£20,000, wow.
Having said that, if I could own my car again, £20,000 would not be near enough to even make me think of selling.
I would think that even adjusting for inflation, £465 is nowhere near £20,000 today so it is frightening that £20,000 is probably nowhere near enough for a deposit on most houses today.
At the time, the reason the insurance company purchased 2 door Escorts is that they were cheaper than 4 doors!
I may be being intentionally 
optimistic but for example a rolling shell and parts sold for nearly 8k on ebay recently.
A nice 1300E went for £35,000. 
I have exactly such a vehicle tucked away waiting for restoration, 1980 “W” Reg, Sunburst Red, 4 Speed, Sunroof, Central Locking, Electric windows, only thing missing from a full spec are the Tinted Windows.
Been sat for quite a few years now waiting, life just got in the way of me starting the restoration, over the years bought quite a few parts as and when they became available in readiness, work life should becoming to an end soon and hopefully I can begin the work.
Had quite a few Ford’s in the 70s & 80s, Mk1 Escort 1300GT, 1300E, 1300 Sport, Mexico, RS2000 (wish I still had any of these), MK3 2000E Cortina, MK4 2.0 Ghia Cortina then along came a company cars, various Vauxhall’s, Ford’s, Alfa then into Audi’s and that is were I stayed until Lockdown, company car went back, bought myself an A3.
Now semi retired and getting all the jobs done that have been waiting, along with doing loads of work at my daughters house and refurbishing another house for selling, once that’s out of the way I think I will be starting the XR3 unless the “Boss” finds something else to do 
I shall look forward to seeing it 
Sounds about right. 90 bhp? Looked better than it went. Red with a rubber spoiler on the back.
That’s an understatement: £465 in 1978 is the equivalent of £2,400 in 2024!
Even more frightening that ten times that amount probably wouldn’t be a big enough deposit on the average house today.
Ten times what I got for my Escort equated to about 33% of the price of my house then.
Ten times the inflation adjusted amount of £2,400 would only buy about 8% of the equivalent house now!
Proof that cars are better, you can sleep in your car but you can’t drive a house 
At 18 I would have happily slept in my car.
Now, at 68, probably not…
I’ve slept in the Granada at car shows a few times. I had to take the fuse out for the clock as the noise kept me awake. 
Not recently though…58 now.
That’s the problem with you youngsters. No staying power…
I was trying to see if I could compare sizes of a Puma against a Cortina, but came close with an escort comparison on carsize . com. I was surprised how much bigger the Puma was
My son has one, it has now covered 140,000+ miles, he loves it to bits, mind you he isn’t as good as you at keeping it clean 
Cars have to be so much larger now to accommodate safety protection in the body shell; crumple zones, 99,000 airbags, side impact bars, and masses of wiring for all the electronics etc.
Kerb weight just ramps up!
I always wanted a 3.0 S but couldn’t find a good one in my budget at the time. Bought a Granada Coupé instead.
Is that a 2 door Cortaina ?
MK1 Granada Coupe 3.0
