch. OK, well at moment im rebuilding a 4 door GXL (ruby) the 2 door is a future project. I just wanted to get it out of that environment and get it back to my house so i could cover it up. Its a very very rare car. Heres the spec: 2 Door, Silver (VERY RARE), red interior (VERY RARE), Auto on a series one (VERY RARE), 2 door (rare), GXL, 2.0, its a rare care that has to be saved. Thats why i pulled it out. However its in a bad state. Not as bad as swampy but close. The bulkhead (hardest part) is good. I was very very suprised how solid it was around that area. Chassis rails have survived though have pinholes. All in all its all do-able, but it will be a 2-3 year job. Result will be incredible. THe car im working on at moment is going to be stupendous, its already looking really nice. Im not sure how many 2 door, auto, series one (1971), silver cars there are, especially with red interior. Im going to take a chance and say there are NONE left! ill take bets and say there are NONE !
+Pete C I'm not a mechanical engineer myself, but have been a lifelong Mk3 fanatic. Around 1997 I was offered in a Mk3 club magazine a Mk3 Cortina GXL 2 door for sale which the owner claimed it was in Roman Bronze. I sadly couldn't get to look at or buy the car as it needed extensive restoration, I was at university then and didn't have the space for it. I hope the 2 door GXL wasn't scrapped.
+Lee Faulkner Lee i hope that car is still around. Can i take the opportunity to apologise to you and all above for my late reply, i like to have appropiate time to read back all the comments thsi last month has been hectic, finally took a sunday afternoon off to get back to everyone. multitaskin with life, cars,work, friends, family wife etc. So Lee thanks mate for sharing your story with me too all the best from Pete
Hi Deano, next film out in week or so, scroll thru my vids and there are lot more films, look for PROJECT BRAMBLE ep1, thank you for watching Deano!!!! made up mate you tuned in
Hello Pete, appreciate that very much, but l meant an actual Car show, like that NEC one, Barn finds etc,, And yes l am tuned in to your films, and l am very much into my classic cars, and l have plenty of pics of most of my old cars, from back in the day, predominantly Fords,, anyways thank you my mate..
Pete your a Master Mechanic but requires a Satnav for directions from Brum to Preston Ill give you a good clue budd M6 NORTH...............................................Ouch
Saw it on Saturday next to swampy, it's much orse than I thought it was. Don't think this one is save able. Swampy was in bettdr condition when he hsf no roof!
Pete C true, it's saveable but to be honest, it's not worth saving. I do love the car but the rear ach and sill was so bad, I though it needed a reshell. I can promise you that this is one hell of a restoration job, not as bad as that Black Cortina MK3 GT you found but it will probably take up to 4 years to restore
+cascroft2011gaming i see what you are saying however theres somethign you need to know. its one of the rarest mk3. can you please name me a rarer mk3 than this? you want me to list the spec? Silver fox. GXL. series one. 2.0. Auto. Ruby. 2 door. errr just happens to be the rarest combination that ford made in the mk3 range. That aside i like difficult jobs. I love difficult jobs. I prefer difficult jobs. That is the challange, the journey, the story, the art, the skill, the project. up to 4 years? how do you calculate that? have you asked me? ill decide how long it takes.
LOL ok Ste! it was going into barn find section so the more crud the better, its getting restored at moment as we speak its under the acid tank, may end up disolved! ill post a vid when it comes out of the dippers tank, theres quite a few films up already of this car resto
Dunno, I just like the cocke bottel shape and dash and once fixed up I think they cruise pretty good, done scotland, italy, a lot round europe in em, great fun, i just live the momen if i can......SP Royals..where they the Dunlop tyres?? thanks for comment from Pete
I think it’s a matter of choice. The brother had mk3 cortina never any problems with it, It always started on the first turn of the key, I thought at the time they were a bit heavy on the petrol when I got a loan of it, £10 wouldn’t get you very far but a really nice comfortable car for its time.
