Lovely car I bought a rusty one for £10.00 when I was 17 in early 80s I bought the new suspension strut plates to weld on and was told why are you wasting your time on that , I was ridiculed , and ended up letting it go I'm 59 now and retro cars are all the rage. I wish I had it now
You're right. Nobody valued these cars back in the 80s. There were so many, and people had happily moved on to faster and more comfy rides. Classic car enthusiasts didn't think the Cortina was classic enough. Only by the late 90s did people start smiling and giving the thumbs up when you were out driving. Took some time to realize they were responding to the Cortina. I remember wondering why everyone suddenly seemed so happy. 🙂
The estates were very cool cars. I discovered and sold on two barn find 1500 estates in the early 90s. One from 1966 and a very early one, built in June 1963. Good solid cars. Probably both long gone now. If you don't mind a LHD, you can still find a mk1 in decent condition for around five grand in Scandinavia.
Lovely car I bought a rusty one for £10.00 when I was 17 in early 80s I bought the new suspension strut plates to weld on and was told why are you wasting your time on that , I was ridiculed , and ended up letting it go I'm 59 now and retro cars are all the rage. I wish I had it now
You're right. Nobody valued these cars back in the 80s. There were so many, and people had happily moved on to faster and more comfy rides. Classic car enthusiasts didn't think the Cortina was classic enough. Only by the late 90s did people start smiling and giving the thumbs up when you were out driving. Took some time to realize they were responding to the Cortina. I remember wondering why everyone suddenly seemed so happy. 🙂
The estates were very cool cars. I discovered and sold on two barn find 1500 estates in the early 90s. One from 1966 and a very early one, built in June 1963. Good solid cars. Probably both long gone now. If you don't mind a LHD, you can still find a mk1 in decent condition for around five grand in Scandinavia.
I was offered one from a friends scrapyard for £5 same colour blue, mended boot floor and got good few years motoring from it.
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That's a real bargain. Paid £185,50 in 1985 money and exchange rate. 2,5 times what the breaker's yard would pay for it at the time.