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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Adelaide
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Thinking about buying a Cortina mk1, well what I have on offer is actually a consul Cortina 62-63. I love the non airflow outside but I hate the dash and controls.
Is it possible to convert the dash from Console to Cortina? Round 67 gauges instead of the bar Consul speedo. This is my first Cortina mk1, im usually a Escort guru but know little about early Cortina's. I plan to restore and convert to pinto/zetec/duratec etc as a sleeper. Advice much appreciated. ![]() |
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Join Date: Apr 2014
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You could go for the 64 consul which had round gauges
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2008
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Hi. A late model steering column can give you wipers/washers, park/head lights, turn sigs, headlight dip/high/flash and ignition switch, how many more controls do you need? Hot rodders have been changing gauges for years, there are matching speedo, tacho and quad (fuel/oil/temp/volts) gauge packs almost everywhere. Cheers MD
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Join Date: Apr 2014
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he was talking about the dash not the steering column
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Car tragic
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Wild West
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The early controls are cool but the strip speedo not so great. Look for a ore-airflow Mk 1 Cortina GT (Lotus the same) pod (repops avail in UK). Replaces strip speedo and allows use of round gauges without metalwork.
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Location: Ipswich Qld
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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The pre-'65s had a strip speedo except for GT and Lotus which had a binnacle that fixed to dash in place of speedo with a round gauge-containing cluster. |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ipswich Qld
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Sprint not sure if you can do what you really want with the dash
without some mods shove a tacho where the air vent is dont forget to add a racing start button
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Join Date: Apr 2014
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not all pre airflow cars had strip speedo's the 64 consul Cortina had round gauges and it did not have to be a gt or lotus to have this the gt had three large gauges 1st had fuel,oil pressure &temp in it 2nd was a tacho 3rd speedo standard car had 2 gauges 1st speedo 2nd fuel & temp and the early gt [strip speedo] had the tacho on the steering column which was a column change steering column surround with tacho placed in the hole where the gear change would of come out of
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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I have 64 pre airflow GT. |
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REV8380
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Hallam , Melb. VIC
Posts: 801
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I have a 64 GT gauge pod which according to others will fit over the strip speedo. Also centre consul ,chrome side strips for a 2 door GT ,grill and lots of other stuff in the garage which may be useful. PM me if your interested.
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Bar speedo's cortina's are rare. Leave it as it is.
If you can find one but there very rare too (there was one on eBay for $350), get the tacho from a GT that they added on to the steering columns on the 63 GT's. |
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