Cortina MK II Savage 3000cc V6
We owned this for over 25 years between 1977 and 2003 covering all the time with RPM and for along time in Devon.
I rebuilt it a couple of times and it ended up with Turret shock absorbers at the rear with Bilstien shocks. Bilstien front shocks, rack and pinion steering, auto gearbox, Capri 3.0 rear axle, but it still looked ordinary which surprised motorists when we overtook them up-hill while towing a caravan or trailer.
It came to me with the registration number AFF 900 which, as the car grew older looked out of place so I sold that and re-registered it with the correct G reg black plates.
Both of our daughters grew up with it in the family and couldn’t believe it when I said it had to go. It was expensive to run as 22 mpg was about average, and although quite a fast car, modern small standard cars were just as fast.
FEATURED IN RETROFORD MAGAZINE ISSUE 40 JULY 2009