Some parts of the country (UK) seem and can be depressing. Other parts, spectacular, I suppose on this film, with the weather and the general greyness of it all I agree. However I gotta say, theres other films I have uploaded showing spectacular scenery, lakes, and country villages, rolling green hills and just a beauty that the UK has, I promise that its not as droll as portrayed on here, although looking at the film I can see why you think so. I promise there are beautiful places everywhere, you just have to look out for em. A suggestion for you if you google 'cotswolds' (its a place in UK) just take a look, or lake district, that's just a few, I think that, its only the industrial and urban areas that when get covered in our CRAP WEATHER (I agree) it all looks a mess.....all the best
olde english fords have really grown on me, cars i never liked much growing up but now today id have over anything new, love the mk3 cortinas my dad had them growing up, so glad u rescued her
NO PROB Levi!! thanks for comments, pete
Hi, I'm from the US and I never seen a Cortina before watching your videos, the Cortina is a good looking car, the front nose/grill is definitely a version of the US 1968/69 Ford Torino. Those 2.0 engines are great engines, back in the day over here in the US we had the Ford Pinto with the 2.0 engines, we would modify those engines and add a mustang 5 speed transmission and a set of 4.11 rear gears and have a good time. I'm definitely now a Cortina fan. As far as English cars, I always wanted a late 50's early 60's Triumph Harold. I always thought that was a good looking car.
Harold lol
Thatll be Herald ;)
@@Theoriginalbigbrillo I wanted an Opel Oliver
Back in the days of the early 70s I was an apprentice mechanic on three pounds seventeen shillings and sixpence a week for a 44 hour week . My employer at the time bought a mrk 3 GLS in electric blue with a white vinyl roof new . He brought it in to the workshop and we all had a good look at it , that's when it all started the misery for millions of motorists of the future! . The Pinto engine with a rubber cam drive engine which was the first I had seen but soon most manufacturers adopted this poor design not to mention poor cam shaft Lube spray bars blocking which was very common fault and the stupid design that the cylinder head had to be removed to change the damaged cam from the rear of the head ( If it was designed to be removed from the front the cost of repairs would have been 75% to the owner) . Then there was the constant changing of rear axle void bushes . It looked flash in its day compared to other cars on the road at the time but handled badly . I remember them well ........ cr#p .
@@Theoriginalbigbrillo The Herald would have several reincarnations, 2 door Coupe, Estate, Sedan ( All 4 cyl 998cc to
13/60 ) and the 6 cylinder Vitesse ( quad lamp ) in both mk1 & mk2 ( 1600cc & 2000cc ), came across a coupe in New Zealand 🇳🇿 that had the 2500cc from the much larger Triumph back in the late 80's by a travelling musician 😀
Outstanding video this is! Over here in Holland we had not many of these Mk.3 Cortina’s. But we had the German equivelent, the Taunus and these were very popular. This Cortina had slightly different bodywork but technically the cars were quite identical. Afterwards, starting with the Mk.4 the bodywork of these Fords was identical. I owned three Taunus models. I wish I still had one!
Fantastic video thanks. Loved Mk3s. I had a 1600, a 2000E and a 2000 estate - all manuals. I put a 5 speed type 9 from a wrecked Sierra in the estate. I'd love to have another. These days I run a 1500 Midget, but the Mk3 coke-bottle Cortina still looks awesome.
Had exactly the same model albeit in mettalic green and a manual box. Same year and GXL. Was a fine car after the head gasket was replaced due to an oil leak at the front of the head and on the exhaust manifold side. Used to think it was the muts nuts but nonetheless I eventually traded it in for ........a TR7! No points for guessing which would be more valueable today :-)
Good luck with the project.
So glad you are keen to save a two door GXL, tried to view thru small screen, looks like GT console & satellite quad gauge set.
Those front guards were always the first to rot.
Save all the bright work & small under riders.
I remember from my native New Zealand, those mk3 guards were cheap as chips new, about $120 nzl in the early 80's, whilst the mk2 viva, magnum & firenza ( from vauxhall nzl ) were $228 each.
Those mk3 in two door were super rare, I think 2 doors may have been more common in south africa 🇿🇦
The four door variant was also sold new from the factory in australia, except the pinto was accompanied by the inline 6 engine from the aussie larger Falcon.
