Hi Mark, My Dad had a 1964 MK1 Cortina four door in white it was the 1500 Super and this was the pre-airflow model the front indicators were oval, the air flow model had the indicators with the side light that were part of the chrome grill. The MK1 came with two engine a 1.2 and 1.5 OHV and came in a 2 and 4 door saloon and a 5 door estate but there was a 1600 DOHC Lotus engine. the models were Super, De lux and GT as well as the racing Lotus Cortina. There was a tv series called Out back car hunters from Australia and the two mechanics got hold of a MK 1 Cortina Estate I did not know the Estate was not built in Australia ,but UK built and shipped over. Thanks for showing the MK1 Cortina many happy memories travelling with my Mum and Dad to the coast and mountains here in Wales Great video Take care
Hi there Shaun, from Australia, I'm one of Mark Behr's mates, why do you/or is the series 1 update model called the "airflow" ??? Years ago, one of my aunt's had a early woody wagon estate with the little oval parking/blinker light lens, which was ordered with every option, I knew they were direct from the UK via boat as it took forever to arrive. Back then as a kid in primary school I thought the station wagons/estate cars looked pretty good & when Corgi toys made a model of them, I bought each of the 3 colors Red, Metallic Gunmetal Grey and Metallic Deep Blue same as my aunts real one. Her dad used it a few times and he really liked it back then in the '60's he was in his 60's and had retired, for long distance driving here in Australia he had a 1964 Ford Galaxie V8 with the small block 289ci in it which was frugal for a big car, however for convenience around town he ordered a creamy-white Cortina estate car with red interior & manual 4 speed for local shopping, going fishing , golf etc, however it was the update with the separate clear/amber lens in the front grill surround, he had it for near 10 years until someone stole it, was replaced with a 1974 Holden Torana 4,2 litre V8 or 253 ci (over here in Australia the mortal opposition to the Aussie MK3 4 litre 6cylinder Cortina) he drove the little Holden like a demon as it had almost the same size engine as his big Galaxie except the car was like 4 feet shorter and half the weight. Amazingly, again whilst parked & him fishing, the Holden Torana was stolen too, however it was found months later way down on the New South Wales south coast on a rural dirt road with its sump dented and torn open and the engine seized, he never bought another small car again as he reckoned that after 2 were stolen, they were jinxed.
@@gregharvie3896 Hi Greg, thanks for you reply. I do have a corgi model Cortina Estate, I think don,t quote me on this from 1964 It's some thing to do with the air ventilation in the car on the updated MK1 and at the same time the Cortina had changed its indicators from the oval lens to a combined indicator and side light in to the chrome grill. As I said many a time to Mark It's a shame we didn't get these Australian cars in Wales as we drive on the left with RHD, It's a shame we didn't get the 6 cylinder MK3 Cortina we had to wait till 1976 when the MK 4 came out with a V6 . Looks like you had some good cars. Gutted you had your Holden stolen. We did get the later Holden Maloo and Morano but the were rebadge as a Vauxhall Morano and Maloo and they were V8's. thanks again Take care
@@shaun30-3-mg9zs Thanks Shaun. Glad it brought back nice memories. That is part of the mission of this channel. 👍 They certainly seem to be nicely equipped cars for the day. 👍
One of my brothers mates had a Cortina GT as a company car - he worked at a Ford dealership at the time. I remember the three of us in the car hooning along a straight stretch of clear road on the mornington peninsular flat out to see if it could do 100mph - all eyes were glued to the speedo - it got there eventually.
@@markbehr88 My Aunt, Margaret, Aunty Alicia's daughter had a woody wagon one IDENTICAL to the Corgi Toy one Mid-Deep Metallic Blue with parchmenty-cream seats and Caramel colored carpet that near matched the exterior wood color, that would look nice. Remember you had to order it at your local Ford dealer, however until the MK3 Cortina, all the wagons/estates were built to order and shipped to Australia, as a kid Mark we got Cortinas' in '63 the year you were born, however I cannot ever remember ever seeing one for sale at a dealers whether NEW or, 2nd hand they were when new out and about on the road, but not in big numbers, kind of the same quantity of Hillman Super Minx station wagons, bought by and in similar quantities as people who bought 1980's, '90's & '00's BMW & Mercedes station wagons. Marg owned it for ages until about 2000 as it got dinged and nobody wanted to fix it, then she bought an excellent 2nd hand early Commodore wagon from a female friend.
I had a 1966 1200 four door Cortina in 1971 I could park it up on lovely summer day for two or three hours and when it was time to go home it would take 10 minutes to start, on the other hand I could park it up on the sea front opposite the Spa Royal Hall in Bridlington with the sea coming over the sea wall for a couple of hours or so get in and it started first time,LOL, I eventually sold at a local car auction and made £280 more than I originally paid for it , one of the best cars I've owned and that includes my Rolls Royce.
