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[fordcrazy]

wat a shock i can tell you...this cortina mk5 i saved from the scrapper ...brought it straight off the lorry ..resprayed it and it lasted for years until the second gearbox went in 6 months so i got rid :} :} :} :} how things change eh??

kev

[percybigun]

nice car! whats going on with the driver :}

its cool the way nearly all the cars in the car park are fords :L

[ReggieK]

Looks like it's got tractor wheels on it :}

[fordcrazy]

:} :} :} :} they were pretty standard wheels i think :} :} :} it was taken in penzance harbour and that big lion was a prezzy for my mother :} :} :} :}

[Family Guy]

Mk5's rock. I used to "lend" my dads and play on Morrisons car park :L

[HJS]

I take it 'lend' is Northern for 'borrow'? :}

I've got a soft spot for Cortinas. My Dad had a mk2 and 3, but never a 5.

Amazes me how small they are compared with a Mondeo, when you consider they are the Mondeo's direct predecessor. Yet the ones my Dad had felt like big cars at the time.

[DC]

i've had a cortina from every mk, loved them.dont see many on the road nowdays only at shows mostly.

[DavePage]

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Amazes me how small they are compared with a Mondeo, when you consider they are the Mondeo's direct predecessor. Yet the ones my Dad had felt like big cars at the time.

Er, have you forgotten the Sierra :} They have gotten bigger over the years for sure, with the first Cortinas being much smaller than they went on to be by the end of the run.

In brief the family tree going back a few cars is:- Consul (52-62), Cortina (62-82), Sierra (82-93), Mondeo (93-onwards) . So far the Cortina has had the longest lifespan, but the Mondeo is still going so could overtake the 20 years that had if they do a MK5 or the MK4 is still being produced in 2013.

[V6 GHIA X]

What no decals?

Shame on you :} :} :}

Loving those big spots on the front,i had some on my MK3 Escort,used to blind everyone coming down the country lanes :}
Dont see them so much now.

[fordcrazy]

fogs didnt even work lol i think they were there for deco purposes :} :} :} :} :} :}

[Family Guy]

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I take it 'lend' is Northern for 'borrow'? :}

Yes.....yes it is :} :}

My dad had all the Mk's except the Mk3. His Mk2 metalic gold GTE with rostyles and leather seats and twin webbers was my favorite although he did have a Lotus but I was too young to realise what it was.

[HJS]

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I take it 'lend' is Northern for 'borrow'? :}

Yes.....yes it is :} :}

My dad had all the Mk's except the Mk3. His Mk2 metalic gold GTE with rostyles and leather seats and twin webbers was my favorite although he did have a Lotus but I was too young to realise what it was.

Did your Dad 'learn' you to ride a bike too? :}

[HJS]

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Er, have you forgotten the Sierra :}
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No I haven't, although looking back, the word 'direct' shouldn't have been there.

I wondered if anyone would pic up on it!

By the way, you forgot the Corsair, although really I think that was a parallel model to the Cortina. Never really worked out what the point of it was.

[Family Guy]

No. Mum learned me and she also learned me about strange men like you. :nana: :} :} :} :}

[DavePage]

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Er, have you forgotten the Sierra :}
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No I haven't, although looking back, the word 'direct' shouldn't have been there.

I wondered if anyone would pic up on it!

By the way, you forgot the Corsair, although really I think that was a parallel model to the Cortina. Never really worked out what the point of it was.
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It was based around the floorpan of the MK1 Cortina but was longer. It shared many of the mechanical and body components of the Cortina. It was made between 64 and 70 in the UK so was along side the Cortina and not a predecessor or successor to it.

[99-Ghia-X24V]

Cortina's!! I had a mk1, my dad had mk2+3. None of us had a mk4, I bought a 1.6 crusader mk5 with the passenger side a pillar rotted away to nothing and rebuilt it out of sheet steel and about 3 tubes of welding rods!!. then had mk1 sierras galore. mk2 sierras galore, mk1 mondeos, mk2's and dont want a mk3. cos they are pants!

[morsalmik]

hi all i had 2 or 3 m5s when i was younger one was so low if you braked too hard when going over cats eyes it used to rip them out of ground but cornere like it was on rails . last mk5 had 15" saphire cossie wheels and 2.8 v6