Andrew Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 https://www.autosport.com/asi/news/140256/exclark-and-hill-btcc-ford-to-be-sold-at-asi I had a Mk 1 Cortina once. It cost me £250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Nah! It's been well thrashed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Man On The Clapham Omnibus said: Nah! It's been well thrashed! As was mine! My old 1200cc model couldn't take it though.. rattle rattle rattle said the big ends.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Robinson Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 If i had the money ........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Everall Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 passed my test in one in 1965 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 My uncle had a mK1 Lotos Cortina in the early 70’s when nobody knew what they were I guess. No idea what happened to it but he was a bit of a wide boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 I remember thinking a Cortina with 125bhp was it? .. must be ballistic! .. how times have changed eh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff oakley Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 I had a MK2 Lotus Cortina and to be honest a VW caddy would see it off now but at the time they were very quick road cars if a bit fragile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 I've still got one of the pistons from my MK1 GT it was bored out to 85mm making 1650cc, that was the thing to do back then, it had all of 100bhp, and I thought it was the dogs goolies, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 It's all relative. I was driving a 948cc Standard Ten when my neighbour had 1600cc Cortina which he let me drive. It was like a dream of sheer acceleration and power! Don't know the figures for the Ford but my Standard was about 34bhp so another ten or fifteen bhp was a quantum leap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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