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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 said:
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.
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I've also heard another nickname was 'Dagenham dustbin'. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
 
swift6 said:
Steve said:
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.
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I've also heard another nickname was 'Dagenham dustbin'. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
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True, but that was applied to everything that they made, not just the Cortina /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
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...
 
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