Lot details
Registration: ANO313X
Chassis: WFOFXXGBBFBC84369
Odometer: 88,000
Transmission: Manual
MOT: Exempt
- A lovely looking example
- Drives and presents very well
- Full book pack from new
- A very rare find in this condition
We are very pleased to bring to market this very nice Ford Cortina 2.0 GL MK5 from 1981, making this one of the last Cortinas before the Sierra came and blew our minds. This example was first registered on 2/11/1981 to its first owner from Laidlaw Ford in Brentwood, and is finished in Strato silver with the grey velour and green carpets - a combination that is very much of the time but still looks great even by today’s standards.
The condition is really nice – yes, it has had some paint in its time as you would expect for a car of this age (44 years old) but it looks fantastic. The paint is very good, and the interior is almost unmarked and in pristine condition, as is the chromework. Being the MK5, it has the wood finish and smarter interior than the MK4. The car is completely as it left the factory except for an upgrade on the radio, but if you wanted to, it is an easy thing to put right. It has the correct wheels that a GL should have, complete with the chrome embellishers, which are all in lovely condition and with no damage. The real beauty in this Cortina is the fact that it is standard and unmolested.
From a paperwork point of view, it still has its original book pack, complete with everything it should have in a Ford book pack cover, a collection of older V5s giving ownership details, some older MOTs and some correspondence from DVLA. The Cortina has been part of a significant private collection and was driven to us with no dramas from the top of Lancashire, where it lived in a heated mill building.
If you want to get yourself a Ford Cortina with the GL specification to show, drive or because your dad had one, this is your opportunity to get possibly one of the most original examples out there. So, come and have a look and see what you think, you might just be transported back to 1981 to relive your youth… who doesn’t want to do that?
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