Our Mk3 Cortina Is BACK! Registering An Imported Classic Ford & Rust Repairs

[@jfro5867]

Dad had a white one, that was an R reg. Remember going on holidays to Saundersfoot and really hot black seats on sunny days burning my legs when we got in. Fond memories.

[@CortinasAndClassics]

Nice to see the car again. I will suggest to get period correct reg plates though, they look much better.

[@00kirbyd]

We do get quite hung up about reg plates in the UK. In many other European countries, such as France, it sometimes isn't even possible to display the original number, let alone the original font.

[@paultaylor9652]

Great video of a car from my childhood days, hot plastic seats on summer holidays, they always come to mind when you see a car like this.

[@willmatthews878]

I love the look of these classic Cortina's. Nice video, thank you!

[@alvinpillay9995]

Looks like you guys over in UK love our fords here in South Africa. Great thing is that you can get all the spares in the UK. But I think I will keep my Xr3.

[@davekennedy6315]

What a stunning looking car! I remember trying to talk my dad round to buying a grey Mk3 Ghia (I think a 2.3?) It was his friends wife's car but he said that "you should never buy a car from a friend" (an understandable point for me today but back in the 80s a preteen me just couldn't understand) It was a shame as my mum barely used her car and I would definitely have been driving it in the early 90s when I'd passed my test. Instead I drove her mid 70s Datsun 180B, a car that I loved and had great fun in (also a car that had to be scrapped in 1992/3 due to heavy rust even though the poor thing had only done around 40,000 genuine miles. My mum was the second owner, the first being an old man that lived up the road from us) We were all really sad to see the 180B go, it was a surprisingly pokey car that looked like a mini American car (a bit like the Mk3!)

[@00kirbyd]

Great stuff! Especially the build up of the 'epic journey'... to Brugges, about an hour and a half from Calais! I thought you were going to drive it back to South Africa! Now that would be epic!

[@ClassicsWorldUK]

At today's fuel prices?!

[@00kirbyd]

@@ClassicsWorldUK Haha, only joking. I drove to Bruges myself earlier this year - took a return ferry day trip! A nice adventure that isn't too far from home. If you were ever to decide to take it to Africa, the fuel prices would surely be a lot more reasonable!

[@MrAvant123]

Lovely car and a Pembrokeshire reg plate too. I had a Mk3 back in the day they were a durable and nicely styled car for the time.

[@lesklower7281]

Built cortinas also in Australia they made the 6 cylinder cortina

[@fasthracing]

Had the very same car (but in blue) here in the UK. Lots of stuff broke on it in the 18 months I had it.

[@rabk5702]

At least the heater matrix is in an easy place to work at. I had a problem with mine many years ago it was just clogged up as previous owner ran with no anti freeze, MK3 Cortina is my favored Ford this brought back some good memory's 😁👍

[@ClassicsWorldUK]

Can't argue with the easy access!

[@grahamepigney8565]

Back in '75/'76 I had a 1973 1.6L 4-door in Daytona Yellow (I think all the colours had racing connections - Sebring Red....). As was usual at the time it was known as the Coke bottle. It was high mileage but had been well-maintained as a fleet car. The tin worm was awful, not that it rotted through but "worm" tracks under the paint. I chopped it in for a Hillman Hunter based Sunbeam Alpine, another ex-fleet car but much better alround.

[@campbellnutting3663]

Love the MK3 😍

[@GentilsGarage]

Love it, great to save these Fords. Many getting banger raced! I have a 1974 South African import coming soon, but it’s not a Ford :) It has the same non-inertia seat belts too!

[@markcarter9476]

Lovely to see a Mk3 Cortina being loved and cherished. I learn't to drive in a Mk3, but it was however a slightly higher spec than this red example. My father surprised his car loving boys and bought something completely out of character. A banana yellow Cortina GT with a black vinyl roof. My favourite family car as a child, I even remember the number plate 'OSO10L' is she still out there?

[@parmojohal1992]

Hi , I,ve got one of those nowx✌🙂

[@MrNobbyify]

No record for OSO 10L with the DVLA. Must have been scrapped long ago.

[@JohnnyPaton]

Lovely car. Period plates would really set it off.

[@nealeburgess6756]

Cortina looking good on UK plates. A great car. Now about that upcoming epic trip..... Where could it be???? Poland? Croatia? Italy? Spain? Maybe all of them? Noooo. BELGIUM??? That's an epic trip?? You could do it on a day trip accross the channel. You guys need to get out more!

[@michelle_sea_view]

Looks great 👏sounds great too

[@robingiles9444]

I had the same car in the same colour back in the 80's, loved it, not sure I like the wheels on yours though ;-)

[@lesklower7281]

Interesting the differences between the british built ford cortinas and the South African cortinas l suppose that would be the same for the Australian buikt

[@ivanfernyhough3851]

Its a late mk 3.you can get mk 4s on the r plate.prefer the mk2s and 5s tho personally.its looking good tho👍

[@parmojohal1992]

Just come across this video by chance , just subscribed , and looking forward to see how the road trip goes ✌🙂

[@ClassicsWorldUK]

Thanks, welcome along! 😁

[@maxeluy]

What a sweet sweet car!

[@jbconno]

Were you able to choose the plate or was it allocated at random ? Would you be able to request a reg from a certain area of the country ?

[@ClassicsWorldUK]

We were assigned the plate at random, but we can now assign a personalised plate to the car

[@speakfreeley4473]

Sorry for being a stickler for detail but the final year Mk3 Cortina L had rectangular headlamps, though that was for UK built examples.

[@paulillingworth1242]

Nicest Cortina mk3 it looks great, the flame red colour suits it’s coke bottle styling.

[@ClassicsWorldUK]

Thanks Paul, we love it!

[@paulillingworth1242]

@@ClassicsWorldUK 😎

[@ClassicsWorldUK]

Apparently this is Lipstick Red though, more common on SA cars!

[@paulillingworth1242]

@@ClassicsWorldUK it looks really good, really suits it.

[@karienkruger5066]

Lovely car it's a Capetown car so it's a ocean side car the cars up in joburg and free state up here there is minimal rust we export cars as well we have sent a hand full of lovely classics to the UK

[@dylanmajoos1861]

Haha! Here in South Africa, we only need heaters to clear the windscreens!

[@Mike-br8zt]

When the Cape doctor blows through a heater can be handy. I have also seen a friend heat up his Gatsby by using the heater!

[@patrickcannell2258]

The minor rust does not surprise me. Cape Town car. A coastal city. Looked good.

[@MarkGelderland]

Awesome

[@Mike-br8zt]

You can bet that many slap chips & snoek have been eaten on the back seats of this car - alles van die beste boys.

[@PaddyWV]

That number plate irritates. 🤔

[@TG-pd3ft]

The colour is so wrong for the car and the period

[@ClassicsWorldUK]

It's the factory colour for our car, Lipstick Red!

[@MrNobbyify]

It's entirely correct for the car and period.