Mopar Muscle Association UK

With my Charger sold (and feeling like I have lost a limb) I needed something else.

Now I have no budget to speak of.

So, to actually learn to restore a car myself, I bought this.

It is a 2 door mk2 Cortina 1600 GT - in a bit of a mess.

I am hoping that by the time I have finished this, I will be able to get another Mopar

2 door MK2's are hens teeth. Good luck with it.

Good Luck, should be a nice project!

good stuff top man, is it me or does the rear quarter look tiny, must be with bein used to the big yanks

chargeruk wrote:in a bit of a mess.

No they all came out the factory looking like that. Ford's panel fit has improved a little over the years!

2 Door Mk2 1600GT.. One of my favorite cars! Well worth a resto! Will be worth a fair amount when done.

dont forget what i said the other day up untill i have money for the roadrunner and things start happening with that and then after its done i am happy to come round and lend a hand

Cannonball wrote:good stuff top man, is it me or does the rear quarter look tiny, must be with bein used to the big yanks

With it being a 2 door ,it has longer doors giving the illusion of shorter quarters, looks like a bit of work , but it will be worth it, as has been said already ,hens teeth nice one

good luck with it , mk2's are

Welcome to the dark side of Retro Ford ownership

'Makes me feel old.

From '67 - '69 i worked for for a couple of dealers selling new cars. In those days there were not many single make dealerships. The two I worked for sold Ford, all BMC (British Leyland), and Mercedes. Amongst other things I used to collect new cars from other dealers and drive them back on trade plates. The mk2 GT fell out of favour to a large extent because of the 1600E. I collected loads of those.

I used to think the GT & 1600E were brilliant. But even then i knew we were getting conned. I used to buy Hot Rod magazine every month and read about the new musclecars in the USA, i also went regularly to Santa Pod. In those days there were still a lot of US servicemen based all over the UK, a lot of them used to race regularly at the Pod. That is where i first saw Road Runners and Chargers. USAF sergeant Doug Harler was a regular racing his '68 R/T Charger. That and another US airman's Road Runner were my favourites at the time.

I knew the Americans were having fun with their 440's and Hemi's, while we in the UK were asked to believe a GT Cortina was a fast car. Were we conned or what?

I am looking forward to having a good crack at this. Take my mind off of being Chargerless

Has it been cut and shut to a 2 door? Or is it the real deal?

That brings back memories, I have had too many to remember including a savage. I have a few bits still and lots of contacts if i can help let me know . Still thinking of getting one for a daily , I went out looking but accidentally bought the wrong year