eBay tat volume 3.

1,516 · May 17, 2021

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Always had a soft spot for these, like their understated looks

oh wait

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I have cleaned all rust under the car

that's alright then

21,379 · May 17, 2021

10 hours ago, Austat said:

Daimler on a Q plate. Was going to put this on late-registration madness but Q-plates are primarily given to kit cars (and some imports):

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274799469198?hash=item3ffb53228e:g:baEAAOSwT9FgoRof

"When I said Build me a Q-Car thats not what I meant!"

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18,315 · May 17, 2021

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

This is the exact shade, albeit the oul man had a vinyl roof on his.

The oul man had an extension and a patio built in 1976. I wonder if....

No vinyl roof on our Fern green 1600E. I remember an episode in Aviemore where all the car doors were locked as we were going for a wander round the shops, my dad threw his jacket into the boot and closed the lid.

With the car keys in the jacket pocket.

Mk2 Cortinas didn't have the window sill pop-up buttons of the 70s Fords so gaining entry involved trying to hook the interior handle with a borrowed bit of fencewire pushed in past the door seal. Then, (eventually), removing the back seat (with borrowed tools) and fishing the jacket out with the fencewire.

The same thing happened occasionally over the years with later Mk3/4/5 Cortinas but they were easier to get into due to thief-friendly pop-up buttons on the door tops. Sometimes keys from other Fords would open a bootlid or door. We had a 1979 Mk2 Escort van - called 'The Rocket', and one day my younger bro (apprentice at the time) was messing about with the ignition and a teaspoon and he managed to start the van. The teaspoon was left in the ignition thereafter.

15,089 · May 17, 2021

13 minutes ago, JeeExEll said:

.... Mk2 Cortinas didn't have the window sill pop-up buttons of the 70s Fords so gaining entry involved trying to hook the interior handle with a borrowed bit of fencewire pushed in past the door seal. .......

I can remember the Mk.2 doors having sawn-off crank levers for locking/unlocking similar in shape to the keep-fit window winders.

7,022 · May 17, 2021

That cortina estate was on the cortina facebook groups last week.

Seems a bit lazy to leave bits in the pictures and state what's not included, how hard is it to lift those wheels out, take the steering wheel off and brush it out a bit to show the true state of the thing?

Don't think those steering wheels are that sought after anyway, at least not in that condition.

15,089 · May 17, 2021

4 minutes ago, cort1977 said:

...Don't think those steering wheels are that sought after anyway, at least not in that condition.

They were definitely very sought-after in the 1970s! Ford spares couldn't supply a new one, and scrappers couldn't supply a used one. I remember the oul fella ringing round everyone in the phone directories, Exchange & Mart, etc. but nothing. Not a sausage.

27,265 · May 17, 2021