The Car's the Star
Ford Cortina 2000E
Launched at the Earls Court Motor show in 1970
Ford Cortina became Britain's best selling car
Five versions mark I–V, production finished in 1982
Coke bottle shaped
The police car – Austin Allegro
The police ordered 657 Allegro Panda cars to replace a fleet of Morris
Minors
The Allegro was the first car on sale to have a 'quartic' steering wheel –
four curves held together by four bars
Morris 1300
Was featured in Tufty Club road safety adverts
The similar looking Morris 1100 was on the receiving end of a good
thrashing by Basil Fawlty in one of the most famous scenes of the Seventies
comedy Fawlty Towers.
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