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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

https://youtu.be/8BFrE4GiSZU

I think the Maserati he thinks is a Merak is in fact a Khamsin.

[Varche]

Gosh , that is a trip down memory lane.

[Mr Skrunts]

Would love a triumph stag & jenson interseptor in my collection.

[Rangie]

A much better time back then😎

[cam.in.head]

100% agree. theres some great cars there (and i dont mean the fancy lambos etc)
a time when cars actually had an identity.yes the jensen looks superb and so do the other mainstream cars.
its also a time when the world was better,people were better mannered,music was undoubtably better,etc etc. glad to have grown up in that era.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

A time before feminists took the fun out of life.

What could be more natural than a pretty girl draped over a flashy car.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Would love a triumph stag & jenson interseptor in my collection.

Nah.....the Moskvitch was more of a 'bird puller' back in 1973.....

[Rangie]

August 1973 bought a new Ford Escort Mexico lovely car thought I was "The dogs danglies"

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

August 1973 bought a new Ford Escort Mexico lovely car thought I was "The dogs danglies"

Would that be an 'M' reg Mr Rangie?

........and if you had it today it would be worth a small fortune.

[Rangie]

August 1973 bought a new Ford Escort Mexico lovely car thought I was "The dogs danglies"

Would that be an 'M' reg Mr Rangie?

........and if you had it today it would be worth a small fortune.

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It was until I put my Grandads private plate on it 5016 VW sold the plate a few years later to a VW dealership. The Mexico cost me around £1300 if my memory serves me correctly.

[Lizzie Zoom]

A much better time back then😎

Really??!

I just remember it was a whole decade of repetitive mass strikes, power cuts, oil shortages, substandard mass produced British cars (when they were built), and everything else, with GB considered to be the sick man of europe and very poor political 'leadership', if that what it was.  A naff decade that we tried to enlighten with bold colours, Habitat furnishings, and care free music that had generally lost the magic of the 1960s pop revolution.

No, give me the later, Maggie fueled, brash 1980s with BIG hair, plus great music!!

[cam.in.head]

oh i agree .whilst growing up in the 70's was good and i enjoyed the music towards the later end of the 70's the 80's (to me ) was the best decade to be alive in full stop. 1980 could be a groundhog loop for me anytime !
as a kid in the 70's the political stuff and strikes etc were something i knew nothing about but i do think the general attitude of people was better then(70's and 80's) today theres too much aggresion and bad manners around,too much disregard for authority and rules/ laws etc.
i suppose every generation says the same thing .

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

A much better time back then😎

Really??!

I just remember it was a whole decade of repetitive mass strikes, power cuts, oil shortages, substandard mass produced British cars (when they were built), and everything else, with GB considered to be the sick man of europe and very poor political 'leadership', if that what it was.  A naff decade that we tried to enlighten with bold colours, Habitat furnishings, and care free music that had generally lost the magic of the 1960s pop revolution.

No, give me the later, Maggie fueled, brash 1980s with BIG hair, plus great music!!

Did you take advantage of the  'free love' on offer during the sixties , Lizzie? ..... .

[Lizzie Zoom]

A much better time back then😎

Really??!

I just remember it was a whole decade of repetitive mass strikes, power cuts, oil shortages, substandard mass produced British cars (when they were built), and everything else, with GB considered to be the sick man of europe and very poor political 'leadership', if that what it was.  A naff decade that we tried to enlighten with bold colours, Habitat furnishings, and care free music that had generally lost the magic of the 1960s pop revolution.

No, give me the later, Maggie fueled, brash 1980s with BIG hair, plus great music!!

Did you take advantage of the  'free love' on offer during the sixties , Lizzie? ..... .

No Opti, I was too young

[Rangie]

Nothing will away me from the 1970s best days of my life, booze birds & cash all from HM Armed Forces.

[ronnyd]

Passed a really superb Cresta on the way back from Mums this afternoon. Didn't get the reg but was in great nick and was a two tone grey. Not sure if that is an original colour. 

[Rangie]

Passed a really superb Cresta on the way back from Mums this afternoon. Didn't get the reg but was in great nick and was a two tone grey. Not sure if that is an original colour. 

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If it was a PA then yes it would be an original colour they also did a grey over pink  plus yellow & white & pink & white my uncle had a yellow & white one it was his pride & joy.

