mk4 cortina 2.0s

[fast eddie]

are there any still alive, i aint seen one for years now?
would love a pic of a white one:rolleyes:

[nodrog1966]

These are very rare now i had two, one PBO 328R was white with a black vinyl roof and the other YMS 440R was signal green:cool: Heres a white one that is very local to me
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h170/nodrog1966/2litres.jpg

[bortaf]

Only a handfull of 2.0s 2 or 3 2.3s is all that's left :)

A white one (the same one as above) i think it's the only whit one left :confused:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/bortaf/cortina%20articals/Mk420SFLB.jpg

And a "never made" 2 door RHD S

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/bortaf/cortina%20articals/2DrMk4S.jpg


Here have a 3.0 S from SA :cool:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/bortaf/cortina%20articals/SA30s.jpg

[RS2000EXPRESS]

My dad used to have the 2.0 Ghia which was more refined than the Mk3 it replaced, but I like the MK3 GXL best.

I suppose they disappeared once leaded petrol began getting scarce and everyone panicked to get rid of their obsolete cars!:(

[ORDAV]

know of one up my way red one just sitting in the garage never been out in years he also has a 2.3 ghia hes doing up just now

[ModenaRS2]

Silver one in Essex just sitting and rusting away:mad:

[leslie]

had a silver mk4 cortina 2.0s myself 20 odd years ago with a black vinyl roof, great car and very scarce at that time and to be honest i have never seen another one around even since i sold mine and was always wondering how many where even built.

[wetandwindy2]

i had a mk4 2.0 ghia when i was 19 ,theres a 2.3 ghia or s sitting in a garage up my way got 54000 miles on the clock brown or beige cannt quite remember havnt seen it on the road for a while

[vinny]

use to het a lift to college on a 2 dr lefty ang another bloke had a 2.3 s, nice old things

[Keando]

Had a X-plate Mk5 2.0 Ghia that my Dad passed on to me. He had the car from new, nice car but the steering went light as anything at the slightest hint of frost/ice/snow...

[fast eddie]

thanks for the pics!,at least im not the only one who liked them!:o:D

[graham John]

even done a series X version in case Grum fancied one...............




http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/escortrs_album/001-11.jpg




cheeRS

[graham John]

and also this for the Mk IV



http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/escortrs_album/seriesx.jpg



cheeRS

[Dave1800BDA]

we actually had to do one of them at bristol street motors,
also a crayford came in for a wheel upgrade, we stuck chrome cosmic style wheels on yuk,
workshop manager must of bought a few sets cos all the cortina crusaders that came in after had chrome cosmic wheels fitted when pdi'd, there was a problem with fitting them cant remember what now, but they fouled something

[jlf1970]

Seen this last year at Blackpool Ford Day

I think it was imported from South Africa and sure it has a 2.8 under the bonnet ;)

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa86/jlf70/100_0067-1.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa86/jlf70/100_0066.jpg

[Banishit]

the XR6 above is a 3.0l and was quite common when I lived in SA

then they had what was called the XR6 interceptor with big bullbars on the front they were used by the SA police, some had a superchargers and they used to push wrecked cars off the road with them

I had a MK IV 1.6GL in a lovely shade of bronze with a brown interior, very comfy

[RS2kSX]

i had a red ghia and a couple of 1.6l's with 2.0l fitted a very nice ca, would love another:)

[mk1gaz]

There's an orange 2 litre Sport mk4 cortina floating around here sometimes . Very rare indeed :cool:

[bortaf]

The XR6 has an essex under the boonet ;) they never came from the factory with a super charger just tripple webbers on the interceptor and a holly on the Ex-ocet :cool:

I have a series X corty meself :D

2.3 Ghia S (S pack was 2 spot lights and thicker ARBs :rolleyes:) woot, at least the GLS got fishnet recaros.
NOTE the uber rare series X front spoiler :cool:
same as XR6 :D it also has laser alloys instead of the flat faced cortina/supersport alloys cos they weight the steering up better when you have P/S fitted, stops it being too light.
To counter the awfull understeer i have a Hyundai steelar rear ARB (thicker) and i've wound in some more castor at the front, self centre a bit harsher but actually goes round bends in the wet :o


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/bortaf/old%20motors/sierra041.jpg

[Banishit]

no the superchargers where commissioned by the SA police after they were bought from Ford, my Mate drove one ;)

[john foster]

great looking cars,would love a 20.s in red....

