cortina mk3 buying advice

glomar

Hi all I have been toying with th idea of buying one of these cars for the last couple years . Not sure as to specifc model as of yet I have a few questions .


1) How hard is it to source parts and service for these cars in dublin ?

2) Has anybody on boards owned one of these in the past ? if so can you advise on obeservations you have had on these cars in the areas of reliablity etc ?

3) I have seen them going on ebay for between 2 -10k stg what is a resonable price for one of these cars with the idea of using the car as a second vehicle ?

4) What should I be looking for when I am veiwing one of these motors ?

Thanks in advance .

manta mad

now theirs a man on here that,ll tell ya all ya need to know

CORKTINA

golfbgud

Join the COCI Club and post the same thread on there. The boys on there will guide you.

www.coci.ie

Have a look at the BUYSELLCORTINA site too:

www.buysellcortina.co.uk

There are others but little steps.......

corktina

glomar wrote: »

Hi all I have been toying with th idea of buying one of these cars for the last couple years . Not sure as to specifc model as of yet I have a few questions .


1) How hard is it to source parts and service for these cars in dublin ?

2) Has anybody on boards owned one of these in the past ? if so can you advise on obeservations you have had on these cars in the areas of reliablity etc ?

3) I have seen them going on ebay for between 2 -10k stg what is a resonable price for one of these cars with the idea of using the car as a second vehicle ?

4) What should I be looking for when I am veiwing one of these motors ?

Thanks in advance .

1.. never had a prob getting parts ...BUT not in Ireland...EBAy or best of all www.buysellcortina.co.uk
http://buysellcortina.co.uk/forums/index.php?&&CODE=00


2..dead reliable...dead easy to work on,,,by no means am I a mechanic but for the last 10 years I have done all my own mechanical work with the aid of Haynes and good advice from more knowledgable friends.

3.Depends on the model....you can still get a good one thats not a show car for £2000 or less....£10000 or anywhere near it would be extortionate....have a look at the Mark three owners club forum....great club and forum

http://z6.invisionfree.com/mk3cortina/index.php?http://s6.invisionfree.com/mk3cortina/index.php

4.rust


Oh and the MTOC rep for Ireland is based in Dublin and an awfully nice chappy....goes by the name of cortinacrazy....if you cant find him on MTOC you will find him on www.everyfordireland.com as he is Admin on there along with a couple of awful old gob****es...

glomar

hi all thanks for the information much appreciated ,

I have enough material to keep me going for while thanks all

carchaeologist

These are lovely looking cars, rust is the main problem, engine spares and the like are easily found.

corktina

yep luvverley...

carchaeologist

I particularly like the early slope dash ones!!Americana at its best!!

glomar

corktina

I that a cortina l model ?

corktina

glomar wrote: »

corktina

I that a cortina l model ?

no:cool:

she's a GT (twin headlights and no bumper rubber is the clue....)
the GXL has the same grille with rubber bumper inserts (L E and XL have same bumper.....base model has same bumper as GT ) 2000E has different grille with square lights....there are other grille differences too...can list more if anyone is still awake...

glomar

what can I say , you learn something new every day lol

AsphaltRisin'

corktina wrote: »

yep luvverley...

That aint no normal mk3 cortina though eh corky? big brute of a V6 engine in there... and the crazy exhaust system....