Incorrect wheels and grille, the various instruments in the centre moved to this location on the second version, originally being sited on top of the dash. Nice car, but for the aforementioned errors. I had a 1970 model in Aubergine in '77......... loved it then and still do. The best car Ford UK ever introduced, the later coca cola Mk3 2000E never had the same appeal, although a very good car.
The auxiliary instruments were only fitted to the Cortina Lotus, 1600E and the GT this car is the final take on the Mk 2 as the instruments are placed lower down. On the penultimate version the instruments were mounted on a raised pod. I had a 1969 1600 GT, back in the early 70s with the lower placed instruments. The final versions also had those two bright strips that run horizontally between the read light clusters.
My dad had a 69 Cortina in Australia with a 1600 engine although the car's badge was 440. He only got a speedo no radio and no heater. If you're thinking that Australia is a hot country so you don't need a heater but in the rain all the windows and windscreen fogged up and I can still remember him and mum wiping the inside of the windscreen with a towel as he drove. The car was a 4 speed manual with a column shift and a vinyl bench seat across the front and the flooring was thick lino. It was white on the outside and blue inside with a white steering wheel. My brother even learnt to drive on it. I learnt to drive on the next car a 76 VW Golf that dad bought brand new for $6,000.
The heater in a 1600e is certainly effective. On my example it is remarkably effective, and it doesn’t smell burnt. I’d say mine was a nippy car up to 55mph and then the lack of 5th gear is noticeable. It was pretty quick back in the day and it’s respectable now,l. It’ll do 70 mph but it’s noisier - wind noise particularly. I’d say the 1600e was a car that in its time Ford got the basics very right. The four speed gearbox is lovely and the clutch feels good, not too heavy and predictable. Even today - it is very enjoyable to drive. The Lotus suspension gives a good ride, and the steering communicates. I wish - if anything - it had the girling vacuum assisted brake booster - but with enough right foot, it definitely stops.
Aquatic Jade metallic- an original colour on series 2 versions only. The 1600E had lowered Lotus suspension settings and this model appears to be sitting a bit high , also the front grille should be all matt black. Seats were polyvinyl not leather but the dash/ door cappings were real wood.
Had Mk1 1500gt and 1600e both with webasto sunroofs. Memories of such beautiful cars. Both around 80bhp but the 1600e much nicer engine. Now an Aygo with 70bhp is “underpowered” sick of presenters sating 0-60 in lethargic 11s. I drove these all over the country cruising 70-80. What have they done to motoring? They were extremely desirable in their day and even now
Puzzled by your comment about pushrods, as most cars had pushrods to operate the valves until the 70s and later. It might be an original colour but as others have said there’s an incorrect grille and the wheels are after-market. Nice video!
The GT, the Lotus and the 1600E all had the 4 auxiliary gauges. In the early MkIIs these gauges were in a pod on top of the center of the dash. Really cool imho.
I had one in this colour with revolution 4 spokes. It was one of my first cars and back in the early 80s it was still very desirable at that time. Unfortunately mine got to the point where it fell apart. The gearstick would randomly come out in my hand, the hydraulic clutch line would regularly melt on the 4 branch manifold, the floor rusted so badly the seat came away from the floor and the engine eventually blew up. I remember one time the dashboard started smoking and when I went to switch it off the key was red hot leaving an imprint on my finger and thumb raiders of the lost ark style. Despite all this I loved that thing.
It was a fast Ford at the time ,had a Twin Choke Weber Carburettor( 32 DFM ).Test drove mk2 1600 e as apprentice Mechanic & impressed by performance.Later I had one and various mk2 s as parts cars...Happy times crusing &romancing testing seats lol.Loved my E.
My first car was a 1969 estate with bench seat and column shifter. Bought for 100 quid in 1987. Unfortunately it didn't last very long before I ended up scrapping it. I remember the door locks could be opened with almost any key, lol. But you never forget your first car.
I reckon this one might need a tune-up or something, I've never heard of anyone saying that they struggle with hills. I had a 1600 Super (less powerful), it was pretty nippy, would easily cruise at 75-80 mph and even managed 93 once!