[grum]

late 70's, my dad got hold of a 2.0 Ghia in silver YKX 840S, auto tho :o - had that for a few years - still very nice - even with the blue 'Draylon' interior :eek::o

will see if he's got any pics about

[191964]

Had a mk4 2.0 gl that i fitted ghia seats etc to ,had resprayed and promptly wrote off 6 weeks later :o
Lively in the wet but went well.

[leslie]

i remember seeing a mk5 cortina round our way years ago with the rs fish nets in it. it was a gls, can't remember if it was a 2.0 or a 2.3. was this an option on a cortina

[bortaf]

no the superchargers where commissioned by the SA police after they were bought from Ford, my Mate drove one ;)
How wicked is that :cool:
in the UK they would have speced steel wheels, in SA a supercharger :D

[bortaf]

i remember seeing a mk5 cortina round our way years ago with the rs fish nets in it. it was a gls, can't remember if it was a 2.0 or a 2.3. was this an option on a cortina

The GLS was a normal trim level, got the recaros after the 81 trim update :D
TBH the S was bollox, on an GL or Ghia you got spot lights, thicker ARBs and maybe a rev counter BUT if you had an L you got the GT/mexico spec 1600 pinto :cool:
If you speced up an L, GL or Ghia at the dealer you got a badge and the extras but no differance on the log book, if you orderd from new the log book stated the extra "S" (not that's it worth much but in cortina circles it's the best a man can get :hahaha: ).
To sum up, crap susspension but nice seats (coming from a man who owns 5 or the understeering, tail happy, bush wearing out, whales) :o at least the granny had IRS and enough weight to give a decent ride :rolleyes:
Oh and mine has the optional 4 spoke RS steering wheel, wich is a HUGE thing in my world :p

[mk1gaz]

Ha ha , great write up mr bortaf . :laughing3:

[bortaf]

Well i've noticed you lot dont take to bullshit that well, i was gonna say they are great and handle like a go-kart but i thought you lot would hang me out to dry for a wopper like that so i told the truth :hahaha:

[rwdrs]

what about the signal yellow ones, like in Sweeney 2, or signal orange ones in the original Ford ads, they must be very rare.

Wonder if the strato silver one (PNO ....) still exists from series 4 of the Sweeney?

[bortaf]

Non of em from the sweenay are left as far as i know? espeially, the one that crashed through the shopping mall window :hahaha:
Signal colours were a limited time choice otherwise they were special order, they were rare back in the day and even more so now ;)
I check the reg numbers at least once a year with the DVLA to check in case they have turned up but they havn't yet, TBH most of the press cars stop being taxed a few years after i gues due to the hard life they got :D

[lee bishop]

my old man gave me his 1.6 GL when i was maybe 19, it was mint having only had 2 owners and garaged all its life, i killed it in 24 months................lol

[driverace]

Just read a thread on somewhere here about the Cortina V6 that Julian Raymond used to Rally .The magazine I am now looking at is the1982 "RALLY YEARBOOK " and it mentions the Raymond car ,but shows a picture of the German Cortina V6 of MICHAEL WERNER on the Hunstruck rally Registration number is K-LM 124 in white sponsered by Ford and Sport and Goodyear and of course Shell and describes it as the other cortina

[rwdrs]

I used to drive my old dear's 2.0 GL, fastest STD pinto I've sat behind

[rwdrs]

imagine trying to rally a Cortina:eek:

I take the front crossmember mounting bushes were heavily modified, as well as the rear axle setup too.

