'79 & '80 'Car Mechanics' scans.

[mattblack]

While in the loft looking for the copy of 'Hot Car' mentioned in the 'Mayflower' thread, I came accross a pile of CMs I didn't know I had...

 

 

Wonder if this gormless-looking chap ever did get his R12's brakes fixed?

 

Anyone actualy driven one of these Colts with 'Super-Shift'?

 

"Any chance of a quick blow-over, luv?"

 

To be fair, his other cars were all £50 Austin 1100s with rotten subframes...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[seth]

Keyhole fantasies

[trigger]

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And now his girlfriend is shagging the bloke in the Cortina.

[RedSparrow]

Thanks!

Would it be possible for you to scan in all of that Regal article if you get a chance?

[pompei]

Make your own button trim! Fantastic - no doubt with real velour!

[autofive]

I think HPU Cortinas were press cars

 

but this 'Tinas dead

 

The vehicle details for HPU 717T are:

 

Date of Liability 01 06 1991

Date of First Registration 20 07 1979

Year of Manufacture 1979

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1593CC

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type Petrol

Export Marker Not Applicable

Vehicle Status Unlicensed

Vehicle Colour BLUE

Vehicle Type Approval

[mattblack]

  RedSparrow said:

Thanks!

Would it be possible for you to scan in all of that Regal article if you get a chance?

 

Here you go... original photos in the article were a bit shite, I'm afraid.

 

 

[Negative Creep]

I need a Cortina in the colour scheme of the cover car!

[Shep Shepherd]

Brilliant!

 

CM will always have a special place in my heart, as I came 3rd in the novice class of its DIY Mechanic of the Year competition in 1997 (sadly a one-off) and I bought The Volvo and The Volvo 2 from ex-editor Peter Simpson

[RedSparrow]

That was quick! Thank you!

[Barry Cade]

 

 

Anyone remember the "Scratch Patch?" I remember they gave some away with Car Mechanics mags.. I've got some '60's and '70s copies, but no scanner...

[Shep Shepherd]

I don't remember the "Scratch Patch", but I do remember "Auto Film" in the early 1990s, which I gather was more or less the same thing. I used it on my father's Fiesta and soon wished that I hadn't, as the car's front end looked liked it was covered in Mercury Grey sticking plasters afterwards

[r.welfare]

Brilliant!

 

Could Joe Public get a MkV 'Tina on a T-plate? That one - plus similarly-registered models used on "The Professionals" - are the only ones I've ever seen on a T.