In this first video of the series Project PAPPA, I remove the seized Kent engine with the help of Richard Valentini (from Cortinas past and present - FACEBOOK)
I personally much rather have a classic mk3 cortina parked outside (if I could afford one), than that rather bloated electric suv thing. If you really want a Skoda get an Octavia or Superb, I have a rather nice top spect Skoda superb mk2.Keep up the good work Pete! 👍
The comparisons in costs of ownership between 2022 and 1972 are fascinating, and bears out what I’ve been thinking for a while - we get better value out of cars now - however, we are all more indebted than ever, with much larger mortgages, credit card debts and many more outgoings. The current cost of living squeeze is hard work, but so far, nowhere near as hard as it got in the mid 70s. Worth remembering when complaining about not being able to afford a second foreign holiday, or a mid-week trip to Nando’s!
A V6 is a minimum and a given geoff in oz or the septic isle as you or the yanks dont settle for anything less and before i get cried down cortinas were found in north america i have seen one in a museum in canada saying they were sold there and i saw at least 2 on the roads in the new york and philly areas inthe mid 80s.
I remember my Dad rebuilding a 1600 crossflow with the block still in the car. Head and sump off and pistons out. New rings, head cleaned up and valves re-seated. New big end bearings and a gasket set for the rebuild of course. It came to a halt on Sutton Bank in North Yorkshire. A landie tow to the top where my Dad found that the accelerator cable had come loose. Other than that it never missed a beat. I loved that Mark 3. Best family car we ever had.
Hello there Pete, good to see you and Rich are underway with the Pappa restoration. Looks like you are getting through the Bulldog BDX at a good rate, really happy it is helping you out.
Nah...gimme that Cortina over anything on today's market. I have driven quite a few late model rentals and what strikes me the most about all of them is how _relieved_ I feel to slip behind the wheel of my Morris Elite - _real_ steering feel, positive switches and gearshift, whining gearbox, fuss free vinyl seats, horn toots and waves from passers-by. 😊 EDIT: 'Ah yes - _pheromones!_ The spray on love scent for inadequate males who find it impossible to attract women!' 😂
This brings back happy memories of working on my mk1 and mk2 escorts engines back in the 80s, fantastic engines, they could take a good thrashing all day long , it's the gearbox I used to destroy on a regular basis, thanks for the video Pete and happy memories , I was 53 yesterday Jesus lol
@@PeteCswampy Good choice. I remember the sound of it when in Mk2 Escorts and Mk1 Fiesta XR2's. They were less tappety than the Valencia and HCS engine that followed.
Great to see you back Pete! Love Cortina’s, especially Mk3’s! Looking forward to your upcoming videos on Project Papa and penultimately, the finished article! 👍🏼👌🏼😎
I once went into a car breakers and asked if they have a starter miter for a year old Skoda and they said it’s sounds like a fair swop 👌👌👌🏴🏴🏴
I don't know what kind of penetrating oil you were using but there is an American penetrating oil called Kroil. This stuff will even creep up hill on frozen bolts. It will creep into areas as small as 1 millionth of an inch to break the surface tension of stuck bolts. But I have found that when penetrating oils wont work, on stuck engines, white vinegar will do it
long time no see it doesn't matter now, but a fully charged battery, good clean battery leads + your charger would of provided way more torque to that motor than just a charger, you could hear your charger going into overload mode. 1600 friction plate has smaller splines than 2L, but there is a ford clutch that will fit, i've just forgot which one. going on my holidays soon, to my uncle's, he has a 74 2L estate, not run for at least 20yrs, but its a pinto with a weber, so nee bother i recon are they worth out these days?
Really good review of the cars, What you are not telling people about the Skoda is that you are sat on top of an electrical field. NOT GOOD. Do the research. Cheers.
Hi ,I was watching on you tube a vlog on a Cortina mk3 1973 with a facelift interior dash and noticed that at the rear axle he had an antiroll stabilizer or roll bar, was this only to post 1973 model only as I don't think I recall seeing one on your cars.
pete if that 97 k engine is knackered it says alot for the brand of car its coming out of.If you took one out of a 70s audi or beemer with similar mileage it would be barely run in mate.You speak as if thats been to the moon and back mileage wise.At 50 odd years old yourself i bet you have walked 5 or 6,000 miles personally so to talk about that engine having done alot in ford terms due to not the best engineering and design is the reason it is what it is.I would love to see you one day stick a proper septic V8 in one and give a blue oval car more of what the companies founding father and family was more used too.You dont find chevy big blocks abused and needing a rebuild with just 97 k on them use wise they have usual done double or treble that and still going.