The displacement had two options 200ci ( 3300cc) and 250ci ( 4100cc).
Incidentally, those two large falcon engines were also fitted to those late transit vans in aussie ( and nzl )
Do you remember those little combined reverse lights / refectors mk 2 ) below the mk1 tail lights 1977-1983.
Thanks for the video & trip down memory lane. 👨👩👧👦💚🌎😄👌👍
Great job keeping the classic flame burning bright for everyone to see...
+gosportjamie it was really good enjoyable weekend!
Pete C And you got a cover photo in this weeks Classic Car Weekly and an article inside...
I really enjoy seeing Swampy's wipers go back and forth, just remembering how it was laid up in the bushes and left for dead!!...Soon to see Ruby and Bramble's own doing the same :)!!
+Nigel Wankel hynosis! yes i like the wipers too!
It reminds me of an Austin Marina i owned back in 80s.
Lovely mate, was always my favorite motor. My first car was a four door 1600 N reg MK3 in metallic purple with the black vinyl roof. Started life as an XL but with lots of parts from scrap yards around London it was soon turned into a GXL. Had the intake manifold (adapted) and twin Webers from a Mk2 Lotus Cortina, a Piper cam and a 4-2-1 stainless exhaust manifold and exhaust. On top of that a five speed ZF gearbox which I got from god knows where. Went like a rocket but drunk petrol like I owned a North Sea rig. My Mum (god rest her soul) smashed it into the back of a parked transit and I swapped it at Curry motors for a new Mk2 Escort.
Enjoyable vid. It is always nice to watch Swampy out on a drive. I liked seeing Bramble cruise into the show. Lovely looking Granada Mk 1 (we didn't get them in Australia) and Cortina Mk2 at the show. Cheers for sharing a NEC day.
+Karin B welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for another great video Pete, the next best thing to being there :) Looks so strange being able to wander around the show when it's still empty! Great tunes as well, I love a bit of Joe Bonamassa!
+Peter Lobb that Bonamassa live performance its just crusing city!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE THAT SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow it was so good to be in 5th gear on M6 toll road crusing to that tune!!!!! awesome. that what makes it all worthwhile, soon ruby will be doing same !!!! thank you Pete, made my day you liking that song
Looking forward to seeing the completed car. I used to have a dark metallic green mk3 2000e estate, with the same clunk between gears so this brings back a lot of fond memories.
Awesome Vid.. My first cars was a Ford Escort Mk1 I had an Orange basic model, the silver basic and then The Roman Bronze MK1 1300GT It had been customised and resprayed with Gold Rostyle wheels. But unfortunately caught fire and burned out. Some of the cross flow engines it was well known.. However this one was down to a Nikki Carb, All i can guess was a petrol pipe had split. I just recall driving along the road and flames behind the dashboard, was not long before it was engulfed.
I loved that car, real shine, Recaro seats the whole lot gone. The only thing that survived was the stereo Equalizer booster, really weird the fire just burned around it. :)
Love seeing someone so passionate! Much like me with my AMC Pacers.....
thanks jay!!!
My dad had an AMC Pacer X..the worst car he ever owned! haha...it was a nightmare...He was never able to change that 6th spark plug..you know, the one about 3 feet under the windscreen
your love for mk3 s is amazing!!great as always
+Brian Grech Brian you are a cortina hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love your work
I'd really love to go and see this show if I can get the time. It's the mix of restored and unrestored cars that makes it so appealing, some times just seeing shiny metal can get a bit boring.
I think Ford proved how durable Cortina MK3's really are. Brambles is severely rotten but she's still in one piece starts, stops and drives. Youre bang on Pete old Fords never die.
And probably better steel as well. Im still amazed to this day.
Like the fact you drive Swampy in the rain..no fear!!
+ty musseau no probs, i prefer no rain of course !!!
Loved our red Cortina 1972 2.0 L GXL with black vinyl roof and double headlights. My dad had it flat out 120 mph and I loved it, he gave it to me but being 14 was too young so was sold on. Still my dream car though, it has classic cool looks and lines and is quite mean.
