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Slimline Mk3 CortinaDarrenW
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I've never seen or heard of this before.  I'm assuming the width was taken out of the bumpers or something, and it wasn't actually a different body shell. Or was it? Anyone know? |
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Rich
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Slimline Mk3 CortinaRich
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Something something April 1st..  |
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Slimline Mk3 CortinaDarrenW
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Something something April 1st.. Ha! It's from "Good Motoring", March 1975! |
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A Mk3 Cortina is 1,702mm wide. For a car to be classified in the small car tax bracket in Japan the maximum width is 1,700mm. The Cortina was therefore 2mm too wide. Easy enough to lose 1mm off the extremities of the bumpers.
So, not 1/2" and certainly not crushing the whole car in a 'Giant Clamp'
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Last Edit: Apr 4, 2019 19:50:59 GMT by fogey
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Volvo did change the side strips on the Volvo 480 to get under 1695mm for selling in the JDM.
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Slimline Mk3 CortinaDarrenW
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Volvo did change the side strips on the Volvo 480 to get under 1695mm for selling in the JDM. Never knew that! I adore random old car nerdery like this |
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 it does look different in the grainy pic, wipers and windscreen look narrower, roof has more of a bulge. You know what, it's just the sort of stupid thing they would do in the 70's
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It's from "Good Motoring", March 1975! midnight of the 31st ?  |
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it does look different in the grainy pic, wipers and windscreen look narrower, roof has more of a bulge. You know what, it's just the sort of stupid thing they would do in the 70's
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