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| 2517.1 | | COLA1::CADAMSON | adamson@cix.compulink.co.uk | Wed May 15 1996 12:52 | 10 |
| I also clocked a convoy of Capri's (various models) on Sunday 5 May on the
M62, about 7 in total all looking good.
I figured they were on there way to some sort of bash. It was just before 9am
and they were all doing about 60 in the inside lane.
Kinda brought back a few momories.
Craig
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| 2517.2 | | KERNEL::IMBIERSKIT | Good frames, Bad frames... | Wed May 15 1996 13:59 | 10 |
| I have definitely heard of all of them apart from the Cortina 1600E
estate. Many 'ordinary' Cortinas have been converted to 1600E spec so I
would suspect this may be one of them.
The Escort Mexico was definitely available in Mk1 days using the 1600
crossflow engine. It is the MkII Mexico that is actually quite rare
because it was so overshadowed by the RS2000, or alternatively you
could get a 1600 sport which was much cheaper, so not many were sold.
Tony I
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| 2517.3 | | KERNEL::IMBIERSKIT | Good frames, Bad frames... | Wed May 15 1996 14:01 | 7 |
| oh... just re-read the base note and saw the car your mate was offered
was a Mk1 MExico Estate. I'm pretty sure the mexico was never made in
estate form so again the car sounds like a fraud.
cheers,
Tony I
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| 2517.4 | 6 1600Es and 3 Mex estates? | PGREEN::SACKMANJ | I was dreaming of the past... | Thu May 16 1996 16:30 | 9 |
| From other sources I have found out that 6 1600E 2 doors were made for
Ford directors, one of which had the 1558 Lotus Twin-Cam engine in it
(it also had air-con; maybe the extra power of the TC was needed to run
the Air-con!)
3 Mk I Mexico estates were made for directors/publicity. Now if anyone
can supply chassis numbers then maybe that car offer WAS real after
all.
Jon.
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| 2517.5 | | WOTVAX::STONEG | Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland.... | Thu May 16 1996 16:39 | 9 |
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I doubt very much if any of these specials would be up for Private sale
in your local paper or whateva. Whoever owns them must know there true
value and history and will almost certainly be a member of an owners
club. If they wanted to sell they'd then use the free adverts in the
owners club mag. guaranteeing an audience who knew what it was they
were selling.
G.
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| 2517.6 | | KERNEL::IMBIERSKIT | Good frames, Bad frames... | Thu May 16 1996 16:56 | 7 |
| ... also, as with the 1600E, plopping a 1600 crossflow engine into an
otherwise standard escort and putting Mexico badges on it was a popular
pastime for many diy mechanics, thus I would bet there are (were) more
dodgy "mexico estates" around than there were genuine ones.
Tony I
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| 2517.7 | maybe not DIY | PGREEN::SACKMANJ | I was dreaming of the past... | Thu May 16 1996 18:34 | 22 |
| > ... also, as with the 1600E, plopping a 1600 crossflow engine into an
> otherwise standard escort and putting Mexico badges on it was a popular
> pastime for many diy mechanics, thus I would bet there are (were) more
> dodgy "mexico estates" around than there were genuine ones.
The car up for sale was more than a diy job. There were numerous
differences between a std escort and the "avo" escorts including:
'export' body shell (thicker steel)
front valance
front and rear arches
tunnel
tougher strut mount points
boot floor pan
All of these and others were all incorporated into this 'mexico
estate'.
From my original note it only leaves the 1600e estate. This one I doubt
was real. Back in those days executives didn't drive around in estate
cars, they didn't have the cred that they do now.
Jon.
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| 2517.8 | Special orders ? | SEDSWS::BARRETT | | Thu May 16 1996 19:55 | 8 |
|
My first car was a second(or third or fourth)hand MK2 Cortina GT estate
which was availble to special order from Fords apparantly.I also had
an uncle who worked for Fords and he had an Escort GT estate which he
had from new and I seem to remember was special order only.Possilbly
you could order 1600E Estates to special order ?
Malcolm
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| 2517.9 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | Cyclops no more! | Fri May 17 1996 13:10 | 7 |
| RE: <<< Note 2517.8 by SEDSWS::BARRETT >>>
>> My first car was a second(or third or fourth)hand MK2 Cortina GT estate
I had one of those, it was a damned fine car.
Cheers, Laurie.
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| 2517.10 | A couple for the list | CHEFS::PALMER | | Tue Jun 04 1996 20:47 | 14 |
| Seen recently:
'67/68 Corsair 2000E Estate
'63 (ish) Prefect/Popular
It's nice to see them out & about. They're more interesting than the
stuff around these days !
I used to have a Mk 1 Cortina 1500 Deluxe 2dr. (it had the Cigarette
lighter, hence "Deluxe"). Can you remember Crossply tyres ? What fun
that was !
Cheers,
Chris
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| 2517.11 | | WOTVAX::STONEG | Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland.... | Tue Jun 04 1996 20:54 | 5 |
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A friend has only just sold his 2000GT Corsair - the one with the Shark
nose and the strange V4 engine - it even an original working Radio.
Graham
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