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1 hour ago, New POD said:

My dad had a mk4 and a mk4 series 80. And a dangly mirror Sierra which I am using called a mk5 cortina at the time.

What year did they suddenly decide the series 80 was actually a mk5 ? 

The ‘Cortina 80 ‘ was launched late in 1979, the press cars were T registered as often seen in the Professionals, sadly none are known to survive. There are many V reg mk4’s, as many people would have wanted the latest plate as soon as it came out. I have a Vreg mk4  although I always think they don’t look right on a V reg. The Cortina 80 was commonly referred to as a mk5 as there were so many improvements/differences over the mk4 including a higher roof which you notice when running both as I used to hit my head getting in a mk4. The mk5 seems to drive so much better and is great as an everyday car, I honestly have not driven a more comfortable car. The mk3,4 and 5 all have the same floor pan, sills and chassis. Gas shocks and quality suspension bushes make a huge difference to ride. I currently only have mk4’s road legal due partly to the free tax. I also think mk4’s are the best looking but do love all Cortina’s. I am very glad Ford gave a new name to the replacement, it was a different car, too different to carry the Cortina name. It is a shame they did not do the same with the Granada in 1985 and rename it a Scorpio.

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7 hours ago, garbaldy said:

I always thought the mk5 was just a face lifted mk4.

Just to confuse matters more, the estate version of the Mk 5/Cortina 80 was just a facelift of the Mk4: the '79-on saloon got a whole new glasshouse, but the estate just gained bigger bumpers, side rubbing strips and the Mk5 nose. Glass and doors stayed the same as those on 1976 cars.

Ask me how I know...

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On 7/9/2020 at 6:51 PM, cort16 said:

The sapphire cosworth had wheels very similar but they'd be bigger than whats on it I'd think.

 

On 7/9/2020 at 6:55 PM, Tenmil Socket said:

Mk4 xr3i?

 

 

On 7/9/2020 at 6:59 PM, Kowalski said:

Yes you are right, I had forgot about them!

 

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On 7/10/2020 at 8:35 PM, cort16 said:

I don’t those where ghia door cards hence why it looked a bit weird 

Exactly.  The Ghia had different door cards with fabric higher up the door, leaving a relatively narrow strip for the wood at the top.  Lower trim levels had a wider and more curved band of vinyl (?) at the top which someone has attached the narrower Ghia wood trim to.

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1 minute ago, adw1977 said:

1983, that's when this brochure was published:

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I remember the brochures my dad had for the series 80. I must have been 13. I couldn't understand why if there was a Capri on the company car list, we had to had a cortinas estate in beige. 

I know that he wouldn't have kept the brochures. 

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11 hours ago, adw1977 said:

Exactly.  The Ghia had different door cards with fabric higher up the door, leaving a relatively narrow strip for the wood at the top.  Lower trim levels had a wider and more curved band of vinyl (?) at the top which someone has attached the narrower Ghia wood trim to.

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It's interesting that there's no door pocket.

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Back in the day when I rode a bit of motocross I always though that 200 was about the perfect sized bike even though it was only really KTM that were producing a mainstream bike in that capacity. 125's were light and great fun to thrash but were sometimes left wanting for a bit of low down torque. 250's had bags of power everywhere but could be terrifying when given the beans and could spit you into next week if you landed a jump badly and grabbed a handful of throttle by accident. I did once get a ride on a CR500 and it was just as scary as you'd imagine!

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Not much car related stuff going on at the moment but in the last month I sold my Niva.

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It was in decent condition and drove well for a Niva but I just found it uncomfortable to drive most of the time so it had to go.

I also sold my Jetta.

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Yesterday I sold one of by Subarus

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I'd bought it last year with intentions of doing something with it but just never seemed to find the time or motivation to get on with it.

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I've been driving the Cortina daily, it really is a pile of shit! It makes the 305 feel like a luxury car in comparison, it's smooth, fast and handles better than the Cortina...

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The mot is due to run out on the 305 shortly and may need some work to get it through the next one so I bought a modern diesel to use while that's being done...

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A mk3 Golf TDI estate with 11 months mot, it's a bit of a shed and isn't as nice to drive as a 305 but it still beats a Cortina!

Next on the chopping block is a pair of Lada Rivas, I had intended on building one decent car from the pair but again haven't managed to get around to doing much with them so will be letting them go.

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The Riva estate I sold a while ago has really started to rust, the current owner put it up for sale then decided to bring it here to have a new wing fitted which should have been done in a day but has ended up sat here for around a month.

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Various bits under the wing needed repaired/rebuilt so what I thought was going to be a quick welding job has turned into a weldathon.

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The other side was worse...

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The sill, jacking point and chassis leg just kinda fell off and they had already been replaced a few years ago.

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Luckily I had a repair panel already which saved a bit of time.

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Not my best work but the owner is just wanting it done well enough to pass an mot and isn't really wanting to pay much for the work.

A coat of underseal will hide all of the pigeon shit nicely...

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I should be away to look at this today, I've offered a swap for my Cortina and they seem interested...

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The Volvo swap didn't work out so I still have "the purple penetrator"
Not sure whether to keep, sell or try swapping for something of a similar age.
I do like it but it's a bit rubbish to drive especially driving it daily.
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I love Cortina’s but I’m not one for modding cars either, which might be part of that car’s problem...

 

That being said, what’s it like rust-wise? And will that black thing on the bonnet come off or is it painted on? Is the purple paint ok? I want a Cortina! Timing might be bad though as I’ve got no space.

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