Mk2 Cortina Savage

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Old thread resurrection!

Finally got around to taking some desent photos of the car!

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Unfortunately I can't find any of the original Savage badges, but I think the V6 on the boot is the only badge that shouldn't be there.. you should have seen it when I bought it!

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graemel said:

Hello mate. I hope you're keeping well. Great pictures and looking good. It is from another era and should remain so. I might not be a fan of the apparent mis match of badges, or the white wall band on the tyres or even the pinstripes. But it is an original savage and looks bloody great

Hi Graeme!

Yes the last owner did like to mess about with it a bit, and I have already removed quite a few badges. The only badge that shouldn't be there(as far as I know?)is the V6 on the boot as I have said before. I'm in the process of changing the seats back to original, and I also have the standard spec 1600E wood to go in the car.

That will just leave the pinstripes, bumpers and white walls! I don't think I can remove the stripes without having to repaint the bonnet. I could, if I wanted, just swap the tyres around as the white is only on one side of the tyre!

I get as much enjoyment out of this car as I do in any of my other cars! It's such a hoot!

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Here are the correct badges in their correct positions.

The original Savage dadge.



Savage badge at the bottom of the front wings, and V6 on the hind quaters.



And another.



I really need a set of those Savage badges if anyone ever spots some?

Oh.. and the guy with the Magenta car in the photos has spent around 30k restoring it!!

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Tyre Smoke said:

<Cough> Aubergine </Cough>

I.... couldn't spell that..

But you're right of course. Magenta was a Seirra era colour!

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These are nice..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230801182393?ssPageName=...

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That would be great Graeme!

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970-Ford-Cortina-Mk2-Sa...

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mywifeshusband said:

Just spotted this with POA!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970-Ford-Cortina-Mk2-Sa...

That had been showing as sold!

Somebody ring up and get the price!?

My guess is 20k+

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markymarkthree said:

Pics of my Savage.

We spoke briefly at beaulieu this summer?

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Wow, fantastic post greeny1

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!

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Tempting!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221177509960?ssPageName=...

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Another old photo has surfaced!

This is when my friends ex-husband owned it!

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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!

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A couple of tiles blew off my roof last night!

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Thanks, I'm thinking of going down the replacement bonnet route!

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3528 said:

Actually, now that I think of it, he wanted £1200 for the Savage and it was the 1600E that was £1500.

That guy now runs the car sales in Ashurst, if you know it?

He has a small collection of immaculate Fast Fords, including a 3 door Cosworth, and a Mk2 Mexico. I haven't seen them though!

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Well I never! hahaha

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-CORTINA-SAVAGE-mk2-...

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Has it been reshelled? If it has, they are having a laugh at 20k+!

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Oh? Lucky you


I still need some badges? Or, just 1 that I could copy?