One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Richard A Thackeray]

Looks like it has nicked the wheels of far smaller car.

I think the Rochdale in an earlier post was a terrrible colour & the pic from an awkward angle, I've seen just the one and it looked ace.

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Looks like a minature (original shape) TVR Griffith there

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Spotted on arrival at work yesterday
Staff car-park too!!

Rose between two thorns

 

[Cavalol]

Those Mk1 Cortinas are a thing of beauty, had a 1200 Deluxe 2 door, pre-airflow in about 1984. It was the early one with 'Consul' on the bonnet, bloody tidy too.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Those Mk1 Cortinas are a thing of beauty, had a 1200 Deluxe 2 door, pre-airflow in about 1984. It was the early one with 'Consul' on the bonnet, bloody tidy too.

I have a soft-spot for the estate derivative

 

[Grant Fondo]

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Not the nicest but very clean!

Same door handles as Lotus Elite. No, honest

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Same door handles as Lotus Elite. No, honest

And were also used on the TR7.

 

[gbb]

Those Mk1 Cortinas are a thing of beauty, had a 1200 Deluxe 2 door, pre-airflow in about 1984. It was the early one with 'Consul' on the bonnet, bloody tidy too.

Circa 1976 I brought a 1600DL from a scrapyard for £30, bodily great, it's got some electrical issues the guy said.
It drove like a dream compared to my former car, I think the Cortina was my second car, and I thought all was well...until the first evening I was driving and turned on the headlights.....and the engine cut out. Turn the lights off..and the engine would kick back into life. So, it was a daytime driver only. Shame, I didnt keep it long but that was the ONLY Ford I ever enjoyed owning.

 

[Gunk]

I have a soft-spot for the estate derivative

Me too, especially the woody version with Formica panels, I had the Corgi model when I was a kid.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Spotted on arrival at work yesterday
Staff car-park too!!

Rose between two thorns

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Lovely, split screen as well. I had a 1960 one
9288 EL

 

[Cavalol]

Did use to like the old Fords, had every 'Mk' of Cortina except the Mk2, couldn't afford one now. Even Mk3 Capris have gone through the roof, sold a dog rough 3.0S manual in about 1986 for about £300, iirc. Be worth ridiculous money now!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Same door handles as Lotus Elite. No, honest

And were also used on the TR7.

And 4-door (real) Range Rovers, as well as the Tdi Discoverys
I had a 50th Anniversary (300Tdi/manual)

 

[glasgowcyclist]

And 4-door (real) Range Rovers, as well as the Tdi Discoverys
I had a 50th Anniversary (300Tdi/manual)

The parts bin was raided quite a bit back then. If I remember rightly, the Austin Allegro used them too.

 

[Grant Fondo]

The parts bin was raided quite a bit back then. If I remember rightly, the Austin Allegro used them too.

I beg your pardon, it was the Esprit that used 'those' door handles, not a bad choice really?

 

[roadrash]

the allegro used them and the landrover discovery used them

 

[Grant Fondo]

the allegro used them and the landrover discovery used them
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Ubiquitous alright! They must have made a fair few of those handles, I wonder if the excellent Morris Ital had them?