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[PR19_Kit]

This'll get a bit historical, but in 1926 Billy Budd and William Morris formed the Pressed Steel Co. ( my first employers some years later) and the 'B-C post' terminology was used even then for 4 door cars. I know this because my first father-in-law Fred was their Employee #2 after William Morris, and he had his own parking space right next to their HQ building, even though he never drove.    (I used his space a few times too.....)

But that 'B-C Post' business came from Budd, an American, who'd developed many of the pressing techniques in  the USA. But umpteen years later they were using the 'B Post' terminology at Ford in Essex when they were one of my customers in the late 90s, and Ford are American of course.

So I've no idea how or when it really started to change.

[Wardukw]

Yep same here Kit ...guess it's one of those terms which just started somewhere by somebody and it's been in use ever since.
It's like I started working on cars when I was 8..so that would be around 76/77 and it was there then ..Dad used to call em that ..fact rebuilt my very first engine when I was 8 
With dad's help of course 
Fact my first over head cam engine too..i think it was a Morris Marina or a Mk 3 or 4 Cortina 

[PR19_Kit]

Fact my first over head cam engine too..i think it was a Morris Marina or a Mk 3 or 4 Cortina 

Hmmm, not sure if either of, them were OHC engines in the UK, but maybe they fitted different ones down in NZ.

[Wardukw]

Fact my first over head cam engine too..i think it was a Morris Marina or a Mk 3 or 4 Cortina 

Hmmm, not sure if either of, them were OHC engines in the UK, but maybe they fitted different ones down in NZ.

Kit the Mk3 and 4s here had two engines to choose from..a 1600 and 2.0ltr ..both OHC engines from the pinto .
The 2.oltr was the most common sized engine ..over in Aussie you could a Mk4 and 5 with 4.1 ltr Ford Falcon engines in em ...yes a great fun car to shred tyres with 
To this day I still want one 😀

[PR19_Kit]

Oh right, thanks. Thinking back the 2.0 litre Mk 3s and 4s did have the Pinto engine here too, but the 1.6 was the old Kent crossflow unit. They also used the Essex V6 in up market versions, and one of our guys had a Mk 5 V6 Ghia Estate that was pretty reasonable. 

While working in S Africa I rented a Mk 5 V6 pickup there, they called it a 'bakkie', that was a HOOT when it was empty! Oversteer even when parked! 

[zenrat]

Good luck finding an Aussie market Cortina that hasn't been shaken to bits.  They couldn't cope with our roads.  They were not built as tough as the locally designed Falcons.

Mrs z's mum had an Aussie built 1600 Capri.  Green with dealer added gold pinstripes and super roo stickers.  Body was similar to the UK Mk1 Capri but had subtle differences.

[PR19_Kit]

Cortinas were always built light, at least UK built ones, where they were designed.

We had an early 4 door Mk 1 at Pressed Steel to examine to see how it worked and how strong it was, and I did the torsion and beam tests on it. Most cars of the period, the Farina BMC Morris Oxfords, and Hillman Minx Series IIIs, were around 5000 lbft/degree torsionally, and the Cortina was around 2200! Less than half! When the Engineering Dept. got my report they said I must have done it wrong, and I had to do it all again! Still came up with the same answer though. 

The car was so thin, the roof was made from .028" steel rather than the .032" of 'normal' cars, that it oil-canned downwards when we pulled a light vacuum on it in the dust test chamber! I had to get in and kick the roof back out while lying on my back across the back seat!

Light it may have been, but strong it was NOT!

[Wardukw]

Several factors on why the Cortina was light Kit..first of course cheaper to make 🙄
Secondly there were benefits to this lightness..speed..nothing better than a light car with a gutless..so to speck engine ..the 3.0ltr V6 models could move quite well for that reason alone.
I've had several Essex V6 powered cars one was a engine swapped Mk5 from a 2ltr and the others were Capris ...not a powerful engine really ..as you can imagine those engines didn't stay there long 
Racing is where the Cortinas shined ..they've got a pretty history in saloon car racing alot to do with being light right from the get go .😁

[PR19_Kit]

Yeah, I've some terrific pics of Jim Clark 3 wheeling around Bottom Bend at Brands Hatch in a Lotus Cortina. But the real reason they made them light was because it was cheaper, so they could sell them better, and they did of course.

[NARSES2]

Cortinas were always built light, at least UK built ones, where they were designed.

My first and only car was a Mk 1 Cortina. 17th ? birthday present from my Brother. This was just before it was discovered I'd be absolutely lethal behind a wheel 

Never owned a car since, bought a few, but never owned one.

[Wardukw]

Cortinas were always built light, at least UK built ones, where they were designed.

My first and only car was a Mk 1 Cortina. 17th ? birthday present from my Brother. This was just before it was discovered I'd be absolutely lethal behind a wheel 

Never owned a car since, bought a few, but never owned one.

I've honestly lost count of how many cars I've owned Chris 😆
I do however remember my first car ..a Mk 1 Escort GT ..1600cc but it was converted by the last owner in a automatic which was OK.
My dad and I had other ideas later on 
We turned that into a weapon of a car 

[Dizzyfugu]

The fan club in the East took (ahain? not certain) notice of my Mi-62 thing (translated link):

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And, nicely, with credits. 

[Old Wombat]

Well! Well! Credits? That makes a change!    

[PR19_Kit]

And very GOOD credits too.   

[kerick]

Nice to finally get some credit.