Ford Cortina Lotus, Ford Cortina Lotus Mk2 Series 1 1967 Sold Car And Classic

Walter hayes at ford saw the potential sales benefits in a successful british saloon car championship campaign and lotus could see.

Ford cobra. The car finished the copenhagen gp proam race with an good result as number 8 out of 17 cars but would have finished even better but 8th due to overheated brakes. Now half a century on the lotus cortina is as much a blue chip classic and wise investment as any aston. It had a unique 1558 cc twin cam engine by lotus but based on the cortinas kent ohv engine.

1965 ford lotus cortina mk1. The 1965 ford cortina lotus mk 1 estate custom shown here. There are a few upgrades over the originals its fitted with the highly desirable 150 bhp lotus big valve twin cam engine rather.

The car you see here is a professionally built mk 1 cortina built to lotus cortina specifications including full lotus cortina specification suspension. From an era before designer labels were spread around like rubber stamps on generic products the lotus cortina was a genuine lotus based on fords ground breaking cortina unitary design of. Ford cortina lotus was offered only as a two door saloon all in white with a contrasting green side flash down each flank.

February 1963 due to the joint work of ford and lotus lotus cortina with high powered twin cam version of the ford engine suspension tweaks and steering modifications as well as the use of aluminum body panels to save weight appeared. Lotus cortina is the commonly used term for the ford cortina lotus a high performance sports saloon which was produced in the united kingdom from 1963 to 1970 by ford in collaboration with lotus carsthe original version which was based on the ford cortina mark 1 was promoted by ford as the consul cortina developed by lotus with consul later being dropped from the name. In fact a cortina lotus the.

When it was first announced in the motor in january 1963 as a ravening wolf in slightly sheepish clothing the lotus modified ford cortina was to be sold through ford dealers as the consul cortina sports special. Why youd want a lotus cortina mk1. The car was.

Beware of fakes on all models when buying take a ford cortina add lotus elan running gear and you have the lotus cortina a car made in classic car heaven even if it was hell for its owners when new.