POV Ford Cortina MK3 Drive Countryside! - Driving a 70s Car Daily - Cortina Vlog 2 

I could smell that start-up from here. Love it! Dad had a 1975 1.6 XL (HJX 473N) in Sahara Beige with a brown vinyl roof, so many memories :)

My uncle, a true-blue Essex boy, had a metallic dark green 2.0 GXL facelift Mk3 complete with black vinyl roof, quad round headlamps and multi-gauge dash. What a lovely thing it was, and pretty quick for the time too. Made quite an impression on 10-year-old me 😆 It’s great to know that some Mk3s are still around and in use 🙂 If I may be so bold as to suggest a couple of reliability mods, proven on Chelmsford’s mean streets at the time: Lumenition ignition conversion to delete the points, and there was also a Weber carb kit available to directly replace the Ford carb (which, being cast in cheese rather than alloy, had a habit of quickly wearing out its bearing surfaces around any shaft that moved and hence became Vacuum Leak Central). Both those done was the difference between traffic light glory and later widely-spaced white stilettos on the back seat; or ignominy and a blue-balls trip home. Allegedly 🤔🙂😁😎

Great car Tom and fantastic to see your enjoyment of it, my first car was a 1971 Mk3 Cortina which my dad paid £60 for in 1983 when the car was 12 years old. At the time we thought that the car was ancient which is funny given that my daily driver now is a 2010 Merc Coupe which still looks like new and I don't see it as old. The Cortina was dark green with red oxide replacement wings with white welded on replacement rear wheel arches. The rear bumper used to fall away from the body of the car so we stuffed a rag in to hold it in place. My Pals dad worked for British Rail and he gave me a pot of intercity 125 bright yellow paint which we hand painted the car lol. I came home from work one day and my dad had sold the car for £150 as he said that he couldn't refuse the offer made by a friend of his lol. I then bought a mustard coloured 1977 'just five years old Datson 120y for £150 which again we thought was getting on a bit great times

Learned to drive in one of these with a four wheeled builders trailer behind it in the mid 70s ..it was the OHC model....boy could it shift even with the trailer on it ! 😅 ....brothers didn't know or would have been grounded ! 🤣

Cortina City. (Pete City) would love this. He's restoring another MK3 Cortina.

I love all your cars but this does bring back special memories for me. Dad had a 1.3L in the same colour which I learned to drive in, the Only difference is I think that had square headlamps, Possibly due to it being the 1.3 or perhaps a slight facelift grill. The reg was LOG 892P, checked on gov tax site and it is long gone now.

Re the sills, back in the 70's & 80's, Ford, Veng, Hadrian, APD, Saltofix, Pop-On, all made them for the Mk.3. the cheapest and worst fit being Pop-On, so a lot of Mk.3s after 7 years old got those fitted, Owners that cared about their cars like me, had genuine Ford, or Veng (with the pressing details), done by Professional Body shops that welded them on without using filler afterwards. Some cars had the even worst (Over Sills) fitted, Price in 1981 £10 per side, plus sill cost, (£36 for the whole job) where as Genuine Ford Sills cost £90 per side (just to have them fitted) plus the cost of the Full Step Sill, around (£280 Whole Job), the Genuine Ford Sill comes with a "Inner Centre Strengthening Panel" that sits under the "B" Post, all the cheap ones do not have that, but Clearly Ford put it there for a reason!, which is why I always had Ford or next best closest thing "Veng" panels, which Ford Main Dealership Parts Departments used to supply in the 1980's, used on my car. These Days it is impossible to get some of the Genuine Ford Panels, so EX-Pressed Steel Panels in Keighley, make the Best re manufactured panels, as they are copied From Genuine Ford ones, and the Quality is Superb, Ideal for anyone that wants a Concourse Mk.3 like I am restoring my car too, due to it's unique History, Re You Loose Passenger Sun Visor, it may be the Plastic Inserts have cracked,?, I have fixed them on other Mk.3'ss in the past by removing the inserts, finding a plastic "straw" or "Tube" and hot gluing it in the visor, as long as the "fit" on the pegs is tight enough to grip with resistance but allows for movement with light pressure it works a treat!, and a very cheap (cost wise) fix. Great to see your Beautiful Mk.3 out on the road and being enjoyed by you and other that see her, The Boat like "floating" along the road was called "comfort" back in the 1970's, it is how a real car should feel, and shows that Ford got the set up spot on, everyone that got in my Cortina Mk.3. back in those days commented on how comfortable the ride was, Oh and by 1975 Ford Did include Front Headrests as Standard on the Series Two 2000E, and they had been built in to the "High Back Front Seats of the "GT" model from 1970. After market ones were available to fit the rest of the range, if owners wanted them?, but I managed quite well driving My Mk.3 on the road 365 days of the year for it's first 25 years of use, without any. and find them annoying in modern cars as a result, lol. looking forward to more videos on your lovely Mk.3.always a pleasure to see her.

I’m looking forward to seeing you daily this in the winter if you decide to, a true test for any mature car over 20 years old 👀

Cortina POV, Best POV 😎😎😎

Lovely car! Should be possible to run more sweetly though! I owned a 1980 mk4 estate and the engine and gearbox were the best bits. For comparison, I had a 1973 Morris marina coupe 1.3 and that was truly the biggest 💩 of a car I have ever owned or been in! My 1970 Hillman imp was way better and my dads Austin Princess 1800 (1975) did over 100k miles and never missed a beat. It was quick, quiet and amazingly comfortable! I think the two cars that stand out though were my dads 1979 granada 2.3 L (so smooth and effortless) and his manic 1985 Montego Turbo 👍 Anyway, enough wittering from me; keep up the excellent channel! Oh, I had a 2001 Rover 75 2litre diesel auto connoisseur , high line too! Loved it… wish I still had it now 🤦🏻‍♂️

The first Mk3 I remember was a Copper bronze Estate. Just love the shape of the car. I should make a pov film too lol, are you going to Gaydon ford show?

Well done mate.

The ignition timing sounds a little bit off, hence the struggle on each crank of the engine. A little trial and error turning the distributor will cure it if you don't have a timing light to hand.

I think this is a good car for you and Katie, a rolling restoration. And check out Pete C and his latest project. His videos are comprehensive, and some might find them boring, I definitely do not! Cannot wait to see updates on the rest of your fleet!

I would fit nicer period vinyl recaro seats for comfort.plus a Nice set of gt wheels. Nice pinto 2 litre engine. with high lifts cams. big twin 40 weber carbs type9 5 speed gearbox

Hi Tom mate. Been watching your videos for a couple of years. Have a 4.6 litre V8 75......Would you be interested in taking her out and making a video ??

Awesome 😎

Did you get the carb fixed then, or did you just replace it in the end?

sounds like your carb needs a tune tom?

Way way too much choke once its started