[ronnyd]

Passed a really superb Cresta on the way back from Mums this afternoon. Didn't get the reg but was in great nick and was a two tone grey. Not sure if that is an original colour. 

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If it was a PA then yes it would be an original colour they also did a grey over pink  plus yellow & white & pink & white my uncle had a yellow & white one it was his pride & joy.

Mine and SWMBO,s wedding car was that. The one i saw today was darker grey at the bottom and lighter grey at the top. Top end respray perhaps?

[BazaJT]

'70's defined by crap management,bolshy workforce and belligerent unions.'80's defined by a complete lack of taste!

[Lizzie Zoom]

Passed a really superb Cresta on the way back from Mums this afternoon. Didn't get the reg but was in great nick and was a two tone grey. Not sure if that is an original colour. 

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If it was a PA then yes it would be an original colour they also did a grey over pink  plus yellow & white & pink & white my uncle had a yellow & white one it was his pride & joy.

Ah, now you are talking.............but that is a 1960s classic that I would have loved to own 

......but before the naff 1970s designs of Vx

[Doctor Gollum]

'70's defined by crap management,bolshy workforce and belligerent unions.'80's defined by a complete lack of taste!

You must have slept through the nineties then

[Keith ABS]

Would love a triumph stag & jenson interseptor in my collection.

Nah.....the Moskvitch was more of a 'bird puller' back in 1973.....

It was the time of the rise of the Marina Coupes greatness I do believe

[Rangie]

Passed a really superb Cresta on the way back from Mums this afternoon. Didn't get the reg but was in great nick and was a two tone grey. Not sure if that is an original colour. 

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If it was a PA then yes it would be an original colour they also did a grey over pink  plus yellow & white & pink & white my uncle had a yellow & white one it was his pride & joy.

Ah, now you are talking.............but that is a 1960s classic that I would have loved to own 

......but before the naff 1970s designs of Vx

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I had the PB 3.3 litre Velox Hydramatic, bought it in 1972 from its first owner for £130.00 ! I was 18 & it cost me £160 to insure it traded it in when I bought the Escort Mexico think they allowed me £100 for it.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Would love a triumph stag & jenson interseptor in my collection.

Nah.....the Moskvitch was more of a 'bird puller' back in 1973.....

It was the time of the rise of the Marina Coupes greatness I do believe

Yep...the Morris Marina coupe is responsible for most of the wet pussy in the seventies. 

[Lizzie Zoom]

Would love a triumph stag & jenson interseptor in my collection.

Nah.....the Moskvitch was more of a 'bird puller' back in 1973.....

It was the time of the rise of the Marina Coupes greatness I do believe

Yep...the Morris Marina coupe is responsible for most of the wet pussy in the seventies. 

Yes, from many young women like me wetting themselves with mocking laughter at that old persons car.......very uncool!!

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Would love a triumph stag & jenson interseptor in my collection.

Nah.....the Moskvitch was more of a 'bird puller' back in 1973.....

It was the time of the rise of the Marina Coupes greatness I do believe

Yep...the Morris Marina coupe is responsible for most of the wet pussy in the seventies. 

Yes, from many young women like me wetting themselves with mocking laughter at that old persons car.......very uncool!!

Sir Tigger had his best moments in a Marina coupe......

[Kevin Wood]

Would love a triumph stag & jenson interseptor in my collection.

Nah.....the Moskvitch was more of a 'bird puller' back in 1973.....

It was the time of the rise of the Marina Coupes greatness I do believe

Yep...the Morris Marina coupe is responsible for most of the wet pussy in the seventies. 

Yes, from many young women like me wetting themselves with mocking laughter at that old persons car.......very uncool!!

Sir Tigger had his best moments in a Marina coupe......

I had some of my scariest. Maybe I should have used the back seat more and the driver's seat less.

[Raeturbo]

Marina gearboxes were like the wheel of fortune, never know what gear it would give you (if any)😂

[dave the builder]

Marina gearboxes were like the wheel of fortune, never know what gear it would give you (if any)😂

in order to use gears ,you need to get past the high security locks (anything that will fit in the key hole should do) and have a running engine 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Would love a triumph stag & jenson interseptor in my collection.

Nah.....the Moskvitch was more of a 'bird puller' back in 1973.....

It was the time of the rise of the Marina Coupes greatness I do believe

Yep...the Morris Marina coupe is responsible for most of the wet pussy in the seventies. 

