What a Godsend. December 2023 and I’ve just bought a 2.0GXL - unfinished project. Shell’s done, painted and rolling. but interior in boxes. This lad sounds northern - hope he is up my way.

Just the best telly on KZread

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks Col

Just found this, what a great project! Back in the 80s I remember my school teacher selling his GXL for a tenner when it failed the MoT..think it was a dark silver auto with red interior

@trulyuk

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like bramble lol

Not sure how I missed this one bro. All the best

now ruby is almost back on the road I thought I would watch some early videos of this project your work on this car has been truly outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@PeteCswampy

6 жыл бұрын

Neil Im sad its comign to an end, i cant tell you what it feels like to drive. its weird to feel it all in motion and that A4LD box, its so smooth

Loved that bit at the end

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

skeligandrew thanks!!!!!! and glad you watched

What an interesting project. I'm well and truly hooked....

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

+Miguel Cubells Mig, thanks mate!!

I'm a British Leyland guy these days though I was very much into Fords at one time, especially the mk3 Cortina and mk1 Escort. My dad had a mk3 in red with a vinyl roof on a J reg but that was before my time. He talks about it quite often! I had a 4 door mk1 Escort XL in the 90's. I remember the reg, VYA 890M

@PeteCswampy

6 жыл бұрын

Morris I was like you with a few Escorts, cars and vans early 90s. In 1987 I passed my test in a Mk2 1300 Van!

What an awesome project, considering the other cars, that were out in the woods, this one is pretty straight.

I don't think I've ever seem an original mk3 floor that clean Pete!, looking good mate , love these updates ....grab a beer fire up the chromecast sit back and relax

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

gaztheK great to be of entertainment and info! thanks Gaz

Great start of videos of the new project Pete,hooked again already! - waiting for each new instalment.....Cheers Rob Parrish,Stoke

i been watching these cortina videos for a few months .on my phone with earphones . my mrs thought i been listening to music lol...thats another story. anyway top job on this new video .makes me think back to the 80's when the mk3 were 10 a penny .nice to see them saved from the banger boys and rally boys for the engines for mk2 escorts...looking forward to the 2 door recovery vid

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

Ian Jones yes i recall too when they were ten a penny mk3s and 4s n 5s . IAN! thank you for watching!!!!!

Loved this episode Pete, you've got a great shell there, and the Vulcan was the icing on the cake!

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

adumanter Ads, cheers and you always watch so thanks again!!

So glad I found your channel mate! Keep up the amazing work :)

@PeteCswampy

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for reply

That introduction was great haha , looking forward to this restoration

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

FirstOnRaceDay Capri 2904 thanks, ok, ill post new videos soon as

Fantastic video Pete, lots of useful information and part with the photographer and the Vulcan cracked me up :) like you say, you couldn't make it up! I watched this last night and spent all day sat at work wishing I was in the garage working on mine! Nothing like having the radio on and getting stuck in. Look forward to the next one and can't believe we've still got the two door coming up, I'm sure you've got some great ideas for the recovery video of that one! Cheers again.

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

Peter Lobb Thanks for watching Pete, I hope to bring info and entertainment to a screen near you

Swampy looks amazing @ 4:00 :)!!...Inside with my popcorn Pete

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

Nigel Wankel Here he is!!! It's Nigel. cheers and hello again!!! you got your rustlers/westlers/butterkist and a nice ice cold cup of sparkiling orange Juice!

@Specrotors

9 жыл бұрын

All that and more lol

fantastic vid as always Pete. looking forward to ep4 😃

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

Shaun Pearce thank you Shaun

I use the old spice daily . I mind that advert from years ago lol so cheesy when u see these nowadays .

In Australia, these came with a 4.1 litre 250ci Six cylinder & 4 speed manual if you wanted or a 3.3 200ci Six or the 2.0 4cyl. The 4.1 was a demon.

