Mk2 Cortina Savage

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Legacywr

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Sunday 9th December 2012
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markymarkthree said:
Pics of my Savage.



We spoke briefly at beaulieu this summer?

greeny1

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134 months

Friday 11th January 2013
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Reference the Cortina Savage Mk11 1600e based, now owned by Legacywr since October 2012. I was the owner of OUA411F from 1980 to 1982. When I owned it, it was still just as it had been when it left Jeff Urens workshop. It was still painted in its original Ford Silver Fox metallic paint with its original black vinyl roof. It had not done many miles and was still perfect apart from the paint which was renowned for fading in that colour. I had it completely resprayed again in Silver Fox but with 3 coats of clear to protect it and eliminate further fading. As you will see in my photos it was gleaming! I had a custom made radiator fitted and I had 7.5inch wide Alleycat alloys with wide tyres fitted. I also had a custom made exhaust fitted which sounded awesome! At the time it was a really quick car and I had loads of fun humbling the so -called fast cars of the day. The only weak link on it was the 2000e gearbox which was not man enough to take the power of the essex v6. I managed to munch 2 of them!! At the same time as owning the Savage I also had a genuine MK11 Lotus Cortina. It was a fast car as well as I put the big valve lotus elan engine in it plus electonic ignition which had just come out then. The difference though between them was the Savage had fiercer acceleration and loads more torque. I added the spotlights to the Savage as they did not come as standard. I went back to Australa in 1982 and sadly sold both cars. I moved back to Southampton in 1986 and in 1987 guess what, I saw an advert in the Echo for a Cortina Savage, and yes it was my old car! However when I went to look at it I was gutted at how it had been basicly wrecked! I could not beleive the state it was in and so walked away from it. I guess it was like that in some of the old photos you have. The thing is when you have owned an immaculate condition car and then you see it again as a wreck it does gut you. The guy who has done it up again has done a good job but in my opinion it will never match how it was when I owned it. I would love to hear from the present owner and maybe see my old car again.

greeny1

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134 months

Friday 11th January 2013
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greeny1

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134 months

Friday 11th January 2013
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greeny1

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Friday 11th January 2013
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Legacywr

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187 months

Friday 11th January 2013
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Wow, fantastic post greeny1 smile

I guess you may have bought the car from a dealer on Shirley Road, as I see the car had already lost its original Savage badges, which were pinched while the car was at said dealer. I also assume that when you saw the car for sale in 1987 it was in Thornbury Ave when it belonged to a friend of mines ex husband?!

The photos I have of it as wreck were taken when it resided at the first house past the petrol station on the west bound A31 at Minstead/Stoney Cross.

I would like to put some wide alloys on it now too.. and you're welcome to see it anytime!smile

greeny1

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134 months

Friday 11th January 2013
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Hi legacywr ,glad you like the post . When I bought the Savage it was from a guy in Bishop Stortford north east of london. As far as I am aware the badging on it was period correct. This is the first time the car came to Southampton. Yes when I saw it again it was in Shirley. I would like to see it again, I live in Holbury. I am not sure how you would like to contact me, E-mail, mobile or landline ?

boyzee

250 posts

193 months

Saturday 12th January 2013
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This is my old superspeed V6 mk2,Superspeed were based in ilford essex and converted anglias,escorts,cortina,s corsairs,etc back in the 60,s.I was the 3rd owner of this car that had only 50k miles on it.I bought it for £1500 back in 1983 it was originally a brand new lotus that they converted to a 3ltr V6.I have since found out someone is restoring the car back to it,s original condition.

Skyline luke

18 posts

135 months

Saturday 12th January 2013
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Every body loves that savage :-)

grahamw48

9,944 posts

237 months

Sunday 13th January 2013
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I can remember reading the magazine (Autocar or Motor ?) road test report on one of the Superspeed Cortinas, back in the day. smile

Inspired me to later build a couple of my own MK3 'Savages', one a Capri engined saloon and the other an estate.

S0 What

3,358 posts

171 months

Sunday 13th January 2013
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boyzee said:
This is my old superspeed V6 mk2,Superspeed were based in ilford essex and converted anglias,escorts,cortina,s corsairs,etc back in the 60,s.I was the 3rd owner of this car that had only 50k miles on it.I bought it for £1500 back in 1983 it was originally a brand new lotus that they converted to a 3ltr V6.I have since found out someone is restoring the car back to it,s original condition.
Pretty sure Pete's finished it by now?
although last time i saw it it was in a million peices in a chicken shed in Essex biggrin


Legacywr

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quiraing

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138 months

Saturday 26th January 2013
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greeny1 said:
Great pic. Like the all-black grill.

Legacywr

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Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Another old photo has surfaced!smile

This is when my friends ex-husband owned it!


swisstoni

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278 months

Monday 29th April 2013
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boyzee said:
This is my old superspeed V6 mk2,Superspeed were based in ilford essex and converted anglias,escorts,cortina,s corsairs,etc back in the 60,s.I was the 3rd owner of this car that had only 50k miles on it.I bought it for £1500 back in 1983 it was originally a brand new lotus that they converted to a 3ltr V6.I have since found out someone is restoring the car back to it,s original condition.
Aha, that's at High Beech where Essex boys and girls used to go to stare at the sunset (and naughtier things).

Legacywr

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Monday 8th July 2013
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Took the Savage to a local beach yesterday.



As I was leaving, I was flagged down by a guy, who turned out to be, the man who owned it when this photo was taken!



Small world!smile

Legacywr

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Tuesday 24th December 2013
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A couple of tiles blew off my roof last night! frown


The Surveyor

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236 months

Tuesday 24th December 2013
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Oh that's awful, repairable or will it need a new bonnet?

Lovely car btw thumbup

Paul

Legacywr

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Tuesday 24th December 2013
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Thanks, I'm thinking of going down the replacement bonnet route!

rallycross

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236 months

Tuesday 24th December 2013
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Legacywr said:
Thanks, I'm thinking of going down the replacement bonnet route!
Hope you get it sorted it was looking good