too expensive

[mark g taylor 0]

i think i will give up cortinas and buy an e type, damn sight cheaper!

[richard 2509 0]

i think i will give up cortinas and buy an e type, damn sight cheaper!

E-type as in 1600E(type) i presume :shocking:

Edited July 25, 2011 by richard 2509

[R1.Andy 1]

im with you on that far to expensive..kinda ruined the pashion for me..iv lost so much interest in the mk1 tina now..i love them always have but there just to expensive and that snowballs to cant use it as i would like cos i got to much doe in it then the insurance wont ever pay out its goes on and on..think i will join you but mite go skoda instead

[Tony Webster 32]

There you go gentlemen, Its something I "Clocked on to" a while ago... In other words "Bangs for your bucks" is it F.O.R.D. or something else ? :playball:

[the-ford-cortina.com 226]

There you go gentlemen, Its something I "Clocked on to" a while ago... In other words "Bangs for your bucks" is it F.O.R.D. or something else ? :playball:

 

I see your logic

 

or for the price of a good mk1 lotus

Edited July 25, 2011 by the-ford-cortina.com

[R1.Andy 1]

There you go gentlemen, Its something I "Clocked on to" a while ago... In other words "Bangs for your bucks" is it F.O.R.D. or something else ? :playball:

 

I see your logic

 

or for the price of a good mk1 lotus

the lotus boys will shoot you down..20k for a good one 30k for one that needs a full resto..or 22k for a mint gt thats rareer than any lotus out there :sofa:

[retro toe 115]

poeple buy them for profet,sold my mk1 4 door £2,250 then dodegy barst first wanted £4,500 double,now he wants £6,500 just pure greed,more burks pay sort off money will drive prices up,to poeple love cars getting out reach,wont do shows they are rubbish more like boot fairs lol,my cortina got now will be keeper cause i know getting out my reach,

[the-ford-cortina.com 226]

poeple buy them for profet,sold my mk1 4 door £2,250 then dodegy barst first wanted £4,500 double,now he wants £6,500

 

When I talked to him at Leyland he enthused over the car said it was a keeper :headscratch:

 

 

But then maybe he saw a Bentley he could buy if he sold the mk1 for £5k :jester:

Edited July 26, 2011 by the-ford-cortina.com

[Tony Webster 32]

There you go gentlemen, Its something I "Clocked on to" a while ago... In other words "Bangs for your bucks" is it F.O.R.D. or something else ? :playball:

 

I see your logic

 

or for the price of a good mk1 lotus

 

Yep' there you have it .... Admittedly the "Bent" will at best stay level (likely depreciate) mine is a 95 on an "M" plate with 48k on the clock. Love it to bits though its excursions are limited to opening the door smelling the leather interior, opening the bonnet and gaping at the "Queen Marys'" engine room, with a turbo, bigger than the average vacuum cleaner.

Every petrol head should own one, once, before the great gathering in the sky beckons ... :wine:

Edited July 26, 2011 by Tony Webster

[creddersmk2 2]

prices of some stuff has gone mad, when i was younger it was escorts for me mk1 n 2 mexicos, rs2000s. in the early 90s i had a tatty mk1 rs2000 white blue decals, fancied a go at grasstracking i know ill use that rs thats a good idea! kept buyin 2dr escorts for £50 to cut a quarter off or a wing n scrap the rest. then the prices went mad so i got into anglias n cortinas, will never be able to afford a nice escort.even when i bought my GT it was more money than i ever thought id give for a 4dr cortina, i was also watching an avenger tiger in wardance red, rare car not much more than the GT and a rival for a mexico, i was also looking at firenzas n HBvivas you can get a lot of car for cortina money now.

