Greetings from the U.S.A. I had about 4 Cortinas back in the 1970's...one almost identical to yours, even it's color, a Mk1 wagon, and 2 Mk2's. I 💘 Love Cortinas alot but had big troubles getting parts for them. They used to be brought into the country by Ford and sold through their Mercury dealerships, but this stopped in the mid-70s and I had to sell my cars and move on. I would LOVE to have another (or 2 or 3) but they cannot be found. Cortinas have to be the rarest car in 🇺🇸 America, but yours is Very Nice! Thank You for posting this video...it brought back alot of good memories. ✌😁
@@mikesautotruckrepairinc.cr5621 Thank You for posting...if it is For Sale, I might be interested in the near future, but right now, given the climate in the U.S. (lockdown, rioting, etc.) I hesitate to travel at all from Michigan. Kind of puts a damper on things. Thanks again...✌😔
Beautiful. I keep watching this video again and again because I am currently rebuilding my fathers cortina mk1 1500 and also uprating it to GT specs and look.
Hieno tähtiperä sulla ! Meilläpäin näitä nimiteltiin toisinaan Ruusuperiksi ;) Minunkin eka auto oli -66 Cortina 1500, siihen sai ralli-lookia kun irrotti puskurit, ja asensi keulan leveydeltä lisävaloja, virkavalta niistä mielensä niin pahoitti :( Hyviä muistoja jäi Cortinasta, oli vieläpä pirun lämmin auto, eikä menny ikkunat jäähän niinkuin kavereiden Belletteissä teki ;)
British GTs had black dash and chrome bezels .Also did not have twin chrome strips from super models(thank god as they were a water and rust trap.Noticed Lotus badge on front grille did you have the 125E engine?
@@HARRISALO Thanks for sharing the video and for your response. I love the "Hooters Capri" too it is quite famous. I read about it in your build blog and in Classic Ford if I remember correctly. Great job on that! I need to part with a similar project SWB Transit to make space for a basket case MK1 GT Cortina so the video is quite symbolic to me. Best of luck!
As 16 year old kid i worked on fords in my eyes they were the best cars on the road had mk1 1500 super loved it not like the plastic crap to day cause plastic bad for the planet so i am told and all cars now are full faults
A great story of a fabulous car, beautifully told!
Greetings from the U.S.A.
I had about 4 Cortinas back in the 1970's...one almost identical to yours, even it's color, a Mk1 wagon, and 2 Mk2's.
I 💘 Love Cortinas alot but had big troubles getting parts for them. They used to be brought into the country by Ford and sold through their Mercury dealerships, but this stopped in the mid-70s and I had to sell my cars and move on.
I would LOVE to have another (or 2 or 3) but they cannot be found. Cortinas have to be the rarest car in 🇺🇸 America, but yours is Very Nice!
Thank You for posting this video...it brought back alot of good memories.
✌😁
Mark I have a 69 gt in Boston, original US car.
@@mikesautotruckrepairinc.cr5621 Thank You for posting...if it is For Sale, I might be interested in the near future, but right now, given the climate in the U.S. (lockdown, rioting, etc.)
I hesitate to travel at all from Michigan. Kind of puts a damper on things.
Thanks again...✌😔
Beautiful. I keep watching this video again and again because I am currently rebuilding my fathers cortina mk1 1500 and also uprating it to GT specs and look.
Really well filmed, thoughtful storyline and content. A great looking car 🚗. A passionate member of "The Car Lovers Guild of Earth." 👍👍👍
Beautiful car and beautiful country. Greetings from Ireland.
Fo MoCo Thanks! Regards to Ireland!
I purchased a Maroon Red 2 door Mk1 yesterday.
Lovely car. I had a mk1 Cortina GT, dark green with a metallic light green Lotus stripe, wheels and quarter bumpers. Enjoy yours it looks really good!
One of the finest little Uk Ford produced cars ever. Perhaps the finest.
What a gorgeous Cortina!!
Siisti Cortina. Thanks for the video and good story.
My first new car in 1966....Four door in "Dragoon Red" which cost £827.00 on the road....
Wow you had some money
Beautiful
Pretty car very nice
love the gt best,like the red painted dash,needs a simple cage in red to match,nice car !!!!!!!
Awesome motor, had one in the eighties and it was a rarity then,... I gave it it away lol, hindsight is a wonderful thing sometimes :)
Had a gt mk1 myself such a beauty of a car so easy to work on not like todays crap all full of computer stuff ugh
Ekana autona oli mulla cortina -65 👍
Hieno tähtiperä sulla ! Meilläpäin näitä nimiteltiin toisinaan Ruusuperiksi ;) Minunkin eka auto oli -66 Cortina 1500, siihen sai
ralli-lookia kun irrotti puskurit, ja asensi keulan leveydeltä lisävaloja, virkavalta niistä mielensä niin pahoitti :(
Hyviä muistoja jäi Cortinasta, oli vieläpä pirun lämmin auto, eikä menny ikkunat jäähän niinkuin kavereiden Belletteissä teki ;)
I am restroing a 65 gt cortina for a friend at the moment.
Twin 45’s a must for any old ford 😁
British GTs had black dash and chrome bezels .Also did not have twin chrome strips from super models(thank god as they were a water and rust trap.Noticed Lotus badge on front grille did you have the 125E engine?
I am pretty sure the blue MK2 Transit by the end of the video belongs to Veikko. One classic Ford is never enough. Greetings from Prague.
I'm pretty sure it belonged to me...;-)
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@@HARRISALO Thanks for sharing the video and for your response. I love the "Hooters Capri" too it is quite famous. I read about it in your build blog and in Classic Ford if I remember correctly. Great job on that! I need to part with a similar project SWB Transit to make space for a basket case MK1 GT Cortina so the video is quite symbolic to me. Best of luck!
What a little beauty.... You don't say what size engine is in the car?
Hienoa...
Hieno on👍
Where did you get your Cortina bonnet badge??
Ebay
As 16 year old kid i worked on fords in my eyes they were the best cars on the road had mk1 1500 super loved it not like the plastic crap to day cause plastic bad for the planet so i am told and all cars now are full faults
Tippa silmässä muistelen tyhmyyttäni kun myin omani.
Matti Marttila No ei ne vielä ole ihan loppuneet...