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Of all the trouble free miles i did in a plated mk5 cortina 20 years ago


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Cortina- ... 2ece13abc1

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I had two of them, a gorgeous 2.3 Ghia s model in champagne gold and one of the very last 2.0 crusader models in cardinal red. If you had ever tried to change the void bushes on one though, you wouldn't say "trouble free".

simple enough job with the right tool

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0978383004

By comparison theres a large void bush on Mk4 Mondeos, the tool to that is a tad more, progress again!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-MONDEO-M ... 27dc0f5c01

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I'd be a rich man if I had EBay in 1986 !

with that tool the void bushes took 30 minutes max, bolts out, arm out the way, wind the old bush out and the new one in, the Mk3/5/5 all had the same bushes, i used to buy MOT failures and had 1 of each to do the same day...

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The engine where you could change the timing belt at the side of the road.

without a degree from NASA and any computer

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Correct, I changed many belts at the side of the road. Come to think about it, I changed clutch cables, water pumps and a few other things on the old Cortina's.

a local classic car owner has a contact who recruits older cars for TV and film work, all thos episodes of George Gently/call the midwife/Morse, etc might pay better than having a plate

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