My dad had a white 2.0 XL 4 door, one of the later square headlight ones. First car I ever really drove, since his old Mk II I was sitting on his lap. Anyway at 14 I managed to get to drive it up the main runway of the former RAF North Weald. I got it up to about 90 but then started to over control it quite a lot. Got quite a swing on it before I got it slowed down and under control. Afterwards dad reckoned I was only a couple of seconds from rolling it over!
looked like a good weekend there Pete enjoyed it can't wait to see the start of bramble's restoration as well as ruby's take care mate
Great video Pete, shame about the crap weather on the way down there. Bramble is sounding a bit tire needs some tlc and a rebuild lol. Forget what part we are up to now Pete but looking forward to it anyway. Keep them great vids coming Pete.
Cheers Jeff.
2000cc And automatic transmission the fuel consumption is going to be fantastic! Brings back a lot of mems good luck with this one!!
yeah and with a properly jetted Carburator even better consumption.
There is something about Bramble the way she currently looks. She just stands out with her battle scars she has from 32 yrs of being stood and is still alive to tell the tale. Bramble is gonna look great when she is restored though. Some nice Fords on display and some good parts out there
+michael jagger smashin Michael!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lovely coloured coupe......much sought after back in the day....
Crap day for your road trip mate and then horrors of horrors at 5.59 the road signsays-SALT SPREADING the enemy of any car. nice update pete, keep up the good work.
+v8man350 yes saw the salt warnign , i filmed it on purpose. horrid. but all in na,e of art. :-)
All the cars I drove and owned I had MK 3 Cortina 1600L and Granada MK1 3000L GXL and two Granada Mk 1 3000L Ghai loved them
pity I couldn't get there, it looked like it was a good weekend. if you are closer to Norfolk some time will deffo give you a look. keep up the good work and looking forward to the next vid. 😊
Pleasure to meet you bud, you were like Glenn Ford with that camera 🔫. Awesome detail on swampy really top notch work,the standard is now set for bramble and I'm confident you'll surpass that (if that's possible).
+Kenny B JUST MADE MY DAY TO MEET YOU! hope i werent too off the scale if so.....................then LOL c r a zy days ken!!!!!
+Pete C Not at all Pete followed the project for almost 5 YEARS now you're as true as they come bud thanks.
Guaoooooooooooo que bonito carro. Estos fueron echos para. Durar un verdadero. Clásico
From the U.S. Aaah! My favorite. Rover automobile, 75 miles of brake lines Pontiac engine fueled by Stewart Union carbs and LUCAS
Melt o matic switches. One thing about the days I when attempted to repair British Leyland vehicles , we stayed busier than a one legged
man in an ass kicking contest " Repair'em by Friday, Wrecker'em on Monday"
We were the only shop for 100 miles that would work on them. Our world famous warranty was 5 feet or 5 seconds which ever
came first and believe it or not 3% of the time we had to warranty for something stupid and all the car did was sit there for a few days ?
I never said it was because the Brits couldn't engineer anything, they have engineered some of the geartest machines in history, but it was because, at the time, they carried planned obsolescense to far or would over engineer to the point it would fail in complexity or serviceability.
I think the militant trade unions and jobs for the boy’s management. Destroyed British industry. It started going wrong in the early sixties.
Just watched this video and remember seeing this at the NEC when I went with my son
Well done, enjoyed that.
Really enjoyed the video. I look forward to seeing brambles again.
+MonkeyHunch1 yay!!! thanks !
Cheers look forward too more
We had Cortinas in Canada. Not many, and they rusted in the showroom floor, but it was the 70s, everything rusted!
Great vid Pete fab show nice to catch up with you Swamps, Bramble and the Cortina guys.
+AdyB1978 you got it ade!
I am totally impressed with that ford engine, that it can have laid there all brambled up for years like that and still start up faily easily...impressed as fuck...
When that car was first registered the news on it's radio would have been about the impending ice age and joining the Common Market; now it will be what the weather will be like in 100 years time and how the economy will perform over the next 15 years.
good points, yes times are a changin as Bob Dylan sang
Cool cars... modern ones haven't much style but these Cortinas are awesome
thanks!!! yes nice styling angels
Those curves on the mk3 are very sexy, love those deep dials ( clocks ) and the falcon 6 cylinder engine the icing on the cake 🎂 🥮 🍥 🥞 🧁 🍰
Ha,funny.The Escort looked modern infront of the Cortina even though they both get a free bus pass.
