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This has been covered many times before, but it's always interesting.
I was the proud owner of a Y reg 1982 Ford Cortina 1.6L MkV in Rio Brown
I toured the local scrapyards and managed to get most of the interior from the 'crusader' special edition. I risked my life to get the armrest out of a car balanced precariously on top of 3 others.
I also had the solid wood dash and door panels, never found a decent set of velour seats though.
I liberated a wooden gear knob from a citroen BX and some alloy wheels from a capri laser fitted with 185 remoulds.
I fitted a stonking sound system, driving lights, electric aerial etc all myself and resprayed the chrome window trim.
I loved that car, limited grip and rear wheel drive - perfect first car.
I managed to get it to 106mph and learned how to handbrake turn in it.
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