Fast but shite Cortina anyone?

[CortinaDave]

Shameless plug, currently flogging this:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=008Needs some general fettling but its a v6 ghia without the usual OLDSKOOLFORD crazy price £££ tax and it has an MOT till april.wintershite anyone? its more or less on the reserve now.

[MrRegieRitmo]

That's a cool car! I take it not cooler than your 'S' though?

[Milford Cubicle]

Not bad! I would consider wanging a bid in for that if I had any money.How do you find insuring it with a non-standard engine, would it be at all possible to insure it reasonably for, say, someone under 25?

[MrRegieRitmo]

Was there no such thing as a 2.8 Ghia MkIV then? I know the 3.0 was a Sith Africon car...(what happened to CorkTina?)

[Milford Cubicle]

I stand to be corrected, but I think Cortinas just went up to 2.3 V6 in this country.

[CortinaDave]

You are correct. Its a 2.3 with the 2.8 shoved in. How do you insure it? well theres two ways of doing it ... one is that the 2.3 and 2.8 engines look identical and it still says 2.3 on the log book which is the way I've gone....The other is that you get a classic policy for no money on one of these.. either adrian flux, footman james or lancaster will give a cheap quote even declared modded. the 2.8 is quite a common upgrade on cortinas. :)lancaster are usually the best for under 25's on the old stuff.its not nearly as tidy as the 2.0S.. the paint jobs not fantastic up close and it needs some bits and bobs but its very solid overall and should go through another test without too much aggro.i may take a swap of some other shite if anyone has anything?

[pandamonium]

Swap for Perodua Nippa? lol. No, seriously.

[whitevanman]

this was my car from 1998 and I was its third owner, there is only 24 2.3 ghias left in the UK...............it needs a weekends fettling and it'll last for years, it has had a load of new bits put onto it over the years, I was gonna have it back but have no space and now have no job thanks to the feckin Goverment

[VWPowered]

nice old tina that does it now have white indicators as the last pics, or orange..

[Cavcraft]

Swap you say? Hmm....

[CortinaDave]

Indicators are orange. I can spray them white if you like Perodua not really my cup of tea, but thanks tho! 'tina still just under reserve, hopefully it will sell but we'll see...

[Split_Pin]

Hey thats a pretty neat Cortina good luck with the sale.Not normally a fan of modern alloys on older cars but these ones look just right

[CortinaDave]

in fairness they came with it and are only still on as im too lazy to change them for the for the ford roadsport steels i have. but they do look alright

[CortinaDave]

ends tonight at 8pm. Its a tenner off reserve!!