Yes, from many young women like me wetting themselves with mocking laughter at that old persons car.......very uncool!!

Sir Tigger had his best moments in a Marina coupe......

I had some of my scariest. Maybe I should have used the back seat more and the driver's seat less.

But you were lucky to own the far more exclusive Ital, Kevin........which was equally as good as a Lamborghini Espada but without the fancy price tag.

[Nick W]

Marina gearboxes were like the wheel of fortune, never know what gear it would give you (if any)😂

At least the gearlever didn't come off in your hand when changing gear enthuiastically......

[Lizzie Zoom]

Marina gearboxes were like the wheel of fortune, never know what gear it would give you (if any)😂

At least the gearlever didn't come off in your hand when changing gear enthuiastically......

    That happened to my dad in 1969 whilst driving his company Mk2 Cortina with a long reach gear lever.. At the time I thought it was hilarious!!

[Nick W]

Marina gearboxes were like the wheel of fortune, never know what gear it would give you (if any)😂

At least the gearlever didn't come off in your hand when changing gear enthuiastically......

    That happened to my dad in 1969 whilst driving his company Mk2 Cortina with a long reach gear lever.. At the time I thought it was hilarious!!

last happened to me in 1999 whilst driving a mk5 Cortina.

[Doctor Gollum]

Quite annoying when the three torx bolts work loose and fall out A cracking piece of design carried through to the Type N boxes...

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Marina gearboxes were like the wheel of fortune, never know what gear it would give you (if any)😂

At least the gearlever didn't come off in your hand when changing gear enthuiastically......

    That happened to my dad in 1969 whilst driving his company Mk2 Cortina with a long reach gear lever.. At the time I thought it was hilarious!!

last happened to me in 1999 whilst driving a mk5 Cortina.

Is the Mk5 Cortina a real car or a unicorn?
Surely the Mk4 was the last 'tina'

[Doctor Gollum]

Wasn't the Mk5 a Mk4 with larger tail lights and a standard clock

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Marina gearboxes were like the wheel of fortune, never know what gear it would give you (if any)😂

At least the gearlever didn't come off in your hand when changing gear enthuiastically......

    That happened to my dad in 1969 whilst driving his company Mk2 Cortina with a long reach gear lever.. At the time I thought it was hilarious!!

It happened to me in a 6 month old Chevette HS in 1979. Over £600 worth of Getrag gearbox and Vauxhall attached the gearstick by crimping the end of it onto a rubber bush. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I also think of the 70,s as a great decade. I was a teenager having fun and knew very little of the politics at the time. 
For me music was pretty much dead by the mid 70,s. Very little of interest happened after that.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Wasn't the Mk5 a Mk4 with larger tail lights and a standard clock

My MkV was a definite upgrade on my previous MkIV; better upholstery, carpets and, yes better and bigger lights, with an engine that gave me better performance at the time.  The whole feel of the car, which was rather like the Omega going from pre-facelift to mini-facelift, then facelift, reflecting that, I believe, Ford knew the end of the Cortina was in site and they loaded more upgraded parts, dashboard, lights and extras on the MkV to clear before the horrible "jelly mould" Sierra was introduced, with cars from Japan, like the Datsuns, showing Ford the future!  ;)

My company changed, thank God, to Vauxhall "all new" Cavaliers and then Carlton's before the Cortina production ceased.  What a change, for the good, that was!

[Nick W]

Wasn't the Mk5 a Mk4 with larger tail lights and a standard clock

Taller roof was a bit more important . Interior trim was a bit nicer. Mechanically they're the same as a mk3.

[Doctor Gollum]

At a glance towards the rear quarter and it's a struggle to tell and of the Mk3/4/5 estates apart, to the point that the tailgates are probably interchangeable...

[BazaJT]

Ford never marketed a Mk V Cortina,for reasons best known to themselvesthey called it Cortina 80 and was an exercise in extending the life of the range until the Sierra could be brought on line.

[Nick W]

At a glance towards the rear quarter and it's a struggle to tell and of the Mk3/4/5 estates apart, to the point that the tailgates are probably interchangeable...

estates didn't change. Mk3&4 saloon bodies are essentially the same. Mk5 has a higher roof, so none of the earlier glass fits. Or the doors, which is how I learnt this.


