Faults:

Front wheel bearings.

Starter.

Brake booster.

Steering rack.

General Comments:

Every morning I stand outside and admire her; in my personal opinion the most beautiful vehicle ever built.

Fuel consumption averages 10km/liter.

I live and work in the Rural Kalahari, all of the repairs necessary have been as a result of the extremely bad roads she travels every day.

Power, economy and good looks, if only it came standard with air-con.

Ford odometers at the time clocked over at 100,000km, so not sure of actual mileage.

Faults:

The front suspension rubbers collapsed at about 165,000 Kilometres. The car's ignition was worn out badly the last year, and I replaced it with a secondhand unit from a Mk V Cortina.

The gearbox also does not stay in second gear of you decellerate (but that is after more than 280,000 Km).

I replaced the rings, oil pump, bearings and water pump at 300,000 Km.

General Comments:

This car is very reliable and very quick if one takes the model and the kilometres it has done. I can take on the latest 325 BMW and cars in that class without being ashamed. I recently experimented with a camshaft replacement (very mild cam 2000 to 6200 road) and I can tell you it worked very well. I can get a speed of +- 210 km/h at about 5700 RPM. This thing goes!