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    Image of IamZardoz IamZardoz
    02/13/09

    In reply to Cheap 1968 Ford Cortina GT Is Temptation Incarnate
    For 5 grand I can find a boatload of better looking (and performing) cars than this turd, I dont care how nice the fancy webber carbs are.
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    02/15/09

    @IamZardoz: Aww, shaddup and go buy a Miata already.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    02/13/09

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    My uncle had a Mark I Cortina in the early '70s. It started out with a 1300cc motor, but he and my dad found a 1600 cross-flow out of a wrecked Capri and built a screaming race engine. It had a full-race cam and dual Weber DCOEs, which meant it wasn't a particularly good daily driver-- it barely idled, for one thing, and the spark plugs had to be cleaned or changed every 500 miles-- but it surprised many drivers of more exotic machinery. That Cortina outran legions of BMW 2002s, MGB-GTs, Alfa GTVs and Datsun 510s before a screw from one of the air filters rattled out of its hole, got sucked through the carb and embedded itself in a piston.
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    Image of ptschett ptschett
    02/13/09

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    This one reminds me of the name-that-snowy-car series. Except I can't stand to look at it long enough. (I'd guess S-10 but the doors look wrong to me?)
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    Image of ptschett ptschett
    02/13/09

    @ptschett: Darn. Wrong thread.
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    02/13/09

    @ptschett: man fails again to the hand of the browser tabs
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    02/14/09

    @ptschett: For what it's worth, the truck you're talking about is an S10, an '82 I believe- basically a re-badged Isuzu P'up; a vehicle built of such inferior materials you could actually watch chunks of the body rust off.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/13/09

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    Was the entire Cortina line a chick magnet?

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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/13/09

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    My friend has one of these as an ongoing project,currently running a pinto & looks like a Lotus...
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    02/13/09

    @layabout now with V8 power: That's what I was going for above. Beautiful.
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    02/13/09

    @Fluffy, Pushbroom: My mate has minilites on his,as you can imagine it looks awesome. Also as it's so light it goes fast.
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    02/13/09

    @layabout now with V8 power:


    pretty small pic; are those Cosmics?

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    02/13/09

    @3304HL: The one pictured isn't my mates,it looks similar but his has the minilite wheels. Which i think give it a meaner look.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    02/13/09

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    kinda looks like a mini Rolls from the side
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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    02/13/09

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    "...transplanted 289..."?!


    "...or even a turbo Zetec..."?!


    SACRILEDGE!


    NO MORE VINTAGE VANILLA, WOJZILLA!!
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    02/13/09

    @SeanKHotay: ...but you're still in the + column with me, buddy! :-)
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    02/13/09

    @SeanKHotay: I could have said a 351 or a 460.
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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    02/13/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Ever tried to steer and stop a small car with 1000lbs of cast iron on the front wheels?
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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    02/13/09

    Well, OK, Ben, point taken...
    ...but I still think that's like saying "paper or plastic" for an ice cream topping...


    Sorry, purist in me coming out...


    And, joneez, I like your thinking but none are 1000lbs. The 289 is only ~500lbs, say 650 with an appropriate trans (if it even would fit).

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    Image of Armand Armand
    02/13/09

    @SeanKHotay: You're absolutely right. This car doesn't need an engine transplant-- it just needs a little hot rodding of the standard motor.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    02/13/09

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    Screw 13's, you need to go totally DUB on this and put on a set of MASSIVE 15' tires. Some 175-series tires, too. Because you need wider tires.
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    02/13/09

    @Plecostomus - A monument to failure: 15 foot tires?!
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    02/13/09

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    There's only one way to go about this: a Lotus Cortina replica.


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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    02/13/09

    @Fluffy, Pushbroom: Nice, but there are other ways . . .

    [www.race-cars.com]
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    02/13/09

    @graverobber: Murilopnik Weekends mean I can cut back on th...: Still gotta Lotus that sucker, though! Either way works for me.
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    02/13/09

    @graverobber: Murilopnik Weekends mean I can cut back on th...: My old pickup would eat that thing alive on the track!


    /because that car has no engine


    Why are these in Washington state?!

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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    02/13/09

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    The US never formally got the Ford Cortina . . .


