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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #30 on: 06 September 2020, 13:22:11 »
Quote from: Raeturbo on 06 September 2020, 11:56:17
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......
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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #31 on: 06 September 2020, 14:47:33 »
Quote from: Nick W on 06 September 2020, 13:22:11
Quote from: Raeturbo on 06 September 2020, 11:56:17
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......

 ;D ;D ;D  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!! ::) ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #32 on: 06 September 2020, 16:07:51 »
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 06 September 2020, 14:47:33
Quote from: Nick W on 06 September 2020, 13:22:11
Quote from: Raeturbo on 06 September 2020, 11:56:17
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......

 ;D ;D ;D  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!! ::) ;D ;D ;D ;)


last happened to me in 1999 whilst driving a mk5 Cortina.
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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #33 on: 06 September 2020, 16:46:33 »
Quite annoying when the three torx bolts work loose and fall out ;D A cracking piece of design carried through to the Type N boxes...
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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #34 on: 06 September 2020, 16:46:42 »
Quote from: Nick W on 06 September 2020, 16:07:51
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 06 September 2020, 14:47:33
Quote from: Nick W on 06 September 2020, 13:22:11
Quote from: Raeturbo on 06 September 2020, 11:56:17
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......

 ;D ;D ;D  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!! ::) ;D ;D ;D ;)


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'
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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #35 on: 06 September 2020, 16:50:26 »
Wasn't the Mk5 a Mk4 with larger tail lights and a standard clock :-\
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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #36 on: 06 September 2020, 16:56:40 »
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 06 September 2020, 14:47:33
Quote from: Nick W on 06 September 2020, 13:22:11
Quote from: Raeturbo on 06 September 2020, 11:56:17
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......

 ;D ;D ;D  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!! ::) ;D ;D ;D ;)

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.  ::)
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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #37 on: 06 September 2020, 17:00:46 »
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.
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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #38 on: 06 September 2020, 17:07:01 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 06 September 2020, 16:50:26
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!  ::) ::) ;D ;D;)

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! 8) 8) :y :y
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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #39 on: 06 September 2020, 18:21:48 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 06 September 2020, 16:50:26
Wasn't the Mk5 a Mk4 with larger tail lights and a standard clock :-\


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



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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #40 on: 06 September 2020, 19:20:44 »
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... :D
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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #41 on: 06 September 2020, 19:35:33 »
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.
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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #42 on: 06 September 2020, 19:40:06 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 06 September 2020, 19:20:44
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... :D


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....
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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #43 on: 06 September 2020, 19:43:06 »
Quote from: BazaJT on 06 September 2020, 19:35:33
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.
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Re: 1973....Before PC took hold
« Reply #44 on: 06 September 2020, 20:52:27 »
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. :y
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