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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: 4x4 on 17 September 2014, 18:58:56
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Spotted a nice lotus cortina race car in olney,bucks, didnt have time to take pics but was very nice and up for sale at £90k , garage is Desmond j Smail who restore aston martins and sell classic cars ;D
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One of my brothers parked his in the River (s)Hit in Leighton Buzzard. Backwards.
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Spotted a nice lotus cortina race car in olney,bucks, didnt have time to take pics but was very nice and up for sale at £90k , garage is Desmond j Smail who restore aston martins and advertise classic cars ;D
Fixed, at that price :o
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Cocked up the respray a bit. Thought it would be in original livery at least ???
http://www.djsmail.co.uk/sales-cars/product/1964fordlotuscortinaalanmannracing/
(http://www.djsmail.co.uk/images/product/product_large/dsc_0774.jpg)
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They weren't all white with a green flash.
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They weren't all white with a green flash.
None were "white" ::)
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Light Cream.
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Light Cream.
:y
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Not 'Ermine White' then?
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Not 'Ermine White' then?
There were two versions of Ermine White, the Lotus Cortina was the Light Creamy one. ;D ;)
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As I prefer the later, brighter Diamond White, Ermine just looks 'dirty' to me ;D
My sister's Morris 1300 is currently a similar shade, and that will be repainted Diamond White with a Radiant Red lower.
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Theres 1 of these knocking about round near me, its a light blue colour though, with the gold stripe... very very low too...
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Nice car, but OTT on the price imo, however, as we know, the value of a car is what ever someone is prepared to pay....... :y
If I had the money I would be buying a MK2 Savage Estate for sale for £25k, and about 60 Migs with the change........ :D :D :y
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digging around on the net Did you know bruce Reynolds' car came up for sale a while back and fetched around £100k. probably all borrocks. Apparently he bought it from new.
And they say crime doesn`t pay. Oh it doesn`t Lotus had the car back when he went inside. I`m sure someone is makin all this up :-\
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Crikey. I advertised a Mk1 for £600 in 1979 ( I bought it for £200) and ended up breaking it. Made just short of £900.
Nice enough cars but you spent a lot on maintenance, zero slab carrying capacity and any modern small hatch would be as fast if not faster.
Anyone remember the very brief works car flirtation with enhanced braking by opening the boot lid :o
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first car I ever drove on the motorway, ( I was 16 ::))
was offered it for £800 when I was 18, I actually went to get an insurance quote ;D
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This is a nice car, but personally I would be more impressed by a Cortina Mk2 1600E. 8) 8) 8) :-* :-* :-* :-*
That is THE Ford car to have from the 1960s and wouldn't cost £80K!
PS .....and here is one for sale in the colour I love for these cars:
http://cars-vehicles.wiju.co.uk/r?q=ford%20cortina%201600e%20for%20sale%20uk&id=21115184&s=115&p=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carandclassic.co.uk%2Fcar%2FC529996&rnd=0.24220802844502032
:y :y
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Women are never easily pleased lol :)
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Women are never easily pleased lol :)
;D ;D ;D ;D No we are not and long may it be so! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)
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This is a nice car, but personally I would be more impressed by a Cortina Mk2 1600E. 8) 8) 8) :-* :-* :-* :-*
That is THE Ford car to have from the 1960s and wouldn't cost £80K!
PS .....and here is one for sale in the colour I love for these cars:
http://cars-vehicles.wiju.co.uk/r?q=ford%20cortina%201600e%20for%20sale%20uk&id=21115184&s=115&p=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carandclassic.co.uk%2Fcar%2FC529996&rnd=0.24220802844502032
:y :y
Or if it has to be a mk1,what about this and save 70 grand ::) :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1965-FORD-CORTINA-MK1-GT-/301287153309?_trksid=p2054897.l4275
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Or if it has to be a mk1,what about this and save 70 grand ::) :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1965-FORD-CORTINA-MK1-GT-/301287153309?_trksid=p2054897.l4275
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I think the Alan Mann racing colours are stunning.
I was in speaking to the owner of our only paint / body shop recently and spied a really forlorn early mk1 pre airflow 2 door GT Cortina sitting in his workshop. He told me he had bought it and was going to restore it . It was really period right down to the Karobes contoured seat covers ........The car was intact and quite solid but had been sitting in a dry barn or shed for decades.
