Little bit of trivia

L-M

Don't know if i posted this before, probably did lol.

Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what this is? No cheating:D

Arthur Daley

A result of a late night drunken meeting between a Cortina and a Sierra?

L-M

Arthur Daley wrote: »

A result of a late night drunken meeting between a Cortina and a Sierra?

Close but no cookie:D

L1011

plates not even on Cartell as far as I can see!

sparkzter

cortina mk4/5 an an escort mk3?
Although the rear 1/4 is abit misleading.

What do I win? If its the car I will donate it to charity haha

unkel

Can I have the Christmas hamper please?

corktina

i know but lets let it run a bit...

maidhc

sparkzter wrote: »

cortina mk4/5 an an escort mk3?

With Escort Mk4 alloys!

Tell us

carchaeologist

Its horrible,why would you want to do it to a good corty....an irish one at that!!:rolleyes:

Max_Damage

I have to say I like it!

Max_Damage

maidhc wrote: »

With Escort Mk4 alloys!

Mk6 actually.

L-M

L-M

This
Escort MK4

+ This
Cortina MK5

S.I.R

its either a S.A cortina or a granny... either of the two.

maidhc

What does the badge say? Escortina?

corktina

S.I.R wrote: »

its either a S.A cortina or a granny... either of the two.

wrong and er...wrong...:D

millington

S.I.R wrote: »

its either a S.A cortina or a granny... either of the two.

Hah no he just bored and done this for the craic. It's a Mk3 Escort arse stuck on a Mk5 Cortina front.

zilog_jones

MYOB wrote: »

plates not even on Cartell as far as I can see!

They're there, it's apparently a Cortina 1.6 but that doesn't explain much as the majority of the car is one...

@Limerick-man: Mk. 3 rear end surely? It's not as curved as the Mk. 4 and has different lights.

carchaeologist

Its a mk3 escort hatchback screwed onto a 1981 MK5 cortina,looks like the job was done pretty well,cant imagine why hed do it though.

L-M

It's a mark 3 because of the design around the key hole for the boot. That bit of a lip.
Back lights are from the cortina.

It says Cortina, plain and simple on the back.

Happy Crimbo lads.

junkyard

And that's it? Is it a home made effort or built by Ford?

Wishbone Ash

(Apologies - off topic)

Excuse my ignorance lads but I used to think all those 'boxy' Cortinas were the Mk IV. What is the difference between a Mk IV and a Mk V?

Were the 'Cashel' and 'Tara' Mk IV or Mk V?

Thanks.

millington

MkV has more **** stuck to it.

Seriously.

corktina

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

(Apologies - off topic)

Excuse my ignorance lads but I used to think all those 'boxy' Cortinas were the Mk IV. What is the difference between a Mk IV and a Mk V?

Were the 'Cashel' and 'Tara' Mk IV or Mk V?

Thanks.

well in actuallity there isnt a Mk5...the mid life facelifted Mk4 was officially called Cortina 80. In practice although they looked similar there are a lot of mostly cosmetic differences between mk4 and "5" mainly apparent in the larger glass areas and coreespondingly thinner looking roof. Cashel Tara etc were run-out models of the Cortina 80

corktina

junkyard wrote: »

And that's it? Is it a home made effort or built by Ford?

It's a home-made effort if thats the right description for a very professional job by a craftsman. Not everyones cup of tea I grant you,I think it was restored for personal enjoyment just cos he could! Certainly turns heads at shows and the fact that people have to ask Is it Ford? speaks volumes for the skill involved.

rugbyman

Many years ago a body repair man in Co.Louth welded the front and back halves of two Morris/Austin 1100 together. He felt he could quite legitimately leave the number plates of each half on the relevant half. One was ,I think HIY
and the other GIY.

the judge took a different view.

Happy Christmas Everyone.

carchaeologist

While on the subject of strange cortina (well,P100)conversions,theres one of these in my local scrappy,apparently the one in the pic is the only known example in england,the one in the scrappy is an 84KY reg.Built by a coachbuilder called canterbury.2Litre pinto with a 4 speed floor manual.

corktina

carchaeologist wrote: »

While on the subject of strange cortina (well,P100)conversions,theres one of these in my local scrappy,apparently the one in the pic is the only known example in england,the one in the scrappy is an 84KY reg.Built by a coachbuilder called canterbury.2Litre pinto with a 4 speed floor manual.

lets hope the body isnt rotten Archie...

carchaeologist

corktina wrote: »

lets hope the body isnt rotten Archie...

:rolleyes::P

Max_Damage

carchaeologist wrote: »

While on the subject of strange cortina (well,P100)conversions,theres one of these in my local scrappy,apparently the one in the pic is the only known example in england,the one in the scrappy is an 84KY reg.Built by a coachbuilder called canterbury.2Litre pinto with a 4 speed floor manual.

Seems like the one in the picture went to the great M50 in the sky back in 2001:

The vehicle details for A323 JND are:

Date of Liability 03 03 2001
Date of First Registration 01 09 1983
Year of Manufacture 1983
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1600CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLACK
Vehicle Type Approval null

carchaeologist

Good work there Max!Wonder was it taken off the road in pre SORN days,(when was sorn introduced does anyone know)it might still be in a shed some where,think the one in the scrappy is 84KY808.