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[DrEntropy]

Found these pic's of the MkI Cortina. Engine bay was a bit tatty but it ran just fine! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif

 

[Steve]

Oh, nice! Those cars were great little toys......By the way, in the UK the Cortina was nicknamed the "contertina" in tribute to its crashworthiness. Or the lack thereof.

 

[Steve]

When I read the heading for this thread, I thought that maybe you had been sitting in the Elan today? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif

 

[swift6]

Oh, nice! Those cars were great little toys......By the way, in the UK the Cortina was nicknamed the "contertina" in tribute to its crashworthiness. Or the lack thereof.

I've also heard another nickname was 'Dagenham dustbin'. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

 

[Steve]

Oh, nice! Those cars were great little toys......By the way, in the UK the Cortina was nicknamed the "contertina" in tribute to its crashworthiness. Or the lack thereof.

I've also heard another nickname was 'Dagenham dustbin'. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

True, but that was applied to everything that they made, not just the Cortina /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

 

[DrEntropy]

The thing was surprisingly quick. It was the Daily Driver Herself used for a number of years. She explained at some point she realised what she was driving when as she'd pull away from stoplights all the OTHER cars would seem to be lagging behind her...

She does have a bit of a lead foot and the T/C Cortina was suited to the task. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif

I really miss that car...