But once everywhere. A Cortina 1.6L. The model is significant.
It’s a 1.6 obviously, but it’s the L model. At one time it would have denoted Luxury, but as time went on makers needed something above luxury so in the nature of things the L became the bog standard and if was more paid you got a GL or if even more a Ghia, but you usually had to rise to the 2 litre for that.
But to get back to the 1.6L. Cortinas were often company cars (if you don’t use the term, a car provided by an employer as a perk/tool of the trade). If you were at the bottom of the pecking order, a 1.6L was where you were at. Get promotion and you might aspire to a 1.6GL. Become a manager and you might even rise to a 2.0 Ghia. Company directors would obviously go for the Granada instead, also stratified so you began with a 2.0GL and went from there.
No matter what Cortina you got though it was still a carburettered engine with four manual gears and manual everything. The posher models got fabric trim, door mirrors adjustable from the inside and maybe even a sunroof. Exciting times, the 1970s.
Note the towbar.No, this isn’t America. People tow with ordinary cars.