Cortina Coupe

[Lord Sterling]

Was looking for yet more Rover 800 related pics/info (As if I havent got enough already ) and somehow stubled across these:

 

 

Never seen these over here. Whats the story with them? Are they some sort of South Efrican/Aussi cobba' special? It would be just right to see one of these being driven around the local town centre by a long-haired tache' wearing bloke blasting Status Quo from the radio.

[trigger]

That has unsual rear lights, It looks like the Argentinian Ford Taunus Coupe TC3 but the rear lights are wrong.

 

Argentinian Ford Taunus coupe SP 1981 by Ale06, on Flickr

 

SP5s red group by Ale06, on Flickr

 

Taunus TC3 by Ale06, on Flickr

[Ross_K]

Looks like a Ford Taunus coupe from Argentina

 

The red and blue dutch cars are the same car: 30-BK-15. The owner's bodged on rear lights from a Cortina by the look of things...

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hugo90/4489774077/

 

Taunus coupe in Argentina by Hugo90, on Flickr

 

Taunus coupe SP 5 in Argentina by Hugo90, on Flickr

[autofive]

coupe looks nice

 

but how about the cortina saxon coupe?

 

I still prefer the hatchback

[Ross_K]

I still prefer the hatchback

 

 

Your FREE Vehicle Identity Check:

Registration: 730XIU

Description: Ford Cortina 1.6 L

Body Type: Saloon

Colour: Grey

Fuel Type: Petrol

Transmission: Manual

 

It's an Irish car - someone working in the Ford factory knocked it up on their lunchbreak back in the day when Ford made cars here...

[Guest]

Thats an interesting thing A5 - Escort tailgate too. Homemade?

 

[autofive]

mk3 escort i think

 

the story goes that someone wanted to get their golf clubs in the back, so it was made up.

 

im sure there are other stories about this car too.

[TagoraGL]

Don't forget this one:

 

[autofive]

how about blue?

 

[trigger]

The Taunus Coupe is one of the best looking cars of eva.

 

Ford Taunus 2.3 V6 GXL Coupe by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

[wackywacerwill]

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WINNAH

 

I've a sneaking suspicion that mine was used in on of those sea water photo shoots in the past

 

Saw the Saxon one at the 8ball a few months back, it's a bit special that

[gtd2000]

 

Never seen these over here. Whats the story with them?

 

That's lush!

[STUNO]

WOW they are nice.. that mk1 looks very right too, 440 badge was aussie and they are Queensland plates

[Rocket88]

I was a member of HMQ's finest serving in Germany in the seventies. I had a string of Taunes' [Tauni?] and they were all pretty good, even the V4 ones [no Pinto engines ones for the model range I was buying, which would have been mid/late sixties stuff] the V6 jobbies were epic, especially the 26m top of the range model. From memory, the "TS", range were the sporty ones

[maxpower]

looks like a major case of interbreeding at fords

 

though the coupe's look ace.

[Father Ted]

Was looking for yet more Rover 800 related pics/info (As if I havent got enough already ) and somehow stubled across these:

 

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Lovely, but from that angle to me just smacks too much of Capri - and I wonder if thats why they didnt market them in the UK.

[warren t claim]

I think they were made in Argentina and we were having a bit of trouble with them back when the Cortina Coupe was sold.

[dollywobbler]

Autoshite in actual content shocker! What a great thread. Thanks chaps.