It's Aquatic Jade Green metallic in colour and the steering wheel is a standard Ford item on the 1600E. The standard 1300 OHV engine was the most common engine to be fitted to the Mk2 Cortina so the 1600GT engine fitted to the 1600E was considerably faster and suited most drivers at that time. On most major roads it performed well and it was not until the Mk 3 Cortina was introduced with it's 1600cc and 2000cc OHC engines, was it more suitable for the motorways.
It is an original colour. I owned a 1970 model 1600E ( in NZ ) of the same colour but with rostyle wheels, back in the late 1970s. Looked the same, grill, spotlights etc
I took my test in an automatic version. It was a nimble car and good to drive. A few years later they changed the rules about driving tests, meaning that people who took tests in automatics couldn’t drive manual cars. I got in before that ruling and have driven practically everything since.
Ok not exactly representative of a 1600 E ,more a comment on that particular car, a good es do not have brakes that pull, top speed was 99 mph so they should do 70 all day without to much stress , as same engine as hot mk 1 escorts, Mexico etc , later es had retractable belts , and we're a option new . Again clutch should not be on the floor or so sharp on a good car , all es had additional dials early ones above dash later like this below. And the heater should not smell like burning on hot again sounds like car specific . Footballers car of 1970s search 1970 England world cup squad and 1600e 👍
Thpse seats are Vinyl and not leather. The clutch if it's very low bite point .needs a new clutch. It has Static belts. Standard colour for that year. 1600 Ford's were all OHV not OHC and they have push rods to operate the valves.. The Pinto OHC didn't come out until 71-2 on the mk3 Cortina
I had a 1600E in 1983 it was as rotten as a pear. It had the clocks on top of the dash. Metallic Rose red with a white roof. Sold it for £40 to the scrap yard 😢
All UK manufacturers used push rods & tappets for standard cars. (& points + distributer) of course as a classic car channel you know the common use of OHC engines really started with mk2 Capri, some later mk3 Cortinas. Vauxhall also used OHC engines with new Caviliers.
Was my 1st car ....Fern Green ...Black Interior...... UOH 921H was ok until got caught in the middle of a Black Cab and shall I say a tipsy justice of the piece in a little Fiat 126 ....in 1981.... but ... who was the only one breath tested......ME 😡..... negative I may add.... no further action taken .... if we ALL timed it right ..... at Acocks Green Bowl ... lined up across the front ... my Fern Green .... White with black vinyl roof .....darkish green ( carnt remember name of colour) .... and Harvest Gold ???? What a sight to see ..... all MK 2’s .... and old school pals MK 1 1968 in red and another in harvest gold MK2 ... we liked a “E’s” in Brum 😜
Not original colour, those wheels are awful, had one in the mid 70s, the four small instrument were in a raised binnacle on top of the dash, xlm607g I suspect it’s long gone, great car.
Not only will it keep up with the later cars it will pass them as most break down in the motorways as crap built these days. Sorry to say it he shouldn’t. Been the one testing that car as they were drivers cars and had more than enough power. plus great engine to upgrade with the likes of Burton giving them loads more.
Bought one of these at a car auction in 1979. Paid £140 for it. It was 2 tone, aubergine and rust. Loved it. Eventually swapped it for a mk3 2000E.
Incorrect wheels and grille, the various instruments in the centre moved to this location on the second version, originally being sited on top of the dash. Nice car, but for the aforementioned errors. I had a 1970 model in Aubergine in '77......... loved it then and still do. The best car Ford UK ever introduced, the later coca cola Mk3 2000E never had the same appeal, although a very good car.
The auxiliary instruments were only fitted to the Cortina Lotus, 1600E and the GT this car is the final take on the Mk 2 as the instruments are placed lower down. On the penultimate version the instruments were mounted on a raised pod. I had a 1969 1600 GT, back in the early 70s with the lower placed instruments. The final versions also had those two bright strips that run horizontally between the read light clusters.
You have to remember that in 1968nit was a reasonably quick car.
My dad had a 69 Cortina in Australia with a 1600 engine although the car's badge was 440. He only got a speedo no radio and no heater. If you're thinking that Australia is a hot country so you don't need a heater but in the rain all the windows and windscreen fogged up and I can still remember him and mum wiping the inside of the windscreen with a towel as he drove. The car was a 4 speed manual with a column shift and a vinyl bench seat across the front and the flooring was thick lino. It was white on the outside and blue inside with a white steering wheel. My brother even learnt to drive on it. I learnt to drive on the next car a 76 VW Golf that dad bought brand new for $6,000.