Later I was talking to a friend who told me that the car had been bought for €6000 from the estate of a farmer who had passed away. I baulked at the sum of €6K and said he was mad , until I looked at the market prices for them . This is one of the very earliest GT's with the rev counter off the steering column .
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Nice car, but OTT on the price imo, however, as we know, the value of a car is what ever someone is prepared to pay....... :y
If I had the money I would be buying a MK2 Savage Estate for sale for £25k, and about 60 Migs with the change........ :D :D :y A friend of mine had a MK 2 Savage saloon back in 1970 talking with him the other night about it ,when we got in from the pub we put the reg number HTF 12F into the DVLA site & to our suprise it is still around, lovely car it was would be great to see it again.
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Think I would rather spend that sort of money on a modern day Aston
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This is a nice car, but personally I would be more impressed by a Cortina Mk2 1600E. 8) 8) 8) :-* :-* :-* :-*
That is THE Ford car to have from the 1960s and wouldn't cost £80K!
PS .....and here is one for sale in the colour I love for these cars:
http://cars-vehicles.wiju.co.uk/r?q=ford%20cortina%201600e%20for%20sale%20uk&id=21115184&s=115&p=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carandclassic.co.uk%2Fcar%2FC529996&rnd=0.24220802844502032
:y :y
Or if it has to be a mk1,what about this and save 70 grand ::) :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1965-FORD-CORTINA-MK1-GT-/301287153309?_trksid=p2054897.l4275
Very nice, but what about this one?................... :y :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cortina-mk1-1966-2-door-with-1-6-kent-GT/171431656245?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140107083358%26meid%3D7018fbcfd159413eb7f2a8ffa76afa5a%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D20140107083358%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D301287153309
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This is a nice car, but personally I would be more impressed by a Cortina Mk2 1600E. 8) 8) 8) :-* :-* :-* :-*
That is THE Ford car to have from the 1960s and wouldn't cost £80K!
PS .....and here is one for sale in the colour I love for these cars:
http://cars-vehicles.wiju.co.uk/r?q=ford%20cortina%201600e%20for%20sale%20uk&id=21115184&s=115&p=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carandclassic.co.uk%2Fcar%2FC529996&rnd=0.24220802844502032
:y :y
Or if it has to be a mk1,what about this and save 70 grand ::) :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1965-FORD-CORTINA-MK1-GT-/301287153309?_trksid=p2054897.l4275
Very nice, but what about this one?................... :y :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cortina-mk1-1966-2-door-with-1-6-kent-GT/171431656245?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140107083358%26meid%3D7018fbcfd159413eb7f2a8ffa76afa5a%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D20140107083358%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D301287153309
That's nice too :y
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Think I would rather spend that sort of money on a modern day Aston
^^ This.
I appreciate old cars. I appreciate old cars in Museums. I appreciate old cars on the road.
Real world [for what I want]......... Compared to modern cars, the old stuff is rubbish.
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Think I would rather spend that sort of money on a modern day Aston
^^ This.
I appreciate old cars. I appreciate old cars in Museums. I appreciate old cars on the road.
Real world [for what I want]......... Compared to modern cars, the old stuff is rubbish.
Yes, that's the thing. They evoke lots of nostalgia, and we all like to see them around, but cars of that era really were a load of old cr@p, especially Fords, and especially in original roadgoing spec. In some respects, it would be nice to have one that'd been properly "tricked up" but still had the classic looks, but when their value is so high, do you really want to start modifying it? Only other option is to buy one that's already in a more interesting spec., but that'll probably have racing heritage and be even more valuable. :-\
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Think I would rather spend that sort of money on a modern day Aston
^^ This.
I appreciate old cars. I appreciate old cars in Museums. I appreciate old cars on the road.
Real world [for what I want]......... Compared to modern cars, the old stuff is rubbish.
Yes, that's the thing. They evoke lots of nostalgia, and we all like to see them around, but cars of that era really were a load of old cr@p, especially Fords, and especially in original roadgoing spec. In some respects, it would be nice to have one that'd been properly "tricked up" but still had the classic looks, but when their value is so high, do you really want to start modifying it? Only other option is to buy one that's already in a more interesting spec., but that'll probably have racing heritage and be even more valuable. :-\
And made of cardboard ;D owning Mk2 van for my first car i was cutting out rust on a weekly basis and the car would always struggle to start after a frost >:(