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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 05:17 PM
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mate of mine just got this must be rare now
barn find 1 owner been off the road since 1992 32,000 miles
wings, arches and sills are rotten but doors bonnet and boot are good loads of good bits on it
is it scrap or is it worth stripping and selling in bits ?

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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 05:46 PM
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dont know alot about cortinas but that looks like a mk2 4 door not a mk1 gt
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 05:53 PM
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Deffo mark 2 and certainly not scrap
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 06:38 PM
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so its mk2 ok GT ? its got the GT badges

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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 06:38 PM
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Scrap.....are you mad???
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 06:45 PM
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Scrap.....are you mad???
I don't mean scrap yard not sure if its worth anything sorry should av been clearer
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 06:45 PM
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100% Mark Two
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 06:48 PM
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Id sell it as it is if you want rid someone will save it!
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 06:50 PM
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whats it worth I no its hard to say with out looking at it in the flesh ? my mates trying to fine out if it would do more money in bits
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 06:53 PM
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Probably would do more in parts but if it could be saved be a shame to strip it not many left now
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 06:54 PM
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my mate don't see it like that tho just ŁŁŁŁŁ
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 07:11 PM
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Jet wash it off, take some pictures of it and bang it straight up on ebay at 99p.
Will fetch a decent amount i would have thought.
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by m4tt274
Jet wash it off, take some pictures of it and bang it straight up on ebay at 99p.
Will fetch a decent amount i would have thought.
As he said
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 07:24 PM
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Heres a MK 1.
Sold my Sportscar as a house deposit & bought a Mk1 GT payed Ł80 for it in 1972 sold it for Ł85 after a year.

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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 09:03 PM
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Eee rod, them were the days eh?

Buy a pint n loaf o bread with a shilling n get ten bob in change back.
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 09:12 PM
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defo mk2 as said, il give him his scrap value and a drink for it.
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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 11:49 AM
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The four-door GT was rarer than the two-door. Put it on eBay or the Cortina forums and see what you get.
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