"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
04/22/2019 at 15:45 • Filed to: Ford Cortina Mk4
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
04/22/2019 at 15:45 • Filed to: Ford Cortina Mk4 | 4
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Went to a show today and spotted this. It’s a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
The Mk4 was sold with a variety of engines and trim levels, all of which were badged on the back so everyone knew exactly what you had. This was important, because the Cortina was the archetypal company car and the model you got specified your place in the corporate pecking order. Most cars were the 1.6 in L or GL spec depending, with a 2.0 for management grade. The very few got a 2.3 V6, never a popular thing. This is as we see a 1.3L, so the smallest engine and lowest spec. It had an OHV Kent engine with 55 or so bhp. Mightn’t sound a lot now, but my father drove a Mk3 with the same engine for years and towed trailers with it.
This particular one looks un - or little restored and apart from the wheels and exhaust looks unmolested. Let’s go round the front and admire the little engine.
Oh. That seems to be not as it should be, assuming that Ford didn’t normally slip in a Nissan unit which has been treated to a stiff dose of turbocharging.
For Sweden
> Cé hé sin
04/22/2019 at 15:48 |
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Darkbrador
> Cé hé sin
04/22/2019 at 15:52 |
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No t sure why Ford renamed the Cortina as “Taunus” in continental Europe ... Cortian was a well established name for decades and decades in the UK, it’s not like it was a brand new model that didn’t translate well outside of the perfide albion ? (such as Toyota removing the “2" of the MR2 in France , or Nissan selling the Pajero as Montero in spanish countries)
fintail
> Cé hé sin
04/22/2019 at 15:53 |
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Onslow approves, Hyacinth does not:
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Darkbrador
> Cé hé sin
04/22/2019 at 15:54 |
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Cé hé sin
> Darkbrador
04/22/2019 at 15:56 |
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Because Ford Germany had several previous Taunuses and they wanted to continue the name rather than introduce a new one.
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there were lhd Cortinas and rhd Taunuses.
ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> Darkbrador
04/22/2019 at 16:10 |
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This is soo awesome! (Yes, I’ ve seen the whole movie )
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> Darkbrador
04/22/2019 at 16:39 |
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Ye’, the awkward names. In the 1970s there was Bedford. A GM subsidiary and the van division of Vauxhall. There was the Bedford CF, sold in Europe namely as the Opel Bedford Blitz.
What were they thinking?
‘What should we call our British van in Germany?’,
‘I know, something the British shares with Germany, let's call it the Blitz'.
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> Cé hé sin
04/22/2019 at 16:47 |
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Those biggish wheels almost flush with the wings... I w o n d e r e d i f there was going to be a surprise in the engine bay .
Even the exhaust tip is peculiar. A bit too big but not too showy.
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> Darkbrador
04/22/2019 at 17:13 |
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The Taunus nameplate was introduced by Ford Germany in 1939. The Cortina nameplate was introduced in 1962.
Context is important: Ford Germany and Ford of Britain were wholly separate divisions until around 1970, with minimal shared engineering.
Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
> Cé hé sin
04/22/2019 at 23:47 |
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Confession: I think the MkIV Cortina coupe is sexy.
The MkV is pretty smokin’ too.
