MK5 Tina

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Jan 19, 08 12:10 am

This is my new daily drive, had it for a couple of months and its ace.

charger01 · Post by **charger01** » Sat Jan 19, 08 12:32 am

My Dad had one. Top was painted navy blue & the bottom was stratos silver. It was 2.3 auto ghia (w-reg) with leccy everything. We thought it was well posh then. I remember going to the Ford showroom to pick it up.

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Sat Jan 19, 08 1:35 am

That sure is a nice one

Stu & I had a metallic brown 2.0 Ghia X reg for daily use (used to work together so shared it

) but it was pretty rusty when we got it in about 88, ie only 6-7 years old

And the gear stick came off in me hand one day - the nylon thread had stripped. Got the 'box replaced with an exchange unit but was never right after that

It got nicked from the West End while we were at a gig at the Marquee club

Lovely on the inside but a real rust bucket that lived up to the 'Fix Or Repair Daily' name

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Jan 19, 08 3:41 am

fantastic looking car!

apart.. from....

the WHEELS

come on! get some ,, orwwwwww, i dunno,... ya know.... Cyclone interceptors, Cosmics, Dunlops, Rostyles, Cobras, Wolfrace, Allycats, Turbo Vecs, Turbo IIIs , Wellers, ANYTHING. except those Sierra alloys or whatever those are.

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Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Jan 19, 08 8:38 am

Nice one Ian

Had a few 'Tina's last one I had was a W reg 2.0 GL bronze. It was only 7 years old but when it rained the front footwells would fill up wih water so I found the biggest screw driver I could find and punched a few holes in to let the rainwater out. Well the carpets were still wet but atleast I didnt have to drive in my weelies any more

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Sat Jan 19, 08 10:24 am

looks in real good condition good buy

,i must of had more than 10 mk four & five 2.3 's , real good car back in the day ..... , keep replaceing all them void bushes , the novilty gets old pretty quick though

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Jan 19, 08 11:44 am

thats a very tidy car i thought it was going to be a bit rough well done mate

and what about the fish ??

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Sat Jan 19, 08 12:59 pm

I had a very tidy 1.6 Gold Crusader...only 12,000 miles on it.
Bought it off the old boy next door, had it one day and it was nicked that night .....never seen again

....as good as your white one Mr Fish

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Jan 21, 08 7:29 pm

Them wheels are s1 turbo wheels. It is fully poly bushed including void bushes and I have recently fitted leather recaros out of a cosworth.
Dont worry Si the fish will be on the road again soon with its new tunnel ram and full engine rebuild.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Jan 22, 08 2:00 am

nice car - I have had loads of Cortina's - mainly MK 3's, but did have a 2.0GL mk 5 -

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Jan 22, 08 2:04 am

I had a silver 2 litre one with knackered front suspension.
amazing how few you see on the road now.

Rebel · Post by **Rebel** » Tue Jan 22, 08 8:49 pm

The water leak would have been from where the windscreen wipers go through the scuttle panel. Theres a rubber grommet between the wiper arm spindle and the scuttle panel, when it rains water just collects there. If the grommet isn't sitting right it leaks through, my Tina and MKII escort both leaked in the same place

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Wed Jan 23, 08 8:28 pm

Here's some ideas from '86!!