MK3 FORD CORTINA 2000E REBUILD AND RESPRAY

[@johninnes881]

Unbelievable amount of work.WHAT A JOB .RESTORED ORIGINAL AN AWESOME.

[@TheTony111111]

I had a M registration 2000E back in 1982. A brilliant car. Had it 4 years.

[@MattCaffell]

Thank you for doing your bit to rescue one of these beauties, As a child and through my teens, in to my early 20's, we had a few 2.0E's, but the one that your building is identical to the one we had for almost 25 years. ours was LFH 911P

[@adrianmorris3772]

I had a mk 3 bright yellow and loved it. So easy to work on. Just a great shaped car. Well done .🤓😺

[@levelcrossing150]

A lovely looking car especially in the red. My father had a purple velvet one and it was a gorgeous car. This job has kept her going for you to enjoy and a lot of major areas have been seen to. This is what old classic cars are about but that's the cost of having something nice and different these days. You can always go back to it at a later date to make improvements as the pennies allow!

[@malcolmlane-ley2044]

Very tenacious, well done

[@garypowell1540]

What I absolutely love about these kinds of cars, is what confronts you under the hood. The simplicity, and roominess is simply wonderful to behold. It almost makes you want to get your old spanners out and do some tinkering. I had a P reg one of those for two years, however those seat covers are disgusting. Although typical of the era, they bring back memories, but not welcome ones.

[@user-lx6bl2wd8g]

Beautiful job. Thanks for keeping another one on the road. I had a 1973 1600 L SLO 491L inherited from my father.

[@TheHorsebox2]

Lovely job. Great to see another mk 3 saved.

[@terryh192]

Loved my 2000E mk3. I Buy a good restoration one. Bring back my youth

[@mauromazzoncini5711]

My dad had the same identical car and colour, drove to Europe twice in it,lovely car

[@mercurochrome2404]

reborn from ashes like a phoennix !! Nice job for a Nice car

[@nigelsandeman2642]

Very smart car. Big Cortina fan, especially the 3,4 and 5

[@superseven220]

Great effort, but unfortunately so many hidden areas of rust that will eventually surface, it will keep it going for a few more years though!

[@stevepalmer8837]

Thanks for the video as it has answered a question of mine. My MK 3 is an Australia assembled 4.1 cc. It as a lot of Ford Falcon stuff in it. I have been after some seat belts for it and was lead to believe that the seat belts in mine were Ford Falcon XB ,XC . XD ones but looking at your car the seat belt are the same as the ones in mine. Thanks again. Steve from New Zealand. Enjoy it.....

[@vernonmatthews181]

Hi Steve, you posted your comment 3y ago, incidentally I live in New Zealand 🇳🇿 also, & couldn't pass the opportunity to comment. Your aussie mk3, was called the TC, yes the 4100cc ( 250ci ) was from the Falcon of old there was also a smaller sibling of 3300cc ( 200ci ), I knew a woman in the early 80's in south auckland whom had an aussie assembled transit rwd that also featured 4100cc falcon engine from the factory 🏭 Naomi's was set up as a camper van. In aussie, they used them for rural delivery post 📫 in the outback. Don't know how many are still out there quite rare in NZ. The Falcon car, ute ( bakkie ) & panelvan still pops up occasionally. You mentioned something about period seat 💺 belts about your Ford. Not sure about Ford ( Australia ) did for seatbelts. I spent seven years after the stockmarket crash of 87 driving taxi's as a substitute vocation as many of us did around the 90's. Autoliv part of Electrolux group made aftermarket seatbelts for installers for jap import car compliance based in Auckland. I haven't lived in Auckland for nearly sixteen years now. I did some of my own seat belt reinstallation as part of the taxi job, much to the disgust of the installers. I sometimes wrecked cars at the breakers for seat belts too, taxi patrons are hard on seat belts & seats. Take care, & Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 ❤ Posted November 📫 5, 2022.

[@mickforde5283]

Just brilliant,love mk3's great work

[@terryatkinson899]

Very brave of you taking on that amount of rust Well done.

[@stephenvictorbailey4055]

The number of those I did crash repairs on when I was doing my apprenticeship......now there very rare cars

[@dannywilkins887]

Had one of these back in the day,haven’t seen one in years,nice job

[@bigjon0072]

Thank you.

