Mk1 Lotus Cortina

Bit of sideways leaving a car meet

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Mk1
• lotus
• cortina

[jordanr1504]

What is the name of the white colour?

Diamond White?

[cossymax]

@jordanr1504

No its ermine white fella

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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]

@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

[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

[ReMiiXDiS]

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