Mum had a white 440 manual, she talks well of it, we all had cars we wish we still had😉get into the back seat covered in sand at the goldy sunburnt as anything..
Yeah, I wanted a manual TF Ghia 2.0 as a kid. Navy blue with beige velour pls. Still would love one, still looks just good. Early Cortinas felt very tinny, like MkI Escorts. Thanks Mark.
Remember those models so well growing up. My first car was a '68 model that I had briefly in '78. It was the povo pack with only a 1.3l motor but had four on the floor! From what I can recall back in the day the 1500 GT was a favorite with the local rev heads who tuned them to pull like a 14 yo! Pardon my French!
It is interesting to see how the graphics in the advertising brochures and the filming portrayed the size of the vehicle. The Cortina is either the size of a Ford Mustang...............or the occupants have shrunk somewhat. And everybody thought it was only real estate agents that played about with pics !!!!!!!
Owned two. Wonderful handling, cheap to run. A bit fragile tho. Learned all abt dirt road driving sliding them around Oz roads. Light, nimble and well balanced, predictable.
Here are a couple of very cool 1965 Australian Ford Cortina TV Ads. Please support the channel by giving the episode a 👍Like and Please Subscribe. 👍
Mum and dad had a white with blue trim 240 when I was little..it was a great car and never missed a beat!
@@wonkychikn Very cool. Great memories I am sure. 👍
Very interesting, had a 440, wish I still did!
@@langfordrae2589 They seem to have been well equipped for the time? 🤔👍
Hi Mark, My Dad had a 1964 MK1 Cortina four door in white it was the 1500 Super and this was the pre-airflow model the front indicators were oval, the air flow model had the indicators with the side light that were part of the chrome grill. The MK1 came with two engine a 1.2 and 1.5 OHV and came in a 2 and 4 door saloon and a 5 door estate but there was a 1600 DOHC Lotus engine. the models were Super, De lux and GT as well as the racing Lotus Cortina. There was a tv series called Out back car hunters from Australia and the two mechanics got hold of a MK 1 Cortina Estate I did not know the Estate was not built in Australia ,but UK built and shipped over. Thanks for showing the MK1 Cortina many happy memories travelling with my Mum and Dad to the coast and mountains here in Wales Great video Take care
Hi there Shaun, from Australia, I'm one of Mark Behr's mates, why do you/or is the series 1 update model called the "airflow" ???
Years ago, one of my aunt's had a early woody wagon estate with the little oval parking/blinker light lens, which was ordered with every option, I knew they were direct from the UK via boat as it took forever to arrive. Back then as a kid in primary school I thought the station wagons/estate cars looked pretty good & when Corgi toys made a model of them, I bought each of the 3 colors Red, Metallic Gunmetal Grey and Metallic Deep Blue same as my aunts real one. Her dad used it a few times and he really liked it back then in the '60's he was in his 60's and had retired, for long distance driving here in Australia he had a 1964 Ford Galaxie V8 with the small block 289ci in it which was frugal for a big car, however for convenience around town he ordered a creamy-white Cortina estate car with red interior & manual 4 speed for local shopping, going fishing , golf etc, however it was the update with the separate clear/amber lens in the front grill surround, he had it for near 10 years until someone stole it, was replaced with a 1974 Holden Torana 4,2 litre V8 or 253 ci (over here in Australia the mortal opposition to the Aussie MK3 4 litre 6cylinder Cortina) he drove the little Holden like a demon as it had almost the same size engine as his big Galaxie except the car was like 4 feet shorter and half the weight. Amazingly, again whilst parked & him fishing, the Holden Torana was stolen too, however it was found months later way down on the New South Wales south coast on a rural dirt road with its sump dented and torn open and the engine seized, he never bought another small car again as he reckoned that after 2 were stolen, they were jinxed.
@@gregharvie3896 Hi Greg, thanks for you reply. I do have a corgi model Cortina Estate, I think don,t quote me on this from 1964 It's some thing to do with the air ventilation in the car on the updated MK1 and at the same time the Cortina had changed its indicators from the oval lens to a combined indicator and side light in to the chrome grill. As I said many a time to Mark It's a shame we didn't get these Australian cars in Wales as we drive on the left with RHD, It's a shame we didn't get the 6 cylinder MK3 Cortina we had to wait till 1976 when the MK 4 came out with a V6 . Looks like you had some good cars. Gutted you had your Holden stolen. We did get the later Holden Maloo and Morano but the were rebadge as a Vauxhall Morano and Maloo and they were V8's. thanks again Take care
@@shaun30-3-mg9zs Thanks Shaun. Glad it brought back nice memories. That is part of the mission of this channel. 👍 They certainly seem to be nicely equipped cars for the day. 👍
@@gregharvie3896 Wow Greg. Good story! 👍
@@shaun30-3-mg9zs 👍
One of my brothers mates had a Cortina GT as a company car - he worked at a Ford dealership at the time. I remember the three of us in the car hooning along a straight stretch of clear road on the mornington peninsular flat out to see if it could do 100mph - all eyes were glued to the speedo - it got there eventually.
