Has anyone owned a mark 3 ford cortina? i bought my fathers and did many happy miles?

i had a mark4 as my first car fantastic 1600 engine and loads of room for my pals then a mark 5 came up for £300 2000 gt went like a dream spare parts from any scrap yard they were the days

no I wouldn't be caught dead in a ford

Cortinas were good cars A prat in ford escort XR3i? .. there were so many of them about

YEAH MEMORIES!!! Mk3 cortina's were the best shaped one out of them, were as my dad says the Mk 1 & 2 were his best! HE HAD A MK1 LOTUS CORTINA!!! FAST AS F**K HE USED TO SAY!!!! My da has always had cortina's when i was growing up i was to young to remember the mk 1 & 2 but i do remember the mk 3!!!! then the mk 4&5 were big square monsters!!! they were cool aswell! like the old granada's he had a few of them!! me dad was a hoarder!! NICE LITTLE TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE IN ME DADS CORTINA THERE!!! THANKS.

Yes. My dad had one when we were kids. (1983 - 1988). An 's' reg 2.3 ghia automatic in bright electric green. Wonderful car.

The cortina mk 3,4,5, were the best cars made, very comfy reliable and easy to fix. Never owned one but travelled many a mile in them. GT 2lt ... wish i had one

ooh yeah, it was my first car. a 2ltr engine and it went like the clappers. full of rust, but i loved it. bright yellow one. the prop shaft went so it went to the great scrap yard in the sky. i did some miles in that car, thanx for reminding me of the fun i had

I've had many Cortinas in the past, ranging from a Mk.1 to a Mk.5. I had a gold Mk.3 1600GT. It was a nice motor, but the Mk.3 did suffer from being very light on the back end, making it it easy to lose on corners. My Mk.3 was stolen and I never saw it again :-(

Worked on all the cortina,s,good reliable easy to repair and the Lotus Cortina was a formidable car in its day