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Originally Posted by ebxr8240
Comparing a mid 60's model to a 70's car is a little unfair ??
Besides back then the Cortina would be fairly new..
Plus the difference in engine size.. 2.6 against 3.3 or 4.1..
Not that the 3.3 was a grunt machine...
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Just came back to this thread after being back in NZ ...(rushed trip...Dads funeral) The Cortina I had was a 2.0L 4cyl and 8 years old in November 1979
when I bought it, so hardly fairly new.
The 3.3 and 4.1 engines weren't available in NZ Corty's, although the 2.3 V6 was available in the MK5 (TD) from mid 1980 to early 1983
The point of my post was to highlight the reliability of the VC Valiant (and Aussie 6's in general) compared to the UK comparables - Not to show that Cortina's were better than mid 60's Zephyr
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