Iron Empire EP 104 - I Get My TE Cortina BACK! First Drive EVER!

This time round, I get my old TE cortina back.. this time it’s drivable!
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[@noelgibson5956]

The more of these you can save, the better. Hard to believe:- they sold well and used to be everywhere. Now you're lucky to see one in a two year period.

[@davesclassicgaragetours]

Always blew me away when I first arrived down under that these cars came with such big engines. Biggest we got in the northern hemi was a 2.3

[@TheIronEmpire]

Yeah Aussies loved putting hung motors in from factory 🙌🏼

[@KaneTerry]

Had a new TE back in 1980, factory order, CC pack, tinted windows, a/c, metalic blue, put road rebel wheels on it also made in Adelaide. Nice car

[@JMCKAY351]

LTD is looking soo good , u have done a brilliant job with it, the Corty is a beast, ur soo lucky to get it back, I owned my TE for 26 years and then stupidly sold it 3 years ago, 1 of the BIGGEST mistakes I have EVER made, looking forward to seeing what u do with ur Corty. Keep up the great shows.

[@Kingman-Automotive]

Can't beat a nice TE, still got 1 in my garage from when I was 17..

[@noelgibson5956]

My granddad bought one new:- dark brown with a mustard interior, GL with 3-3 six and 3 on floor. He got 8 good years out of it before selling. He was always a Ford guy:- old 1930's Ford coupe, 1940's Ford jailbar truck, 1961 XK Falcon sedan, plus others. He NEVER had a Holden. The press gave some of these models a bad wrap, but his vehicles served him well.

[@brendonbell]

Cool car, had a te ghia 250 4 speed with my first wife. Fast car lowered and deep dish wheels. She took it with here when she left. Miss that car but not the ex. Lol.

[@Twenty_Six_Hundred]

A mate of mine had one of these back in the day. It was a weapon! Loved to be driven hard and was solid as a rock. If only we knew how hard these are to find now. Especially ones without boat loads of rust. But yeah at the time i had an ZK Fairlane and was always jealous of my mates Tina.

[@ToughGarage]

You had me at Cortina with Crossflow

[@Lefevrepenboys]

Great cars with the 4.1 in them, few mods and they are pretty quick

[@GhostlyFindingsParanormal]

Geez bringing back memories there I had a TE cortina green with white roof with a worked 2 litre engine and nice splat’s bloody thing i kept snapping the timing belt but I still loved it

[@PETERNESS]

bought one 30 years ago for my mrs as it was cheap td 250 three speed auto but it had the worst brakes so it got the arse,the best two things on this channel ,number one the free swinging tail on that beautiful rottie and 2nd that awesome Fairlane

[@jimclarke1108]

Had a few Cortinas back in the day, great size car, The wagon TF was a 3.3 standard petrol compression engine, rebuilt it with a 4.1 crank, rods and pistons, alloy XF unleaded head from the wreckers and inlet manifold with the 2 barrel weber, great power and torque, went quite quick

[@edstar83]

My first car was a TF Cortina 250 cross flow and 4 speed manual that thing was a rocket.

[@palacefords]

Big cheers to the guy who sold you the LTD. Definitely has come a long way.

[@scrapmetalgarage]

Got my shirt the other day! Thanks for the stickers too man 🤙

[@krismoerth1323]

Ah will be a fun little car . Must say is that a old YZ I spied in your shed . Hail !

[@watsisbuttndo829]

We had several te/tf crossflow 4 speed cortinas in my family back in the day. Sad they are gone. T5 is a good mod. The other big fly in the ointment was being chronically undersprung in the suspension. Needs waaaay stiffer springs up front to handle in any sort of safe fashion. Would own again!

[@markmathews206]

Love the cortina 👍👍

[@jeffreystorer4966]

Te Cross flow Ghia only ford I've ever owed. I drove it like it was stolen always it never broke. I'm pretty sure being outside won't worry it

[@seanb250]

Subbed purely because I saw the TE, my favourite car end of story. The xflows go hard when done right and the first thing you need to do is swap that cast head over to a C1 alloy head, 4brl manifold and 465 vac sec carb 👍

[@edstar83]

That's what I had in mine. She was my first car. Black 4 speed TF. That thing was a rocket.

[@nicksvisiontohear]

My cousin turned a TE into a rally car. Another guy I used to know turned a TF into a rally car as well.

[@stevemcintyre4398]

Ahh, the lead tipped arrow goodness!.

[@cjwallow]

Barra Turbo Conversion, 2 speed, 4 link 9 inch, Quarter mile Killer

[@lazy6608]

Au wagon! Need to see more

[@korkad204]

A little Windsor will fit snuggly in there 😁👌

[@alanriley9754]

Had a 10 minute or so drive of a 1982 or 1983 Cortina sedan with the 250 c.i. 6 cylinder engine with auto trans back around 1985. My recall then was that it would give the Falcon XE 351 a run for its money so to say. Good power to weight for its time. I had a Falcon XE 351 manual from 1984 to 1993. Cheers 🦘

[@st170ish]

Run for the money, the Falcon would get left behind

[@alanriley9754]

@@st170ish maybe you can organise the two on a run down the strip?