I have a Mk3 estate with 1600 OHV and the same gearbox and front bench seat as yours….If I swap the OHV for the OHC 2L, what gearbox can I use if I want to keep the bench seat? What are you going to use? I really need some advice. From Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
you can keep the gearbox you have. use a 1600 ohc flwheel and clutch on your OHC engine, use a longer thrust release Bering carrier and the ohc engine works with the gearbox you have. you may need to adjust the clutch cable quite far up, i have done this on my car and it works. as i said it all works but clutch release arm needs a longer release bearing carrier to bring the clutch arm forward more than usual. the kent engine sits further into the bellhousing, the ohc engine does not fit as far back into bellhousing but this is compensated for by fitting a longer bearing carrier. on mine i had to adjust the clutch cable by packing it out on bellhosusing . it will work
There were a few things in the Parkers intro that I disagree with. 1. They said newer cars are more dependable. This is false. As long as they are maintained, old cars a extremely reliable and other than some catastrophic failure, if an old car does break down, a knowledgable driver can get it running enough to at least get it home.. 2. Gas mileage of 25 mpg? With a. Proper tuning of the engine that car should easily get 30 mpg or more... 3. All this pushing of EV's is a mistake. Yes, EV's are the way of the future, but the viability of widespread EV usage is still decades away as it is not feasible to add all that extra load onto the existing powergrid which is not up to it and will fail because of it.
this was built in uk yes, rare bench seat, yes keeping to L spec, i think the dealer in British Guyana added the GT bits which is fine but im thinking L spec as that is what is on build tags
@@PeteCswampy As was the C4 Ford Automatic Box Fitted to some of the Mk3 Cortina Range in 1974 For 6 months of Production, when Ford could not get hold of the C3 boxes due to a strike at parts suppliers, so the C4 was fitted in some 2000E models.
I've driven north of anything. Evoras, supercharged mercs, Range Rovers ect. My mk3 Cortina GT is driven every single weekend be it to the shop, hair cuts, shows. I literally have no wants for tech. I'm 27.
yes Robert, ill throw a pinto in BUT rebuild the KENT ASAP and put it in, i just need to get car mobile and moving before winter (its in way blocking Garage) I cant push it on gravel and will be fun to get it driving
Have the presenters taken illicit drugs before filming. 0-60 in 10 seconds was fast back in the day and still respectable today. The new car looks ugly, has lots of screens to distract you from driving. The future us not electric cars; 250-300 mile range will be much less in real life and less as the battery ages. The semiconductors driven curcuitry will be too expensive replace against the value of the vehicle as it ages, reproducing broken electrics/battery no longer available will render them as scrap well before an old simply to repair car. How they can claim it as positive is beyond me.
I personally much rather have a classic mk3 cortina parked outside (if I could afford one), than that rather bloated electric suv thing. If you really want a Skoda get an Octavia or Superb, I have a rather nice top spect Skoda superb mk2.Keep up the good work Pete! 👍
That Skoda will never get to be as old as the cortina! Not a single modern car will last long enough to be a classic car in the future.
Certainly shitty ev cars they will be squashed well before classic status
Great to see you and the gang back Pete great days work there looking forward to this series
More to come!
So glad to see you back!!!!
The comparisons in costs of ownership between 2022 and 1972 are fascinating, and bears out what I’ve been thinking for a while - we get better value out of cars now - however, we are all more indebted than ever, with much larger mortgages, credit card debts and many more outgoings. The current cost of living squeeze is hard work, but so far, nowhere near as hard as it got in the mid 70s. Worth remembering when complaining about not being able to afford a second foreign holiday, or a mid-week trip to Nando’s!
In Australia we got the 250 strait 6 with 4 speed manual or 3 speed auto. It had a really cool power bulge on the bonnet and went like the clappers.
A V6 is a minimum and a given geoff in oz or the septic isle as you or the yanks dont settle for anything less and before i get cried down cortinas were found in north america i have seen one in a museum in canada saying they were sold there and i saw at least 2 on the roads in the new york and philly areas inthe mid 80s.
I remember my Dad rebuilding a 1600 crossflow with the block still in the car. Head and sump off and pistons out. New rings, head cleaned up and valves re-seated. New big end bearings and a gasket set for the rebuild of course. It came to a halt on Sutton Bank in North Yorkshire. A landie tow to the top where my Dad found that the accelerator cable had come loose. Other than that it never missed a beat.
I loved that Mark 3. Best family car we ever had.
Are you the Michael Goode with the Kawasaki in his living room ?
Hello there Pete, good to see you and Rich are underway with the Pappa restoration. Looks like you are getting through the Bulldog BDX at a good rate, really happy it is helping you out.
