Lotus cortina
23-08-2006, 09:04 AM
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Lotus cortina
Sorry for the quality of the image (from phone) but i thought this might interest a few people:
Belongs to an old fella i know, currently putting out 146bhp, he has owned it from new and its utterly mint
Cant be many "1 owner from new" lotus cortina's left these days, lol
Really nice motor, and the old boy has been driving it pretty hard for most of those 40 years from what i gather, so its a long way from just a showpiece.
Must fit him like a pair of comfy old slippers after over 4 decades together
Belongs to an old fella i know, currently putting out 146bhp, he has owned it from new and its utterly mint
Cant be many "1 owner from new" lotus cortina's left these days, lol
Really nice motor, and the old boy has been driving it pretty hard for most of those 40 years from what i gather, so its a long way from just a showpiece.
Must fit him like a pair of comfy old slippers after over 4 decades together
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23-08-2006, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by richj
good to see someone actually driving onelike there ment to be drivin.
23-08-2006, 09:47 AM
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My dad's mate had a mark 1 Lotus Cortina, however had to sell it a few years back as he got himself a divorce................
He was head of engineering at Ford Dagenham, donkey's years ago and given his one as a company car (which he bought in the end)......
If anyone knows of it the REG was J00 776C
He was head of engineering at Ford Dagenham, donkey's years ago and given his one as a company car (which he bought in the end)......
If anyone knows of it the REG was J00 776C
23-08-2006, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by vroooom ptssssh
Great lookin cars, theirs some people who'd kill for one in that condition!!
he's seems like one of those fellas who likes what he has in life and is very content with his lot, i seriously bet he wouldnt swap a winning lottery ticket for the keys
23-08-2006, 12:00 PM
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There was one a Lemans and the guy was giving it total death on the friday night.
Sounded / looked sweet though and got loads of
when he was arse out
WD
Sounded / looked sweet though and got loads of
when he was arse out WD
23-08-2006, 01:25 PM
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my mate owns 'FFA' which is well known in lotus circles, it was the car used in the great train robbery reconstruction and bruce reynolds drove it to plan the robbery in the re-construction
He was recently offered Ł35k for it and told the bloke to ram it....it is absolutly mint
i thought (as he is such a bufty with it) that he would drive it all girly like, but we went to battlesbridge, me in my old saff and him in his cortina and he came past me on sadlers roundabout sideways giving it everything it had, and you should have heard that twinky scream....fookin awesome
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He was recently offered Ł35k for it and told the bloke to ram it....it is absolutly mint
i thought (as he is such a bufty with it) that he would drive it all girly like, but we went to battlesbridge, me in my old saff and him in his cortina and he came past me on sadlers roundabout sideways giving it everything it had, and you should have heard that twinky scream....fookin awesome
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23-08-2006, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by NORTH YORKS RS SPARES
This post must be telling me somthing ,, I was thinking about buying one of these only this morning
Where can i find one ??
Love this one , and the fact he has had it from new
Where can i find one ??
Love this one , and the fact he has had it from new
23-08-2006, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by rizla
Unbelievable Whats the mileage
Not sure how many times he has rebuilt the engine etc, he's extremely mechnically minded though, so will have done it as required, it doesnt smoke or knock or rattle though, looks and sounds like a new car as he drives off in it!
23-08-2006, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by rizla
Unbelievable Whats the mileage
Not sure how many times he has rebuilt the engine etc, he's extremely mechnically minded though, so will have done it as required, it doesnt smoke or knock or rattle though, looks and sounds like a new car as he drives off in it!
23-08-2006, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by chip-3door
you cant beat hearing/seeing it when these old cars are still driven hard, its fantastic
your not wrong there dude
is this car an early one or a late one??? ali panelled+A frame back end or not, because if its an early car and with the history and is really tidy it could be a lot more than 30k