Interesting 400 Four

platypus wrote:
> Ross wrote:
> > "platypus" wrote in message
> >
> >
> > Surely the Cortina was dead and gone by then, the Sierra was about,
> > wasn't it?
>
> Probly. I was working for Bovis '83-'87. The car was the company car of a
> civil engineer (IIRC) by the name of Ian White[1]. According to wikipedia,
> the V6 Cortina IV/V V-6 models were 2.3 Cologne engined. The 2.3 bit
> tallies with my recollection. The Mark V seems to have finished in '82, so
> if it was an '82 model, it could easily still have been in use as a company
> car in '84/'85. Actually, now I think about it, the reason I had it was to
> get it MOTed, so the example I had would have been at minimum 3 years old at
> that time. I had the thing for a few days, as Ian was off on holiday. I
> don't remember it being blisteringly fast, but it was quite rowdy and would
> light up the back end on a whim. ISTR it was unfeasibly thirsty, too.

The XR6 built in South Africa used a turbocharged version of the 3.0 V6
from the Scorpio, complete with the 4wd drivetrain. Excellent grin factor
on tarmac but "a bit of a handfull" when the tar ran out.
It started out as a 100-off homologation special but later went into
limited production becoming popular with the usual suspects for Ford's
XR variants.

Only a few personal imports made it to the UK.

platypus wrote:

> Ian White MICE, which caused some of us a modicum of amusement.

Not just you )


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