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      05-17-2009, 07:26 AM   #7
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Fascinating - I got involved with racing for a while just out of high school - a buddy of mine had a race prepared Ford Cortina 1600. I could take one of those little pushrod motors apart in about an hour in the dark, I did it so many times (including in the dark). They were great engines. I wonder how many people know about "dory" parts... do they still use this numbering scheme?
Aw the gold old Kent motor!Yes they were easy to pull down and I got to know them real well when I had a summer job in college being the teardown guy at a local race engine shop.Also had a few Cortina's including a studded ice racer with a big-valve twin cam in it.
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