Ford Cortina
 

Out for my morning walk and came across this little fella:eek:
https://i.imgur.com/957qTt8l.jpg
A consul Cortina:cool: Used to think these were big cars back in the day, but this is tiny:D The "Bini" behind is twice the size:D

Very nice ! Had a couple of Anglia Estates a few years back. And yes these Mk 1 Cortinas were big back then ! At least they fit into a standard parking space with ease ! My 75 tourer tends to hang over each end !

Phil

Yet if you got inside the Cortina, it would have much more room. Although it would crush you inside in a collision by comparison to the Bini lol.

A number of years ago, I was thinking the same thing, as I watched a mk1 Escort pull up alongside a mk whatever (the current at the time) Fiesta. The Fiesta dwarfed it in every direction. It was quite shocking, as you say, these were 'big' cars in their day.

I have a Corgi 'woody' version of this ............... somewhere lol Sprung wheels too.

Like this

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/1d/f2/f1/1...ce307523fd.jpg

these are the cars standard parking space sizes were made for ............. and still are! The size of spaces have not changed for decades :duh:

There's quite a few old cars where I live, a couple of early Mustangs, an Allegro Vanden Plas, moggy 100's, Spitfire and these I managed to photo:cool:
https://i.imgur.com/DMCgJdKl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/JjjWm3Yl.jpg
Oh, and to certain members, those are"wing" mirrors:D:D

My sister had a Saloon Cortina and I have to say, I do like those cars.
Seeing nicely restored old cars is a real pleasure

macafee2

I believe the MK6 VW Golf is as big as the original Passat.:eek:

The original Mini will sit inside a new style Mini easily.

I was at a classic car show last year and there was an Austin 7, my dad had one and he used to do 12k miles a year in it. Four people would be like sardines in a tin

Way back in 1974 my first car was a mark 1 Cortina 1200 deluxe two door saloon in blue with a white roof. I can still remember the registration - 389 FCG.

Up north, we didn't consider the Cortina (in any mark) as a big car though it would, I guess, be dependent on whether the reference is about the size of the vehicle or the engine size (cyl/cc).

The Zodiac/Zypher was the "big" Ford followed by the 3.0 Granada. The Vauxhall Cresta (I think) was also considered big and I would think the 3.0 Austin Landcrab (when it was introduced).

Kev
p.s.
The Bini should really be Midi and nearly big enough for Maxi.