Ford Taunus 1600GXL

corktina

sell swap part exchange WHY?

anyone interested?

(In pretty good solid shape, a little scruffy perhaps here and there.)

corktina

Interested in part exchange for a Fiesta or Escort (or similar) up to 1988.ANy offers?

would need to be a clean original car as it would be my wife's....:cool:

carchaeologist

corktina wrote: »

Interested in part exchange for a Fiesta or Escort (or similar) up to 1988.ANy offers?

would need to be a clean original car as it would be my wife's....:cool:

Nows your chance MaxDamage....:p;)

carlosfandango

Nice Car Corktina,
it will be a good buy for someone.

Good luck with the sale man.

CFD

carchaeologist

Im surprised it hasnt sold,its a Ford,RWD and unusual,should be a done deal..

corktina

the lhd puts people off perhaps.Its very sound and is very reliable too.If only ky wiofe would druive it, i could keep it. She wont ..why? LHD!!!:mad:

Magnum

Best of luck with the sale. A very rare car here folks, (on this side of the world), hope it sells for you Corktina...........

Capri

Bought 2 of them off a chap in Kildare years ago, and sold them to another chap in Kilkenny. 1 was a 2.0 V6, I think the other was 1.6 / 4. Great shape, shame Ford GB didn't do a Cortina fastback ( they actually produced a Mk5 fastback in Argentina ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8fApZ_LXyE&NR ...and this is the SP5 Taunus !! [url]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq1R1WTk0_w&feature=related[/url]

corktina

i dont think either are still aorund, ive had her 4 years or so and not heard of another in Ireland in that time.I have seen a couple in the UK but they are rare even there....

2.0 V6 was what the germans got initially instead of the 4 cylinder pinto, lucky blighters, it would make it sooo easy to substitute a 2.8 ! Mind you, it would eb an easy swap on my car even so, all you'd need would be a donor Mk5 Cortina V6 and it would all just bolt in. It kind of looks as if it SHOULD have a V6 doesnt it!

Its going on Ebay later...starting at €3000 with no reserve.

087 6781685 is the number if you want to do a deal before then.:cool:

richiet

I saw one the same as the above yesterday, in Rathgar, Dublin. It had a ZV plate, it was driving so couldn't get a pic.

Lovely cars, if your wife would drive a 70s Beetle we could do a swap!!!

corktina

arggggh...my claim to uniqueness blown outta the water! Ws it a Coupé?


edit (missed the bit about the beetle...la la la la I cant hear you with these fingers in my um eyes...

richiet

It looked the very same as your one, white too. Could have been rhd, can't remember, only saw it for a split second.

corktina

must have been LHD, they all were as far as I know.

MercMad

There was a black one in Swords too a few years back. It was very average looking, although perhaps decent under all the dirt. The driver used to pass me every morning in the opposite direction.

AFAIR it was still on German plates.

G Luxel

There was an original Irish reg Taunus Mk 3 saloon in the cork area about 17 years ago. LHD, black I think. I subsequently saw a simliar model in the last few years in police livery on ZV plates.

corktina

a taunus mk3 would be the same as a cortina mk5...

carchaeologist

G Luxel wrote: »

There was an original Irish reg Taunus Mk 3 saloon in the cork area about 17 years ago. LHD, black I think.

Original irish as in imported pre 1987?Any idea of the reg?

G Luxel

well it had a red number plate and the shape was the same as the Cortina Mk3. I cant remember the number at all but when I saw it first, I knew it had to be an unusual cortina. I reckon that it was an original irish import or maybe a private import from Germany.

corktina

the Mk3 Cortina and the equivalent taunus are entirely different in respect of everything you can see and the same on everything you cant see.

corktina

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150328036318&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=005

took me a whole week to put it up on ebay..i shall miss this one is she sells.:(

Ptrreynolds

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/2959829

This thread popped up on google, I thought there may be some curiosity -

corktina

thx 4 the publicity....

carchaeologist

I'm still surprised there's no takers on this one. Was the reg a booked one or just random?

corktina

random...sheer luck...

none has EVER come to look at it, all the times Ive tried to sell it.

aujopimur

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Is it because its a LHD? I dont think I could drive a LHD car in Ireland.

You just have to take a little extra care when overtaking, not that I worry about in my Munga, max 60kph, or you could find yourself tossed out of it onto the road.

carchaeologist

corktina wrote: »

random...sheer luck...

none has EVER come to look at it, all the times Ive tried to sell it.

Jeez, never? And you have advertised it everywhere. I guess us Irish have the fear of wrong hand drive.

corktina

yep even Ebay....had two enquiries today though so maybe just maybe...

I think LHD is the main obstacle although actually its no great problem.

mountain

corktina wrote: »

random...sheer luck...

none has EVER come to look at it, all the times Ive tried to sell it.

a boards day out could be arranged, we could all stand around and look at it...:)

corktina

feel free but bring your wallet.

bijapos

Lovely car, LHD wouldn't bother me at all. I'm looking at getting a classic estate or van for work, if I didn't have 3 vans to DOE in March and April I'd love to have a shot at that.

Seeing that its LHD do you know anyone living in Germany where you could leave it for them to sell for a few weeks, they are popular over there, especially in the Rhine/Ruhr areas. And it would be a nice road trip to boot.

johnos1984

corktina wrote: »

feel free but bring your wallet.

I'll even bring my credit card.