Ford did the same thing with mk1&2 Escort estate/vans; they only changed the front end panels, so mk2 estate wings don't fit saloons....

[Nick W]

Ford never marketed a Mk V Cortina,for reasons best known to themselves they called it Cortina 80 and was an exercise in extending the life of the range until the Sierra could be brought on line.

You'll never hear anyone call it a Cortina 80. They would have done the work anyway, as it was due a facelift.
In much the same way, a mk3 Capri ought to be referred to as a mk2 facelift.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Friend of mine owned a 2000 GXL Mk3 on an 'M' plate......1973/4.

White with a BVR it looked very impressive. As a pair of callow 19 year olds we thought it was great.

Quite quick if memory serves.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Ford never marketed a Mk V Cortina,for reasons best known to themselves they called it Cortina 80 and was an exercise in extending the life of the range until the Sierra could be brought on line.

You'll never hear anyone call it a Cortina 80. They would have done the work anyway, as it was due a facelift.
In much the same way, a mk3 Capri ought to be referred to as a mk2 facelift.

If the differences between the Mk4 and Mk5 where so small, then there was no Mk5.

[Nick W]

Ford never marketed a Mk V Cortina,for reasons best known to themselves they called it Cortina 80 and was an exercise in extending the life of the range until the Sierra could be brought on line.

You'll never hear anyone call it a Cortina 80. They would have done the work anyway, as it was due a facelift.
In much the same way, a mk3 Capri ought to be referred to as a mk2 facelift.

 

If the differences between the Mk4 and Mk5 where so small, then there was no Mk5.

Well it did get a roof about 30mm higher, which meant all new roof pillars, glass, door frames and trim. Bigger changes than a lot of facelifts. Plus the usual stuff like sheetmetal, lights, bumpers and interior trim

[ronnyd]

Saw a Marina pickup when out on a bike ride this afternoon. Was in the fetching shade of diarrhea. Apart from that, it looked very clean.

[Nick W]

Saw a Marina pickup when out on a bike ride this afternoon. Was in the fetching shade of diarrhea. Apart from that, it looked very clean.

There's one the next street over from me. I think he bought it new, because I remember seeing it in the mid eighties. Blue, with lots of extra shiny custom stainless bits. It's his work truck.

[Doctor Gollum]

There's a chap around the corner from me who has a Maestro van. Looks very well kept, and although I suspect that he is semi retired, it gets used as a mobile worshop.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Ford never marketed a Mk V Cortina,for reasons best known to themselves they called it Cortina 80 and was an exercise in extending the life of the range until the Sierra could be brought on line.

You'll never hear anyone call it a Cortina 80. They would have done the work anyway, as it was due a facelift.
In much the same way, a mk3 Capri ought to be referred to as a mk2 facelift.

If the differences between the Mk4 and Mk5 where so small, then there was no Mk5.

No, believe me, when you drove a MkV, officially known as that by the main dealers at the time as it was launched to the press as such, it gave a feeling of greater comfort (for it's day) and better performance than my previous MkIV, let alone MkIII.  The Mk2 was of course a different car altogether, and although, very regrettably, I never got my hands on a 1600E, it was not a bad car for it's time, just basic in trim and no extras!

[cam.in.head]

apart from learning to drive in my dads hillman hunter the first car i actually owned was a mk1 granada .3.0 gxl.it was arguably comfier than even an omega but had 100 times the rust and was only a few years old.(7).
the era of great cars is sadly over especially comfort wise.nowadays its all speed and gadjets and no comfort. my mate just bought himself a brand new superb and was raving on about how comfy it was.he took me for a drive. the first generation superbs may well have been comfy cars but the current one certainly isnt.if you sat and closed your eyes you could be in anything !
cars,like music,like people had character back then and im proud to have been born in the mid sixties and grown up with the next 2 decades firmly stuck in me.

[Lizzie Zoom]

apart from learning to drive in my dads hillman hunter the first car i actually owned was a mk1 granada .3.0 gxl.it was arguably comfier than even an omega but had 100 times the rust and was only a few years old.(7).
the era of great cars is sadly over especially comfort wise.nowadays its all speed and gadjets and no comfort. my mate just bought himself a brand new superb and was raving on about how comfy it was.he took me for a drive. the first generation superbs may well have been comfy cars but the current one certainly isnt.if you sat and closed your eyes you could be in anything !
cars,like music,like people had character back then and im proud to have been born in the mid sixties and grown up with the next 2 decades firmly stuck in me.

