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1969 Ford Cortina GT Estate MkII 
Class: Cars, Wagon — Model origin: 
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◊ 2011-12-01 10:35 |
Your election for the rarer |
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◊ 2011-12-01 10:56 |
Well, they're Fords. I wouldn't have said any of them were particularly rare. |
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◊ 2011-12-01 10:57 |
The two Zodiacs(?) on the right maybe? The other visibles are Capri I, Escort I and some Cortinas. The Cortina in the front row, is it a sportive trim line? |
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◊ 2011-12-01 11:13 |
It could be a 1600E like this: /vehicle_454635-Ford.html |
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◊ 2011-12-01 15:40 |
Yes - the front row Cortina is 1600E. The rarest thing in the picture is the 1969-70 Cortina Mk2 GT Estate in bottom right corner. Only available as an unlisted variant from Ford Special Vehicle Operations although not much more than a 1600 Super estate with the GT engine - only external clue was badging as the shield on this one. Only a few hundred made (possibly 700) and apparently 7 survive - http://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/3669153522/ . Another source says about 800 made, 10 or so survivors in UK, plus bizarrely another 3 in each of Australia and NZ, apparently supplied new from UK through some direct channel for ex-pats. The other oddity about the GT Estates is that Which magazine did a long-term test on one in 1969 - they always tested very ordinary cars in a very austere fashion, recording every widget failure or rattle and squeak, so a special order version was a total aberration - perhaps they had a Marmite sandwich moment when filling in the order form. -- Last edit: 2022-04-20 03:53:25 |
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