@PeteCswampy

5 жыл бұрын

AUSTRALIA is the boss!!! wow look at them donkeys (engines) 4.1 s 3.3s just wow !!!!!! and BTW THANK YOU for your comment and watching ! pete

The boy has done it again 👌

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

Kenny B Ken, and you even get a mention

@kennyb1155

9 жыл бұрын

Heard that bud 👍🏽

Holy crap - that's so clean in the foot wells Pete :D

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

KenworthW900HG Kenworth! yes its clean. some rust around where the car had the crash, on front drivers upper floor, some surface rust around sill botooms, odd bits. small hole around boot floor jack area

Fanbloodytastic pete she is going to be amazing. Ive followed every swampy video and ill do the same with ruby. Rock and roll pete mate, your one awesome crazy cat.;)

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

John Fewster John you the man yet again, you always watch and comment!!! coolio, try n post some links for me , as above comment, im trying to get the ratings up!

@JohnFewster73

9 жыл бұрын

Its already all over my facebook and twitter.;)

Thamks for sharing that Pete the clips at the end with the Bomber were mint Priceless clips those.

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

Gary g1fsh Gary, yes aint the vulcan a beast!!! try and see it if you can, prob last season this.

Hi pete really enjoyed the update video on the strip down , sounds like its a pre face lift model the first mk3's had the interior light in the middle but the preface lift models had the interior light by the front windscreen also the preface lift models had more features than the earlier models , the fact it had a seperate hazard switch is interesting but could of had a wiring fault common as my dads was always blowing fuses than we found out there a burn out in the wiring and was earthing out lol , probably the model you have is the one just before the mk4 dash model found on post 1973 models on wards and is quite rare , still keep the videos coming and look forward to seeing it restored thanks Den

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

LDV V8 initially thats what i thought but it has the early larger door switches which they phased out in 72, also the loom has connections for centre light...hmmm , hazard looks like wiring fault as you say as part of old loom is there for hazards, also the roof is cut out to take the centre light, this was blanked out later, wonder if its a change over model, chassis on logbook shows 71 build date as does engine casting code and stamp, mystery continues..all part of the fun

Love it! great shots of the Vulcan BTW :D

@PeteCswampy

8 жыл бұрын

+RetroJay1974 thanks yes last year of vulcan, try and see it if you can

@RetroJay1974

8 жыл бұрын

+Pete C Managed to record the Vulcan at the Dawlish Airshow over the summer break, cant believe it will never fly again once grounded :(

What a good find,i had a blue 4 door gxl that looks exactly the same as the pno car at the start 👍

@PeteCswampy

8 жыл бұрын

thumbs up on that one!!!

as usual extremely useful video.thanks

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

Brian Grech you are welcome Brian! nice to see you on buysellcortina.co.uk

I been lucky enough to see the vulcan bomber in flight ......at a Air show ......it flew over n opened the bomb bay doors well cool .....

Brilliant video Pete I’m catching up on the ruby project your introse do take me back and have you ever thought of being a film star😉😉

@PeteCswampy

4 жыл бұрын

Martin LOL no !!! must say though I do like making the youtube videos

my all time best car.i owned 13 of em back in the day

@PeteCswampy

7 жыл бұрын

Paul, I think they look really cool these days against the modern cars. AND they still drive really good, ive done 22,000 in the blue car now (swampy) and its been really good motoring

Dark Green GXL must be rare

Well done Pete, another great installment, looking like it's going to be another corker of a resto! Have you thought about exterior colour choices for Ruby yet?

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

scrapyardwarrior yes im thinking pearl grey or silver fox, possibly blue mink, with red interior

Nice use of the 'Bullitt' theme

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

Kanjo Racer Thanks Kanjo, yea!!!!!!! Bullit a classic, but it was the cameraman who chose it and made the great vid

@kanjoracer4914

9 жыл бұрын

Great vid Pete looking fordward ;) too more!

love the film segment. You just need a pal with a Mk2 Jag & you can get that bloke again to film a car chase Sweeney style. Boxes & all. I can't believe how solid that car is! Borderline MOT worthy

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

***** ha! yes would love to do it again with the cardboard boxes! yes shell pretty solid, thanks for tuning back in, still need your voice over!

for cortina mk3's undersealed from new?