[@garethifan1034]

70's Fords..the stuff of nightmares. Been there, done that ..you just can't keep up with the rust on them. Apart from that..nice car

[@revzillo]

From a basket case to a beauty , top job .... glad to see you kept the tiger fur seat covers .... l had a set in my Vauxhall Viva HC lol ...... 😄

[@simonloveless1823]

You are doing a great job there really indeed well done. Lovely work.

[@paulrubery1042]

Nice job mate 👍

[@bigjon0072]

It was worth it in the end.

[@greggbutler9344]

Sell it quick before the rust reappears

[@martinh6627]

hahahaaaaaaaaaaa !

[@stuartsharples9520]

That car needed stripping right back the rust will be back in 6 month if not sooner .

[@fireballxl5768]

Loved the mk3 but they lived up to there name-Dagenham dustbin !

[@JohnnyPaton]

I had an identical car to this back in the late 90s. MK3 Cortina 2000E in radiant red. It was just as rusty too except my rust was on the floor pan and it was missing the vinyl roof. TSN601M

[@georgelivingstone9151]

Beautiful

[@chrisrobey9937]

Great job pal

[@Cortinaman63]

Hi BigJon007, I have been looking forward to seeing the restoration slideshow of your beautiful looking 2000E, and it was very interesting, She had a lot of rust in the same places mine had, but I think mine was worse overall, as I have replaced more panels in my videos, still you had a lot of work, and the end result is your "E" looks truly gorgeous, a very enjoyable video, and it gets a like from me, In the past lots of cars with less rust than yours have been scrapped, so it is great to see your efforts, and that you saved her, a big transformation from start to finish, well done. there is still a lot to do on my one!!.

[@bigjon0072]

Sorry it took me so long to do, I was trying to find some decent free software to make a slideshow, then found out I could do it through my picture viewer in windows. I once bought a MK3 Cortina many years ago for £100 but stupidly listened to a friend and ended up stripping it down and scrapping it! What a mistake to make! :( If I only knew then.

[@vernonmatthews181]

What a great candidate for restoration, the tricky part around the front & rear windscreens as glass is what governs the final shape. You are a seasoned professional 👏 which shows, so glad you took on the vinyl roof yourself. Thanks for sharing loved the music 🎶 haven't quite seen the balance of the whole video. I was a fan of Jean Michel Jarre of France 🇫🇷 about five decades ago, was that his music 🎶 ? Merry Christmas from downunder in New Zealand 🇳🇿 ❤

[@sri160]

Nice work John

[@Fintoman]

Nice job BigJon, looks very smart.

[@gwynforcanon5487]

Ford Corrina I like have good work

[@parreraz]

Nice car:) You should have restored the woodpanels on the doors and dash also,it would make the picture complete!

[@kristianreader4812]

Very nice mate 😎

[@zolbad]

Nice job on a budget..hard to do proper skeleton job when you're watching the pennies

[@dette-envers-les-animaux]

Beautyful car. To fight the rust efficiently you can use grease and oil prevently. Grease Wen you cab reach the place (inside Door, between carpet and metal ...) and oil when you cannot (get it poored in the rear wings... )

[@colinjohnston8519]

Nice resto.

[@fergalgallagher6987]

I would love to do same job on a vauxhall cavalier Mark two or mk three

[@adrianricketts8884]

Good effort but I think in 2 years it will bubble everywhere and more patches to weld in other areas.it will be a money pit

[@chris425amp7]

Far gone with plenty of P38 still nice to bring it back from the dead. I would of chopped more rust out

[@andrewscott1253]

Its in need of a complete Pete C Rebuild.

[@Cortinaman63]

@@andrewscott1253 to be fair to BigJon007, not everyone has the funds to do a full super high quality restoration, like Pete C or my one on my channel, We both have spent thousands on ours!!, and I have gone for a filler free build, as I agree it never lasts long term, like lead loading will, for example, It;s designed for very minor skim work on sound metal really, the end result of this 2000E looks lovely, and has saved the car, at least for some more years, I have 3 more cars in my collection waiting to be done after the current Mk.3, funding them will be the hardest part!!!!.

[@michellegabriel8996]

I had a 1600xl...& a 2000gt k reg 4 headlights sloping dash 4 small clocks by gear stick....2000e auto last of mk3 r reg gold exterior colour interior was beige & immaculate....

