Trying to save a Cortina

[trigger]

I've just spend the last 30 minutes watching this video, It's a few of the guys from buysellcortina trying to save a 1974 Cortina 1600 XL that's been in a lock up since 1993, Really enjoyable but man can those cars rust!

 

http://youtu.be/2o9sHrpTumQ

 

There's also a thread on BSC for those of you who are members (you need to log in to read it http://www.buysellcortina.co.uk/forums/ ... ge__st__30)

 

[autofive]

4 and half minutes of mancunian banter at the beginning meant a i scannedthrough the vid for the good bits

 

like ripping the front valance with a plank

 

spares car, i suspect, its post facelift, not tax free, and absolutely rotten

[whitevanman]

BSC.................

[Morgan84]

It almost seems a shame to remove it from its final resting place ! Still,at least there will be some good parts to help keep other surviving ones going

[CortinaDave]

I've bailed out of BSC after it became the banger racers friend. Suddenly thread after thread about building cortinas for racing. Not my bag, so I've called it quits.

[Morgan84]

Im more for preserving cars than destroying them;I know some get fun out of driving a impractical to restore car,and having some last fun out of it,but thats not really my idea of treating cars.Some really good cars get killed off for a few minutes fun,and then they are ruined forever. If I had found that Cortina,its obviously not economical to repair,but I would have either used it for spares,or maybe left it to rest as it was