Ford Corsair

Anything can be fixed, especially a little hole like you describe. V4 can be iffy, if you get a good one they are fine, but a rough one can consume money and time at a great rate.

We had loads of these in the late sixties and early seventies, they were pretty good or seemed so at the time, cheap car then and now.

mrcheerful

Can't answer the above, Del, only to say that the vinyl roof could be an add-on. I know where there's a Corsair that may be available for spares if you do go ahead and buy.

Sean

I can honestly say that the WORST car I evr owned was a Ford corsair...a 65

Like the NYPD say about central park after dark...

You dont wanna go there...

Trust me I know.

Big Triumph is much nicer.

Jonners

Column change is unusual on a 2000 most were floor change (hence the much misused 2000e gearbox tag), because of the gear change I suspect it isn't a

The V4 is prone to timing gear wear -- sometimes also head gasket and piston problems BUT if worst comes to worst you can stick in a Pinto, Xflo, or even a CVH (or Zetec !).

Most of the other parts are the same as late Mk1 Cortina with a few MK2 Cortina GT/1600e and Mk1 Capri bits mixed in Because the steering uses a cheap steering box they tend to wander a bit arround the straight ahead position due to wear, the brakes should be excellent

The OP said it was auto, so it seems correct to me that the selector is on the column, certainly my zodiac was, I don't remember any corsair/cortina autos personally, however I understand there was a problem if you overrevved the engine while in neutral, the torque converter flew apart or something, or was it that it overpressurised the seals and leaked?

mrcheerful

'Twas Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:55:00 +0100, when Del The Obscure decided to declare:

'My path is strewn with cowpats from the Devil's own satanic herd!'

Why does it always happento me? About three years ago I was going to buy a Mk3 Cortina 2000E. Turned out to have a shagged back axle. Not long ago, I'd saved enough to buy myself a P6. But then I was

Ah well :o(

Del

-- STOP PRESS - Microsoft buys Electrolux and finally manage to produce something that doesn't suck... To email me, you must remove YOURCLOTHES

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Del The Obscure saying something like:

Bugger.

Sorry to hear that. Is there a bright side - like while you're between jobs you could get the car cheap, do it up and sell it on for a few quid...?

If you want, tell me where are you based and what you (want to) work at. It's a small country; I might hear of something.

'Twas Wed, 19 May 2004 12:27:03 +0100, when Sean decided to declare:

Unfortunately not! He wants more than I can spare for it at the minute...still, it's been for sale for some time, so if I return to gainful employment fairly soon...

Thanks! Send me an addy to snipped-for-privacy@eircom.net and I'll let you know off group

Del