Good taste in music...burn a little brighter now!
+rik gay Marillion, always good road trip music SCRIPT / FUGAZI go go !!!!
Well Just watched it and found myself also you caught Helena from MTOC at the Ford stand 17mins an 17 sec in.Keep up the good work mate
+reevco62 LOL hiya Gareth...told you i would get you in the film !!! made me smile, its a great community all us lot!!!!! always fun to meet you and catch up. i think you as mad as me !!! :-)
Hey! First click for the hazards! Bang on
Those Cortina were also known as xle and big six , 3 liter. The mk4 and mk5 , xr6 shape had weaker bodies and rusted badly. I owned a Cortina mk5 , 2.0 GL for 6 years, never gave me any problems.
Need to get down to one of these shows to see swampy in the flesh
+Mitch Jackson you can do it!
I like your video 👍🏾 Ford cortina
i like these out on the road videos
top vid pete
even though i would cak my pants taking swampy out in shit weather.
i liked that mk1 granada and that yellow mk2 capri
That Yellow Mk2 Capri's paintwork was horrendous
+cascroft2011gaming i like the mk2 capri more than mk1 capri
Super stuff Pete, sorry I couldn't be there. Say hello to Dave for me...
DOWNTOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Jus Box will dowhen downtown Jus!
a very rare beast! mk1 granda manual ghina! that is uber rare might be the only one left in that state as most of them are auto (the only ones that the banger ppl don't like) and a very nice mk1 granda coupe with the diy fitted sun roof with gaffa tape as it appers to be in restore condition or half done nice though, more rarenses 2 coursairs and one in silver fox or silver? either way nice mk2 carpi very nice and a ROVER P5B CAMPER?!?! were's the hens teeth? or the esate verson?! some nice barn finds, loving the earily 50's hillman or the lil 50's car that is a rare beast, loads of loud horns XD and the one hooter my old taxi man when he had his citreon xanita he fitted on of those horns on it the old ooooragh! kind
Its a cortina ato lol 😂
Auto i'll spell it for you..
The sallon version was also a P5B Me thinks ;)
You have got a big job there to put that right, I have seen some rot boxes, but this one takes the piss.
for all the bag contained parts. cheers great videos.
thanks Ant!!! really appreciate this, its really good feeling when you get new viewers Ant, when i make the films i never really know whos out there, thanks mate for your reply today. from Pete, Lancs UK
Hi Pete, well done for going to that NEC RESTORATION SHOW with your latest project and your future project as it keeps the word CORTINA MK3 alive,firm and steady, as it looked like that if it wasn't for you to have braught down there the MK3 examples , there was gonna be no Cortina MK3's. It was astonishing watching Swampy in the rain,behind that wind screen, watching them chromed wipers working looked like a film from the 70's era for a while,it's a pity that the low loader driver didn't had a camera and did what you did PETE...... take some footage of Swampy driving on the high way fighting the water and winds, doing like you was doing to Bramble and the low loader carrying it, it would had been interesting to watch NOW FAMOUS SWAMPY driving in the rain from inside another vehicle,but that cabin sensation driving in the rain was enough for a MK3 Cortina Entusiast to watch that footage more than once, at least that's what I did, missed your air guitar Pete on this video, but for sure we'll watch it again in ep 13 ep 14, and off course like always some Cortina MK3 hunting.That's very interesting too.Anyway,can't wait for the next Project Ruby video
+GODWIN SCHEMBRI Im going to get some airguitar in soon dont worry!! and more road trips and a Malta SPECIAL !!!!!!!!!!! actually we did try and get dashcam footage from the truck with bramble on board but the SD card overwritten the footage and we lost it all !!!!! yes the cabin sensation was hypnotic, all that rain, i agree with you, i watched it back and now i see what you mean!!!! I aint scared to take swampy out, he does the miles !!!!!!!!! all the best from UK, Lancashire and we thank you here at Cortina City for all your kind replies and enthusiasm, and also for a heartfelt invitation to your island. i will be there
Any news on the Bramble resto? I've loved these vids. Nice one for saving her. Looking forward to seeing it done.