1hr 15m in and led zeppelin on on the radio , & cortina my 3, gets my approval 👍👍

@PeteCswampy

8 жыл бұрын

hey hey hey!!! nice one ZEPP fires up the mood!!!! thanks for watching mr blue-hazey-days!!!!!!!

@bluehazeboy

8 жыл бұрын

+Pete C no problem,my friend, I had a blue gxl like swampy back in the day, great car

@billyturner4619

7 жыл бұрын

Don't know if this has been pointed out to you before Pete, the 'ZEPP' bit at 1:15:00 is a repeat of 1:08:40 running for about 6 minutes. Great vid mate, thoroughly enjoyed watching it.

nice on pete

best car my dad had was a corsair 2000e in ruby red beautiful car with only 56000 miles back in the late eighties than a dark red cortina mk4 2.3 ghia v6 with cream interior bought off a chap who had it from new and only used it on week ends to go to the local shops had only 78000 from new had the smell of a new car , have seen it laid up rotting tried to ask to buy it back but to no luck but good old memories

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

LDV V8 would be great to buy back. what a car Den

Nice homage to bullitt.

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

Jimspeed 13 great music on Bullitt!!!

Another great video Pete. looking forward to next instalment

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

tony pickering Tony, thank you!

"Not a lot of people know about", lol, your dead right Pete, in all the time i had my old GXL i never realised you could pull one of those levers on the heater controls! 20 plus years later i find out. I have also learned why the steering column plastic shroud never stayed in place properly - it did not have the securing ring around the top of it! Still can't believe how lucky you have been find this car, you must be correct when you say she's never seen much weather. My Mondeo has got more rust than Ruby. Nice info about removing the crash pad, i always wondered how it was held in. Those clips can be a real pain when they use them in places where you can't get to the back of them. Good luck with it all Pete, and great interlude by the way, one hell of a chance meet up! I heard a rumour that the Vulcan is in her last few weeks of flight?, is that correct?, will be a great shame if so.

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

100SteveB there you go Steve!!!! glad to be assistance and thank you for being a loyal viewer!!

@trigsretromotors

9 жыл бұрын

100SteveB You talk about the heater control, I had mine 2 years before a friend pointed it out to me, a 3rd fan setting!

Is there a good way to remove over spray removal from plastics and vinyl without damaging the surface? Thanks

@PeteCswampy

4 жыл бұрын

i would suggest a very fine grit polish sim. you can buy this from any car detailing supplies, very gently buff the overspray off.

Brilliant stuff Pete. Is "Mad Mike" going to make an appearance? Lol

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

Jus Box Mike busy on 2000E hopefully hes movin with it. it will be a nice car to very high standard

That shell´s looking great, unbelievable condition .... My cortina´s floor is rusted as hell. That makes me confused.

@PeteCswampy

8 жыл бұрын

+Tomas Muller Hi Tomas, yes the shell is pretty good, though needed both sills and a few floor repairs etc, but nothing major, theres so much good metal left that its turning out pretty easy to restore, hmmm a rusty floor pan is just normal on these cars

I see you used Dan Hart, aka Zontar, he's an old Ford nut I notice

so youre restoring ruby and maizey at the minute?

@PeteCswampy

8 жыл бұрын

+michael jagger yes both at same time, though Bramble (Maizey) is on hold until after the NEC show in March, after that it gets stripped

@jaggass

8 жыл бұрын

Pete C ruby doesnt need as much work as maizey does she?

Was that Harry Enfield ?

@PeteCswampy

7 жыл бұрын

I think so......lol

@beijaflor9313

7 жыл бұрын

Lol.

How long will this take to restore?

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

Tiarnan Glavin Tiarnan, i think year and half

@PeteCswampy

9 жыл бұрын

money? lol

@TopGear93100

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah have u been to Hereford recently?

If only you would use a tripot every time, the handheld camera is way too shaky and it is all over the place...

I came across this website, www.the-blueprints.com its car related.