daisy mk3 cortina, and a sweeney

[caulkie]

this is mine and my nephews tina, its back up and running just waiting to get it resprayed

and later we found this, was heading for the scrap yard but ive talked my mate into buying it, £60 and 45,000 miles from new, been garaged for over 20 years, its all there

[Kieran]

nice find

[Nicks53]

That looks really nice without all those badges and bits on the grille! I remember Chris said you were gonna go for fiberglass panels on the front, did you end up doing that?

[dave waudby]

cool i like the first pic and both plates MAN

[Nicks53]

A lot of the Isle of Man plates are MAN or something something MN, mine was 65 GMN, quality for a Mk2 Cortina

[mangler]

When we lived in Peel,our Cortina MK3 was MAN 2500(satin black paint and Essex V6),our Mini was 3478 MN(our phone number)we moved to Kirk Michael the Cortina was broken and turned into a Kit-Car(only finished back in England by 1991 and retained it's English number plate)the Mini gained 591 KMN and my Datsun 120A had KMN 591(again our phone number)all done for only £27 a time.

[dave waudby]

A lot of the Isle of Man plates are MAN or something something MN, mine was 65 GMN, quality for a Mk2 Cortina

 

oh right i know that now, didnt realise. suppose it makes sense though

[caulkie]

That looks really nice without all those badges and bits on the grille! I remember Chris said you were gonna go for fiberglass panels on the front, did you end up doing that?

 

its slowly getting there nick, apart from new sills and front valance its still got the same wings on it , although it will ave new ones before it gets sprayed, chris tells me your after that white mk2 tina parked on the prom, if its the same one my mate owned that and put a zetec in it, think he got it off the same guy you bought your red gt from, bloke from onchan?

[Nicks53]

Yeah, Chris was saying he'd bought it off of Billy I think he also mentioned something about it being coated with truck paint to prevent the front wings rotting?

 

Dunno, did have a few that night but bloody hell, that opened my eyes to what can be done; still wanting to get another 'tina so if you hear of any going local, send the good news my way!

[caulkie]

yeah he did spray it in truck paint came out very well from what i remember, billy thats his name, yeah if anything comes up i'll tell chris to get in touch, just bought a red mk1 xr2

[Nicks53]

Good choice, is that the red xr2 with pepper pots?

[retro toe]

just sold mk3 same colour needed scuttle panel doing gone to fife,

[Richierich]

Nice cortina, loving the mk1 granny too! what a find!