My Corty Ute

[P100_Ute]

picked this up in bumfuk in 2007.. (down in Gnowangerup)

Its a TF Corty Sedan chopped into a Ute and put on a Hilux Chassis.

it sat around for ages untill we moved into new house and i finally got my shed built so i stripped it down for its rebuild.

got a new chassis for it a few months ago.. and today i put the cab on the new chassis. still needs more lowering work.. but i ran out of grinder blades for today.

When i got it i gave it a wash
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/Corty-Ute-Washed-1.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/Corty-3rd-Aug-2008-1.jpg
302 Clevo was in the bay. i pulled it out this year and sold it off.
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/Corty-Ute-Engine.jpg
this is how it sat with no engine/tray
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/Ute-Tray-Off-6.jpg
pulled the cab off.
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Cab-Removal-5.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Cab-Removal-6.jpg
cut the floor out for the chassis rails and sat it on its back for about 3 months untill today
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Cab-On-Its-Back.jpg

this is what i did today..
i finished hanging stuff up in the shed so i had more room on the floor. so after that i got motivated to work on on the ute.. so spent about 2 hours playing with it.
cut some more out of the floor.. only had 2 grinder blades left so had to make do with what i had coz cbf driving to bunnings.... so the utes still not finished been lowered... i need to lower the front still by quite a bit.. cut the front apron off and put a sporty one on there that covers the original chassis.. that should give me another 50/70mm lower @ the front..
so anyhow heres some pix..

i had to tip it form its back.. to normal so i tied some heavy duty rope to the roof and used that to support it while i got the engine crane under it to lower it to the ground.

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Shed-cleared1.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Shed-cleared2.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-ute-1st-sept-1.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-ute-1st-sept-2.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-ute-1st-sept-3.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-ute-1st-sept-5.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-ute-1st-sept-7.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-ute-1st-sept-9.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-ute-1st-sept-4.jpg

[schnoods]

Looks awesome slammed compared to 4wd spec.

Looks good, certainly different!

[Miggy]

AWESOME! I have never seen something like this done before. What engine are you going to run?

[ho57ile]

Looks very good with that stance. Looking forward to seeing more. Gona be boosted?

[duste]

Looks somewhat dodgy...I like it.

[Pav]

What a transformation, it looks 100x better slammed! Keep us posted.

[P100_Ute]

yeh for sure.
i hope to import a real ute one day. but expensive in importation costs at the moment.
either a Mk3 or a Mk5 ute would be nice.
http://www.ford-cortina.net/cortina/p100/mk5/Mk5-Brochure2.jpg
http://www.ford-cortina.net/cortina/p100/mk3.jpg
http://www.ford-cortina.net/cortina/p100/sales_brochure-mk3/Mk3-Brochure-2-Fold-Out-tn.jpg

[lazy6]

looks awesome what tray are you going to run? the one from before looks like it will hang to low? awesome build.

[ED40]

Awesome mate.

[scj91]

now hack out the rear chassis and get some decent size tyres on the rear

[P100_Ute]

looks awesome what tray are you going to run? the one from before looks like it will hang to low? awesome build.

the old tray got this.. coz it was a heavy peice of crap. with 2 people we struggled to move it. made from heavy steel.
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Tray-Cutup.jpg

proberly a flat tray for now. but will look at making a weld-body also later on


Awesome mate.

its gonna run a T5 box.. so hopefully i wont break them.. i know ur drift falcon has gone thru a few :S i havent broken a T5 yet.. so im proberly not thrashing it enuf.


now hack out the rear chassis and get some decent size tyres on the rear

that would be good. but for now im just gonna notch it so i can lower it and still have travel.. at the moment its sitting diff on chassis and its 120mm from deck to the rails.. i'll be putting adjustable coilovers all round so i can keep it low and wind it up if i need to go anywhere with kerbs and speedhumps.

i got this to cut out at work when the programmer guy programs it for the plasma cutter. taking his sweet time tho..
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Notch-Template.jpg

[ED40]

its gonna run a T5 box.. so hopefully i wont break them.. i know ur drift falcon has gone thru a few :S


Must be confusing me with someone else. My T5 has copped plenty of abuse but it hasn't blown up. Still using the original 300,000km one. And my car isn't a drift falcon :P Ive only tried drifting once last year!!