Nice video Pete. It was a great show - see you in 2017 👍
Hi Alex thanks !!!!!!!!!
I shall look forward to Brambles strip down, Ruby looks almost done on the body shell.
+davekingmusic1994 comin soon!
I missed the show as I was playing bass all weekend.
It is almost a shame to restore Bramble as she is so distinctive and such a talking point as she is .. but u must and as I have said can't flipping wait !! ☺ . enjoyed the before and after section Pete looked perfect for ur 2 cars ! , sounds like u fancy a bit of Mk1 Grandad action ?, I think they are great cars my dad had a green 3ltr GXL think 72, loved it ... from what I can remember ☺ . Anyhoo thanks for the video . MJK
+Mike Kennedy yes loving the mk1 grandad, what a beast. what a cruiser. 3 litre auto. yes a shame to strip bramble now shes out and about.....its goign to be difficult to do, its a star as it is.
Sometimes , a slight bit of rust petina looks good in my opinion. Some older rat rods for instance, and that Anglia 😊
great vid nice to see keep the good work up lovely moters
thanks Morgan, ill keep going, cant wait to start the 2 door resto
Great new video Pete. I'm the guy who came down from Preston to check out the amazing Swampy and Bramble. I really like the patina on Bramble but will be looking forward to seeing it being restored in the future. If you've still got my details and are up for some car photography just let me know. Keep up the good work :-)
+livester17 Ill be giving you a call ASAP we gotta meet up
Nice to see ur cortina still looks nice mate , also I love the mk 2 Capri , sad to see that u didn't catch the rs 3.1 Capri mk 1 barn find and the mint one cause lad on Facebook ad a pic of them
+jamie needham missed thos emate, sound good!
For a moment I thought you were going to drive it there,I was thinking "flash bugger".
That ignition,you looked like a 70's car thief ,giving it a twirl haha
+scoobgirl LOL !
Some great camera angles in this video Pete Ha Ha, Something hypnotic about the old wipers Pete e, what was the verdict on the new battery booster mate?? That MK2 Escort was smart . Still like the Granada now
+PaulMonkey66 battery booster was good, i cant believe how they start a car. i hadnt charged it proper thats why it struggled. use dit today on bramble, flew the starter round!!!! WOOSH FIRED UP
+PaulMonkey66 HA YOU MEAN THE GIRLS ASS !!!! HAH HAH SAW THAT LOL
Was that the4 door blue car that was restored, since the original owner was going to restore, but never had the opportunity to do so.
Better than a classic COke Cola
Молодец! Это очень хорошая машина!
Superb video .
+paulb4uk thank you Paul
Bloody fantastic! The whole thing, your cars, the show, everything! Why don't I know about this show? I'd love to visit! Obviously it's the NEC, but when is it next on?
MARCH 2019 !!! shep
@@PeteCswampy thanks mate, see you there!!!
its like watching a real life restoration of "Christine"...........i can hear it now"No shi**er comes between me and Ruby" lol
Arnie LOL !!!!!! once i gleaned up all the broken glass,,,, it didnt look to bad. baker auto out on route 66!!!! this shade of red!!!!
@@PeteCswampy shit wipes off lol
You sound like a northern Chris Evans when you get enthusiastic
ha !!! ha :-) i am northern though!!!
Chris evans is northern alough you wouldnt know it the smug ginger git
Gday
nice we only had the sedans and the wagons with the 4cyl and the 6cyl
and was that fuzz at 31:10 if not same type of hat he uses lol
cheers
I now know just how old I am. owned lots of cars that are on display. The first car I bought was a Ford Anglia estate and I paid 7 pounds for it.
its ok, we all get old, i feel same......older every bloomin day. someone said to me, as they hadnt seen me in a few years, they said, oh you look older, i said, oh, so do you...lol
Any updates on this beasts restoration ?
hi yes all the films are on here called PROJECT BRAMBLE
The titanic finally arose.
