1966 Mk1 cortina GT She Drives!

By Jim_builds
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3 minute(s) of a 319 minute read

5-2-2013

I have a few questions to ask - the first one relates to my daily which is a mk4 golf which is standard ride height but I managed to catch the sump on a pothole in derbyshire, the cortina is going to be lower than the golf and the sump does sit low within the car which is a concern on speed bumps as this pothole thing is just a one off so what are my options?

a winged sump with the same capacity or do i consider a sump guard but I want the car to have a clean look

I don't want a repeat of this!

Before all that though I was at the Donington museum which was great fun and whilst I was there I picked this up for some retro wall art!

to keep myself busy I have started to look at a few other jobs, I bought this radio a few years ago it was untested but told that it is working but I figured I'm not too fused about the radio side but I could get an ipod or something to run through it

the next question is I have 3 wires coming out of it a black, white and purple but I have no idea which is for what?

as far as I understand it to get a phono jack wired to the radio I need to add some wiring to the volume knob is that right? has anyone done this?


5-8-2013

It turns out I was wrong after putting my google fu skills to the test and as it turns out the body is earthed and the purple is the live!

now this leaves me with a dilema in the future because as far as I understand these things (which isnt that well) this radio is Mono - could it be wired so that 2 speakers are used or will 2 drain the system too much and it will be quiet?

well I did a ghetto lash up and with a screwdriver ariel I got some crackles when turned on but I figured that there is little going on MW and LW but as long as it gets power its onto the Ipod conversion!



Comments

Any updates?

Posted by Diggymart on 4/24/23 @ 5:47:38 PM

Car looks great, interior looks really sharp.

Posted by MPower on 11/25/20 @ 10:50:12 PM

Great build thread! This is going to be a fun little Ford!

Posted by CCmyVW on 10/25/20 @ 1:35:35 PM