Can anyone identify this car for e please?

[scotth_uk]

I actually don't know what this is, but I want one.

 

[BenzComander]

MK1 Cortina in sort of Lotus colours. Not sure if it is an actual Lotus Cortina!

If it is it is the Sierra Cosworth of the sixties

 

[guydewdney]

<aol>

Mk1 Cortina

get a copy of 'practical classics' - plenty in there.

get a copy of 'retro cars' - a mag dedicated to lobbing big new engines into old cars...

 

[mickl]

if the paintjob is genuine, it's a mk1 Lotus Cortina from the 60's

 

[Plodd]

Weren't the stripes on the Lotus brown not green?

 

[Steve_Perry]

As I recall, MB tried (and failed) to litigate against Ford over copyright infringement on the design of the rear light cluster for the Mk1 Cortina. Or maybe it was an urban myth that I fell for.

S.

 

[portzy]

The green stripe is not quite the shade it ought to be plus the badge on the rear panel in front of the tail light was a circular Lotus badge, not rectangular. It looks cool but I'm not quite convinced its the real deal.

My Dad had one

Portzy.

 

[Ted]

I would expect to see a lotus badge on the rear quarter panel if it was a genuine Lotus Cortina......

 

[glojo]

The green stripe is not quite the shade it ought to be plus the badge on the rear panel in front of the tail light was a circular Lotus badge, not rectangular. It looks cool but I'm not quite convinced its the real deal.

My Dad had one

Portzy.

Totally agree with Portzy,
The stripe should be green definitely NOT brown. The shade is wrong and again as Portzy has pointed out, the badge on the rear wing should be circular.

Jim Clarke was the man in one of these flying machines and they are now very sought after and worth a small fortune.

1500cc Lotus engine

John

 

[CLKBOY]

the picture looks to have been taken at the classic ford show in adelaide (oz)
and may well be a lotus lookalike , the badge on the rear quarter should either be a lotus roundel (for a lotus) or a gt shield (for a gt) a ltd run of cars where assembled from knock down kits and called the gt500 cortina but not using the twin cam engine
not many sporting fords where exported to australia but there where quite a few hybrids put together by ford australia
hth
i rally a post historic mk1 escort rs2000 and am a self confessed ford nut !!

 

[Shude]

I think some people are confusing brown paint with rust

 

[pammy]

looks like a "normal" mk1 Cortina to me too. My Grandad used to have one - I loved it. The first car I wanted of my own was the Mk2 1600e - never got one

 

[glojo]

I actually don't know what this is, but I want one.

I thought you might want to read up on the Lotus Cortina. Jim Clark was a sight to behold when he threw one of these around a race circuit.

http://www.motorbase.com/vehicle/by-id/1285/

John

 

[scotth_uk]

Thanks for the information everyone, I'll start reading. If I remember correctly, the car was a recent rebuild/respray and was 200-300 horsepower.

the picture looks to have been taken at the classic ford show in adelaide (oz)

Almost - I took the pic myself at the Fast Fours and Rotaries Jamboree at Willowbank in QLD in 2000, before I moved to the UK.

 

[Benzowner]

Proper Mk1 lotus Cortina

 

[glojo]

Proper Mk1 lotus Cortina

Hi Geoff,
I hope I am not being too much of an anarok but I thought the proper Mk1 Lotus Cortina had quarter type front bumpers?

Before typing this message I looked at several different pictures and none had the full front bumper that yours has?

Regards,
John

 

[Will]

IIRC, a pretty certain way to establish that the car is genuine (and even a genuine shell!), is to open the boot and look at the boot floor. Apart from the typical ford rust , there should be a fairly large bulge over the area surrounding the rear differential?

Obviously doesn't help when looking at pictures like these, but considering there where only just over 3000 ever made, just think how many re-stamps and re-shells/ringers there are knocking about, posing as 'the real deal'!

Very collectable cars!

Cheers,

Will

 

[anarchy-inc]

I actually don't know what this is, but I want one.

You'll never improve the reading on your avatar with one of those though!

 

[scotth_uk]

I might with a Nissan FJ20 motor in it with a Garrett ball bearing turbo and a 3 inch exhaust. ;-) That was the general plan. 11 second quarter mile, and 0-60 in about 4 seconds flat.

 

[GRAV888]

IIRC, a pretty certain way to establish that the car is genuine (and even a genuine shell!), is to open the boot and look at the boot floor. Apart from the typical ford rust , there should be a fairly large bulge over the area surrounding the rear differential?

Obviously doesn't help when looking at pictures like these, but considering there where only just over 3000 ever made, just think how many re-stamps and re-shells/ringers there are knocking about, posing as 'the real deal'!

Very collectable cars!

Cheers,

Will

An easier way.
See if a magnet sticks on the doors.
If it does, it's a fake.
All Lotus cortina's had alloy doors.