[FKLGLS 44]

prices of some stuff has gone mad, when i was younger it was escorts for me mk1 n 2 mexicos, rs2000s. in the early 90s i had a tatty mk1 rs2000 white blue decals, fancied a go at grasstracking i know ill use that rs thats a good idea! kept buyin 2dr escorts for £50 to cut a quarter off or a wing n scrap the rest. then the prices went mad so i got into anglias n cortinas, will never be able to afford a nice escort.even when i bought my GT it was more money than i ever thought id give for a 4dr cortina, i was also watching an avenger tiger in wardance red, rare car not much more than the GT and a rival for a mexico, i was also looking at firenzas n HBvivas you can get a lot of car for cortina money now.

 

I'd love an Avenger Tiger. After Cortinas, I'd go for an Avenger or a Sunbeam Rapier above anything else (realistically).

[creddersmk2 2]

i think its the price of escorts thats pushing up the prices of cortinas, escorts getting too pricey people look for alternatives n the prices of them rise with demand

[Danish 294]

I'd love an Avenger Tiger. After Cortinas, I'd go for an Avenger or a Sunbeam Rapier above anything else (realistically).

 

I saw a lovely one tonight at the Farnham get-together, L reg in blue pealescent and very original. :thumbup:

[TinaInTheForest 1]

I agree that a lot of fun goes out of cars when the prices get daft, and I’ve spoken with quite a few Mk 1 Lotus Cortina owners over the past couple of years who are now in a quandary. They love their cars, and have often spent 1000s of hours getting them into a fantastic condition, but now are a bit scarred of driving them or parking them anywhere with other cars in case of damage! Quite a few are thinking of selling and buying something for much less money and putting the fun back into running an old car.

 

I love the ‘hot’ saloon cars of the 60s and 70s. The Lotus Cortina, Cooper S, Avenger Tiger, Viva GT and Brabham, Fienza Droop Snoot, AVO Escort, Capri 3000 and Dolomite Sprint all do it for me!

 

I just bought a Dolly Sprint for a bit of fun and to see what it feels like…it’s been 30 years since I last had one when I lived in Australia. And it’s superb! But the best thing about the car, apart from the £2k purchase price, is the price of spares. In the last two weeks I have picked up from eBay an engine with all ancillaries, 46k miles from new (£200), a mint and complete interior (£40), a dash with all instruments ( £20), an overdrive gearbox (£50) and a set of original alloy wheels with good tyres for £60 !!

 

The car was Ziebarted (old fashioned Waxoil) from new so is rust free…she should go on for ever!

 

 

There are some great cars around that still seem to be unappreciated. I’m also a big fan of the old Jag XJS, and have had a few. I’ve been trying to sell this one for a few months, and had enquiries from Australia, France, Holland and Germany…and in the end, sold it to a guy in Hungary. Nobody in the UK seemed to want it. It’s a very rare (220 made) TWR JaguarSport XJR-s 6 litre V12 built to celebrate the Jag wins in the 1989 LeMans, Probably only about 50 are left in the world. The last owner spent £28k on the car just sorting everything out, and it was very original and up together. The downside was that I had stored it for 7 years, and it needed re-commissioning…or so I thought.

 

The guy buying it came over with his trade plates, bolted them on, filled up with petrol and set off for Budapest! He phoned me the next day to say that he was on the autobahn just outside Munich, and that the car was running beautifully and the air con blowing very cold. How much did I get for this incredibly rare car? £2750 !!!

 

 

Parts for them are virtually free, the V12 engine is bullet proof, they do 25mpg on a run, 0 – 60 mph in 6.5 seconds and from 50 to 120 mph will see off a Lamborghini Countach.

 

And all for the price of a Lotus Cortina engine!

 

Mark

[consul315 180]

 

I just bought a Dolly Sprint for a bit of fun and to see what it feels like…it’s been 30 years since I last had one when I lived in Australia. And it’s superb!

 

 

i always wanted one of these and nearly bought -a rough -one in the eighties. they were a rare sight over here and prices of parts were the opposite way over here (well the times before internet). i remember the one i was interested would have needed a propshaft which was more than ATS 7.500,00 :shocking: at that time (about 470 gbp at current ex-rate). still fancy one, but you (i) can t have all i´m afraid!

Edited July 27, 2011 by consul315