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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