RBshorty 10:06 Tue Oct 25
Farewell the Dagenham Dustbin.
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Ford are about to announce the end of production of the Fiesta. Chances are most here have had one at one time or another.
End of a icon.
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oioi
7:14 Wed Oct 26
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A2wdYfRzy8
The Private Life of The Ford Cortina
Brilliant documentary, especially Alexis Sayle interviewing John McVicar 19:46 mins. "After you've rammed with the Cortina you getaway in the Jag - classy like...."
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Hermit Road
5:34 Wed Oct 26
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My first car. Lasted a month. Absolute pile of shit.
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SecondOpinion
5:05 Wed Oct 26
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My first car was an E reg. MK11 Cortina with a metal dashboard and when the keys touched it, it would send sparks everywhere. Left it in a ditch and never told the DVLA. That was 40 years ago. If it is still there, it will classified as a barn find.
Second Ford was a MK111 escort, 1300cc Cabrilot, rare as fuck as only 136 were ever made. Advertised it in on Auto Trader and recieved 150 calls on the first day. Sold it for fuck all as didn't realise the value.
I love Fords from sixties. Wish I could have any model from that period
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Far Cough
2:36 Wed Oct 26
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So there is something bitter-sweet about the recent 50th birthday of the Ford Cortina, the fabled Dagenham Dustbin of bypass and nudge-nudge fame. The 1962 Cortina was the most commercially successful British car of all time. The 1959 Mini was more technologically advanced, but shrewdly cost-conscious Ford stripped one down and determined it could never be built at a profit because of its complexity. Instead, it built the simple but psychologically sophisticated Cortina. Ford did not make much fuss about the Cortina’s half-centenary since the timing was bad: just three weeks ago it announced the end of all vehicle assembly in Britain. In every sense, it is true to say of the Ford Cortina that we will never see its like again.
Spectator
There, the Cortina Mk I was the original Dagenham Dustbin
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Northern Sold
2:20 Wed Oct 26
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At 08:00 is my 950cc Pop' shitter
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Northern Sold
2:17 Wed Oct 26
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Wish I had one of these...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb4wBIdqNiw
Radio... LUXURY... tachometer... LUXURY.... 2 wing mirrors... LUXURY
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Cony Tottee
2:11 Wed Oct 26
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My first car was a Y reg MK1 Fiesta and it was 11 years old when I bought it! Didn't even understand what a manual choke was when I got it.
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Far Cough
2:03 Wed Oct 26
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sold0s car:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uErKI0zWgjg
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Iron Duke
12:11 Wed Oct 26
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Blimey
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Northern Sold
12:01 Wed Oct 26
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Duke...
Mine was a D reg but same mk 2 (??) model.
https://twitter.com/yesterdaytweets/status/1260145723506647040
One mirror
https://assets.carandclassic.com/uploads/cars/ford/C1231075/1988-ford-db7-61ec1ae952e7e.jpg?ar=4%3A3&auto=compress&fill=blur&fit=fillmax&h=225&ixlib=php-3.3.1&max-h=225&max-w=300&q=50&w=300&s=974bb22574cc446e050da2319f5764db
Fuck all inside it
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Iron Duke
11:54 Wed Oct 26
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Northern Sold 11:36 Wed Oct 26
You got a brand new car with nothing in it and only one wing mirror? Did you steal it straight from the factory?
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Far Cough
11:49 Wed Oct 26
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My cars:
Austin A40
Ford Anglia
Ford Cortina Mk I
Ford Cortina Mk III
Hillman Hunter
Chevy Nova
Honda Accord
Chevy S10
Chevy Silverado
Chevy Silverado Ext cab
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ray winstone
11:49 Wed Oct 26
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Yep, sold it for £500 as I'd been given a company car, if only I'd been Captain Hindsight...
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Council Scum
11:47 Wed Oct 26
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Shame you haven't still got that Ray, as that would be worth a few quid.
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ray winstone
11:41 Wed Oct 26
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Council Scum 11:33 Wed Oct 26
I have to say, it's a great little car, reminds me of my old Escort Mexico, just a tad more refined!
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Northern Sold
11:36 Wed Oct 26
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I've had 4 of them... first was a brand new one I bought in 1987... 950 Popular... Red... had NOTHING inside what so ever... no radio nothing (had to put my own one in) also only had one wing mirror... first day out in it I had some cunt open the door on to mine... and then fucked off... nice dent... had the car 3 hours... not really a shag wagon as I found out the numerous times I fell out the car with cramp... later got done drink driving in it about 8 months later... so sold it and went to the US...
My other three Fiestas were less dramatic....
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Council Scum
11:33 Wed Oct 26
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ray winstone 11:11 Wed Oct 26
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My son has got one, he loves it.
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Percy Dalton
11:21 Wed Oct 26
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Or the Ford Prefect.
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ted fenton
11:16 Wed Oct 26
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oioi 10:27 Wed Oct 26
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The Ford Cortina was the Dagenham Dustbin.
I'm sure it was the Ford Anglia.
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ray winstone
11:11 Wed Oct 26
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Just bought an ST-3, might be worth a few bob in a couple of years then....
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oioi
10:27 Wed Oct 26
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The Ford Cortina was the Dagenham Dustbin.
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