A Ford 302 slips between the fender wells of a Cortina Mk II like it was made to live there from the get-go. And maybe it was, or should have been. This is dangerous information to have. Because 302s are cheap, T-5 World Class transmissions grow in junkyards like nettles in an abandoned field, and the Cortina Estate weighed a barely-there 2200 lbs when new and sporting half its current cylinder count.
PROJECT UGLY HORSE XI.V: A Miata transmission for the Mustang
By the seller's reckoning, the now 2400-lb wagon is a sleeper, and I tend to agree, although I'd modify the description with a few choice expletives. I dig the amber auxiliary lights and the American Racing Libre rims (original or replica, it's unclear). Behind them are upgraded brakes, Cortina GT disks in the front, and Mustang II drums in the rear. (Can any modified 1960s car avoid a Mustang II component?) It's riding on Konis, even.
It's lovely. It's more than that—it's achingly desirable. Someone buy this thing already so I don't have to raid my savings account.
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