Just don't get English Ford's...even the "twinks" were crude. If ever a company embodied the "sell the sizzle not the steak" it was them...BMC had their faults but look at their design legacy.
true, for me though its sentiment as well, my older brother had a mk3 2000 XL and its all the memories, and I do like the coke bottle style of the mk3, plus its a nice drive and they great to work on Stephen, well im grateful you watched the film, means a lot you spent time to watch the movie, from pete
Stephen Scholes design legacy 2nd to none Classic Fords
had one it was green 2000cc in the 80. had the mk 2 1600cc ex-police. swap it for a ford orian 1600 need my brain look at, rust bucket inner sills out spring hangers front pillows god it was clapt but my wife like it.sold it for 400 to a long lost mate. he sent the police to my house he would not pay me for a new tyre and wheel as he lay in is bed i removed the wheel. i left him a note. bad day bad payer. i got done for stealing the wheel. a true ford story.
Cortinas and Granada's are my favourite that is why we own 2 one 1975 series 1 Ghia AUTO in flame orange and the other one a 1974 consul L AUTO in white and mold which has just failed its mot on rot on the inside sill
Oliver, yes the Granadas are a beast I love them, great to hear you got 2 of em, well played to you, great great cars.
Pete C thanks
Swampy looks cool, Pete! When is the restoration of Bramble the 2 door GXL going to be restored, and to what extent in comparison to Swampy?
How many 2 door GXLs were produced originally, and how many survive on the road and on SORN?
+Lee Faulkner Hi Lee, thanks again for watching the channel. I appreciate that and hope you found it fun to watch. OK, well at moment im rebuilding a 4 door GXL (ruby) the 2 door is a future project. I just wanted to get it out of that environment and get it back to my house so i could cover it up. Its a very very rare car. Heres the spec: 2 Door, Silver (VERY RARE), red interior (VERY RARE), Auto on a series one (VERY RARE), 2 door (rare), GXL, 2.0, its a rare care that has to be saved. Thats why i pulled it out. However its in a bad state. Not as bad as swampy but close. The bulkhead (hardest part) is good. I was very very suprised how solid it was around that area. Chassis rails have survived though have pinholes. All in all its all do-able, but it will be a 2-3 year job. Result will be incredible. THe car im working on at moment is going to be stupendous, its already looking really nice. Im not sure how many 2 door, auto, series one (1971), silver cars there are, especially with red interior. Im going to take a chance and say there are NONE left! ill take bets and say there are NONE !
+Pete C I'm not a mechanical engineer myself, but have been a lifelong Mk3 fanatic. Around 1997 I was offered in a Mk3 club magazine a Mk3 Cortina GXL 2 door for sale which the owner claimed it was in Roman Bronze. I sadly couldn't get to look at or buy the car as it needed extensive restoration, I was at university then and didn't have the space for it. I hope the 2 door GXL wasn't scrapped.
+Lee Faulkner Lee i hope that car is still around. Can i take the opportunity to apologise to you and all above for my late reply, i like to have appropiate time to read back all the comments thsi last month has been hectic, finally took a sunday afternoon off to get back to everyone. multitaskin with life, cars,work, friends, family wife etc. So Lee thanks mate for sharing your story with me too all the best from Pete
Anyone know when the next one of these shows is on please?
Hi Deano, next film out in week or so, scroll thru my vids and there are lot more films, look for PROJECT BRAMBLE ep1, thank you for watching Deano!!!! made up mate you tuned in
Hello Pete, appreciate that very much, but l meant an actual Car show, like that NEC one, Barn finds etc,, And yes l am tuned in to your films, and l am very much into my classic cars, and l have plenty of pics of most of my old cars, from back in the day, predominantly Fords,, anyways thank you my mate..
Deano next one is March 2019, I hope to be there with the Bramble bodyshell and maybe my blue GXL (swampy)
Is Swampy manual or automatic?
Is it a Mk 3 Cortina or a Mk.free Cortina?
atleat it got a wash on the low loader!
:-) UK = RAIN !!!!