Still won't make a difference though as I've no money

Good luck with the sale but I can't figure out why you have had no takers. I thought the Ford crew would be all over it like a rash

Gene Hunt

Must be the LHD.... I had the same problem up here when I tried selling my Sierra Sapp ,real tidy car with genuine low miles but a left hooker I brought over from france......no takers had a few views but no one could seem to crasp the LHD in the end so I just put in the shed with all my other old fords although I still keep her NCT'd I've given up trying to sell her she's part of the furniture at this stage!

corktina

out of curioity, do you have a brown mk3 Cortina Gene?

Gene Hunt

Yeap! ..how'd ya guess!!! LOL too much stuff to be honest cortinas mk3,mk4,mk5 and a load of mk2 transits of all body types even a mk2 transit ambulance and a mk2 capri .....your motor would sit nice keepin the mk3 company! Me women says there's somethin wrong with me.:D

Capri

check out the German magazine - translate with Google translate

http://www.autobild.de/klassik/bilder/der-kult-um-den-knudsen-1198093.html#bild8|ref=http://www.autobild.de/klassik/artikel/ford-taunus-xl-coupe-1198042.html




http://www.autoscout24.eu/ListGN.aspx?vis=1&state=A&atype=C&make=29&model=2159&fregfrom=1970&fregto=1985&pricefrom=1000&page=1&results=20&ustate=N,U&sort=price&mmvco=1&mmvmk0=29&mmvmd0=2159

http://passionford.com/forum/restorations-rebuilds-and-projects/242715-ford-taunus-tc3-fastback-coupe-only-built-in-argentina.html

Mklll 2.8 on done deal http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/2959502

Boards seem to delete parts of the above links so ....

bugsntinas

Gene Hunt wrote: »

Yeap! ..how'd ya guess!!! LOL too much stuff to be honest cortinas mk3,mk4,mk5 and a load of mk2 transits of all body types even a mk2 transit ambulance and a mk2 capri .....your motor would sit nice keepin the mk3 company! Me women says there's somethin wrong with me.:D

Got any pics of the mk4/5 corts and the trannies:eek:

corktina

Capri wrote: »

Mklll 2.8 on done deal http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/2959502

....

thats mine too..no interest in it at all so far.

I have three offers on the Taunus so far:

One laughable
One from a friend which is solid (but I did say "no offers...")
and last from Romania for the full price which Im a bit wary of, but may pan out alright as I wasn't born yesterday.

Gene Hunt

bugsntinas wrote: »

Got any pics of the mk4/5 corts and the trannies:eek:

Yeah sure I'll get some pictures up soon as I figure out to load them on here...?? ah ...insert image URL ?? what's this all about! LOL ..sweet jesus maybe I should just get the 13yr son to do this...........:pac:

Ford4000

I have a theory probably completely wrong but i know if affects sales, when someone is going out to buy a classic car the 'newness' of the car in the classic scene in Ireland has a bearing, what i mean is people would like to have/buy a car that no-one has seen before so people will stand around and look and compliment it, Corkys 2 cars are well known, there are dozens of pics of them throughout a lot of the classic car forums and in the cortina world they are well known cars,
The Taunus wil be hard shifted being LHD
Cant understand why the green Tina aint sellin it looks a cracker but if someone buys it and takes it to a show you could be met wit 'ah thats Corkys old car' ......and walk on

corktina

yep, probably they will head back to the UK for that reason.

Theres also the factor that people like to buy the cars that their Dad had, noones Dad had cars like mine.

carchaeologist

corktina wrote: »

Theres also the factor that people like to buy the cars that their Dad had, noones Dad had cars like mine.

Nein! Vat about Gunther and Hans?

All jokes aside why did you buy that in the first place? Was it because of the Cortina similarity or another reason?

Redrocket

Cause its a sexy car? I really like the fastback rear, and if it were mine lower it a bit. Lovely.

e4600 http://www.autoscout24.de/Details.aspx?id=wkgqkfoqhyat

Ford4000

I would imagine it would be a pretty easy conversion to rhd it it bothered someone that much, rotten doner mk3s are to be got !
That blue one is ace :eek:

corktina

bought because you can't get a Cortina Coupe....my Mk3 is the nearest thing to it I guess

Redrocket

will a mk3 cortina rhd dash fit? or whats involved converting to rhd... out of curiosity

corktina

Redrocket wrote: »

will a mk3 cortina rhd dash fit? or whats involved converting to rhd... out of curiosity

the dash "pod" and the glove box are (as far as I know) interchangeable so it's not a case of having to vchange the whole dash



the bit with the dials only.

the main bit to swap would be the airbox for the heater, which would mean getting a RHD one and cutting off the top and welding the rhd in place on the other side.(looks fairly straightforward)

Big Nasty

I've always had a soft spot for Fords, especially the Granada & Cortina. Both of those cars look in great condition 'Tina!

corktina

Both are very sound cars.Its why I have kept them so long!

the Cortina had only 11000 mles on the clock when re-built (speedo has given up the unequal struggle to keep up with the car but possibly has 20,000 up now). It had two small holes the size of 50c which have been repaired and is otherwise OK.

The Taunus had maybe half a dozen non-structural bits needing repair. It's a good bit scruffier than the Cortina but then Im asking 2 grand less for it.:rolleyes: I was actually surprised how good it is when I tidied it up last summer.(photo thread on everyfordireland.)

corktina

Taunus now sold (and off to Romania

Mk3Cortina still available

carchaeologist

Romania? Long ol spin! Will you be buying more nice toys?

kyote00

Well done, Mr N

corktina wrote: »

Taunus now sold (and off to Romania

Mk3Cortina still available