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28 Nov 2006, 22:54
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Terry Sanger's Cortina V8 Mk1 (and others!)
Does anyone have any pics/specs/history on the Terry Sanger V8 Mk1 Cortina that raced in the UK in the 60's ???
Cheers
pauly
Zombie289
Last edited by John Turner; 1 Dec 2006 at 17:49.
Reason: New thread created from a post in the Chassis Archive!
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29 Nov 2006, 10:35
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Any non works 'one off' car enquiries, like that of Zombie 289 regarding the Sanger V8 (was that the ex Doc Merfield 'Fraud' Cortina or another one?) probably warrants a separate thread in the history forum. Unless I get any objections over the next couple of days, I'll do the necessary! 
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30 Nov 2006, 01:18
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Originally Posted by John Turner
Also any non works 'one off' car enquiries, like that of Zombie 289 regarding the Sanger V8 (was that the ex Doc Merfield 'Fraud' Cortina or another one?)
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Yes sir!...and any info on the car while Doc had it would be great also..
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2 Dec 2006, 20:53
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Check this out, I can't accept the credit for originally posting it on 10/10ths but its bloody brilliant and has shots of the Cortina. http://www.jannousiainen.net/storage/1967.wmv
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4 Dec 2006, 11:17
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tentenths gold that thread is !
I can only imagine the V8 Cortinas where effectively Mustangs underneath ? the V8 would have shredded the std transmission . . . although Cortina Disc brakes where probably better than some of the chocolate drums designed in the US in period !!!
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4 Dec 2006, 15:39
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I don't think the Merfield/Sanger V8 Cortina had much to do with Mustangs - for example the V8 was actually a Coventry Climax...
...how do I know this? Having bought a book on Coventry Climax engines recently where there's a photo of a V8 in a Cortina my Dad phoned up his old mate Terry Sanger to see if it was Terry's old car - and it was....
(jonners has requested link to correction, here:- http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/show...5&postcount=17 - alternatively, just follow the discussion! - JT)
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4 Dec 2006, 18:21
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Well, now I'm confused, since I always thought that Merfield's 'Fraud' Cortina had a 289 in it. I've just looked at my programme for the 1966 AMOC St John Horsfall meeting in which Merfield was entered with this car, and it says 4727cc; I'm pretty certain that Coventry Climax didn't build a V8 of that size! Are we talking about the same car?
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4 Dec 2006, 18:49
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Originally Posted by Al Weyman
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>>>oh happy days, what a marvellous piece of nostalgia. Do you have links to any more like that? 
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4 Dec 2006, 19:00
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No sorry david, I originally found it here and downloaded it, good is'nt it? Try Utube.
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4 Dec 2006, 19:08
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It is great footage albeit lo-res on the net. You can pick up this original copyrighted VHS video set of 1960s/70s racing very reasonably via the publishers 'Porter Publishing' at their e-bay shop.
http://stores.ebay.com/Porter-Publis...QQftidZ2QQtZkm
This was originally the first half of the tape 'Motor Racing 60's style 1967 & 1960'.
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4 Dec 2006, 19:13
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Proper little gold mine there Andrew, thanx.
Blimey I have just topped 4000 posts. how sad!
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4 Dec 2006, 19:16
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if somebody had one of these old modified saloons from the sixties were could they race it today as there's no modified historic class to race it in . theirs plenty of class for so called touring cars but nothing for classic/historic club cars why is this
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4 Dec 2006, 19:42
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I can remember seeing the Merfield car at Snett one year,it wasnt a Climax under the bonnet!
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