I think you are right.

Back in the day my father-in-law to be used to buy big, originally grand cars, for the likes of £50 and ran them until they dropped.  I had the pleasure, whilst learning to drive, of taking the wheel of both a 1958 Humber Snipe, then a 1964 Austin Westminster.  Both were so comfortable, with full leather seats, real wood trim and a lovely smooth ride with an amazingly quiet engine.  In the Westminster in particular it was luxury, with fold down tables for the rear seats, excellent interior lights for the real executive feel, amongst other higher end trims for the age (1970) we were in - the age of the Cortina and other “cheap finished”, plastic cars.

Only having to double de-clutch in the Humber spoilt the driving experience, but everything else was spot on.

Big, heavy cars, that gave you luxury;  now it is all plastic without the luxury feel, unless you buy a Bentley or Rolls!

[Sir Tigger KC]

Would love a triumph stag & jenson interseptor in my collection.

Nah.....the Moskvitch was more of a 'bird puller' back in 1973.....

It was the time of the rise of the Marina Coupes greatness I do believe

Yep...the Morris Marina coupe is responsible for most of the wet pussy in the seventies. 

Yes, from many young women like me wetting themselves with mocking laughter at that old persons car.......very uncool!!

Sir Tigger had his best moments in a Marina coupe......

A pretty girl draped across the bonnet of a Marina Coupe 1800TC was just the icing on the cake! 

[Nick W]

A pretty girl draped across the bonnet of a Marina Coupe 1800TC was just the icing on the cake! 

Running the poor cow down with a Marina was really taking the piss.

[BazaJT]

A '58 Super Snipe Lizzie? Would that have been one of the "Mk" models[rounder shape particularly the boot lid or a "series" model[squarer shape}? I can't recall change date.Dad ran Super Snipes from mid '50s through to '67 when they stopped making them.They were all company cars and when the last Super Snipe went dad wanted a P5 to replace it but his dad[who owned the company] wouldn't allow it and dad finished up with a Mk IV Zodiac Executive instead

[henryd]

Saw a Marina pickup when out on a bike ride this afternoon. Was in the fetching shade of diarrhea. Apart from that, it looked very clean.

There's one the next street over from me. I think he bought it new, because I remember seeing it in the mid eighties. Blue, with lots of extra shiny custom stainless bits. It's his work truck.

A garage here in Cornwall (long gone now) used to buy Marina pick up shells new then add parts from donor cars  for the running gear,an elderly neighbour ended up with the 1.8TC lump in one which given the weight of a pick-up made for an interesting drive

[Nick W]

Saw a Marina pickup when out on a bike ride this afternoon. Was in the fetching shade of diarrhea. Apart from that, it looked very clean.

There's one the next street over from me. I think he bought it new, because I remember seeing it in the mid eighties. Blue, with lots of extra shiny custom stainless bits. It's his work truck.

A garage here in Cornwall (long gone now) used to buy Marina pick up shells new then add parts from donor cars  for the running gear,an elderly neighbour ended up with the 1.8TC lump in one which given the weight of a pick-up made for an interesting drive

although I've seen the car since the 80s, and known the owner for twenty years, I've always just assumed  it's an 1800. Rob always has something much more interesting to talk about than his work truck! His cars with 70s style murals are legendary round here

[Lizzie Zoom]

A '58 Super Snipe Lizzie? Would that have been one of the "Mk" models[rounder shape particularly the boot lid or a "series" model[squarer shape}? I can't recall change date.Dad ran Super Snipes from mid '50s through to '67 when they stopped making them.They were all company cars and when the last Super Snipe went dad wanted a P5 to replace it but his dad[who owned the company] wouldn't allow it and dad finished up with a Mk IV Zodiac Executive instead

I believe it was just a "Snipe", as my father-in-law to be at the time was always going on about getting a Super Snipe next, which at the time I was looking forward to.  He never did, and instead went onto the glorious, for me, Austin Westminster, the car of government ministers and like!  To think later the Omega did the job!!

I love the Omega, but if I had to choose a 'ministerial' car between the Westminster or the Omega I have now, I know the Westminster would win.   PS I reckon petrol consumption is/was about the same for both cars!!