[@helmethead72]

Michelle Gabriel enough boasting! Lol, I always wanted a 2000E, never managed it😢 but I did own three Cortina mk 3’s and three mk5’s including a 2.0 ghia so I’ll take that!

[@steverobson9833]

I had exactly the same apart from I had chrome rostyle wheels and silver / blue interior as it was originally light blue ... was my first car in 1985 unfortunately it was written off 😮😢

[@cbj063]

That music makes you want to shoot up. It's brilliant! Nice job B-T-DUB.

[@tonyblackie3277]

Lovely colour sometimes deep red, other times bright red, yet other times light magenta. What is the name of the colour please?

[@bigjon0072]

Ford Radiant Red.

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

Contemporary Kraut-rock, what could be better for a TC?

[@autumnmatthews3179]

Really impressive just not sure about the seat covers

[@makeminealarge1]

Shagged a few birds in the back of my mk3 Cortina 2000GT back in the day

[@jonathontaylor8861]

We're any called Nina tho?

[@ianvader4697]

that would make a mint banger racer!

[@espogang]

how much did you spend on it $5000000?

[@yvonfem]

Is it sering red great coloud

[@graemehunter5403]

Looks good, but hardly saw whaat you did to the underside. It looked so bad.

[@chriscarroll3204]

I'm not at all jealous.......as I look at my crappy VW , crying like a girl!

[@vukhilemsebenzi]

How to Assembly ford cortina mk3 engine

[@steverobson9833]

Please ditch the tiger strip seat covers 😮😂

[@mickandrews9334]

makes me remember the song ,back street boys .... & I thought they had all gone .big john needs to change his name p38 king sounds more fitting .gramma haha .

[@Lfig012]

Alot of creeps who havent hands to wipe there arse & know fuck all about cars........ dont like your work .........well i say ya did a good job & it will last for years.......just sayn.....

[@TheCitroenman1]

hahahahaha last for years it's a bodge job

[@teamtoyota9048]

Add nice mags

[@JohnSmith-dn6fk]

And here’s me scrapped more mk 3s in better condition,shame on me

[@mickandrews9334]

cant my mine up ,whats the crappest music or restro

[@richie9777]

I would probably consider having some lessons in grammar before trolling someone.

[@JohnnyPaton]

Learning the English language would help when you’re slagging someone off.

[@panchopuskas1]

Great car but they soon turned into rust buckets....but then nearly all cars in the 70s did......

[@Cortinaman63]

Tom I agree all cars made back then had less anti rust protection from factory, not only the Fords, our Mk.3. lasted 7 years from new, then holes started to show on sills, bubbles on arches so these got restored, but most owners did not look after the cars, so rust took hold, the ones that still survive had careful owners, had mine over 44 years now. being fully restored on my channel, and soon to be back from paint.

[@blueiceplus]

Patched up bodged job....

[@mallard4998]

a bit too much filler used and not enough new parts or steel, rust will come back in my opinion

[@teamtoyota9048]

Oily fuckin crap.. that car was poes ge rust.

[@chubbyroyston3880]

Not a rebuild just a patch up

[@tanglewood777]

not a proper resto just cover up

[@revzillo]

Obviously your just jealous that he managed to do a decent restoration ! ...... cut the negative crap !

[@mickandrews9334]

Haha ever so ..?....

[@tanglewood777]

@@revzillo decent resto is striping every thing out of it and dipping shell to derust that rust will b back with a vegance

[@malcolmcowan9554]

The Guy done a very great job on that cortina button your pie hole mate

[@tanglewood777]

@@malcolmcowan9554 bollox it shite

[@tanglewood777]

probly worst I have ever seen

[@Cortinaman63]

ace crusade: She was in a poor state BUT mine was worse!!!, she had rust all over and very big holes!!!, but being such a rare model and with such history she had to be saved, check out the first video on mine if interested?, for some serious rust issues, after being parked up outside in very damp conditions for 12 years. it shows just what can be saved. if your determined enough!.and can afford to get a car like new again.

[@TC-qd1zw]

My mark 3 2000 GLX was better than that model. Too me looks like a mark three shell.

[@terryroberts4321]

MUSIC FUCKING ANNOYING

[@fatwalletboy2]

Annoying music

[@bigsquatchsasfoot1964]

Think you should have got some more annoying music 😳 FFS what’s wrong you don’t you want people to watch you reassemble that pile of iron filling 🤣

[@bigjon0072]

You know you can turn the music off don't you?