Cortina 1600E
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Johnspex

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4,801 posts

202 months

Saturday
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In 1972 I had a 1600E.
A long long time ago.
I seem to remember that the handbook had something like the following in it-" to start the car from rest, depress the clutch and while gently accelerating the engine slowly lift the clutch and the car will move forward...".
That is the gist of what I remember and is not meant to be verbatim as it is 53 years ago.
Thinking back it seems odd that Ford thought it necessary to tell the owner how to drive the car.
Has anyone got a handbook for a 1600E and can confirm this for me please?

Johnspex

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4,801 posts

202 months

Yesterday (16:31)
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No one?

Mr Tidy

27,823 posts

145 months

Yesterday (21:22)
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I suspect the same may have been in the manual for all MK2 Cortinas, but I sold my 1500 in 1977 and I never read the manual anyway. It did have a 1600E wooden dash though!

M4cruiser

4,574 posts

168 months

Yesterday (21:54)
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To my surprise I've found there are plenty on Ebay.