Mk1 Lotus Cortina

[CodeTwo2]

..and today on the throttle, we have - Bertie Blipper and his ultra-fast ankle.

[christschinwon]

took off like Magnum PI but without the gay moustache. Cortina's rule the world

[motorguzzi100]

@christschinwon they did until the hill-man imps of Alex pool came about with twin 40s on board and Coventry climax engines in back and 80 mph second gear you could her them coming from 2 mile away in depth of night iknow i was there mid 60s mid wales in 970 cooper s

[butolina]

omg awsome i want that car :)))

[markeyb575]

Yes actually I had three in the eighties one a mk2 before they were rotten.Whats your point? I apologised for mistaking the car for one i knew, said nothing about its sound. Ive had a crossflow and a pinto and a dolly sprint all on 40s or 45s.

[englandman2008]

im looking for a mk1 my self ,gorgeous car ,id even sell my mini for one :)

[markeyb575]

Sorry old chap..., thought it wasTony from the Romford area pulling out of the Halfway House. The car Im thinking of is being repainted at the mo black and gold. My mistake

[markeyb575]

Thats not a Lotus Twin Cam or Lotus Cortina ,,,,,,,Thats a crossflow with 40s on it in a Mk 1 Cortina and Ermine white is the correct colour with the stripe in Citreon Sherwood Green,,,,,Just like a Lotus Cortina.

[ReMiiXDiS]

@markeyb575 It is a GT with an all Steel XE on 45`s

[englandman2008]

@markeyb575 have you heard a lotus cortina before??? it sounds exactly the same ,just getting abit of throttle thats all ,if you didnt knoe they had twin 40's on ,thats what you can hear

[jordanr1504]

What is the name of the white colour?

Diamond White?

[cossymax]

@jordanr1504

No its ermine white fella

[jordanr1504]

@cossymax nice 1,

much appreciated.

[soulboyify]

a friend of mine owned a mk 1 lotus totally bog std but with a set of minilites, it was awesome it was

GEG 433D

[SuperTamponBandit]

same as my dads

[jimjamsssssssss]

Shit HOT ! I MEAN REALLY SHIT HOT.

[motorguzzi100]

@jimjamsssssssss yes good cars those days you could work on them always remember being flat out in a cooper following a lotus until i changed up into 5th gear the look on the lotus guys face as i overtook him he was flat on floor this was in 1966 my cooper had a 5 speed box that i bought out of a car magazine can you imagine what that would fetch today also ran 998 hilman imps twin 40s they were awesome down lane scared the hell out of lotus i had them all

[spoonfedandlapsitup]

sweet!!

[oldschool619619]

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!

[BigDiikPlayrrr]

very nice!!! just fired up our mk1 last night for the first time 4cyl with twin webers sounds good

[puyoly09]

she went alirhgt didn't she haha

[Crowley483]

hehehehe touching my self holy fuck

[bizzyfingers]

im touching myself watching this over and over

[oywidapoodles]

LOL! XD

[TraineeGynaecologist]

Fantastic Sound :)

[asdasupervisor]

my uncle once had one of these infact it was his first car but saying that it had no engine or gear box, he was doing it as a restoration project sadly was never completed

[plastabrick]

Im a 6 litre Chevy man myself but gee that wagon has got class man. Love the little ' DONUT '

on the way out... totally cortina man....

[alpineb10]

love the twin cam sound!

[monkey2006985]

Should have realised that was an XE by the sound of it to be honest, considering I own a Nova and plan on fitting the 2.0 legend one day

[123456789omgwtf]

f***ing awesome i want one so bad, hard to get one in little maryland haha

[datxr2boi]

i no mark garry told me about it a little wile ago lol

[datxr2boi]

it aint a lotus lol its got a 2.0 16v vauxhall engine

[cossymax]

Your right its got an SBD all steel XE Engine

On throttle bodies now ;-)

[monkey2006985]

you've managed to get a very crisp individual sound, quite close to the lotus twink from it, glorious mate

[cossymax]

Thanks mate,And i love the sound of it...straight cut gears and induction noise love it

[miff121]

hi,you dont see many off them about,brother+cousin had mk2 savage,s.IF ever looking for paint esstimate give me a bell[ or pass on to other ford members].cheers miff121.

[fenderbassfan]

I forgot to mention it was in the early 70's and it sounded just like your video. I traded it for a '65 bug because first gear became so worn it sounded like a police siren.

[cossymax]

Ha Ha........Mine has straight cut gearbox so whines so loud it drives you either crazy or you love it

[fenderbassfan]

Nice, my brother picked one up for my mom as an everyday driver. I beat many a Porsche with it. The only drawback was when I punched the throttle all the way done to hard the throttle linkage would pull apart and I'd have to get out and reconnect it.

[cossymax]

Had that before with my old mk1.. . .thanks Mate

[fenderbassfan]

Actually, ours was a mk1 Cortina GT. Who ever designed that linkage with the little ball that would pop out was loaded or something. Don't remember seeing any others around Southern California in the early 70's.

[yvade]

wow

[stanimic]

A great car you have here -is the car original A bracket etc ? i would like to find another ....

[cossymax]

No Mate has a set of antoi tramp bars fitted and a Panard Rod/kit on the rear

[stanimic]

I sold my 1965 Mk1 Lotus in 1973 but hanker after another upon my return to the UK next year

I know someone who has a 1965 Mk 1 airflow car in bits believe it or not and has been stored like this for many year it's all there he will never do it .. heres hoping

[Nissehultswe]

That is Just Lovely

[lesgodfrey]

awesome!

[billymazdin]

GREAT CAR!!!

[cossymax]

Thanks....Should be better now i have a new 220 bbp engine on throttle bodies . . .

Will post up some new videos soon

[prozbo1]

I WANT ONE!

[vinylmasakist]

Now THATS a tool!

[LaoTseo]

Yeah, the sound af a true Lotus Cortina is the best, i got one myself. 167 hp.

[phil2213]

wear can I buy this car

[slinky2000]

167 hp ?? nice one :) that one looks class!

[55bloke]

Short, but sweeeeet!! Lovely Mk 1 Lotus Cortina, and sounds great too.