Ford Cortina XR6

[Mk2Jo]

You learn something new everyday .... I've never heard of them before :

 

 

More info here on Cortina80 website, thanks Gail (MK5):

 

http://www.cortina80.co.uk/ford_cortina_xr6.htm

[antz]

me like

[hellblue]

I think there are a couple over here & i have seen one of them

[Chris!]

theres 2 or 3 xr6 tf's over here

then a few normal xr6's

[bortaf]

There was a semi works German rally car based on the XR6

 

[Mick The Cabbie]

Yep, i've heard of em too. Do they all lift the left hand front wheel like in the 2 pics?

[Gareth]

XR6 was South African right

 

Same as the S.ierra XR8

[escort21]

3.0s cortinas are dead cool too

[X FLOW EDDY]

Have seen an XR8 in the flesh and a super rare XR4Ti, which had what looked like a 2.4 turbo pinto in it, think thay came from the states ???

[V8ian]

Xr6 have different shells to the standard Cortina, They were V6 Essex powered, And being South African the body kit has lots of different pieces too, There was one broken recently in scotland I think, OZ auso had 6 cylinder Mk4/5s, 4 ltr straight 6s possibly from the mustang/falcon ange.

[bortaf]

XR6 was South African right

 

Same as the S.ierra XR8

 

yes mate SA only, made in Germany

that's why the germans based their rally cortina on the XR6 shell it had different (5 link) rear susspension and trim differences as most of the finer detail stuff was sourced in SA.

The Aussie shells where even more different their Mk5s had a totaly different front susspension, bulkhead ect to take the straight 6 4.1's those lucky buggers got as factory

[MK5]

Xr6 have different shells to the standard Cortina, They were V6 Essex powered, And being South African the body kit has lots of different pieces too, There was one broken recently in scotland I think, OZ auso had 6 cylinder Mk4/5s, 4 ltr straight 6s possibly from the mustang/falcon ange.

 

The rear suspension differs too - its 5 link instead of 4 link (UK spec)

 

The car broken in Scotland was an XR6 TF. There were 2 known TF's in the UK out of 500 made. These cars are distinctive - they are white with special blue TF stripes. TF stands for Team Ford.

 

Mid-June 1982 brought about the birth of the Cortina XR6 Interceptor. This was a real true blue Ford and has become a very sought after collectors item. This car included modified exhaust headers, camshaft, cylinder heads, high compression pistons, a 3.08 differential and, most important, three 42 Webers. This very special car also boasted 13" alloy rims. This combination became a legend on both race track and on the street. Only 250 of these were ever made.

 

A very limited edition was the Cortina X-Ocet. The car was similar to the Interceptor except for its being fuelled by a 450 cfm Holley

 

http://cortina80.co.uk/ford_cortina_xr6.htm

[davidglanza]

me very like.........

[martymk1]

[martymk1]

[lee_capri]

the saying, rocking horse s**t spring's to mine,but how

[Mr Sam]

how about this one

 

 

 

 

 

[scrapyard-mutt]

Now where was it I saw for sale the perfect donor car for a MkV Cortina rally/race car project?

 

 

Was it in the ebay section? lol!

[lee_capri]

how about this one

 

 

 

 

 

 

dont give ann idea's sam prefer the mk3 in the back ground

[Mr Sam]

.........XR8

 

http://www.damseauxmotorsport.co.za/images/archive_10_m.jpg

 

*runs*

 

no its not bloody old skool

[Twinkle]

do you really want a ban sam?

[Mr Sam]

lol slightly edited

[lee_capri]

ware's the xr8's gone i liked them

[bortaf]

how about this one

 

 

 

 

 

Is that an Aussie granada

[Mr Sam]

could be but i fond it under 'xr6' on google