Me Old Ford Cortina MKII 1600 Super. "Rest in Peace - Blanche" (1968-1990)

Me poor baby!, Born the same year as me and I killed her in 1990 by pulling out in front of a Volvo estate, It was dark and the Volvo only had it's 'day-lights' on!, however still my fault for pulling out? I drove her home after the accident and parked her right here at the back of my garden. She remained there until 2001 when I cut my trees and crained her away. I got her in 1986 for £450, I could not believe how 'new' looking she was for being a 18 year old car! however a lot of money was spent bringing her up to an even better standard, new sills, rear wheel arches and a remanufactured velocity plate for the auto box. The engine already was a silverseal recond job, all I done was add a K&N filter with Janspeed four-branch exhaust manifold, I did not mess about with the head. Not even a fancy ICE system or radio, nor the fluffy dice.The 'Auto-Choke' system was messed up by me adding the K&N round chrome filter (no hot manifold hose pickup), so on the cold mornings I had to lift the filter and stick a cap of a bic pen to force the venturi closed to get a good start. All I wanted was for the engine to 'breath' well at both ends with the K&N and janspeed 4-2-1, it worked so well!!. Police in northern ireland liked to stop me in my Cortina, just to say something like.. "In my day I would have givin' me right arm to have one of these!"

 

BEST FEATURES:

 

Rear fuel filler hole. Fuel Filler point at rear of car, so much logical than 'side' of car as we know it today,.

Steering column gear selector

Smooth ride

gentle

elegant

reliable

 

Done