Wobland Spottage

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I remember having a Mk1 Granny estate that was rather knackered to say the least. As I didn't want to turn up at a job interview in something that sounded like a Wellington and smoked like an A4 Pacific I hired a breadvan Polo for a couple of days.

I swear I could have parked it in the back of the Granada if the tailgate opened higher, it looked comical parked behind it on the driveway.
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I reshelled one of those Polos once, over a weekend with a mate helping. From memory all we kept from the doner shell was the headlighting, wiring loom & petrol tank. Two of us quite easily lifted the bare shells to swap them as it was easier to lift the shell off the engine/box than the other way.

Be it'd take weeks on a new one with all the rubbish fitted & three or four to lift the bloated shell.
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What's going on with that? 1.6Lx and a Ghia badge? Don't think I've seen a Cortina with the LX designation either although it could have been a run-out that I missed.
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That really is oval fodder.
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mercrocker wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:38 pm What's going on with that? 1.6Lx and a Ghia badge? Don't think I've seen a Cortina with the LX designation either although it could have been a run-out that I missed.
I suspect an Ali Express type "X" badge is fitted. Yours for a quid

Also has the GL wheels fitted, less the chrome trim rings.
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Wasn't sure whether to put this here or parked like a cunt thread.
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Typical
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Jerzy Woking wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:21 pm

I suspect an Ali Express type "X" badge is fitted. Yours for a quid


Yes, I did think that! Just I had a Granada 2.3Lx (small x) where it was a dealer special with certain extras over the standard L trim but hadn't seen any Cortinas with that spec.....
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