    Huh? by "got" do you mean understood, or was made available for sale?


    The Cortina was sold in the US from 1967 through 1970, with about 50,000 cars being sold here in that time. It was replaced here by the (yuk) Pinto.


    Anyway, Cortinas are great. Lotus Cortinas are transcendent.

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    02/13/09

    @graverobber: Murilopnik Weekends mean I can cut back on th...: Thanks for pointing that out. My understanding was always that this and the Buick Opels did reasonably well against the Datsuns and Toyota Coronas of the time, saleswise.


    Then, in their infinite wisdom they decided to build completely unrelated (well, the Pinto shared engines some engines with the Cortina) pieces of complete American shit. How many millions of buyers were forever turned away, just because GM and Ford of America wanted nothing to do with their foreign counterparts?

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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    02/13/09

    @graverobber: Murilopnik Weekends mean I can cut back on th...: There were also quite a few 1st-gen Cortinas sold in the US as official imports between 1964 and 1967. Both generations were heavily advertised in US car magazines:



    Ford even called the Cortina the "Model C" in some US literature - obvious reference to Models T and A (T&A?).

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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    02/13/09

    @FromaBuick6: Well, regarding the Cortina, keep in mind that Ford was importing the Capri at the same time. The pinto had MUCH higher profit margins here than did the Cortina, and in their minds was a more modern design, having been engineered after the '67 safety laws were enacted.


    I remember the issue with the Opels was the unfavorable exchange rate. The dollar was in the toilet compared to the deutschmark, and that made the German cars uncompetitively priced.


    Buick replaced the very fun and practical German Opels with the Isuzu-sourced "Ople by Izuzu" which was a steaming pile of monkey vomit. It was the first car that, in a review, I ever saw Road & Track advocate not buying.


    Ford brought back a European import with the Fiesta, about the same time they shifted production, and platforms, of the Capri to the US. After the Fiesta was replaced by the Korean (Kia) built Festiva, it was a couple of years until they brought over the Sierra (Cortina replacement) and larger Scorpio. Those were around for a couple of years, and then nothing until the Connect van this year.


    Phew! I know, TMI.

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    02/13/09

    @tonyola: Good point. I was focusing on the sales of the MkII, but you are right, the MkI also plied the highways and byways of our fair nation. It too was a handsome little car, and a lot roomier than the pinto.
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    02/13/09

    @graverobber: Murilopnik Weekends mean I can cut back on th...: Oh yeah, the wonderful Buick/Opel by Isuzu. Chrysler had its share of import baddies in the late 60s - Simca 1000 and 1100, Sunbeam Arrow (Hillman Minx), Sunbeam Alpine (not the sports car, but a sort-of-Barracuda-like Hillman coupe), Plymouth Cricket (Hillmam Avenger). All of these nasty horrors were dumped by 1973 in favor of Dodge-badged Mitsubishis.
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    02/13/09

    @tonyola: I actually need a pair of external door handles from a Hillman Minx, so if you happen to come by one . . .
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    02/13/09

    @graverobber: Murilopnik Weekends mean I can cut back on th...: My first car was a Pinto with a Kent built Cortina 1600. Damn thing burned #4cyl 3 times before I threw it in the weeds and replaced it with a 2.0L. Both the engine and trans of the 1600 were marked FOB (Ford Of Britain.) The 2.0L and the later 2.3L were marked FOG (Ford Of Germany,) and as Vince says, "you know the Germans make good stuff." I ended up with a yard full of Pintos, (you want that POS? Just haul it out of my yard!) but I never did come across another 1600.

    I had some good times in those cars and had my first "romantic" encounter in the back of my '74 wagon along side the PCH near San Simeon. They're all long gone now, but every time I see a Pinto I smile and get a little homesick! (Sniffle) Got something in my eye.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    02/13/09

    @joneez is enjoying a California 'winter': Remember the Pangra?



    I'd kinda' like one of those even today.

