Testing our Mk2 Cortina race car at Silverstone with an appearance from an Aston Martin Valkyrie!

[@davyboy888]

OMG the speed of that car last weekend at Silverstone was unreal. Absolutely stunning.

[@avin_the_crack]

She goes well for an old girl!

[@markjones-vx3kp]

I love mk2’s they were the best cortina ,2 doors look so crisp it did very well beautifully presented lads 👍

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers 👍🏻

[@geraldelliott6161]

Beautiful Cortina. I have a 70 Cortina GT , bought her in 1970 and raced since 71. Now full, race highly modified with a 2.3 EcoBoost, T5/GForce tranny and a Winters quick change rear. I will send a video and photos in a seperate email. Build featured in Scotia Garage and Grassroots Motorsports forum.

[@avin_the_crack]

Nicely done! Fair play for sticking with her all these years 👏🏽👏🏽

[@sib4780]

Absolutely stunning looking car, sounds the nuts, cracking work fellas!

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers 👍🏽👍🏽

[@debbiewright2171]

Talented driver and a tidy quick motor - gotta do well surely 👍

[@avin_the_crack]

Video from the race day will be out this Sunday 👍🏽

[@CharlieT_PhotoG]

Love what you've done with the Cortina. Was a great joy to watch it battling through the field. Will have to make sure I get some snaps of it should it be constant appearance in the series. 🙌

[@avin_the_crack]

Snap away 👌🏽👍🏽

[@mikefpe]

Great to meet you guys and see the car in person. It’s looks and sounds glorious at full song. A credit to you and your team. Looking forward to seeing how this does in the series.

[@avin_the_crack]

Nice to meet you to 👍🏽👍🏽

[@barrystokes5837]

saw this on the livestream altho it was good to see something different didn't expect it to do much on track but couldn't believe the speed & road holding of the thing. for a golden oldie like me,reminded me of doc merfield who competed in mk1 & mk2 cortinas all those years ago & was very quick. well done lads keep the results coming.

[@avin_the_crack]

There’s been a lot of work gone in to it to try and make it a decent track car. As you can imagine there’s not a lot of “off the shelf” parts for it, so a lot of making what we know works fit. There’s a few more things we need to iron out but more than happy with how it performed on its debut 👌🏽

[@quicknickdriver8510]

Proper last minute shakedown! She goes well

[@avin_the_crack]

She sure does 👍🏽

[@MarkHossNorthwestrcclub]

Pre-liked and Reminder set up ready 🙂👍🏻 Looking forward to seeing another awesome build, this Mk2 Tina is superb 🙂 Stay Safe, All the Best, Mark 👍🏻

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers Mark 👍🏽👍🏽

[@76-UVB]

Your car looks and sounds great and it is good to see something different out on the track. Once you are over the teething troubles it looks like you have got something special, it is certainly quick.

[@avin_the_crack]

One of the reasons we chose it was to have something a bit different. Still working a few bits out, but seems like we’ve got a good car underneath us 👍🏽

[@stevessheduk6623]

Honestly, f$%King cracking effort lads. I can't wait to see the second part! 😍

[@avin_the_crack]

Next Sunday for the race day video 😁

[@brentritchie6199]

I had a Mk2 Cortina probably didn't quite go that fast. Awesome looking car very well done.

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers 👍🏽👍🏽

[@Whitepages9242]

That car is a monster on wheels, it’s very impressive, an ultimate machine.

[@avin_the_crack]

She turned out well 👍🏽

[@theaimindeed3341]

Great channel guys all 3 of you are entertaining and the driving is spot on. Please keep uploading. Watched this race last weekend. I think Josh surprised a few fellow racers in the second race. The rally training really paid off . Slid her all the way to a 3rd. Well done mate.

[@avin_the_crack]

Yeah rallying definitely helped out in the slippy conditions I think Josh felt more at home sliding about a bit! The onboard camera from the 2nd race is a good watch 👍🏽

[@theaimindeed3341]

@@avin_the_crack Looking forward to that one👍

[@adrianmeredith6818]

Fantastic looking cortical chaps would be nice to have a video going into full details on the build of the car.... Sounds amazing...

