Jonn carried out a recheck of the valve clearances on our 1968 Lotus Cortina and replaced the cam cap nuts with new nyloc nuts, torquing all caps to 9 lb/ft. He then cleaned the rocker cover, secured the gasket in place, refitted the cover, and torqued it to 7 lb/ft. After running the engine, he […]
We have competition cars coming at us from all angles this week in the workshops. 1968 Ford Lotus Cortina The running issues on the Ford Lotus Cortina are preventing us from delivering the car so this is one of the main ones to address. John has already set valve clearances with the shims we have. […]
Jonn carried out preparatory work on our 1968 Lotus Cortina ahead of the new camshaft installation. New cam bearings were fitted to the cylinder head and thoroughly coated with engine assembly lube, a process repeated across all ten bearings. The camshaft installation began with the inlet cam, after which the engine was rotated to position […]
Here is what Jonn has been doing with our 1968 Lotus Cortina. Prep for new camshafts to be fitted. Remove spark plugs to aid in turning over. Align timing marks and slacken cam sprockets. Slacken chain tensioner and remove sprockets. Cable tie chain to one side. Remove cams and mark and measure shims. Clean down […]
Two of our recent competition cars, our 1968 MGC Roadster and Lotus Cortina, will soon be making their way to new homes north of the border in Scotland. As with all of our winners, they become part of the Bridge Classic Cars members club – and with that receive a free miniature of Coachbuilt Whisky […]
Jonn began by carrying out a pre-delivery inspection on our 1968 Lotus Cortina. He inflated all tyres to the correct pressure and torqued the wheel nuts. The spark plugs were removed, cleaned, and re-gapped before the fuel system was filled with synthetic fuel. A road test was conducted, during which the vehicle was found to […]
It’s getting warmer and this shoot for our lotus Cortina was so much fun! I have been looking forward to getting behind the wheel of the Cortina and it was great! The inline 4 engine really does roar and it handles brilliantly I could definitely feel the car channelling its inner race car trying to […]
Jonn removed the fuel filter of our 1968 Lotus Cortina and cleaned it thoroughly before refitting and securing it. He turned on the ignition to check for leaks and discovered that the rear carburettor was leaking at the fuel union. After tightening and retesting, the issue was resolved. He then fitted a new wheel trim […]
Some weeks at Bridge Classic Cars we have a workshop full of customer’s car, other weeks we have a workshop full of our own competition cars. No two weeks are the same and heading into the final week of 2024 we were busy as always working on both. If you watched our recent Torque Show […]
Our 1968 Lotus Cortina has only been here in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for a relatively short period of time. However, Jonn has already completed various tasks to get it ready to go into competition. Here are Jonn’s notes about what he has been doing: Heater matrix back from repair. Stick foam to edges […]
We have so much going on at Bridge Classic Cars Competitions right now; cars coming in, cars going out, cars finding new homes, cash alternatives flying about all over the placed. It’s difficult to keep up! So I thought I’d do a weekly round up of all competition car updates for you. I’m really sorry […]
A relatively successful trip was had heading up to The Pavilion in Buxton for the H&H Classic Auction last week. We came away with 4 cars ourselves and a 5th made it’s way down on our car transporter for some work required by our team in the workshop. The car’s have now arrived with us […]
This 33-year-old Ford Sierra Cosworth is set to fetch a cool £100k at auction because it’s claimed to be ‘the best one in the UK’ of only 500 ever made. We only have to take a look into our archives and current competitions to see that Fords are becoming increasingly popular. Earlier this year we […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lotus Cortina is the commonly used term for the Ford Cortina Lotus, a high-performance sports saloon, which was produced in the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1970 by Ford in collaboration with Lotus cars. The original version, which was based on the Ford Cortina Mk 1, was promoted by Ford as the “Consul Cortina developed by Lotus”, with “Consul” later being dropped from the name. […]