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There are still plenty about and prices start at just £3000. It has nothing like the macho cachet of the 911, but is instead more of a little sister to the 928, with a rear-mounted gearbox for superbly balanced handling and a rather uninspiring, but effective, four-cylinder engine. Produced from 1975-’85, it was originally designed for Volkswagen as a replacement for the odd-looking 914, and has rather an anodyne shape itself, for Porsche at least – and one that incorporates both a hatchback and tiny rear seats. The original affordable Porsche (then and now), the 924 was the firm’s first front-engined, water-cooled sports car. They’re easy enough to own, but parts supply can be patchy for these sort of ‘everyday’ Fords, compared to an MG or a Triumph.

There is huge nostalgia associated with the model in all its forms and the Cortina MkIII (pictured) and MkIV are still very drivable, particularly if you’re into a more ‘urban’ style of classic – with the irony factor of the vinyl roof. The big lumpy stuff – Zephyrs and Zodiacs and the like – are cheap in metal-for-the-money terms, but they’re also thirsty and unwieldy oddities in the hands of the novice. That said, if you stay away from anything with two doors and any kind of competition pedigree, there are some reasonable buys out there.

As a result they’re now relatively rare, given how many were made – and correspondingly pricey.

Nobody ever thought an Anglia, Capri or indeed a Cortina would ever have any value, so few were preserved or treated particularly kindly. The Fords of 40-odd years ago seem to have a momentum of their own in terms of pricing.

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