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    Ben’s Mk1 Cortina

    Aug 06, 2021 2 minutes

    What’s been done this month:

     Bought and fitted a four-post ramp, had the split-rims assembled, ordered bespoke rear coil-overs, planned the exhaust manifold and engine bay tank

    Next on the to-do list:

     Start the mini restoration

    Thanks to:

    Backroad Fabrications 07879 884259

    Banbury Engineering 01635 711801

    GAZ Shocks 01268 724585 www.gazshocks. com

    Kilnhurst Tyres 01709 585278

    Mowgli Fab 07857 427747

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