mk3-4-5 cortina heater core

[Moparchris]

hey, anyone know aprox measurements of a mk3-4-5 cortina heater core and what are they made out of ?

[divardio]

Well it looks about the right size for a 120mm fan. And at $3 it's not bad. Might be tricky to mount though.

I take it you're a trademe nz member too.

I think I'm going to give this one a miss and check out some auto parts dealers.

[Moparchris]

Originally Posted by divardio

Well it looks about the right size for a 120mm fan. And at $3 it's not bad. Might be tricky to mount though.

I take it you're a trademe nz member too.

I think I'm going to give this one a miss and check out some auto parts dealers.

lol, yep good old trademe

yeah, looks about that size i think ill leave it too, im gonna make an external case for this stuff and i will have room for something bigger

..besides my dads an auto mechanic, hopefully he can dig up something for me

[cristoff]

cortina? what is that in the US?

[pauldenton]

Originally Posted by cristoff

cortina? what is that in the US?

there is no us equivalent - as it was too small a car for there to be a market then 1982 and before...

it was also known in some countries as a ford taunus (basically in left hand drive countries it was a taunus, and RHD countries a cortina...)

[divardio]

Originally Posted by cristoff

cortina? what is that in the US?

And I surpose you think an "Escort" is a hooker.

[Chew_Toy]

I am sure it was cortina in the US also. But it seems like was in the 70s not 80s. Since the 70s camy after the sixties it is hard for me to remeber much from those years.

[pauldenton]

Originally Posted by Chew_Toy

I am sure it was cortina in the US also. But it seems like was in the 70s not 80s. Since the 70s camy after the sixties it is hard for me to remeber much from those years.

apparabtly they did import some mark IIs between 67 and 70...
http://www.pixelmatic.com.au/cortina/corty2.html
then it was dropped in the states in favour of the Pinto
http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Pinto.htm

[Etacovda]

"n 1965, Ralph Nader had brought automobile safety to the public's attention with his book Unsafe at Any Speed. Government was just beginning to regulate automobile safety in those days, but Ford had a way of getting around it. Lobbyists for Ford and other auto-makers convinced the government to delay regulations on fuel tanks for eight years.

One of the tools that Ford used to argue for the delay was a "cost-benefit analysis" of altering the fuel tanks. According to Ford's estimates, the unsafe tanks would cause 180 burn deaths, 180 serious burn injuries, and 2,100 burned vehicles each year. It calculated that it would have to pay $200,000 per death, $67,000 per injury, and $700 per vehicle, for a total of $49.5 million. However, the cost of saving lives and injuries ran even higher: alterations would cost $11 per car or truck, which added up to $137 million per year. Essentially, Ford argued before the government that it would be cheaper just to let their customers burn!

Of course, the public eventually learned that the Pinto had a tendency to explode in rear-end collisions, and victims and their families sued the company. Jurors were outraged over Ford's low value of human life and awarded the victims huge settlements. However, the final shocker came when Ford actually got around to fixing the flawed gas tanks. It turns out that the "cost-benefit analysis" that Ford submitted to the government was entirely bogus: the cost of fixing each car was not $11, but merely one dollar. "

Now, thats an interesting read. Funny how companies can actually have that attitude and not care...

[cristoff]

Hey let's try not to add jokes...

Ford Escort we have in the states...