Best car - Austin Princess or ford Cortina

[Welshbeef]

Never had the pleasure of driving or being a passenger of a princess but I do have fond memories of the roof covering. ..
Cortina looked great IMHO not too different to the E30.

Did they all have the pinto engine? And the princess the maxi engine which passed onto the maestro

[jas xjr]

I am sure the princess had the option of a 2.2 ltr engine

[B'stard Child]

Welshbeef said:

Never had the pleasure of driving or being a passenger of a princess but I do have fond memories of the roof covering. ..
Cortina looked great IMHO not too different to the E30.

Did they all have the pinto engine? And the princess the maxi engine which passed onto the maestro

Bored? or can you honestly see this thread going well??

Princess for me - just cos it's fugly in a nice way and there are less about than a tina

[Rouleur]

B'stard Child said:

Welshbeef said:

Never had the pleasure of driving or being a passenger of a princess but I do have fond memories of the roof covering. ..
Cortina looked great IMHO not too different to the E30.

Did they all have the pinto engine? And the princess the maxi engine which passed onto the maestro

Bored?

No, just Welshbeef

[LMC]

My 1st car was a mk3 Cortina, lovely ! I never had a Princess but I did have a landcrab, an Austin 2200 straight 6, handled like a big giant Mini

[Cotty]

Welshbeef said:

Did they all have the pinto engine? And the princess the maxi engine which passed onto the maestro

As for the ford it depends which one, MK1 pre-crossflow kent engine, MK2 crossflow and thats the basics without talking about Lotus variants and Savage's

Edited by Cotty on Monday 25th October 22:02

[Welshbeef]

2.2ltr I6 o series engine.

The series 2 princess does move the asthetics on somewhat from the launch model. The matt blue example I have just seen online really does nail it for me that the cortina is superior from every angle
guess engine wise British layland had ford on that aspect and didn't ford have radial tyres as STD?

[Puddenchucker]

Cortinas could be had with a 2.3 V6 (Colonge engine)

[shirt]

the austin ambassador y reg is the car that I revere.

[Welshbeef]

The essex v6 south African unit was a step on the colongue am I right?

Just googled the cortina and princess and every series the cortina truely wins lookswise hands down.

[williamp]

Tricky, but I reckon you can answer the question this way:

Princess was related to the Austin Ambassador. John Shuttleworth's song about the Austin Ambassador, Y-reg:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LroHr6aOo4&fea...

OR...

Dustin and the "Funky Ford Cortina"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8tdbdRVDR0&fea...

The best song should be the bets car, logically. My vote is for the Austin. Longitutional 6 cylinder engine, you know...

[useyourdellusion]

shirt said:

the austin ambassador y reg is the car that I revere.

Oh yes!

[Spudler]

jas xjr said:

I am sure the princess had the option of a 2.2 ltr engine

and came with some seriously good 4pots.

Still have the Cortina tho, very tuneable.

[Cotty]

Welshbeef said:

Just googled the cortina and princess and every series the cortina truely wins lookswise hands down.

Which Mk's for the Fords?

[Welshbeef]

Cotty said:

Welshbeef said:

Just googled the cortina and princess and every series the cortina truely wins lookswise hands down.

Which Mk's for the Fords?

for me it's the mk3 & mk5 cortina which are top of the list.

[Garlick]

I'd love an Ambassador, but that said I'd like an Ital too.

[Garlick]

Treat yourself

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2126323.htm

[Welshbeef]

Garlick said:

Treat yourself

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2126323.htm

sadly it's no cortina but IMHO that's steep I guess it needs quite a bit spent on it to have a reasonable
ode of transport not a shed.

Still doubt you'd lose a penny on it and any repairs would simply increase it's appeal and value.

How good were both cars with demisting?

[Garlick]

Welshbeef said:

How good were both cars with demisting?

What? Why?

[Holst]

useyourdellusion said:

shirt said:

the austin ambassador y reg is the car that I revere.

Oh yes!

I have this photo on my fridge. My mother gave it to me with my face cut out and stuck over the top of Johns.