Shite Ron

I have always understood ‘rust free’ in a car advert to mean there is no additional charge for the rust.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155701038863?hash=item2440814f0f:g:2PYAAOSwauFky4sN&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4BPAQ7e0JdXUDF3dSl8SXDkxZCuOHHtsb0plF9cGYE0EWf8u9tq%2F3sPtPh05%2BlQqCOX87z%2FcSmm32pfX3Pgdn2sjjs%2B%2B5ksoVHEH27JE35gpC33z2%2BVKv3Mctlz1dQkuUUW0og5pU2cnKgC%2FGqTNRHOE3g7TQGanKWPynmOe0cR%2BSMiZCLF%2FX3Pvqsq41ArjN2AoY0FtzvSZcL0k45MCkUwtRBO0zLzIgDtrhvROPUHrsOsoADMdoZao5m7hcB3ygKYolP7WWUNe%2B%2FDwK4BMf5zwphPrF5T4FCdIM9Vy%2B3MX|tkp%3ABk9SR6C5m723Yg

Great work Mr Ramrod, I really wanted the Cortina as a civilian car as a child but couldn’t find one. I love the way you have modified it from police spec. Just like the 1:1 scale back when they were decommissioned and everyone fitted a vinyl roof to hide the holes. Superb attention to detail for period correct modifications.

If flat4 alfa is not taking the 1800 then I would like it please.

I thought I recognised the number plate, I took a photo of it around 20 years ago with a real camera!

I think daily driving a classic is a perfectly good idea although the term classic means different things to different people. For me I just want to drive the cars I like regardless of what others think. From 1986 to 2006 I drove mk5 Cortina’s daily then 2006 to 2007 a mk4 Cortina. Late in 2007 I took a job with a compulsory company car and have unfortunately had new company cars since. I mostly only use the company car for work and use a 2002 Mercedes E320 or 2004 Panda for general running about, I consider these modern cars but both are around 20 years old and far nicer to drive than brand new cars. I have no doubts about driving these anywhere at any time and have done many 200 plus mile journeys and are both used in preference to the company car. For best I use the Cortina’s or. Granada. For European road trips a Cortina is always favoured by me as the best car for hundreds of miles per day. We did over 2000 miles in two weeks last year on our holiday to Italy in a 1977 Cortina. For such a short commute pretty much any car should be more than capable. My only concern is quality of replacement parts as genuine oem stock dries up. Using pattern parts is a minefield. For all the time I used Cortina’s for work they were less than 25 years old and genuine parts were still available, I mostly used genuine motor craft parts and they were extremely reliable. The main thing that compromises reliability is lack of maintenance and poor quality replacement parts. Old cars are no less reliable if maintained properly. An ability to weld is recommended though. My advise though is do it! When I had a stressful office based job, the only part of the day I enjoyed was the drive to work and the drive home, if I had a modern car at that time life would have been extremely miserable. Driving a car you like is important to your mental health and well-being, I never get bored of driving Cortina’s, find the car that suits you and drive it as much as you can.

This looks great with the red interior : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266342824960?hash=item3e0344fc00:g:nzgAAOSwQIxkupnH

Dennis Thatcher in 1990, I also had a 1982 model Cortina at the time but mine was a saloon.

I like the new plates, I assume looking the reg up on the internet will give some interesting results! Very appropriate to the car, possibly in more ways than one! Especially to BX lovers.

There must be someone on here that this appeals to? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325729786944?hash=item4bd7021c40:g:lwMAAOSwWOJkr8Bn&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4Ose3%2BqCsz8BbExITNFDs6g3LaeQKkkOy47sly0ebiyK5ynVx0%2BFt35ANIixgj1CCr1uGTxOY5BnyEHjavGAxB63DKVi7vuYZkzN%2BYhlKswkw%2Fr1W9peuDX%2F%2BdxJXSfqsWLNbrXznl4dbMbzyS%2BYsht5hzOztml%2B%2FM33a41pS3ZGMJnVBm8Is7BlWuZ4XlZscwDGvqiq88HtlC7FbpYjOb5ZmMpM0rdC6Ai9yqtEjeNsifejUp2d%2B4WONtvKzfHU9PeUczWyYfk9ISh4o63MGsxmu8JN8dTSY1B54pQPYVhl|tkp%3ABk9SR7jmhbeqYg It looks clean enough, the interior seems to back up the low mileage.

The mk3 Cortina? Looks like a facelift XL from the stripes ☹️

Great photo’s, thanks for sharing I love old pictures. The Taunus estate is my favourite, I love the colour too. The Granada and Transit are great also.

My work computer had hard drive failure last week so I had to get up before 4am today to drive to Basildon, on the way home I saw these on the M25: When I was waiting for my new computer to be sorted I went to Gregg’s in Basildon for Breakfast. Across the road was this, thought @Ghosty might like it? I also saw a fantastic big white yank convertible, late 60’s early seventies but not up on yanks enough to identify it, I searched the internet but the closest I can find it this but it was not this. It was however impressive and was coming off the M25 towards Billericay I think.

I think it is fantastic, the best colour too. Being fussy I would prefer a manual but this is pretty close to my perfect car. I ran ‘82 model Cortina’s as my everyday cars for almost 20 years. For me cars don’t get better than this, fantastic for long journeys too. The furthest I have driven in one day was just over 1,000 miles back from Spain in a Crusader, the only car that would have made the journey better is a GL or Ghia. In summary I love it! This was listed in a recent Mathewson’s auction. I am not sure why it didn’t sell?

Proper Ford’s were either named after exotic sounding locations or magazines when Ford were at the top. The dull names reflect the dull cars today. The sixties and seventies were when cars were really exciting.

I have never owned and surprisingly don’t remember driving a Fiesta but do now find an early mk1 surprisingly alluring. I was however fortunate enough to have a tour of the factory at Cologne last September:

I have not seen this advert before. I opened this thread expecting to see an SD1:

You are correct, I was wrong with Dunlop, my memory is not so great. It was 30+ years ago that I had the moke. Here are some fitted to a Cortina:

Look like Dunlop safety wheels. I had some on a Moke, they have a band inside around the wheel inside the tyres to stop the tyres coming off if they get a puncture. The tyre fitters didn’t like them. I think they look great on the Rover and the colour really suits it too. Very nice.

I am impressed with both, great colours especially the Volvo with red interior. Replacing a modern (ish) car with two seventies cars is 100% the way to go. I look forward to more pictures / updates. I am glad I am not alone in liking period radio’s in cars, the upgrade in the Wolseley looks perfect to me, a huge improvement.

That is a great looking car and ideal wedding / honeymoon transport. Mine has been laid up in the garage far too long but when it was in regular use it was extremely reliable and capable of long high speed journeys. If looked after reasonably well they should be perfectly reliable despite what some may try and lead as to believe. Good luck! Congratulations and best wishes.

I was probably around 5 years old when I asked for a matchbox Cortina for Christmas, well before the mk4 came out but the mk2’s were no longer current, my parents said they went to every shop they knew and nobody could get them. One shop felt sorry for them and gave them a selection of around 5 cars, the one I liked the most was the Mini, a Cortina was always the ultimate for me. I am glad it is not just me who wanted toys that represented what was around at the time.

Seeing as the cars which interest me most are the ones that any car enthusiast over 50 will have owned and I also am not great at taking photos of my cars I have had to think hard and the best I can come up with is my Anderson Cub. I wasn’t in Australia when I took this, no idea why it is upside down sorry.