[graham John]

the XR6 above is a 3.0l and was quite common when I lived in SA




think i have a brochure somewhere:D will have a look and scan if i can find it


cheeRS

[Banishit]

see if anyone can find a pic of the XR6 bakkie

a 4wd jacked off the ground pick up truck I wanted one for ages when I lived there but they were too much moola

like this but not pimped, I want a blue over silver one and it was another 6 inches higher

http://www.moby302.co.za/photo/ford/ford_cortina_bakkie_06.JPG

[graham John]

found it :D


http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/escortrs_album/001-12.jpg




http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/escortrs_album/XR6spec.jpg



cheeRS

[Banishit]

104 kW output eh way too much power for void bushes LOL

[graham John]

yet another little Gem from the briefcase ;)

cheeRS

[bortaf]

The SA cortinas inc the XR6 had a differant rear end, 5 linked with paralel top arms :D mucho better at conering and putting power down, standard UK speck rear end cant really get more than 140BHP down with out ripping bushes or spinning the power away, i've had enough 2.8 cortinas to notice :( and even me 2.3 cant pull away without spinning the wheels, there's no squat to force the tyres into the road, crap design.
When hyundai used the cortina floorpan for the stellar they used a halfway house between the UK and SA spec rear ends, handles better than the UK but not quite a good as the SA cortina version.
K-LM was driven by Michael Werner for a few seasons and was based on a SA XR6 (with the better susspension) and did quite well, the UK car Raymond drove had a modifyed escort groupe 4 rear end and lots of tweeks and bush changes to the front end, i'm waiting on an email back from it 2nd driver Richard Lliffe at the mo.
Seriously i could go on all night so i'll stop there but i have just got a load of new pics and info on K-LM but it's all in German :eek:

[kiwi rs]

Had a NZ build mk5 "S" not so long ago got pic of it some were

[kiwi rs]

http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/ii67/kiwi-rs-70/?action=view&current=mk5sport001.jpg

[kiwi rs]

NO Picture:mad:
try this

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii67/kiwi-rs-70/mk5sport001.jpg

If there is a picture:rolleyes: this is how ford sold the mk5 "S" in New Zealand
this is my gold beauty:D:cool: dont see them now a days:( used to turn a few heads and get a few comments (good ones) at gas stations etc.

[Dave1800BDA]

Had a NZ build mk5 "S" not so long ago got pic of it some were

rare MK5 2 door in NZ, says it is a S not sure tho

http://202.27.219.22/cortina/images/usr/mk5%20front%201.jpg



http://202.27.219.22/cortina/images/usr/mk5%20side%20on%204.jpg

http://202.27.219.22/cortina/images/usr/mk5%20rear%203.jpg

[rwdrs]

Seriously i could go on all night so i'll stop there but i have just got a load of new pics and info on K-LM but it's all in German :eek:



just the ticket:D

[kiwi rs]

:cool: think this is in Chirstchurch? from what I have heard there are lots of cotinas down there
rare MK5 2 door in NZ, says it is a S not sure tho

http://202.27.219.22/cortina/images/usr/mk5%20front%201.jpg



http://202.27.219.22/cortina/images/usr/mk5%20side%20on%204.jpg

http://202.27.219.22/cortina/images/usr/mk5%20rear%203.jpg

[rsdc1]

Many years ago, Andyg terrorised the local RSOC with this...ASP 829T
He then sold it on to rscammy, who kept up the tradition...
Please note its also this car's fault my car's the colour that it is, I remember the garage chat well, 21 years ago...
"I bet a mk2 would look nice in Jupiter Red"
Jury's still out:D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/rsdc1/Project413.png

[andymk1]

me dad bought a purple velvet an black vynyl p plate when i was a boy new from county garage ****ermouth loved the car , theres a 2 door mk 5 for sale near me atm with a 2.1 in it very tidy too just needs sum fishnets any interes gis a shout ill give numbers

[PNO 641T]

2.0S that was used in The Sweeney. Was last taxed over 18 years ago so probably long gone.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k68/murphyci5/Cortina20S.jpg

[bortaf]

PAH 548 was gay and went out with allegros :p
Now 536, that was the daddy, hard as **** and used to eat traffic wrdens for brekfast :D

Here it is after receiving a ticket for parking on a double yellow

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/bortaf/forum%20pics/PNO546Rsweeny2.jpg

And after a night out on the **** with the boys, pretty mutch how i look after 12 pints :eek:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/bortaf/forum%20pics/PNO546Rsweeny2afterjump.jpg

[Andyc]

had a white one many many moons ago 2nd car i ever had:)