Cortina colours

[ZA-289]

G'day all,

Where can I find out what colours you could option from the factory on TE cortinas? Pictures of colours would be great too.

Thanks.

[MAGPIE]

Originally Posted by ZA-289

G'day all,

Where can I find out what colours you could option from the factory on TE cortinas? Pictures of colours would be great too.

Thanks.

What is a TE Cortina, I've always known them as MK1, MK2, MK3, MK4, MK5.

These are the MK5 colours

Those in bold were new for 1980 onwards

Cordoba Beige
Corsican Blue
Diamond White
Highland Green
Midnight Blue
Venetian Red
Signal Red '80'
Signal Yellow
Cosmos Blue
Nova Green
Sable Brown
Sirius Red
Solar Gold
Strato Silver

My old Solar Gold MK5

[ZA-289]

As far as I know it was mk1 mk2 tc td te and tf

so mk5 is what i'm after, i'm looking at a signal yellow one with a vinyl roof!

ugly! ( but is seems like a good car)

Thanks for your help Magpie.

[Roy Rogers]

In Australia they were known as Mk1, Mk2, TC, TD, TE and TF. As for the Ford colour listing signal yellow is not listed as a TF colour however Yellow Blaze is code Y. the Aussie Cortinas were unique to Australia , some were sold in New Zealand along with the English type . Magpies photo is of a Mk5 the main stand out difference is the bumpers but there were quite a few differences panels, trim, instruments and running gear to name a few.

[GT0132]

In NZ (and everywhere else in the world apart from Australia) the MK3 ran from 1971 to 1977...The Aussie equivalent was the TC (1971 to 1974) and TD facelift (1974 to 1977)

When the Mk4 was introduced in 1977 it was labelled a TE in Australia and when the Mk 5 was introduced in 1980 it was known as a TF in Australia

To answer the orig question, I had a Bronze (choc brown) 1978 2.0GL Mk4 with a beige vinyl roof...My Dad had an Amber coloured 1979 MK4 2.0L with beige vinyl roof

[ZA-289]

Ahh ok then, its a TE im looking at. So mk4 then.

Its yellow and ugly, just wondering what factory colours I could paint it,

Thanks guys.

[XR-351]

good help for cortinas is to go on fordaustralianforums.com.au in the cortina section and theres also a cortina forum but cant remember the site

[azz80]

Originally Posted by XR-351

good help for cortinas is to go on fordaustralianforums.com.au in the cortina section and theres also a cortina forum but cant remember the site

http://fordcortina.com.au this is the one you're referring to i think.

[1 dvs 4d]

From the Ford factory TE Cortina Service manual:

Code Colour
M Satin Spruce (met)
E Frosted Pine (met)
O Modena Green
W Platinum Blue (met)
A Blue Steel B3A (met)
4 Neptune Blue
5 Desert Haze (met)
S Brown Satin (met)
F Sweet Cream
R Raw Orange
P Pine 'n' Lime
H Red Flame
9 Sno White

My pics are Frosted Pine, Platinum Blue and Blue Steel. If you need any other codes let me know