When it's crankshaft snapped in flight I replaced my 30 quid Ford Anglia (sidevalve type) with a 50 pounder Ford Taurus 17m Turnier.
Ford must have decided that it wasn't enough to be selling two different cars of exactly the same size in 1962 (Classic and Cortina) so they offered the 17m in RHD form to the UK.
I knew none of this at the time, it was just the cheapest thing I could find locally that had tax, MOT and the ability to get under way without delving under the bonnet.
I have no photos of it, but it was grey and white and rusty. It was like this with holes-
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On presenting it for it's MOT I was informed that the headlamps would not be acceptable due to too much water and not enough silver. They were obtainable, being shared with a truck (likely Swedish) but way too expensive for me. I therefore tinsnipped some old galvanised sheet steel to accept a proper 7" prefocus unit, self-tapped them into the gormless looking apertures, and it lived to fight another year.
The car had two doors and a drop-down tailgate. Before opening it you had to wind down the rear window which could disappear completely inside- often when you didn't want it to.
I understand now that the engine, an inline 4, was related to our Consul lump. There was a 3 speed gearbox and though not fast, the car could ascend Rockingham Hill 4 up in top.
After a further year it was clear that money needed to be spent; there was a scrapyard half a mile from my house and the proprieter grudgingly gave me a fiver for the sorry remains.