Are you going to run the 351 with the t5? Or an e-series 4.0L??

[lazy6]

the old tray got this.. coz it was a heavy peice of crap. with 2 people we struggled to move it. made from heavy steel.
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Tray-Cutup.jpg

proberly a flat tray for now. but will look at making a weld-body also later on



its gonna run a T5 box.. so hopefully i wont break them.. i know ur drift falcon has gone thru a few :S i havent broken a T5 yet.. so im proberly not thrashing it enuf.



that would be good. but for now im just gonna notch it so i can lower it and still have travel.. at the moment its sitting diff on chassis and its 120mm from deck to the rails.. i'll be putting adjustable coilovers all round so i can keep it low and wind it up if i need to go anywhere with kerbs and speedhumps.

i got this to cut out at work when the programmer guy programs it for the plasma cutter. taking his sweet time tho..
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Notch-Template.jpg


notches are highly illegal so if you want a trailer pony go for it but in wa you cannot get them regod , over east they can be done.

[P100_Ute]

Must be confusing me with someone else. My T5 has copped plenty of abuse but it hasn't blown up. Still using the original 300,000km one. And my car isn't a drift falcon :P Ive only tried drifting once last year!!

Are you going to run the 351 with the t5? Or an e-series 4.0L??

i thort ya had killed a few.. my bad.
ya running the AU donk yeh?

4.0L.. proberly a Barra if it all goes correctly.


notches are highly illegal so if you want a trailer pony go for it but in wa you cannot get them regod , over east they can be done.

yeh i know theyre illegal.. but untill i get pulled over and possibly yellowed... they wont know. it hasnt been registered yet.. and i havent tried to.

*edit* just remembered theyres a bloke geting his notch passed at the moment. its legal with coilovers because its limited to suspension travel.. so ya cant air out and drag along the ground...

with airbags the notch is illegal.. which is what kids use it for. dragging sparks.

thats what he said anyhow. thats how its geting passed by the dpi

[kirbo]

WOAH. Its gone from monster garage to decent.
Looking forward to seeing the rest of the build. :)

[lazy6]

i thort ya had killed a few.. my bad.
ya running the AU donk yeh?

4.0L.. proberly a Barra if it all goes correctly.



yeh i know theyre illegal.. but untill i get pulled over and possibly yellowed... they wont know. it hasnt been registered yet.. and i havent tried to.

*edit* just remembered theyres a bloke geting his notch passed at the moment. its legal with coilovers because its limited to suspension travel.. so ya cant air out and drag along the ground...

with airbags the notch is illegal.. which is what kids use it for. dragging sparks.

thats what he said anyhow. thats how its geting passed by the dpi

oh nice learn something new everyday i was unsure bout with coilovers... welfare off this forum has tryed speeking to the dpi about it for a bit and no one can give a strait answer.

[P100_Ute]

had a quick fiddle with lowering it more today. seamed to work.. heres some pix.
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-Ute-2nd-Sept-1.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-Ute-2nd-Sept-2.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-Ute-2nd-Sept-3.jpg

[Mad_Aussie]

much angrier on its arse... Huge improvement man!

[stumps.]

Bit hard to make out from the pictures but will you be able to get the tailshaft through? Have you cut out a bit of the back of the cab? This is a great project i look forward to seeing it finished

[Smoked]

u shoulda stuck with the ford v8 i reckon. 351 ftw

but huge improvement overall already,, top stuff

[Mad_Aussie]

I love lamp

[Turbo2.6L]

Looks awesome on it's tits!
Good work mate & go with a boosted barra mated to a T56 :D

[P100_Ute]

Bit hard to make out from the pictures but will you be able to get the tailshaft through? Have you cut out a bit of the back of the cab? This is a great project i look forward to seeing it finished

yeh theyres room for a tailshaft. the hole is already cut out at the back


Looks awesome on it's tits!
Good work mate & go with a boosted barra mated to a T56 :D

thats the plan. be pretty hairy in such a light car.. so that'll be loads of fun.

