Lol thats the op's car! :lol::lol:

I dunno, crap drive compared to what else in that era?
I always liked them, a pleasent car to be in as both passenger and driver.
Maybe i'm odd, but i much prefered it to the sierra.
Do agree on the price i have to admit, but then it is a piece of history!
each to their own at the end of the day i spose!

Lol oops, well I'd rather have that the op's one over the one at Gatwick Cars as it's a better colour and looks in a great condition too.

I guess I think it's a crap drive compared to modern cars so I reckon if I was after something of age then I'd want to narrow that gap as much as possible.
Don't get me wrong, it was always a pleasant place to sit to tootle around in but it'll always just be a perfectly reasonable yet uninspiring car at the end of the day.

I just can't see why I would spend £6k on it when there are things like this around:
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3710414.htm

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3568091.htm

Each to their own but myself, I just couldn't spend £6k on a Mk4 Cortina knowing that the only exciting thing I'd have to look forward to is pulling the blower control toward me and finding another faster fan speed.

I liked it better than the Sierra too.

I suspect most people liked most things more than the Sierra; you had to be there to appreciate how different the early ones were from just about anything else around at the time. Even thought they softened the original jelly mould effect over time it wasn't a coincidence that the Vauxhall Cavalier - a new model in late '81 - became the best seller in a market that had been dominated by the successive Mk3,4 & 5 Cortinas.

Regarding quality of drive, there wasn't a lot of difference between the various makes at the time, and they're all poor by the standards even of what was about by the mid '80's.

When all my mates' dads had Corti's my dad had a Viva then a Chevette; there is usually someone worse off than you but it didn't seem like it when sitting on their vinyl seats in summer...

Think you'll found the 'little Ghia badges' at the bottom of the doors are Chubb security locks, very strange little things but seen quite a few on Escorts and the like.
Amused me in period, as although standard Ford locks could be opened with a blunt knife, putting security locks on was, well, a bit daft (and the car thieves just smashed a window and forced the steering lock with a screwdriver).

You beat me to it Andy , just surfaced and spotted em , very period thing them

Got an amusing little key, bit like a Rolls Royce ignition key (ie tiny and looking like its not really up to the job!) iirc JJ

Shaped like a letter "c" ? Remember them on a lot of fords bitd , bit like tailblazers and rear louvres etc