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    02/13/09

    @graverobber: Murilopnik Weekends mean I can cut back on th...: Odd how you seem to have so much hate for Euro Fords when the Mondeo,Focus & Fiesta are the market leader in their respective segments,all getting top reviews from very experienced & respected motor journalists & the fact they are best sellers suggests the same. Having driven them & all their competitors i'd have to agree. Each to their own i guess,but the facts remain.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    02/13/09

    @layabout now with V8 power: I don't hate the Euro Fords. I'm sorry if it came across that way. I actually LOVE Euro Fords. What I was attempting to express is my frustration with so many US enthusiasts who clammer for products that we don't get here, and then ignore when we do. I remember seeing the Sierra spy shots in CAR back in the day, and thinking it was amazing. When the XR4Ti finally arrived here, I loved it, but it was poorly marketed, and nobody bought them. Sad face here.


    Sorry if I gave the wrong impression, I'm both a Ford fan and an Anglophile (which, surprisingly doesn't mean I like little English girls) so English Fords pretty much put me over the edge.

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    02/13/09

    @graverobber: Murilopnik Weekends mean I can cut back on th...: I always thought you did like them,thats why i was a little surprised to see the shitbox comment. That was unlike you,but it's easy to get passionate when in full flow on a subject.
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    02/13/09

    @layabout now with V8 power: Yeeah, I was just trying to prove the point that just because you can't have it doesn't necessarily make it desirable. Sort of like Jessica Simpson.
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    02/13/09

    @graverobber: Murilopnik Weekends mean I can cut back on th...: That's a fine example right there.
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    Image of HubCap: Now 30% more aerodynamic! HubCap: Now 30% more aerodynamic!
    02/14/09

    @graverobber: Murilopnik Weekends mean I can cut back on th...: There are a lot of factors that cause that, but I surmise that when Americans want a car with European flair, they'll go buy an actual European car (BMW, Benz, Audi), not an American-badged car that happens to hail from Europe (Contour) or a cynical faux marque (XR4Ti and Scorpio).


    In the case of the GTO and G8, dealer markups killed them. In the case of the Astra, it was an underwhelming ride that simply overpromised and underdelivered.

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    02/14/09

    @HubCap: Now 30% more aerodynamic!: The GTO's price problem was the sudden appreciation of the Aussie dollar against the US dollar (about 50 percent in the two years between the announcement and the cars on sale in the US). An appropriate US price (a modest premium over a similar Mustang) was a money loser for GM on every unit.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    02/14/09

    @graverobber: Murilopnik Weekends mean I can cut back on th...: I disagree with you on this one Graverobber. Is it a good time to bring over a big, rwd sedan (G8) into the completely decimated US market? Nope. Not at all. The main reason I like the heavily lauded Mondeo so much is that it's just so much better than what we had (the previous Volvo-derived 500-Tarus). I understand that American driving habits are different than the Europeans, and everyone dosen't enjoy small-displacement, MT cars like I do. However, if you look at this market, it is generally smaller cars that are selling well.


    The biggest problems with the Pontiac G8 was the dealers, the size, the sucky economy, and the fact that it was a Pontiac. And I still want to See Opel into the American Market.


    In other news, that Cortina is not bad. I could imagine a few raised eyebrows at the race track if you showed up in that bad boy.

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    02/13/09

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    Pass. But there's still plenty in the pipe.
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    02/13/09

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    Yeah, just remember that those late-sixties cars don't offer much in the way of occupant safety. Brake to late, and you'll be driving a Ford Concertina.
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    Second time's the charm, eh?
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    02/13/09

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    not trying to harp on your choices of nice autos there ben, but dude... those tires look like they are straight off a golf cart. what are those, like 8's?
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    02/13/09

    @damnelantra™: that would be so pimp rollin on 13's
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    02/13/09

    @damnelantra™: Yeah, but just think, you could go the DUB route with only 17's!
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    02/13/09

    @Deartháir: 15's at a push,my mate has 14" minilites on his Lotus replica,he used to rally it,now it's by far one of the best looking Cortinas i've seen. The project has been going for near 3 years & he's even turned offers of £10k+ down.
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    02/13/09

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    MKII Cortina=1968 Falcon, except worse. MK1's a different story.
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    02/13/09

    @theeastbaykid: What makes the Mk1s special, aside from being the basis for the nice but pricey Lotus version?
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    02/13/09

    @brandegee: They're the basis for the nice and cheaper Lotus replica version you built yourself.
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