Those were the days! 👍
i can remember going on a school trip to Ford at Dagenham to see the Cortina being made.
@@alanwhatley What a great experience that would have been. 👍
Lovely, I'll have a 440 station wagon please. 😊👍
@@PaulinesPastimes Sure. What colour? 😀👍
@@markbehr88 I am going to have to find a 1965 colour chart now! 😄
@ You should. It would look nice in a light metallic mauve but I am not sure that was available? There was a nice light aqua metallic with white roof.
@@markbehr88 My Aunt, Margaret, Aunty Alicia's daughter had a woody wagon one IDENTICAL to the Corgi Toy one Mid-Deep Metallic Blue with parchmenty-cream seats and Caramel colored carpet that near matched the exterior wood color, that would look nice. Remember you had to order it at your local Ford dealer, however until the MK3 Cortina, all the wagons/estates were built to order and shipped to Australia, as a kid Mark we got Cortinas' in '63 the year you were born, however I cannot ever remember ever seeing one for sale at a dealers whether NEW or, 2nd hand they were when new out and about on the road, but not in big numbers, kind of the same quantity of Hillman Super Minx station wagons, bought by and in similar quantities as people who bought 1980's, '90's & '00's BMW & Mercedes station wagons. Marg owned it for ages until about 2000 as it got dinged and nobody wanted to fix it, then she bought an excellent 2nd hand early Commodore wagon from a female friend.
@ Imagine Greg what it would be worth now! 🤔
I had a 1966 1200 four door Cortina in 1971 I could park it up on lovely summer day for two or three hours and when it was time to go home it would take 10 minutes to start, on the other hand I could park it up on the sea front opposite the Spa Royal Hall in Bridlington with the sea coming over the sea wall for a couple of hours or so get in and it started first time,LOL, I eventually sold at a local car auction and made £280 more than I originally paid for it , one of the best cars I've owned and that includes my Rolls Royce.
@@chriswardlow9441 Wow, that’s a good endorsement! 👍
Mum had a white 440 manual, she talks well of it, we all had cars we wish we still had😉get into the back seat covered in sand at the goldy sunburnt as anything..
@@StevenMilne-sm4fk Those were the days. Those were the cars. 👍
Yeah, I wanted a manual TF Ghia 2.0 as a kid. Navy blue with beige velour pls. Still would love one, still looks just good. Early Cortinas felt very tinny, like MkI Escorts. Thanks Mark.
@@UncleJoeLITE Nice car.
Remember those models so well growing up. My first car was a '68 model that I had briefly in '78. It was the povo pack with only a 1.3l motor but had four on the floor! From what I can recall back in the day the 1500 GT was a favorite with the local rev heads who tuned them to pull like a 14 yo! Pardon my French!
@@mickbrenton 👍
It is interesting to see how the graphics in the advertising brochures and the filming portrayed the size of the vehicle.
The Cortina is either the size of a Ford Mustang...............or the occupants have shrunk somewhat.
And everybody thought it was only real estate agents that played about with pics !!!!!!!
@@fentonpeter1582 They wanted it to look big and exciting! 😀👍
Primordial dwarves had it made doing 1960's automobile TV advertising
@ The Short and Shorter Agency 😀👍
The 440 big block must have been stunning.
The only Big Block was the Cadbury one they bought on the way home. 😀👍
I can see Falcon lines to the body along the sides.
This was a big car to English standards.
Yes, definitely had US styling influences in it. 👍
Same hubcaps as the XP.
@@lees_box I hadn’t noticed. Local content. 👍
The Cortina is on what will become the Monash
@@GlowingTube Right 🤔👍
Did aus used to have the pound?
@@michaellyons9678 Yes it was changed to $ and cents on Feb 14 1966. 👍
Owned two. Wonderful handling, cheap to run. A bit fragile tho.
Learned all abt dirt road driving sliding them around Oz roads. Light, nimble and well balanced, predictable.
@@pgilb70 They look like a good little car. 👍
I think I picked up that some suspension components were bolted direct to the body and the mounting points would get flogged out over time.
@ Also probably rust prone? 🤔
I have saved 896 pounds. Where can I pick up my new Cortina?
@@EmilePoelman At your Ford dealer but I’d buy a block of land or Poseidon shares. 😀👍
@ Ha hah 😀👍
NLA new unfortunately and certainly wouldn’t be that price anymore.
@ Although relatively it might be versus what a house was then? 🤔😀
Tax Paid!!!!.
@@jimpikoulis6726 There’s no avoiding that! 😀
@@markbehr88 indeed
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called driveaway price today
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