[@avin_the_crack]

We’ll be doing a rolling shell to race car build video when we’ve got 5 mins 👍🏽👍🏽

[@tonybilco1317]

Love it beautiful machine...great job lads ❤👏👏

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers 👍🏽👍🏽

[@bigsquatchsasfoot1964]

What a cool machine looks and sounds superb…a bit better than my old one to 🤣

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers 👍🏽👍🏽

[@RobGodwin-js7ss]

Bloody legends ! 60s fords rule .Rather see the mk 2 than any soul less modern super car like that Aston , keep up the good work chaps

[@avin_the_crack]

Yeah we prefer the old stuff, a lot more character, but the noise of the Aston’s V12 when it opens up a bit is magic

[@philtucker1224]

@@avin_the_crack I expect in just a few years time, an original classic mk2 Lotus Cortina will be worth as much as that Valkyrie anyway! 👍🙏😁

[@sxrory]

Well done for getting it there I know it was tight. Hope we have some on boards for the race 👍

[@avin_the_crack]

Yes there is 👌🏽👌🏽

[@lyntonryan4766]

Got to admit the lads have done a BEAUTIFUL job of the car , so sorry to see it come back bent ☹️ , the car looked and sounded great !

[@avin_the_crack]

She’s patched back up now looking like new 😁

[@lyntonryan4766]

@@avin_the_crack very well done I'm happy now 👍 , I have work done on my track car by a guy who builds and prepares race MK1 Cortina's , so I get to have a look around the work shop that's the first MK2 proper spec I've seen , like I said very well done 👍 !

[@NUFC82]

My mam and dad had quite a few cortinas when I was young and I remember my mother crashed the 2 litre shit coloured brown one into the lampost when she was pissed and dragged the lampost all the way home under the car. Very nice example lads, very well done and that engine sounds sweet!

[@avin_the_crack]

Sturdy old bus is the cortina, no wonder it dragged the lamppost home 😂😂

[@paulfisher6918]

First time I ever saw a 2dr mk2 cortina I know about the savage ones but that is a beautiful car lads 🎉

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers 👍🏽👍🏽

[@ekspatriat]

Nice to see a driver know how to mechanic a la Guy Martin and Barry Sheene.

[@avin_the_crack]

Gotta have a go 👍🏽

[@philtucker1224]

That’s a very clean race car! Makes a change from a mk2 Escort 😁👍

[@avin_the_crack]

Yeah we wanted to try something different, looks good with the arches 👍🏽

[@daveberry2177]

WELL DONE

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers 👍🏽

[@jonnybamber1772]

Found your channel after watching your thing on motor addicts channel and subscribed straight away!! You boys are legends!! That is the best mk2 cortina I have ever seen and the fact you turn up at a race track with a car that awesome with novice stickers on it makes me laugh my as off!!! The other racers must have thought you was taking the piss!!!😂 boys you got me hooked for life!!! The day I finally get my mk2 escort I am bringing it to you boys!!!! Can’t believe I never found your channel before and just loving watching all your old videos and catching up with things!!! You boys could make a lawnmower do donuts!!!!!!!😂😂😂🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@avin_the_crack]

Welcome aboard! Yeah the old Cortina turned out better than we thought it would to be honest. Not allowed near lawnmowers anymore, Jack had a go at one once and ended up getting himself impaled 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@robbiehoughton4382]

Almost sounds like the old M2 BDA Escort rally cars of the day.

[@avin_the_crack]

It does a bit to be fair

[@JFBesq]

Sounded immense on circuit

[@avin_the_crack]

Yeah wasn’t expecting it to sound as good as it did 😁

[@RiffRaff160]

Mint! Looks rapid! Good job 👍

[@avin_the_crack]

👍🏽👍🏽

[@r0bkills]

aerodynamics of a flying brick ! lol good job ! you gotta put a camera in the car or on top ! nice build boys

[@avin_the_crack]

On board is in the next video on Sunday 🥳

[@theoriginalwallace]

Bloody hell, boys! She's some machine!!

[@avin_the_crack]

Indeed 💪🏽

[@broadkamikaze]

I think it's impossible for Josh not to go sideways 😂 Great fun makes awesome viewing👍

[@avin_the_crack]

Yeah we need to coax that out of him for circuit racing! 😂

[@nurburgringobsessed5722]

Man that sounds epic on full chat! Sod that Aston junk! Keep them coming guys #Avinthecrack

[@avin_the_crack]

The V12 in that Aston did sound nice, but definitely prefer the noise of the Cortina!

[@RiffRaff160]

Looking forward to seeing this! Not seen anything on the granny yet

[@avin_the_crack]

She’s still collecting dust 😂

[@jeffhubbard5660]

Beautiful car.

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers 👍🏽

[@rodplumb9805]

Just happened across your video. Great project great car brought back happy memories of yesteryear with my red Mk2 . Shame about the Mazda (light bulb) incident, that’s racing I guess disappointing nevertheless after such a hard work. Good luck fellers!

