My Mum's Mk1 was the same colour, Canary yellow,
I was taken to school in it for years.
I really love Mk1's they look amazing, the mad thing is at the time they were everywhere so they everyone just thought 'meh'.
I'll just leave this here.
You don't see them in that condition very often,
although tbh I don't like Cortina's beyond mk3's, Mk1 & 2's is where it's at.
Mad to think a car that big only has 61bhp,
it's almost unbelievable that they were designed to be family cars
and carry 2 adults a couple of kids and a boot full of stuff.
They're not all that big though mate. A mk2 clio for example is taller than my Orion (a 1990's family car!) and only about 6 inches shorter.
Mad to think 5 of us used to go on holiday in my dads orion back in the day! It's tiny inside compared to newer cars.
I was looking about twelve years ago for a nice one, gave up after months & months of trying. I dread to think what condition most of them are like now! Mind you minters are silly moneyYes I wish i hadn't sold it tbh but thats akways the way! had 3 large folders worth in excess of 20k spend and won awards in the past. I was looking not long ago for either Escort or Fiest RS again as i project with my brother, non seem good enough and and most are selling for more than mine did 4 years ago.
You don't see them in that condition very often,
although tbh I don't like Cortina's beyond mk3's, Mk1 & 2's is where it's at.
Mad to think a car that big only has 61bhp,
it's almost unbelievable that they were designed to be family cars
and carry 2 adults a couple of kids and a boot full of stuff.
no the van was a diffrent engine, this engine is a fresh one & all rebuilt for time attack.That engine/running gear used to be in an escort van.