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  • Unregistered Ford Cortina for sale at £25,000 1 Jun 2015 (News)
    Cambridge Smart Cars, this unrestored Cortina has never been registered for road use and to date has covered just 58 ‘delivery’ miles. Produced in May ’64, the Cortina was delivered to a Ford dealership in St Albans, Hertfordshire, and was purchased by a private customer who never took
  • All Original 1963 Ford Cortina GT in Historics 20th August Auction 27 Jul 2016 (News)
    This completely original 19,244 mile A reg Cortina GT in Goodwood Green features in Historics 20th August Brooklands auction. 1963 was the first year of the Cortinat GT and the Lotus Cortina that derived from it. A conventional tin box with McPherson struts at the front
  • Classic advert: Ford Cortina MkIII 6 Jan 2015 (News)
    Anyone who grew up in the 1970s will at some point have been ferried around in a MkIII Ford Cortina. It was almost the law. This, you see, was Britain’s best-selling saloon throughout much of its six-year career, transporting company car drivers and their families
  • Actual size Lotus Cortina Stars in Barons September Auction 5 Aug 2010 (News)
    KUU 333D - the Mk I Ford Lotus Cortina two-door saloon used as the   basis for the Corgi Classics Lotus Cortina model – is to go under the   hammer at Barons’ British Heritage sale at Sandown Park on September   7th.   When
  • Ford Probe III 14 Jun 2013 (News)
    garde as its predecessor, the Cortina’s, was conservative. So, the design team produced a more extreme version designed to continue the Ford Probe line of concepts that started in 1979, and rolled it out at the Frankfurt motor show in September 1981 – a year before the production Sierra
  • Friday concept: Ford Probe III 14 Jun 2013 (News)
    garde as its predecessor, the Cortina’s, was conservative. So, the design team produced a more extreme version designed to continue the Ford Probe line of concepts that started in 1979, and rolled it out at the Frankfurt motor show in September 1981 – a year before the production Sierra
  • Amazing Barn Find Auction at BCA Blackbushe on Bank Holiday Monday 1 May 2010 (News)
    MAJESTIC 3.8   Saloon 72K 56,612 DAIMLER MAJESTIC 4.6   Saloon 72K 92,900 FORD CORTINA 1.3 MK1 Saloon 77S 17,869  FORD CORTINA 1.3 MK1 DE LUXE Saloon 2005 05 20,169  FORD CORTINA 1.5 MK
  • Cortina Culture Comes to BCA Blackbushe 10 Feb 2010 (News)
    .   It's a Ford Cortina Facelift Mk3 2000GT, one of the very last GT's produced and is on a 1976 'R' plate. These late-model GTs were such rot boxes they are now very rare, and this example retains many original features, including the high-back GT seats and walnut effect fascia and dashboard
  • Baggy Cortina Makes £2,200 at Auction 18 Feb 2010 (News)
    A 1976R Ford Cortina 2000GT 4-door with a BBC Culture Show pedigree was sold for £2,200 in the Top Car Sale at BCA Blackbushe on Monday, 15th February. This was despite a slightly soggy stance and rust coming through the tops of the front wings ar it always did
  • Lotus Cortina Makes UK Record Price at Barons Auction 29 Oct 2009 (News)
    ·       1965 Ford/Lotus Lotus Cortina MKI £37,364.00 ·       1968 Ford (USA) Mustang 289 Convertible £16,179.00 ·       1954 MG (BMC) MGTF 1250 £15,342.75
  • Fords head to Beaulieu 26 Apr 2016 (News)
    A total of 800 Fords are already booked in for this weekend’s Simply Ford event at Beaulieu. Blue Oval fans will head to National Motor Museum in Hampshire on Sunday, 1 May. Open to every age and model of Ford, from Cortinas, Zodiacs and Anglias to Mondeos, Focuses
  • Ferrari 328 GTS set to star at Barons’ sale 18 Oct 2017 (News)
    1969 Porsche 911T 2.0-litre Karmann Coupe - £70,000-£80,000. Also going under the hammer is a 1971 BMW 2002 (£8000-£10,000), a 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe (£14,000-£18,000), a 1968 Ford Cortina Mk2 1600GT Crayford (£8000-£11,000), and 1963 Ford Cortina GT
  • Rare and Original Ford Escort Twin Cam in Historics July Auction 20 Jun 2019 (News)
    . Another contemporary Twin Cam Ford in Historics July sale is this 1970H Lotus Cortina Mk II from the same private collection as the Escort Twin Cam. The Roy Haynes designed Cortina Mk II was bigger and better than the Mk I with a crossflow 1,600cc engine and a closer ratio gearbox giving 60
  • Classic Fords set to raise money for children’s charity 19 Aug 2016 (News)
    Classic Fords will be out in force this weekend to raise money for charity. The North Wales Classic Fords Snowdonia Run takes place 20-21 August and raises money for a children’s hospice. The event, which is now in its seventh year, sees 100 Fords take on the 100
  • Celebrity saloon racing at the Revival 6 Jun 2013 (News)
    pundit Mark Blundell will be making his Revival debut in a Ford-Lotus Cortina, and other headline names already confirmed for the race include reigning World Touring Car Champion Rob Huff, Le Mans legends Tom Kristensen and Derek Bell, plus Kenny Brack, James Martin, Jackie Oliver, Anthony Reid, Stuart
  • Classic Fords head to Gaydon 20 Jun 2016 (News)
    Around 750 classic Fords will converge at the British Motor Museum next month for the UK’s biggest Blue Oval gathering. Held in conjunction with the Ford Y & C Register, the 8th Old Ford Rally takes place on Sunday 17 July. Vehicles including commercials
  • 600 classic Fords set for Midlands rally 15 Jun 2017 (News)
    . As you’d expect, there’ll be plenty of Model Ts on show as well as transport from the pre-war and austerity years. Thames and Ford commercials will be on display, as well as Zephyrs, Zodiacs, Granadas, Cortinas, Anglias, Escorts and Capris. The Midlands’ Meccano Guild will also
  • Heritage centre planned for Ford’s Dagenham site 4 Sep 2017 (News)
    of Cortina . Car production stopped in 2002, but the site went on to become one of Ford's global centres of excellence for diesel engine production.
  • Take a break: Ford Escort Mk2 launch film 4 Feb 2014 (News)
    Got five minutes to spare? Then take a break, and watch this lovely launch film of the Ford Escort Mk2 . This car was consistently the second best seller in the UK (behind the Cortina) for its
  • Top 10: Britain's best-sellers of the last 50 years 27 May 2015 (News)
    The UK’s best-selling cars have changed in style over the decades, with today’s sales charts being dominated by superminis, family hatchbacks and crossovers. But it wasn’t always so. Remember the days when the Ford Cortina was consistently at number one, and foreign
 

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