Pete your a Master Mechanic but requires a Satnav for directions from Brum to Preston
Ill give you a good clue budd
M6 NORTH...............................................Ouch
Paul LOL LAZY but i put it on for the LIVE traffic!! tht M6 is a nightmare at moment !!!
@@PeteCswampy
Not to mention actually getting to your final location, speed cameras and speed limit warnings!
you should restore a granada or a Capri m8
+FordCapri Driver Granada mk1 !
Pete C are you really?
Is she going back to her original silver fox.
Hi yes back to silver buddy, it should be out the dip tank today (fri) though half the metal will be replaced, if not more
Saw it on Saturday next to swampy, it's much orse than I thought it was. Don't think this one is save able. Swampy was in bettdr condition when he hsf no roof!
+cascroft2011gaming No. Swampy was a lot worse mate.
+Pete C wether its savable depends who is doing the restoring.
Pete C really
Pete C true, it's saveable but to be honest, it's not worth saving. I do love the car but the rear ach and sill was so bad, I though it needed a reshell. I can promise you that this is one hell of a restoration job, not as bad as that Black Cortina MK3 GT you found but it will probably take up to 4 years to restore
+cascroft2011gaming i see what you are saying however theres somethign you need to know. its one of the rarest mk3. can you please name me a rarer mk3 than this? you want me to list the spec? Silver fox. GXL. series one. 2.0. Auto. Ruby. 2 door. errr just happens to be the rarest combination that ford made in the mk3 range. That aside i like difficult jobs. I love difficult jobs. I prefer difficult jobs. That is the challange, the journey, the story, the art, the skill, the project. up to 4 years? how do you calculate that? have you asked me? ill decide how long it takes.
What's the latest on Maizey? Not seen anything for a couple of years.
when they cut all the rust out there wasnt any car left
hi wen due you start the 2 door. as i have never seen a 2 door in my life .
this starts later this year
hi .cant wate
Why has that yellow cortina mark 3 got 2 doors at the start and 4 doors at the end?
Brian thanks for question, 2 different restos, but both are on the youtube channel, sorry for confusion
20.51 Check out the chassis 🤣
That yellow Capri. lol
spider eggs in your ears dude :O
lol yes it was a jungle in there tony!!
Before and after? It wasn't even the same bloody car........................
Try to stick on the issue
Emotional
Give it a wash ffs
LOL ok Ste! it was going into barn find section so the more crud the better, its getting restored at moment as we speak its under the acid tank, may end up disolved! ill post a vid when it comes out of the dippers tank, theres quite a few films up already of this car resto
Then you moan at wrong type of straw!
The road runner :-) :-) :-)@$
Hi Pete
+AlexTheTank Hello Alex, hope you are well
They were a heap then and even worse now. Don’t get the love for these dreadful cars. Escort was a much nicer car and doesn’t look as dated.
Dunno, I just like the cocke bottel shape and dash and once fixed up I think they cruise pretty good, done scotland, italy, a lot round europe in em, great fun, i just live the momen if i can......SP Royals..where they the Dunlop tyres?? thanks for comment from Pete
I think it’s a matter of choice.
The brother had mk3 cortina never any problems with it,
It always started on the first turn of the key,
I thought at the time they were a bit heavy on the petrol when I got a loan of it,
£10 wouldn’t get you very far but a really nice comfortable car for its time.
Depressing country, crap weather, buildings in dark colours all looking the same. Horrible.
Some parts of the country (UK) seem and can be depressing. Other parts, spectacular, I suppose on this film, with the weather and the general greyness of it all I agree. However I gotta say, theres other films I have uploaded showing spectacular scenery, lakes, and country villages, rolling green hills and just a beauty that the UK has, I promise that its not as droll as portrayed on here, although looking at the film I can see why you think so. I promise there are beautiful places everywhere, you just have to look out for em. A suggestion for you if you google 'cotswolds' (its a place in UK) just take a look, or lake district, that's just a few, I think that, its only the industrial and urban areas that when get covered in our CRAP WEATHER (I agree) it all looks a mess.....all the best
I actually enjoyed this video,
It’s about cars
It’s not a promotional video for tourist board,
So what if the weather is not good.