Thanks for the welcomes etc, i will post some shots of the old corty and the 280 as soon as i can, I'm in the process of getting a bit of rust cut out of myself for a change so I'm a bit unreliable (going to brisbane, etc) Anyway the 280 is a straight, unmolested auto, T roof, factory wheels and still original PB radio. Very minor rust L/H bonnet hinge and 5 cent piece sized rust L/H lower door ( that will probably blow out to be a $50 note sized bit of rust, inflation you know)
Knackered fuel pump, and a bad vaccum leak ( i'm thinking brake booster) Only had the thing for a week and only paid 6K, so i think its a winner because its real straight, every thing works, its very tidy inside and still has the original owners manual in the glove box.
I had a lovely old TE cortina once, burnt orange color, that was a bad omen because it caught fire at the drive inn ( I hope some one remembers what a drive-inn was) anyway totally buggered the movie for a lot of people, exit one cortina and to add insult further on me I had to pay for the crap speaker that got redesigned because of the fire, that was the only TE I ever had!...........jon
