Mk5 Cortinas...

[akku]

OK, I'm feeling cheap, rwd goodness. I'm thinking Mk5 Cortina

But they just lack quite the same appeal as a Mk3 or even Mk4 does despite being mostyl the same car.

So letrs have some inspiration...

Doesn't help that many of the modified ones I've seen over the years have been a bit "chavved up"

Here's what Google can do for me...

Who's got some stuff stashed for me to see.





erm...



Oh dear, oh dear...





Ah, thats more like it.







Nice colour. I think.



Yee-fookin-haw! Now I want one....



Its those wheels again?



TSW Blades?



Heh heh heh





Ah, yes, but a tricky look to pull off on a daily driver...



The Cortina Interceptor, apparently.



track weapon...





Him again...



Ooh, cripes!

[reanimation]

They get prettier everyday IMO, so different to other tat on the roads.

stock GL example, on the floor, wide dart boards, spiced pinto?

[stealthstylz]

I'd love another mk5 estate I really wanted to sort that car out but it was much too rusty. Was gonna do mine smoothed and silly slammed on my compomotives.

Matt

[akku]

reanimation said:

stock GL example, on the floor, wide dart boards, spiced pinto?

looks nicer than the one I'm looking at. But the same colour.

I had the same thoughts you did.

Doesn't seem like anyones done it yet.

For some reason Mk5s seem to be cursed with RGA grills, Hella aux lights and rear window louvres.

[stealthstylz]

What sorta money are they goin for these days. I got a my 3 door saloon for £125 was immaculate and my rusty mk5 estate for £40 but was 6 years ago.

Matt

[akku]

I remember them being £100 with no MOT and £250 with an MOT in the days where there were still examples in the local paper, but eBay suggests £500 for something MOT'd and worth having or £800ish for a pretty mint one. I've seen people asking 4 figures for them, no idea if they fetch that though.

[B-8-D]

my old wagon.....



and i miss the old girl..
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[sav]

Oh dear, this doesn't help me at all ;D

I've been watching a few on ebay recently, closest to me was a black Mk4 2.3 Ghia, no t+t though and needed a bit more bodywork than it appeared.

I agree that they always seemed to get badly modified as such with loads of plastic extras thrown on to them.
I had a late Mk5 some years ago and it was a great car, sadly just a bit too rusty to keep for long.
Only mods I did were the fitting of a set of those really dished Ford sport steelies from a Capri.
Smoothed and slammed sounds like a good plan on these cars, they are a good enough shape to not need anything added to spoil this.

[briandamaged]

I had a red 2.0GL estate like the one above, one owner from new (though from the smell inside I reckon he must have smoked 1.3m Woodbines a day, the registration was PON661Y which rapidly earned it the name 'Pongy') who had added a million useless bits of tat to it causing me and my mates no end of amusement.

It had two alarm systems, a radio/cassette AND a CD/radio, all wired to separate speakers so you could play different stuff on them at the same time, a reverse bleeper (I kid you not), SIX extra fog lights on the back and another four on the front, a roofrack and enough spares in the back to build half another Cortina (I still have a boxful of brand new Mk5 bits if anyone's interested).

I paid £350 for it in early 2004, added 5k in four months to the 140k it had already done and blew it up on the M5. SWMBO absolutely hated it, gave me no end of grief for having it parked up on the drive, so after endless timewasters via various Ford forums I let the local scrappers have it for £50.

Wasn't a bad old tub even if it drank petrol like a Zodiac.

[stealthstylz]

I'll get some pics up of my estate. Was a late 83 crusader i've still got the fake wood door cappings off it lol.

Gonna have a hunt round for 1 I think would rather have one than the golf/trabbi.

Matt

[akku]

MUCH more like it



Respect is due to check one two.



decent altitude attitude.



I think we know who owns this one...

[stealthstylz]

There was an awesome one with a cossie in featured in street machine in the late 90s/early 00's

Matt

[popuptoaster]

heres a few of my old ones, don't have pics of many of em

Mine, my cousins and my sisters in that order.








never really had a "posh" one, they were all mucho fun though.

my current one shouldn't be long now as the engine is rebuilt and ready to go in.

[Autofive]

what can you say about Mk5's

they are cheap, reliable RWD fayre - great for saideways action and scaring old ladies in metros

heres some of my mk4/5's over the years

current project 2.3 Ghia (manual)



2.0 GL auto - being cut up this week



Mk4 1.6 L manual - a beast with a massive twin webber and uprated suspension



mk5 1.6 GL - t-boned at a junction


carted away in suitable fashion


these cars are not mine, turbo diesel estate


and a pick-up made from an estate ( with darren in the pic)

[Autofive]

how the Germans do it:




How the russians do it



how we used to live (mk4)

[trg1984]

I'm starting to see the appeal of these, although id probably write one off pretend to be a police duo or something equaly stupid

[Autofive]

heres how they do it in argentina

www.clubtaunus.com.ar/Made_Argentina.htm

[bigrod]

I love MKIII+ Cortinas.

I had a (MKIVs), 1.6GL, 1.6 Crusader estate, 2.0 GL, and two two door MKIIIs.

Those Taunus' are interesting. Not sure if I like the coupe mind you.

[Nathan]

I love these motors and will be getting one for a winter retro hack this year. May even see one for sale at the Rerto show there for I will make sure I have some notes.

[akku]

whats up with the 2.0 GL auto? Looks tidy from the outside at least.

I might have some bits off that if you are selling...