They were the car of the day, so easy to modify, every part from a cortina would fit, I put a Lotus Cortina engine in mine, with cortina back axle 4in wider, Consul Classic front suspension with disks!!!! and negative camber. Brilliant car. Steve
whilst I had the misfortune to buy a Rover 90 which did 16mpg going downhill..... it cost me £65, and after three months, I sold it to my uncle for £60 - it would be around 1974/5
I was justifying a Metro because of the 6R4, but thought that was cheating, so went for something else.
Just like British Leyland in the 70's Don't worry, Comrade Corbyn wants to take us back to the good old days and is soon going to have a go.
Mk1 Escort is a bit too obvious....my mate 30 odd years ago had a Hilman imp with gas adjustable shocks...only did 70 mph but, did 70mph round corners....