my babies past and present...

[orangecords]

the XR thats for sale-see ads





recently sold mk4 cortina crayford with unique one off roof conversion














the cortina 2.0 GL estate "sportwagon" currently on sabbatical til funds improve...







and theres more...

[orangecords]

the old mk4 2 door i wish id never sold...









the one that was stolen the day before the mot....and my old onion in the background...

[orangecords]

and finally a couple of scanned pix...

my 1600E with the silver crusader



the same 1600E with a mk1 escort i had for a while...(it had 4 spokes and a non private plate when i had it



and finally the old mk1 capri 2000 V4 GTXLR...



there have been more-mk1 fiestas inc a van,another mk2 XR2,2x2.8 capris,3x 4 pot capris,all sorts of granadas,various escorts inc XR3i's,XR4i,3 door sierra 2.1 on 40s with full cossie interior,suspension and rims in porsche purple,pug 309 GTi,astra gte mk2 2.0 8V,mk2 cavalier sri 8v and 130,4 minis...the list goes on but i have no pix of them

ps cant you tell im a ford nut lol!

Edited by orangecords on Monday 24th November 21:18

[burnunit]

Love these im a massive Ford fan myself, If only i could turn back time and keep all the ones i got rid of.

[Sim89]

Love them all, first XR2i is gorgeous.

[Waynester]

Sim89 said:

Love them all, first XR2i is gorgeous.

Not an 'i' just XR2. XR2i utilised the Mk 3 Fiesta body shape. But your right, it does look rather clean.
I used to have a mint blue Mk 1 XR2, and then a white Mk 2 XR2.

Awesome collection of old Fords you have or had! Love the 'Tinas.

My 1st ever car, bought when i was 15 was a lime green 4 door Mk 3 Cortina.
I bought it for £50 to mess about with.

Once i passed my test, my real 1st car was a 4 door Mk v 2litre GL.
I loved that car. Unfortunately a nasty lady in a Merc killed it.

A few years later i bought another Cortina, this time another Mk V but it was a 2L Ghia.

Edit to add: The Mk V Cortina will always be special to me as it was my 1st car bought when i was 17,...them were the days.

Good clean one's are seriously starting to appreciate too!
I've always had it in my head to convert a MkV to Cosworth power, whilst trying to keep the car as standard looking as poss. Quite the Q car.

Great photo's & top ownership list.

Edited by Waynester on Tuesday 25th November 01:53

[bones33]

Lovely selection of fords I myself keep trying to get back into retro fords but the misses keeps pulling at my purse strings darn her!!

[charnock]

do you like cortinas or something?

[orangecords]

just a bit

[minimatt1967]

Nice selection of 'tinas, many of my friends have had tina's including one of them had mk3 3door which is still my favourite, if my numbers ever come up on t he lottery I will be having a Cossie powered 3 door
What an excellent selection of Cortina's you have really like the Crayford

[charnock]

that 2door mk4 does look really nice, brown leather too by any chance? put a YB in that red mk5 and you'd have a briliant sleeper. lots of great looking cortinas, nice one!

[orangecords]

the 2 door mk4 had grey cloth-front seats were 3 door cosworth ones. wish id never sold it to be honest. it had a lightly breathed on 1600 x-flow in it that barked!
just sold the crayford due to lack of funds and space

[cardoctormatt]

I love old fords too cant wait to have anothe capri sometime