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[DMC-12]

Howdy all (IMG:style_emoticons/default/toothygrin.gif) I finally have my baby <3

She's a 1982 Ford Cortina 1.6 Crusader, better known to you Europeans as a Ford Taunus TC3. Never been welded, rustproofed from new (which never normally works), so there's only a few bubbles in various areas to take care of. Engine wise, pretty standard apart from the weber 32dgr carb and high lift cam. It's faster than most people's 2.0 Cortinas (IMG:style_emoticons/default/toothygrin.gif) Here have some piccies:

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First order of business was to change the plates, got some nice pressed aluminium ones made up and I refurbished my badges:

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So, plans for her? Nothing too drastic, lose some of the altitude, nice wheels, 4-2-1 manifold, and find a rev counter.

I've got a set of capri laser RS4 wheels too, not sure what look I want with them yet as they need refurbishing. Unsure whether to go diamond cut or just powder coated original silver. They're arriving tonight I'll get pics when they do. Also spotlight brackets are coming tonight so hopefully I can have the spots back on her (IMG:style_emoticons/default/toothygrin.gif)