Miss my 1970 one in Amber gold. Bought it for £400 in 1984.
Same colour as my father's 1970 Ford Zodiac 🙂
Was an original colour. Seats NOT leather.
Vinyl i believe.
@@rockatansky1305 I think they called it "Vynide" - a play on "vinyl" and "hide".
I just watched another video where the MarkII 1600E was shown. It was the same color as this one.
@@HowardLeVert lol. We call it "pleather" as in plastic leather
The heater in a 1600e is certainly effective. On my example it is remarkably effective, and it doesn’t smell burnt. I’d say mine was a nippy car up to 55mph and then the lack of 5th gear is noticeable. It was pretty quick back in the day and it’s respectable now,l. It’ll do 70 mph but it’s noisier - wind noise particularly. I’d say the 1600e was a car that in its time Ford got the basics very right. The four speed gearbox is lovely and the clutch feels good, not too heavy and predictable. Even today - it is very enjoyable to drive. The Lotus suspension gives a good ride, and the steering communicates. I wish - if anything - it had the girling vacuum assisted brake booster - but with enough right foot, it definitely stops.
"Kids today" huh !
I had a 1970 1600e in aubergine. Wish i still had it a brilliant reliable car and worth a fortune today ❤
Aquatic Jade metallic- an original colour on series 2 versions only. The 1600E had lowered Lotus suspension settings and this model appears to be sitting a bit high , also the front grille should be all matt black. Seats were polyvinyl not leather but the dash/ door cappings were real wood.
Had Mk1 1500gt and 1600e both with webasto sunroofs. Memories of such beautiful cars. Both around 80bhp but the 1600e much nicer engine. Now an Aygo with 70bhp is “underpowered” sick of presenters sating 0-60 in lethargic 11s. I drove these all over the country cruising 70-80. What have they done to motoring? They were extremely desirable in their day and even now
Puzzled by your comment about pushrods, as most cars had pushrods to operate the valves until the 70s and later. It might be an original colour but as others have said there’s an incorrect grille and the wheels are after-market. Nice video!
I owned 2 1600e cortina’s back in the 70s &80s great car . Them wheels are awful get the rostyles back on
The GT, the Lotus and the 1600E all had the 4 auxiliary gauges. In the early MkIIs these gauges were in a pod on top of the center of the dash. Really cool imho.
That metallic pink / champagne colour was lovely.
Light orchid
I had one in this colour with revolution 4 spokes. It was one of my first cars and back in the early 80s it was still very desirable at that time. Unfortunately mine got to the point where it fell apart. The gearstick would randomly come out in my hand, the hydraulic clutch line would regularly melt on the 4 branch manifold, the floor rusted so badly the seat came away from the floor and the engine eventually blew up. I remember one time the dashboard started smoking and when I went to switch it off the key was red hot leaving an imprint on my finger and thumb raiders of the lost ark style. Despite all this I loved that thing.
Thanks for video. Upholstery would be vinyl I reckon. Nice example.
It was a fast Ford at the time ,had a Twin Choke Weber Carburettor( 32 DFM ).Test drove mk2 1600 e as apprentice Mechanic & impressed by performance.Later I had one and various mk2 s as parts cars...Happy times crusing &romancing testing seats lol.Loved my E.
The Ford cortina mk1 & 2 & 3 onwards also where very popular cars in Australia too.
My first car was a 1969 estate with bench seat and column shifter. Bought for 100 quid in 1987. Unfortunately it didn't last very long before I ended up scrapping it. I remember the door locks could be opened with almost any key, lol. But you never forget your first car.
Same here, except mine was a 68 on a G plate. Scrapped in 1980 following an accident. Never seen a car with bench seat and column shifter since.
I've never thought about getting bodies in my boot , it's usually how many bags of shopping lol
I reckon this one might need a tune-up or something, I've never heard of anyone saying that they struggle with hills. I had a 1600 Super (less powerful), it was pretty nippy, would easily cruise at 75-80 mph and even managed 93 once!
