cortina barnfind

[fiatdaft]

hi folks

 

had a shout about a mark 4 cortina 1.6 l, 63k miles,been sat in a farmers barn for the past 13 years so not hoping for the most immaculate example,but the banger racers are hovering.

 

now a wee bit rusty on my cortina knowledge I know to look at front wings,valance,boot floor,

 

prob wont be able to hear it run or drive it to find out about the cam or void bushes etc

but anything or where else I should be having a look?

 

being a farmer and having the banger racers hovering, any idea of value ?

 

it might not be a keeper for me but would rather see it saved if its worth it.

excuse the shonky phone pics!

 

its an l not a gl,63k miles,covered in oil and dust,

 

passenger front wing not good,arches and door bottoms a bit flakey,interior looks fairly good,1 owner from new stiil has old style plates on it.

 

wanted £350 for it,but we will see what happens.

 

 

 

and spotted this beige lovely on the way home

 

[trigger]

I'd doubt it's worth much more then scrap really but it's an ace colour and it could be worth trying to get a ticket on it if you got it really cheap like £50-100 i would of thought.

[AnthonyG]

To be honest I don't think its worth £350, if there is some visible rust. With Cortinas visible rust is usually the tip of the iceberg!But then a racer is unlikely to pay £350 for it either.Its worth a look though - check all around the sills as well, and also around the screens - rust bubbles there can mean big trouble. Rear arches and rear door shut area also worth checking.

[Cavcraft]

To stop the racers getting their hands on it I'd suggest offering about £225.Don't know a great deal about Cortina spares these days but I'd imagine you could strip it and sell the rolling chassis afterwards for more than that?

[whitevanman]

I can give you a run down on everything that can be wrong with a Cortina if you'd like, if its solid then £350 is not silly money, if its rusty its about £150 tops, even if you strip it there is only so much that sells for more than pennies on them.and the banger boys will pay £350 all day long for one, though the ones I know of are more likley to steal it when his back is turned if you do want a complete lowdown just let me know

[CortinaDave]

Get it bought! Mk4 Cortinas are ace. Only about 200 left on the road or on sorn now apparently.Wings are obtainable, mk3 stuff is violently pricey but its not too difficult to pick up mk4 panels and they are much much cheaper.I see it has the Ziebart sticker on the back.. if its been ziebarted from new chances are it will be solid, its bloody good stuff.

[danthecapriman]

Buy it, £350 is nothing!Most racers will pay a suprising amount for good old cars, fords inparticular.The guy I got my Granada from spent almost a grand on a 1 owner, rust free MK3 Cortina. He promptly stripped it and raced it, and it even went to the track with MOT left on it!

[VWPowered]

^^^he's so right too

[fiatdaft]

i did notice it had a cover sill on the drivers side,where the car was located i couldn't get a decent look at much more at it,but if i do buy it,its not a keeper if anybody is interested.

[AnthonyG]

Get it bought! Mk4 Cortinas are ace. Only about 200 left on the road or on sorn now apparently.

I thought it was around 2000, or does that include Mk5s?. They can't be that rare surely.I'm highly suspicious of these DVLA 'figures' to be honest.

[Richard Cranium]

There must be more than 200 left, surely? Estates must be pretty thin on the ground though.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

200 Mark 4's would be a fair estimate. They were already piling up in scrapyards 20+ years ago and My God they used rot like a bastard. Add 20 years of banger racing and 200 running taxed examples seems about right.That one is Roman Bronze, one of the best colours for a IV. Checj inner wings at the back, scuttle at each screen corner (V was worse), chassis legs and the boot floor on each side. The boot floor spot welds to the chassis leg and Ford didn't seal the end off so they rust out.£350 is taking the piss. Let the bangers have it, it's not a particularly nice on. It's worth £100.

[Richard Cranium]

200 Mark 4's would be a fair estimate. They were already piling up in scrapyards 20+ years ago and My God they used rot like a bastard. Add 20 years of banger racing and 200 running taxed examples seems about right.That one is Roman Bronze, one of the best colours for a IV. Checj inner wings at the back, scuttle at each screen corner (V was worse), chassis legs and the boot floor on each side. The boot floor spot welds to the chassis leg and Ford didn't seal the end off so they rust out.£350 is taking the piss. Let the bangers have it, it's not a particularly nice on. It's worth £100.

I'd have offered £50 as it's bound to want pretty much the entire bottom six inches of the car replacing.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

If Farmer Palmer has pulled back a dust sheet on a mint 20'000 mile '77 Corty 2.0S in Signal green however..............

[AnthonyG]

200 Mark 4's would be a fair estimate. They were already piling up in scrapyards 20+ years ago and My God they used rot like a bastard. Add 20 years of banger racing and 200 running taxed examples seems about right.

They did rot with a vengence, seemed worse than the Mk3 or the Mk5. Thinking about it, I didn't really see any Mk4s on the road after about 1990 or so, and that was in a rural area. In fact I saw more Marinas and Avengers than Mk4s.

[CortinaDave]

200 mk4s apparently and about 1800 mk5's which seems about right.. there are far, far more mk5's around these days. In fact theres often only 1 or 2 mk4's at the annual cortina day rally at symonds yat!

[AnthonyG]

I noticed a lot of Mk5s were well cared for because they were the 'last of the line'. I remember a couple of people starting to look after theirs in the mid 1990s!

[CortinaDave]

I always thought the mk4 was a nicer, cleaner design, mk5 with its high seats, plastic mirrors etc doesnt really appeal to me, just a cheap half arsed facelift!

[AnthonyG]

I agree about the shape but MK5s had nicer interiors and colours IMHO!

[CortinaDave]

Fight!

[Guest]

I prefer the MK5, but I wouldn't take that very personally - I tend to fall for awkward facelifts. I'd have an Ital over a Marina any day, for example.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I prefer the IV, but think the raised door glass and flatter roof on the Cortina 80 My first IV was a rough as arseholes 1.6L (VGN655R) which I GRP'd and plopped up before 2 litres of ICI Permobel in Ventian red. 11 years old and it was shagged. But with Capri GL wide sports steels, black Ghia velour interior and 3 spoke Capri wheel, I was a serious executive.I had two good V's; a German built 1.6L in HAB and a Cork built 1.6L. Dagenham ones were just rubbish. South Africa built a few saloons as well as the P100 and they were just disgustingly bad. 5 years and they were SCRAP.[/code]

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I prefer the MK5, but I wouldn't take that very personally - I tend to fall for awkward facelifts. I'd have an Ital over a Marina any day, for example.

Even a Citron yellow 1.8TC Coupe with vinyl roof and black/silver sports steels? Think carefully...........

[Cavcraft]

Opposite for me, I mostly like pre-lifted cars. New look Maxis, Itals, Alpines and Amabassadors (amongst others) looked fugging awful I reckon.I did like the All-agg though, the Mk3 with it's erm 'noticeable' colours like bright yellow were ace.Had a few Mk4 and Mk5 Tinas over the years and pretty much liked them equally but would prefer a Mk4 now.

[morris_ital_lover]

Fight!

Queue picture of harry enfield, alas not in my photobucket though!m0rris

[pogweasel]

Fight!

Queue picture of harry enfield, alas not in my photobucket though!

 

m0rris

Here's a picture of Harry Enfield, though I am not entirely sure why it is appropriate...

[CortinaDave]

[Milford Cubicle]

Fight!

Queue picture of harry enfield, alas not in my photobucket though!

 

m0rris

 

Hill?

[morris_ital_lover]

Haven't watched TV enough recently got me names all muddled, although the scousers fit the bill just as well!m0rris

[simmo]

You did not mean to that