My father had one of these from new, a short while after, the engine blew up and Fords were refusing to replace the engine. It happened that my next door neighbour was a director at Fords and sorted this to my fathers relief. My father did say having had all the Cortinas this was his favourite model.
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Quite rightly they should be regarded as classic cars today but back in the day they were known as Dagenham dustbins, rust buckets good for 60 to 65,000 miles only. just a couple of points about this example, one being the registration prefix “E” which was issued from the 1st of January only until the 31July 1967. Ford did not introduce the 1600E until October of that year so the correct registration prefix would have been an “F”, Therefore this example may well have started its life as a GT model not a 1600 E. The other is the wheels tec-dale mini-light were not a standard fitment. 1600E’s came standard with Rostyle 5 ½ j weeks with 165-13 tyres. But Nevertheless, a great example, and one the owner should be proud of.
I had a MK2 & stuck Granada alloy wheels on it with a 1600gt engine + a 2000 G/Box it went like Batshit great car & to think I bought a Morris Marina TC in a part exchange 🙄😢