[@st170ish]

@@alanriley9754 I wish I had that kind of coin to organise it!

[@alanriley9754]

@@st170ish The XE 351 Falcon (police pack) are hard to find nowadays Harry.

[@edstar83]

My TF had 250 crossflow, alloy head, 465 Holley Four speed manual. She was my first car I was still on my P's. I raced a guy in an old 70's Falcon off the lights once don't know what he had under the bonnet but it sounded like a v8 and I pulled away from him by heaps but I just thought he just let me win.

[@shaungrimley1203]

Check out the skids... Nek minnut

[@lxopenfirexl7007]

Would love to travel to aus one day and see the Ltd and the minty xc in the flesh, personally my favourite ltd, love the cortina to, you n andy are doing an amazing job on the home to🙌❤️💯

[@benjohnson7170]

Agrrr... that sinking feeling in your guts when somethings not right. Aye currumba

[@Doc_in_the_carpet_truck]

Good to see the Cortina back shame bout the box though....... 2k green top Barra swap with a six speed ??🤣👍🍻

[@RagdollRacingInc]

Brings back memories for me looks identical to my old one

[@touraneindanke]

The bumpers are sooo different from the ones delivered in Europe . Way more beefy....not sure i like em......but they probably do a good job.

[@whosjoe90]

Clutch fork popped out!

[@benarnold7087]

Those things go good can’t wait to see what u do to it mate

[@RagdollRacingInc]

Love the drone of the exhaust from the X flow

[@lachlanwoods3940]

Ha ha, yeah never the best sounding six out there even with Pacemakers! 😂😂

[@stevendurieu6938]

Good vid mark 👌👍my au t5 sort of sounded like that before 3rd decided it didnt want work anymore 🤣

[@simcard027]

love the te cortinas hope it's not too serious a fix for you

[@mj_aussie_coaster_travels8310]

Had a few old cortys back in the day, in nz the falcon powered ones were rare as hens teeth, the 2.3 v6 was the more common six cylinder. While the 2.0 is a lot slower I reckon they drive so much nicer than the 4.1 powered ones. Even had a 1.3 mk3, and a v4 mk3 at one point, they were terrible cars.

[@edstar83]

My 4.1 was lowered stiff springs. zero body roll around corners. I loved that thing torque for days.

[@st170ish]

Add a XF alloy II head(E1?) mild cam n springs and 465 Holley make them a real weapon... although strengthen the floor area around the rear suspension mounts, they were never intended to take the ooomph of a warm XFlow(like most flimsy pommy mobiles). Use to be fun back in the days of Cortys and Cennys... the late 70s early 80s V8's of those days had little chance

[@edstar83]

That's what my TF had.She was my first car. Plus it was lowered with stiff suspension and anti roll bars, it had zero body roll around corners. It was a freaking rocket. I once dragged an old v8 Falcon at the lights and I pulled away from him by heaps but I thought he just let me win. Heres a 250 crossflow in a Falcon. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYTdnKWNoa6ErJI

[@johnallen372]

Great little pocket rocket , oh no about the gear box 👊

[@80ZX]

LTD looks bloody fantastic......jealous Mate.

[@jeffposchalk1740]

Great little power pack cars for they are I have a tf ghia 4.1with a 4 speed toploader it's been garaged for the past 15 16 years

[@lachlanwoods3940]

That’s a shame mate, need to get cars like that out and driving around! 👍👍

[@stuartwhite172]

always look forward to the next episode. start the weekend right. uploaded 2 minutes ago. so is this your car again or is it still your cousins and your working on it for them? love the channel :) keep it

[@ginozamp6680]

Love that cortina the only car I want

[@davydoo81]

That’s definitely got a cam!

[@daz3924]

But a 351 in it I have a centura with a 390 stroker in it power to weight there awesome

[@andrewguy1249]

Love your passion

[@aaronsmith8744]

Paint it yellow and whack some satin autodrags on it.

[@fo82rd12]

Im guessing the fly wheel or clutch plate has come loose.

[@larrybushwacker]

Fuck yeah the Cortina is back😍

[@spiritlevelstudios]

nice torry

[@davidbarnsley8486]

I think it needs a new coat of paint and then out the door to a new home 👍👍 And a new gear box 😢😢

[@kiwikingi1]

Yea the brotina

[@st8jkt69]

Geez you play with some toy's 👍

[@neilbeni7744]

Unreal 👊💥🤣

[@RagdollRacingInc]

Is it a steel or aluminium case T5

[@matthewriley2669]

Is the cortina for sale

[@TheIronEmpire]

Will be [e-mail]

[@towking_]

Love a Cortina