It's Aquatic Jade Green metallic in colour and the steering wheel is a standard Ford item on the 1600E. The standard 1300 OHV engine was the most common engine to be fitted to the Mk2 Cortina so the 1600GT engine fitted to the 1600E was considerably faster and suited most drivers at that time. On most major roads it performed well and it was not until the Mk 3 Cortina was introduced with it's 1600cc and 2000cc OHC engines, was it more suitable for the motorways.
the 1600e was based on cortina gt hence the dials
It is an original colour. I owned a 1970 model 1600E ( in NZ ) of the same colour but with rostyle wheels, back in the late 1970s. Looked the same, grill, spotlights etc
Definitely an original colour my dad had an estate version I think was an auto in this colour not sure what trim or engine size it was.
I took my test in an automatic version. It was a nimble car and good to drive. A few years later they changed the rules about driving tests, meaning that people who took tests in automatics couldn’t drive manual cars. I got in before that ruling and have driven practically everything since.
Those seats were Fords finest vinyl
I have a GT mk2 two door in the same colour (aqua jade)
Ok not exactly representative of a 1600 E ,more a comment on that particular car, a good es do not have brakes that pull, top speed was 99 mph so they should do 70 all day without to much stress , as same engine as hot mk 1 escorts, Mexico etc , later es had retractable belts , and we're a option new . Again clutch should not be on the floor or so sharp on a good car , all es had additional dials early ones above dash later like this below. And the heater should not smell like burning on hot again sounds like car specific . Footballers car of 1970s search 1970 England world cup squad and 1600e 👍
Love the colour.
Thpse seats are Vinyl and not leather.
The clutch if it's very low bite point .needs a new clutch. It has Static belts. Standard colour for that year. 1600 Ford's were all OHV not OHC and they have push rods to operate the valves.. The Pinto OHC didn't come out until 71-2 on the mk3 Cortina
Lovely car not a fan of the wheels my uncle had a gold one
I had a 1600E in 1983 it was as rotten as a pear. It had the clocks on top of the dash. Metallic Rose red with a white roof. Sold it for £40 to the scrap yard 😢
All UK manufacturers used push rods & tappets for standard cars. (& points + distributer) of course as a classic car channel you know the common use of OHC engines really started with mk2 Capri, some later mk3 Cortinas. Vauxhall also used OHC engines with new Caviliers.
All? Not Jaguar. Not Lotus either (they developed a twin cam version of this engine) which was in the Lotus Cortina.
The colour is called Equatic Jade.
It was fast in 1969. As for the seat belts - you didn't wear them 😅
The ultimate Mk2 .... was a 3 litre Savage !!!
love it
Was my 1st car ....Fern Green ...Black Interior...... UOH 921H was ok until got caught in the middle of a Black Cab and shall I say a tipsy justice of the piece in a little Fiat 126 ....in 1981.... but ... who was the only one breath tested......ME 😡..... negative I may add.... no further action taken .... if we ALL timed it right ..... at Acocks Green Bowl ... lined up across the front ... my Fern Green .... White with black vinyl roof .....darkish green ( carnt remember name of colour) .... and Harvest Gold ???? What a sight to see ..... all MK 2’s .... and old school pals MK 1 1968 in red and another in harvest gold MK2 ... we liked a “E’s” in Brum 😜
Why is he saying this car is slow with poor handling etc when it was a reasonably good perming car in its time 55 years ago?
Wow, you dont remember, you werent even born then.
❤
The car could do 95 MPH what's this 40 MPH. It had a twin choke weber.
Oh dear.
Not original colour, those wheels are awful, had one in the mid 70s, the four small instrument were in a raised binnacle on top of the dash, xlm607g I suspect it’s long gone, great car.
Was a flying machine in its time with what was on the road then. Sorry but think you best sticking with 10 year old junk
why insist on having folk who know nothing about cars doing reviews
This guy is useless😂.
do more research before you do a review
Clueless
a very very amateurish review ,,,,dont give up your day job
I hate it when they say it can keep up with modern traffic 😅 of course it will
Not only will it keep up with the later cars it will pass them as most break down in the motorways as crap built these days. Sorry to say it he shouldn’t. Been the one testing that car as they were drivers cars and had more than enough power. plus great engine to upgrade with the likes of Burton giving them loads more.
What a fuckin strap on!