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• Why did some companies use Dizzy's until recently? 4 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  All my bangers have always had electronic ignition and all the Fords I have ever known have had it (I was too young to do anything under the bonnet of Cortinas etc) but some Vauxhalls and Rover still used the dizzy's until fairly recently even with proper fuel injection. The system seems really
• New car rustprofing then and now. 5 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  Todays new cars are all rustproofed from new which I imagine is taken for granted by our younger car buyers but a lot of us on this forum remember when this was not always the case. My first new car in 1975 was a Ford Cortina 1600XL Est.(Iloved that car, it was purple velvet in colour,cost £1950
• No steering wheel? Use vicegrips! 2 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  , careering at a "considerable speed" towards Table View, had been keeping the hand-painted Ford Cortina bakkie on the road using a pair of vice-grip pliers clamped around the steering shaft. The steering wheel, with an anti-theft device in place, was next to him on the passenger seat. When suspicious police
• Head gaskets are they now weaker? 6 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  I have many memories as a kid of my grandads many cars, he had them all, Allegros, Ladas, Cortinas but never sunk as low as a Marina but he did have a nice old A40 which was slightly before my time. I remember at least twice these cars (one Lada, one Allegro) overheating with steam pouring out
• Ford Fiesta - Disappointing new models 23 Jul 2017 (Forum)
  I have just watched a video review of the new Ford Fiesta and the reviewer concluded that the Fiesta still leads the class for driver engagement.  Fine.  But since the old car was already the class leader, why did Ford have to replace a really quite stylish car with (in my view
• From the bookshelves 20 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  , The book of the morris minor 1000 (all models to 1960) 5'- The book of the Ford Cortina, Corsair, Classic and Capri (all models to 1966) 7'6d Both books by Staton Abbey. Similar in content to a Haynes manual but small paperback in format. 5 Ford Escort Repairs (Escort 2 range) by BC MacDonald 40p Again
• The last golden-ish age of car choice? 13 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  (flat 4) Austin 1100 (hydrolastic suspension and great packaging) Citroen GS (air-cooled flat 4 and hydropneumatic suspension) Daf 66 (continuously-variable automatic transmission via rubber belts) Fiat 128 (transverse engine with end-on gearbox) Ford Escort/Cortina (utterly conventional) Hillman Imp
• Ford Mondeo IV (2007 - ) - Three weeks with a 2.0 TDCi auto 15 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  what the Cortina and the Sierra did very well - plenty of accommodation for a sensible price, but corners have to be cut to achieve the price point - sound insulation being one obvious area. It will be cheap to buy, service and fix. Exactly what a Ford should be.
• Accessible Classic: The Fantastic, Forgotten Citro 5 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  that this was the marques’ new volume car. The 13.7-ft long (4.2-metre) GS was aimed at the growing middle class, and competed both in size, performance and price with cars like the Ford Taunus/Cortina, Opel Ascona, Saab 96, Morris Marina, Fiat 124, Alfasud and Volkswagen K70. Why pick the GS over
• Reborn classics - your choices? 5 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  the Z4 a run for its money! Ford Cortina - to show that cheap, practical RWD thrills are still possible. Ford Capri - ditto. Not that awful Focus-based FWD thing they're planning. Alvis TE21 - if I had to explain, you wouldn't understand, so here goes. Simply the definitive luxury coupé, short
• Driving/cars in Australia and New Zealand 18 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  it happen. Most roads sealed roads are good. Some time was spent on perfectly good unsealed roads, of which there are many, at up to 60 km/h NZ has alot of Japanese cars. In one line of cars parked I counted 12 out of 14 as being Japanese. One of the others was an Aussie Ford while the last