Private Life of the Ford Cortina

A ski run in Italy a supermarket manager in Luton a sandwich bar in London EC2 Arena opens the bonnet of the Ford Cortina Britains most popular most stolen and most misunderstood car Dagenham dustbin Poor mans RollsRoyce In the year that may well see the end of a legend some of the motoring public including Sir John Betjeman Tom Robinson Alexei Sayle Sir Terence Beckett and Magnus Magnusson take apart the Ford Cortina Life and Works 19621982