1981 Ford Cortina Reviews, Pricing & Specs

Another Ford rot - box, well mine was, but it was quite old when I bought it. Nothing great about the car, but nothing really bad about it either. Decent mileage, never broke down, average family car. Looked quite good for the time though.

Was my first car! Cost me $700 in 1997. Blue sedan, 4 door, dark blue. It was awesome! We blew the head doin skids in a paddock on a mates orchard at Fernhill! Great first car, well built and if I had looked after it properly instead of bein a teenager, Old Bluey would probably be still running.

First car I owned. Bought it for $1500 off my uncle at the time. was a 4.1 manual so it didn't go too bad. Build quality was shocking as all Fords of the 80s were, but it hardly broke and I gave it heaps. Being RWD it was fun to drive especially in the wet, coming out sideways down local suburbs at 4am was pretty fun. Only problem was it had a tiny fuel tank and being a carbie six it drank quite alot.