[S133LTR]

Nice work, always good to see something different especially when its DIY.

Can you get the chasis notches engineered (with out bagggzzz) by doing a chasis flex text? I know of a couple of older full chasis cars with modified rear ends that affect the chasis rails that have had this done to be engineered and licenced.

[P100_Ute]

Can you get the chasis notches engineered (with out bagggzzz) by doing a chasis flex text? I know of a couple of older full chasis cars with modified rear ends that affect the chasis rails that have had this done to be engineered and licenced.

i dunno the answer to that..
but i did some more work today.

well i was talking to my grinder and he wasnt happy with the amount that was cut out yesterday.. so back to work today..
Good thing.. the hilux chassis is now hidden when ya look parallel with the corty chassis == fkn beauty coz thats what my aim was.
Also i can raise the suspension slighlty and the cab still sits damn low
Bad thing. now the wheels scrape on the inside guard..so i'll have to tub the front for clearance

also i dropped a bench seat in it to see how much room i had to move in there.. and suprisingly.. i have loads.

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-Ute-3rd-Sept-1.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-Ute-3rd-Sept-3.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-Ute-3rd-Sept-4.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-Ute-3rd-Sept-5.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-Ute-3rd-Sept-6.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Corty-Ute-3rd-Sept-8.jpg

[gerrin]

looks good slammed
i remember this thing from years ago the back was heavy as it was ment to be a tow truck , guy use to do skids in it
needs a 6/71 out the bonnet

[DanWA]

I remember this from revheads about 6-7 years ago

[P100_Ute]

looks good slammed
i remember this thing from years ago the back was heavy as it was ment to be a tow truck , guy use to do skids in it
needs a 6/71 out the bonnet

yup. i sent the bloke who built it originally some photos of it slammed.
that was last night. havnt got a reply yet.
he'll either love it or hate it. i know i love it.

just measured the height.. 1260mm from floor to top of the cab.

[Torquen]

Looks awesome on it's tits!
Good work mate & go with a boosted barra mated to a T56 :D

Yes please +1 for that combo!

[P100_Ute]

needs a 6/71 out the bonnet

something like this?
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/bilby351/summernats%2022/friday%2002-01-09/summernats22131.jpg

[gerrin]

something like this?
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/bilby351/summernats%2022/friday%2002-01-09/summernats22131.jpg

I would go the big n ugly injection but yer that would still work now jsut do it

[P100_Ute]

well got some news. the programmer at work put my notch onto the computer so i can cut it out on the plasma cutter.
hopefully i can do that tonight and have a look at it tomorrow.

[P100_Ute]

bad news.. programmer got some co-ordinates wrong somewhere and it didnt come out correctly to scale when i put it over the template i have.

its about 15mm skinny along the sides.. the top is right.. and the holes dont line up. theyre just for welding so dont need to be perfect. but i gave it back to my supervisor to get the programmer to look at the one i cut compared to the template so he can fix it.

heres some pix anyhow. wont be much different later on when its cut correctly.
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Notch-Cut1.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Notch-Cut2.jpg

[P100_Ute]

they fixed the program yesterday so last night i cut my notch out and tested it today. alls good so will cut more out tonight if i get time.

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Notch-Cut3-1.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/P100_Ute/ute/Notch-Cut4.jpg

[Mad_Aussie]

Excuse me for sounding daft, but what are said notches for?

[stumps.]

It allows the diff to sit where the chassis rail used to be. Making the car even lower.

He will cut the section of the chassis between the notch, the notch will then become the new chassis rail.