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[Lizzie_Zoom]

Those pictures just take me right back Amigo, and I can still smell the plastic newness of the cars fresh from Dagenham!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

That engine was so easy to work on as you could get to all sides easily, replace spark plugs, leads, and everything else simply........a straightforward carburetor.........plus the big bonus........no bloody sensors and complicated electronics!!

PS That engine compartment is a credit to you!!

[Andy B]

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That engine was so easy to work on as you could get to all sides easily, replace spark plugs, leads, and everything else simply........a straightforward carburetor.........plus the big bonus........no bloody sensors and complicated electronics!!

I can think of 1  minus though.



Points!! Best thing car makers ever did was to get shut of them! PITA           

[Andy B]

Those pictures just take me right back Amigo, and I can still smell the plastic newness of the cars fresh from Dagenham!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) ......

I sat in Guy's car a few months back .... and you're right about the smell of a Ford. :-?  It smelt exactly the same as mine had done all those years before.       

[Lizzie_Zoom]

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That engine was so easy to work on as you could get to all sides easily, replace spark plugs, leads, and everything else simply........a straightforward carburetor.........plus the big bonus........no bloody sensors and complicated electronics!!

I can think of 1  minus though.



Points!! Best thing car makers ever did was to get shut of them! PITA           

Of course in the modern age they are obsolete   However at the time I never had a problem with them or the condensor.  Providing you replaced them at regular service intervals they were actually no problem.  I would accept though that damp was a problem for all the electrics under the hood, and WD40 used to be used a great deal!!

[amigov6]

Points could be troublesome if neglected but you could clean them up enough to splutter home.
   Can't do that with a crankcase sensor!

[Andy B]

Points could be troublesome if neglected but you could clean them up enough to splutter home.
   Can't do that with a crankcase sensor!

Very true!


I was talking about car with points in general ...... I wasn't picking on just your car!   

[Kevin Wood]

Only one thing missing from that engine bay, Guy....

A pair of Webers.

 

Kevin

[amigov6]

No worries Andy.!!! KW never saw a tina with twin Webbers but Mk2 RS 2000 Eccies have the battery in the boot to accommodate them which is cool.
   If you look again she does have the 4 branch manifold & twin choke from the GT plus the pancake filter. Not a 2.0 but equivalent to a 1.8 sierra which is quite enough for the old girl, i usually only drive her on the first barrel, i've got the Beastie to misbehave in!!!!

[Kevin Wood]

KW never saw a tina with twin Webbers

I know, it's just every Pinto I've seen for a long time has been in a kit car, with a pair of DCOEs. 

Kevin

[Vamps]

No worries Andy.!!! KW never saw a tina with twin Webbers but Mk2 RS 2000 Eccies have the battery in the boot to accommodate them which is cool.
   If you look again she does have the 4 branch manifold & twin choke from the GT plus the pancake filter. Not a 2.0 but equivalent to a 1.8 sierra which is quite enough for the old girl, i usually only drive her on the first barrel, i've got the Beastie to misbehave in!!!!

He might be thinking, Twin choke as fitted, after market to many (45 rings a bell)  Mk 1/2 Cortina of which I have seen a few.........

[ffcgary1]

Mine was a mk3 1.6 gxl , white with a black vynil roof. early dash with the 4 gauges  in the center consul & slopey glove box. i loved that car and i thought & till do that i looked the biz.

[amigov6]

Mine was a mk3 1.6 gxl , white with a black vynil roof. early dash with the 4 gauges  in the center consul & slopey glove box. i loved that car and i thought & till do that i looked the biz.

Hi Gary. I'm after another Mk3 but has to be the slopey dash (pre facelift)...the real Mk3. Sadly they were the worst for rust & life on mars did'nt help.
    Suddenly every bucket barn find was worth a kings ransom. Luckily that's easing off now & i don't nee a GT/ GXL just a 1600 L with the x-flow lump will do me. 8-)

[Ian_D]

... fitted a period radio cassette (would love an original Ford push button as fitted to the GL)

I think I may of had one of them in the garage a couple of years ago! Think I either binned it or striped it for parts, but not sure If I ever do come across it, its yours Guy!   

[amigov6]

... fitted a period radio cassette (would love an original Ford push button as fitted to the GL)

I think I may of had one of them in the garage a couple of years ago! Think I either binned it or striped it for parts, but not sure If I ever do come across it, its yours Guy!   

Cheers Inspector Gadget. If you still have it i'd be made up but i'm guessing you turned it into a solar powered cheese grater or summats!!!
   Hope all's well & say hello to big boy for me!!! 8-)

[amigov6]

No worries Andy.!!! KW never saw a tina with twin Webbers but Mk2 RS 2000 Eccies have the battery in the boot to accommodate them which is cool.
   If you look again she does have the 4 branch manifold & twin choke from the GT plus the pancake filter. Not a 2.0 but equivalent to a 1.8 sierra which is quite enough for the old girl, i usually only drive her on the first barrel, i've got the Beastie to misbehave in!!!!

He might be thinking, Twin choke as fitted, after market to many (45 rings a bell)  Mk 1/2 Cortina of which I have seen a few.........

I know what he means Vamps, he's a kit car fan & 2 ltr pintos are very tuneable with BIG carbs & breathers everywhere. I used to banger race on an oval circuit down south & one of the other classes (non contact) was full of early RWD Toyota starlets with "breathed on" 2.0 Pintos. They used to fly round!