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Ford Corsair love...BenzBoy
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Just occurred to me that the Ford Corsair is quite overlooked when thinking about Fords, and I've never seen a modded one. May be a cheaper alternative to the Mk1 / 2 Cortina? I love the shape of them.  ^ Closest to modded I can find on t'interweb. Minilites and luggage rack...   ^ Consul Capri prototype, apparently an original Ford job. How rare?!    ^ Period mods.  Get yer pics out! Bonus ponts for modded ones. I can't find any! |
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youre right it is slightly overlooked and unjustifiably, its a nice middle ground between cortina and granada, I`ll bang some pics up tomorrow I`m on dial up for the rest of the night and don't fancy growing a beard waiting for them to upload.
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So, slim, what do I win?  |
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cheezy geezer, and not a good shot of the car.  |
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Stiff
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There used to be a gorgeous one running around local to me many years ago. Royal blue with a tan vinyl roof, wolfies and 'V' shaped sidemarkers/turn signals on the wings (remember them! looked like army badges?) You're right. There doesn't seem to be too much out there   .jpg) Must be more somewhere?... Especially with the V4 replaced by a V6 or V8... I'd best check on the old Hot Rod sites, there's bound to be something in there ;D |
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Dez
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And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Ford Corsair love...Dez
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that biege (excuse my spelling) one looks like one of these amphe-cars, a frickin boat, horrible, the blue one is nice though
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Mini 998cc grp bonnet & boot, lightend shell, 6-point cage, soon to have a turbo on the 998 engine (t2 frm a r5gt) rs turbo intercooler, hoping to get 120ish bhp?
father is building a Mini Van 1330, 45 weber, 100bhp@wheels
'RIP' 1.8 Metro GTi, 15.23 1/4mile
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that copper chopped one, Lee's pro streeter, seen a coupe of "kustom" ones, one was pink... Used to ocassionally see them in Hot Car and the like back in the day with Essex conversions but other than that not a lot of them about. I do recall a high-rider (like a gasser but show not go) Corsair back in the day.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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They were mostly rusting away even by 1975, I think they were dropped from Ford's lineup because it overlapped with the Cortina too much. That sort of thinking is why Ford is still in business and BMC has gone bust  They're quite short geared if I remember right - 70mph was a load of noise, but if you were cruising at 60 you were right in the power band for decent (for the time) overtaking |
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never seen a modded one but they have bags and bags of potential. yet another car id like to have
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I do recall a high-rider (like a gasser but show not go) Corsair back in the day. I know the one you mean! I've got a mag feature on it from 1980-ish, luckily those mags are at the top of this week's pile. Some scannage required later methinks. |
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They were mostly rusting away even by 1975, I think they were dropped from Ford's lineup because it overlapped with the Cortina too much. That sort of thinking is why Ford is still in business and BMC has gone bust Yep, the Corsair was effectively replaced by the 2 litre Mk3 Cortina. The Corsair was a model designed to replace the Classic and to some extent the Consul Mk2 (as was the Zephyr 4). It used a lot of Cortina Mk1 panels - the roof panel, windscreen pillars & scuttle, C pillars and door frames are all Cortina ones. I'm not sure if the entire Cortina mid section was used though. Always been hidden under the limelight of the Cortina, which is a bit of a shame. Definitely cheaper than the MK1 Cortina, not sure about the Mk2's as ordinary (non GT/Lotus/E) Mk2's seem to be quite cheap, certainly lower priced than Mk3's. |
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Last Edit: May 9, 2007 13:31:26 GMT by anthonyg
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I forgot about that! its in hiding. got to be rough as a rough thing now, it'll have been sat for 25 years or more (maybe near salt air). |
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I forgot about that! its in hiding. got to be rough as a rough thing now, it'll have been sat for 25 years or more (maybe near salt air). The last tax disc ran out in 1985. Obviously I don't know where it is, I believe OSC does but he won't tell me! Last saw it in 2001 and it was rock solid, just a bit of bubbling on the N/S door bottom. |
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My fleet:
Suzuki GSX-R600Y SRAD with bald, melted tyres
A borrowed Mondeo
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I do like Corsairs. Remember only a few from when I was young, they seemed to attain wibblepoo-dom quite quickly and be just a knackered, slightly obscure car.
I’d definitely have one over a Cortina MkI/II. It’s a predictable look for a 60’s Ford (to someone who’s read a lot of 80’s Street Machine anyway), but they do suit a set of chrome Appliance/Cragar type steel-spokes. An Essex V6 would be a natural choice too.
Isn’t the 2000E model the one with the gearbox that was the one to have in any hi-po Ford back in the day? I imagine a lot must have died in that cause.
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May 10, 2007 10:30:11 GMT
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I think their popularity would soar if Hugh-Fearnley-Whittingstall got rid of his - who wants to have the same car as a nobhead chef that eats slugs and has a face like a bo selector mask?
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v8lee
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May 10, 2007 11:22:07 GMT
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Corsairs rock! - But I'm biased.
There have been a few Essex V6 and Rover V8 examples. There were a few jacked up & muralled '70s specials too but most of these will be long gone by now.
There was also a high riding, big V8 Corsair (not the one pictured above) featured in Street Machine many years ago which had actually been shortened - yes, really!!
There are a couple of nice modded Crayfords knocking about - one with a 24 valve Cossie V6, the other with a 302 V8.
As far as I know mine is the only Pro Street Corsair.
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No more old cars
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May 10, 2007 21:12:29 GMT
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My dad had a midnight blue one that he traded in on a VW Microbus (earlier Baywindow) after my mother shot a hole into the bonnet one night when they went hunting for rabbits, this was the early 70's, or even on 1970-ish, when they did curse word like that, usually tanked up on 3 Ships whiskey, or rum, or what ever grown ups would drink at holidays by the seaside.
He loved the shape, but I think the motor somehow did not deliver what he wanted, may even have had some weird semi auto transmission.
PS: I was about 7 or 8 at the time.
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May 10, 2007 21:37:56 GMT
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My dad had a red '65 1500 with a vinyl roof which was 4 yrs old when he bought it, looked immaculate but was a complete and utter rotbox, I remember some guy in a PA Cresta/Velox pulling out of a side turning while we were on holiday in 1971 and hitting the OSF corner. The front apron disintegrated and all the wing was folded back, the PA had a dent in the bumper.
Also remember him having to have new inner/outer sills welded on it at 6 yrs old, then after passing her test my mum went out and bought a '66 V4 one in Purbeck Grey. That one was even worse (I remember getting a slap off my dad for popping the rust bubbles in the front wings) which, added to it being saddled with 1663cc of dog-rough pig-iron under the bonnet, meant after 12 months she traded it in for a Mk2 Cortina.
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