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers! She’s all patched up now ready for the next race 💪🏽

[@sidbobby3233]

Dounds epic fellas top work..

[@avin_the_crack]

She does have a nice soundtrack!

[@slippytarmac]

Great video guys love the car, what is the arch kit that you fitted to it

[@avin_the_crack]

We custom made them from a set of Escort Zakspeed arches 👍🏽

[@Invisibleman7]

Cortina sounds better than the Aston. Glad you worked a few kinks out

[@avin_the_crack]

That’s what testings for 👍🏽

[@lyntonryan4766]

They are both nice for different reasons but I admit the Cortina gets it , nostalgia and not factory built wins every time 👍!

[@andrebotha8493]

@@lyntonryan4766 a great cortina fan

[@carlbarton772]

We were on copse, the car looks amazing

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers 👍🏽

[@chubscub]

Need some bonnet vents to relieve pressure.

[@avin_the_crack]

I think that’s on the to do list!

[@leewindsor2246]

brillant you boys bang on the money

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers! Glad you enjoy it 👍🏽👍🏽

[@markbowden7238]

Gotta say that's a beauty. Did Aston Martin ever build an all-steel monocoque body I wonder.

[@avin_the_crack]

No idea, we just wanted the V12 😂

[@markbowden7238]

@@avin_the_crack "speed's just a question of money... how fast you wanna go?" Is a quote from the film Mad Max 1. Max and the gearhead police mechanic Grease Rat, are discussing if it's possible to build a car fast enough to outrun the biker gang. The police are supposed to be the good guys and the bikers are supposed to be the bad guys, but the police have an unlimited budget whereas the bikers have to resort to petty crime to survive 🤔🤔🤔 Well, sure - speed is just a question of money and Aston Martins are very fast and expensive, stands to reason. But they are also shit. Too fast, too expensive. Too wide, too complicated, eg only all-steel monocoque they made was DB7 which was for front mounted V8 or V12 motors. You don't want the V12, imo even if I said here's ten million quid what would you do? Some people probably would get suckered and blow the whole lot on a couple of Astons. Other people would start a small business and build hot Cortina racecars to order. The whole point of remaining at the 4-cylinder level is smaller cheaper narrower less powerful less complicated. I'm a Fiat guy I dunno Fords but an approximate Italian equivalent would be a Group 5 Mirafiori 131 Abarth Rallye or some homologation thereof. It would be a 2-litre NA 16V DOHC Lampredi making around 375bhp and weighing about 850kg, basically a track focused version of the green and black one driven by PAOLO DIANA. Be interested to know what's the power and what's the weight of the Cortina? Also on KZbin is a black X1/9 by Polini Racing for DAVIDE CIRONI, 1300cc bike engine, 200bhp 580kg And a blue X1/9 driven by MANUEL DONDI which has a Alfa D2 motor 395bhp 625 kg. These old steel monocoque shells make for great projects and the red Cortina is just gorgeous.

[@deanishere7237]

Shame about the ding in the side lads, car looks stunning even still :) Good video lads 👍

[@avin_the_crack]

Every race car needs a wound! Wasn’t expecting to pick it up on our first ever couple of laps in it but it happens. We’ll get it fixed before the next race though 👌🏽

[@nicholden1768]

Sick vid lads 👊💚

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers 👍🏽👍🏽

[@brookerracing888]

Crackin VT , on boards must be interesting 🏁🏎️

[@avin_the_crack]

Very entertaining on boards from the 2nd race!

[@brookerracing888]

@@avin_the_crack get editing 👍🏻😂

[@avin_the_crack]

@@brookerracing888 race day video is already set up to premier on Sunday at 6.45 😁

[@local56]

That Cortina is so fast.

[@avin_the_crack]

Yeah she doesn’t hang about 💨

[@jritchiejritchie2687]

Lovely car... So is this the parts off the crashed mk2 escort or another full build ❤

[@avin_the_crack]

Nothing off the Escort on this one 👍🏽

[@alanmcguinness3385]

Sold my 68 GT fifteen years ago really regretting it now.

[@avin_the_crack]

Ah nightmare, time to get another one!

[@tomwellard8234]

My father and a mk 2 shame it wasn't like yours

[@POOHFISH1]

That a thing of beauty, are you lads taking drift van to castle combe this weekend ?