The Bulldog is serving me well
Pete real good you back you and your spanners. It seems a long time ago since starting Bramble.. Looking forward to many hours of pleasure
you are Welcome Geoff
Great to see the City is back
thanks!!!!!!!! from Pete
I’m cannot believe how fast you get your projects completed and the quality of the work is superb
Thank you so much 😀
Cortina any day.
I rebuilt that same engine and put it in a Capri.
A 2000E gearbox fitted straight in. I also needed a different prop.
Nah...gimme that Cortina over anything on today's market. I have driven quite a few late model rentals and what strikes me the most about all of them is how _relieved_ I feel to slip behind the wheel of my Morris Elite - _real_ steering feel, positive switches and gearshift, whining gearbox, fuss free vinyl seats, horn toots and waves from passers-by. 😊
EDIT: 'Ah yes - _pheromones!_ The spray on love scent for inadequate males who find it impossible to attract women!' 😂
This brings back happy memories of working on my mk1 and mk2 escorts engines back in the 80s, fantastic engines, they could take a good thrashing all day long , it's the gearbox I used to destroy on a regular basis, thanks for the video Pete and happy memories , I was 53 yesterday Jesus lol
Couldn't agree more!
The Kent engine will live again as it's in the garage of miracles.
gettin rebuild
@@PeteCswampy Good choice. I remember the sound of it when in Mk2 Escorts and Mk1 Fiesta XR2's. They were less tappety than the Valencia and HCS engine that followed.
Great to see you back mate
Hi Mark!!!
Great to see you back Pete! Love Cortina’s, especially Mk3’s! Looking forward to your upcoming videos on Project Papa and penultimately, the finished article! 👍🏼👌🏼😎
Great video Pete. Nice to see you working on a Kent engine for a change, brings back a few memories from when I had my Mk1 Escorts. 👍
Such a rare car Pete, it would be great if you could rebuild the original Kent.
I will rebuild the kent, but will put pinto in for now just to get it mobile
Fantastic to see that detail - well done 👍😊
Many thanks!
Glad to see you back on the spanner’s Pete
Gud to see ya back Mr P.
Glad your back Pete missed your videos keep up the good work
Thanks 👍
cracking video
thanks Paul
I once went into a car breakers and asked if they have a starter miter for a year old Skoda and they said it’s sounds like a fair swop 👌👌👌🏴🏴🏴
Keep the crossflow (711m?) or go electric.To put a pinto to a crosflow gearbox you need to use a cortina 1.6gt cutch plate.
I don't know what kind of penetrating oil you were using but there is an American penetrating oil called Kroil. This stuff will even creep up hill on frozen bolts. It will creep into areas as small as 1 millionth of an inch to break the surface tension of stuck bolts. But I have found that when penetrating oils wont work, on stuck engines, white vinegar will do it
long time no see
it doesn't matter now, but a fully charged battery, good clean battery leads + your charger would of provided way more torque to that motor than just a charger, you could hear your charger going into overload mode. 1600 friction plate has smaller splines than 2L, but there is a ford clutch that will fit, i've just forgot which one. going on my holidays soon, to my uncle's, he has a 74 2L estate, not run for at least 20yrs, but its a pinto with a weber, so nee bother i recon
are they worth out these days?
I know I’ve said this before but this is Brilliant 🤘😎🤘
Great vid mate av got the same problem with the Sierra the core plug under the bell housing weeping engine out again job
Thanks 👍
Your welcome mate keep up the good work and long live the old fords 👍 cheers pete
I used to have one of these with a bench seat UFY73L memories 😢
Welcome back Peter great video It's been a while It sounds like ruby has a rattle in the exhaust Just to let you know👍🙂🤔😱
Thanks for the info
Really good review of the cars, What you are not telling people about the Skoda is that you are sat on top of an electrical field. NOT GOOD. Do the research. Cheers.
No your tinfoil hat is just loose.
That’s a 2nd MK3 with bench seat I’ve seen/ had I raced one once that was a X flow too
Gareth (from MK3 club) has a Tawney Brown Estate which family has had from new, he rebuilt the car, did great job, great guy too
Long live the King .
Hi ,I was watching on you tube a vlog on a Cortina mk3 1973 with a facelift interior dash and noticed that at the rear axle he had an antiroll stabilizer or roll bar, was this only to post 1973 model only as I don't think I recall seeing one on your cars.
pete if that 97 k engine is knackered it says alot for the brand of car its coming out of.If you took one out of a 70s audi or beemer with similar mileage it would be barely run in mate.You speak as if thats been to the moon and back mileage wise.At 50 odd years old yourself i bet you have walked 5 or 6,000 miles personally so to talk about that engine having done alot in ford terms due to not the best engineering and design is the reason it is what it is.I would love to see you one day stick a proper septic V8 in one and give a blue oval car more of what the companies founding father and family was more used too.You dont find chevy big blocks abused and needing a rebuild with just 97 k on them use wise they have usual done double or treble that and still going.
