full giffer spec Cortina

[barefoot]

I had a 1.6L estate a few years ago and it did everything adequately.

 

Odd thing is, they weigh about the same as a SMART car thing & I think less than the SMART roadster.

In the pictures, the Cortina looks a very delicate motor car in comparison to the blob of a FIAT 500.

[wackywacerwill]

Top score A5, looks minty

[scaryoldcortina]

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[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Judging by the INSPEKTION sticker, that's probably a German built one, a RHD Taunus if you will. Dagenham was on strike for a lot of 1979 so lots of German and Irish built ones came over. Looks like Midnight blue as well...?

It absolutely has to stay standard - too many Cortinas have been ruined with nasty alloys and some dogshit old V6. A good uptogether 1600 Mark 5 is a pleasant way to travel - some gas shocks and Estate type solid rear axle bushes will really tighten it up.

 

I had a Cork built 1.6L Mark 5, RMB90V. It was also an early Mark 5 and was painted from new in Fjord blue which was a 78-79 Mark IV colour. It was a nice car and I liked it a lot.

[barefoot]

some gas shocks and Estate type solid rear axle bushes will really tighten it up.

 

but surely you'd then miss out on the whole cortina experience that is - rather pleasantly soft, gentle & wallowy.

 

I can't imagine driving a cort that's taught!

[autofive]

some gas shocks and Estate type solid rear axle bushes will really tighten it up.

 

but surely you'd then miss out on the whole cortina experience that is - rather pleasantly soft, gentle & wallowy.

 

I can't imagine driving a cort that's taught!

 

yes, im all for the full cortina experience, soft wallowing suspension, feel every pothole, lean on roundabouts, coughing 1.6 as you try to accellerate to keep up with a 1.1 Fiesta full of shopping

[CreepingJesus]

If it's of any use to Cortina owners, I have a phone number for someone up here offloading a stack of Mk4/5 used spares.

[autofive]

yes

i m always interested in cortina spares

[CreepingJesus]

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