Lotus cortina sells for 136k
06-12-2007, 04:55 PM
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Lotus cortina sells for 136k
A 1965 Ford Cortina driven by Scots motor racing legend Jim Clark fetched a world record £136,800 at auction.
The 42-year-old Lotus Mk1 saloon was expected to fetch £80,000.
But frenzied bidding at the auction, held by Bonhams in London this week, saw the car go well above the guide price before it was snapped up by an anonymous buyer.
Mechanics spent a year restoring the vehicle, which was previously owned by Team Lotus, one of Britain's most successful racing teams, to its former glory at a garage in Exeter, Devon.
A spokesman for Bonhams said: "Ford's 1960s profile-raising competition programme included recruiting Lotus boss Colin Chapman to give the new Cortina a makeover.
"The Lotus Cortina in the auction was one of the original racing saloons.
"It was driven during the mid-1960s by legendary Formula 1 world champion Jim Clark while touring car champions Sir John Whitmore and Jack Sears also competed in the car."
Ford sold the car to Lotus in 1966, where it was then bought by an employee, and later sold on to collector Richard Coombes.
In 1965, it was possible to buy a Ford Lotus Cortina Mk1 saloon for just £1100.
Ford made 3301 of the Mk1 Ford Lotus Cortinas between June 1963 and November 1966.
Fife-born Clark, who won the Formula 1 world title in 1963 and 1965, won the British Saloon Car Championship in 1964 driving a Lotus Cortina.
The 42-year-old Lotus Mk1 saloon was expected to fetch £80,000.
But frenzied bidding at the auction, held by Bonhams in London this week, saw the car go well above the guide price before it was snapped up by an anonymous buyer.
Mechanics spent a year restoring the vehicle, which was previously owned by Team Lotus, one of Britain's most successful racing teams, to its former glory at a garage in Exeter, Devon.
A spokesman for Bonhams said: "Ford's 1960s profile-raising competition programme included recruiting Lotus boss Colin Chapman to give the new Cortina a makeover.
"The Lotus Cortina in the auction was one of the original racing saloons.
"It was driven during the mid-1960s by legendary Formula 1 world champion Jim Clark while touring car champions Sir John Whitmore and Jack Sears also competed in the car."
Ford sold the car to Lotus in 1966, where it was then bought by an employee, and later sold on to collector Richard Coombes.
In 1965, it was possible to buy a Ford Lotus Cortina Mk1 saloon for just £1100.
Ford made 3301 of the Mk1 Ford Lotus Cortinas between June 1963 and November 1966.
Fife-born Clark, who won the Formula 1 world title in 1963 and 1965, won the British Saloon Car Championship in 1964 driving a Lotus Cortina.
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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
my ex boss sold that...jammy bugger hes got loads of em,
the one to have though, is the actual lotus cortina used in the great train robbery.....he still has that one at home
the one to have though, is the actual lotus cortina used in the great train robbery.....he still has that one at home
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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
my ex boss sold that...jammy bugger hes got loads of em,
the one to have though, is the actual lotus cortina used in the great train robbery.....he still has that one at home
the one to have though, is the actual lotus cortina used in the great train robbery.....he still has that one at home
is that the bruce reynolds car.? was used for all the recce work on the robbery, then colin chapman bought it after he got caught.
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06-12-2007, 06:05 PM
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i belive so...not many people know he has it..untill now 
the guy owns a major body repair chain in the devon area.....
he has his own panel beater who does all his resto work called John Davey, an absolute god , he has loads of minis in for him to do at the moment ,
i worked with john when i was there, did a XK120 resto with him
a good freind of mine still works there, and keeps me informed of whats going on
the guy owns a major body repair chain in the devon area.....he has his own panel beater who does all his resto work called John Davey, an absolute god
, he has loads of minis in for him to do at the moment , i worked with john when i was there, did a XK120 resto with him
a good freind of mine still works there, and keeps me informed of whats going on
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