[@avin_the_crack]

No not this weekend, will be there with the Cortina soon though

[@POOHFISH1]

@@avin_the_crack shame , take it you’re fellow Bristol lads , spoiler alert cortina survived silverstone then 💪👍🏻

[@jaymerino1912]

fender flairs don't fit the wheel profile..the front is real easy to see.

[@temporarynoble]

Nice job, proper car! Look forward to seeing you race, what series are you in?

[@avin_the_crack]

We’re in the Modified Ford Series 👍🏽

[@temporarynoble]

@@avin_the_crack Cool, Cadwell in August then!

[@avin_the_crack]

@@temporarynoble 👍🏽👍🏽

[@idesignyou...9257]

Loving the Cortina guys, shame a Mazda had to scar it on its 1st session! 🙄

[@avin_the_crack]

Not ideal, but we’ll get her patched up 👍🏽

[@rolandbracher6070]

Dreamcar😊

[@avin_the_crack]

🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@stevemcilroy.62]

Might be a sensitive subject, so tell me to F.O. The sticker 'Remembering Marcus', was he a part of the crew or a mate/family member?

[@avin_the_crack]

Marcus was our mate, and our co-driver when the rallying began way back when. He was a massive part of getting Avin The Crack up and running but he passed before we started the KZbin adventure. He would have loved it though, and I’m sure he’s having a good old laugh at us somewhere!

[@stevemcilroy.62]

@@avin_the_crack cool, he sounds like a great loss. We are here for a good time, not a long time. Nice touch to Marcus, bet he’s looking down having a laugh with you guys, enjoy while we can I guess. Here’s to Marcus🍻

[@avin_the_crack]

🍻🍻

[@pepedrago9849]

Man, that Cortina is a thing of beauty. Beats AM Valkyrie hands down. I'm not even kidding. I'm a big fan of astons but these space age cars does nothing to me. Ofc I appreciate the engineering and the racing potential but the looks is really meh to me. These old "boxes" with a racing body on the other hand... Oh lala! In Finland there's lots of these old cortinas, escorts ets. used as a rally car.

[@avin_the_crack]

We’re big fans of the old school stuff, can’t beat them! Not often you get to see a £3million car though so had to have a peek! Would still take the cortina 😁

[@pepedrago9849]

​@@avin_the_crack Oh yeah absolutely, I would also eyeball, maybe even drool a bit, Valkyrie if seen live. It's fairly rare to see super cars and such in Finland, especially Astons so I would def be pleased to see one.

[@avin_the_crack]

The V12 sounds lovely!

[@grantmail4112]

✌️😎

[@philtucker1224]

Do you race against Sierra Cossies?

[@avin_the_crack]

In the Modified Ford Series we did yes

[@AE-jd1yu]

Misja nagu ootage palun

[@jonpowell8014]

Pure filth this one fellas!!!

[@avin_the_crack]

She’s not bad is she 👌🏽

[@gaycha6589]

Nasty beard

[@paulkearney4565]

It's not 'crack' guys, it's 'craic'..

[@avin_the_crack]

It’s “crack” for us because we didn’t want it to be the same 👍🏽

[@paulkearney4565]

@@avin_the_crack grand job, come over to 'The Donegal Rally' sometime, you'll definitely enjoy the craic there, mk 2 central!! Run your Cortina in the Historics, flat to the mat them boys! 👌 My father had a 1600e and a MK2 Lotus Cortina. I've a 22b.. Keep er country lads!! 🙌☘️

[@Stevesolo1950]

The body might be a mk2 cortina, nothing else is.

[@avin_the_crack]

Ummmm lights and front grille!

[@chiefrocka8604]

Call me a boring f ucker but mk2 cortina’s and drifting ain’t for me I’d like to see the Bristol Ari Vatanen doing classic national hot rods in a mk2 Anyhow hope the mk2 is coming along noice 👍

[@gigiiggi7138]

Lovely car, why the crap music?

[@avin_the_crack]

Creates a good balance 👌🏽

[@JohnHonda101]

Vehicle Details Vehicle make ASTON MARTIN Date of first registration November 2022 Year of manufacture 2022 Cylinder capacity Not available CO₂ emissions 0 g/km Fuel type Not available Euro status Not available Real Driving Emissions (RDE) Not available Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour BLUE Vehicle type approval Not available Wheelplan 2 AXLE RIGID BODY Revenue weight Not available Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 17 November 2022

[@avin_the_crack]

Cheers, I’ll pass that on to the lads they’ll be ecstatic 👍🏽

[@bulentbuyuk]

Öldügünde seninkilier aglıcak

[@avin_the_crack]

Sound mate 👍🏽