Rebuild that engine and you may have a car that’s more economical to run at the current petrol cost’s
Long time no see, last time I watched you was with the silver car, how much rust in this vechicle, and are you restoring this one??????
A great start on the project. Is that a Claxon horn I see in the engine bay?
yes Klaxon!
Yes!
You can just open the valve on the hoist, lift the boom up and lock it back, without having to keep pumping the handle next time...bless
Thanks for the info
you dont even need to open the valve, just lift it a bit higher than you need, then let it settle back [got same lift]
Diesel works well on seized engines.. Just fill the bores.. Worth noting for next time
I have a Mk3 estate with 1600 OHV and the same gearbox and front bench seat as yours….If I swap the OHV for the OHC 2L, what gearbox can I use if I want to keep the bench seat? What are you going to use? I really need some advice. From Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
you can keep the gearbox you have. use a 1600 ohc flwheel and clutch on your OHC engine, use a longer thrust release Bering carrier and the ohc engine works with the gearbox you have. you may need to adjust the clutch cable quite far up, i have done this on my car and it works. as i said it all works but clutch release arm needs a longer release bearing carrier to bring the clutch arm forward more than usual. the kent engine sits further into the bellhousing, the ohc engine does not fit as far back into bellhousing but this is compensated for by fitting a longer bearing carrier. on mine i had to adjust the clutch cable by packing it out on bellhosusing . it will work
There were a few things in the Parkers intro that I disagree with. 1. They said newer cars are more dependable. This is false. As long as they are maintained, old cars a extremely reliable and other than some catastrophic failure, if an old car does break down, a knowledgable driver can get it running enough to at least get it home.. 2. Gas mileage of 25 mpg? With a. Proper tuning of the engine that car should easily get 30 mpg or more... 3. All this pushing of EV's is a mistake. Yes, EV's are the way of the future, but the viability of widespread EV usage is still decades away as it is not feasible to add all that extra load onto the existing powergrid which is not up to it and will fail because of it.
I’ll have the car with character and charm thank you very much. You can stick your jelly mould electric blob where the sun doesn’t shine 👍
are u leaving this one all original engine box all that. and colour was this one built in UK
this was built in uk yes, rare bench seat, yes keeping to L spec, i think the dealer in British Guyana added the GT bits which is fine but im thinking L spec as that is what is on build tags
Will you be doing a post mortem on the engine 🤔
yes tonight
It wants a V6 in it.
Money's too tight to mention… 🎶🎼
iknow which I'd have and it wouldn't be a skoda
euroboxes!!!! and I phones!!! get me out of here!!!
I have never seen or heard of a three speed Cortina even from a MK1
The auto was three speed box
borg warner and c3 autos, 3 speed boxes
@@PeteCswampy As was the C4 Ford Automatic Box Fitted to some of the Mk3 Cortina Range in 1974 For 6 months of Production, when Ford could not get hold of the C3 boxes due to a strike at parts suppliers, so the C4 was fitted in some 2000E models.
Yep my old man’s mk1 1500 super was Borg warner 3 speed auto
Tow down lane then push in forth gear
I've driven north of anything. Evoras, supercharged mercs, Range Rovers ect. My mk3 Cortina GT is driven every single weekend be it to the shop, hair cuts, shows. I literally have no wants for tech. I'm 27.
Very nice!
@@PeteCswampy not as nice as your fleet, an inspiration keep it up!
Had to switch off as couldn’t watch any more of parkers So dont know what the rest of the vid is like with no way of skipping
Hey pete i reckon i could beat the burger monster i could finish before him go on my son get your chops round that one !
go on my son!!! pricey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why are you removing the engine in Kent? i thought you were up by Blackpool! 🤣🤣🤣
surely if you put a pinto in it Papa just becomes another wannerbe?
yes Robert, ill throw a pinto in BUT rebuild the KENT ASAP and put it in, i just need to get car mobile and moving before winter (its in way blocking Garage) I cant push it on gravel and will be fun to get it driving
Rubbish. The Cortina is worth ten of that pile of garbage
Have the presenters taken illicit drugs before filming. 0-60 in 10 seconds was fast back in the day and still respectable today. The new car looks ugly, has lots of screens to distract you from driving. The future us not electric cars; 250-300 mile range will be much less in real life and less as the battery ages. The semiconductors driven curcuitry will be too expensive replace against the value of the vehicle as it ages, reproducing broken electrics/battery no longer available will render them as scrap well before an old simply to repair car. How they can claim it as positive is beyond me.