Ford no longer do Cortina bits

[adam quantrill]

Dunno if this has been raised before (not revealed by a search) but Ford no longer stock Cortina parts at all.

I just went over to the Cambridge dealer for some bushes and he said there's no truth in the story that Ford supply spares for up to 20 years.

So I know one company I won't be buying a new car from (for the wife, of course!!!)

[wedg1e]

Since the Cortina went out in 1982/3, the 20 years would be up anyway...

[JR]

Mind you it's about 25 years since the Cortina finished production.

[Podie]

I'd need to double check, but I thought the requirement by law was 10 years...

[jmorgan]

Is that firm "new ford parts"?? still going?

[chassis 33]

When i was searching for an intake hose just before BBWF my Ford dealer said parts for all 2.8 V6 cars (ie Cortina, Capri, Sierra and Granada) were no longer avalible, to which i made some desparaging comment, so he showed me the screen and sure enough the stock lists on the computer had NLA next to them all.

Oh dear!

Regards
Iain

[tallbloke]

Try here for obsolete ford parts.

www.fordpartsuk.com/

[grady]

I recently posted this somewhere else, but I have had long augments with young countermen over whether Ford EVER made a 2.8 V-6.

Over here, the Ford parts computer only goes back to the mid 90s. Grady

[wedg1e]

grady said:

I recently posted this somewhere else, but I have had long augments with young countermen over whether Ford EVER made a 2.8 V-6. Over here, the Ford parts computer only goes back to the mid 90s. Grady

... about the same length of time as American history then...

[redwedge5]

A few months ago I bought antiroll bar bushes/brackets (1985 Granada) through a local Ford dealer (Reg Vardy, Reading). OK they didn't have them in the parts dept on site, but they ordered them in for me and they arrived within a few days.

[gsx600]

redwedge5 said:

A few months ago I bought antiroll bar bushes/brackets (1985 Granada) through a local Ford dealer (Reg Vardy, Reading).

Snap !! No mention of it then, but I gave them the part no which may have helped

Are you near to Reading then redwedge5 ?

[grahamw48]

www.classiccortinas.co.uk

Excellent forum with spares for sale and info, links,etc.

[redwedge5]

gsx600 said:

redwedge5 said: A few months ago I bought antiroll bar bushes/brackets (1985 Granada) through a local Ford dealer (Reg Vardy, Reading). Snap !! No mention of it then, but I gave them the part no which may have helped Are you near to Reading then redwedge5 ?

Surrey based, but end up driving around Berkshire a fair bit.