1,558cc DOHC Inline 4-Cylinder Engine Mechanical Fuel Injection Approximately 120bhp at 5,500rpm 4-Speed Manual Transmission Front Independent Suspension – Rear Leaf Springs Front Disc Brakes – Rear Drum Brakes *A nicely finished Ford Cotina up-rated to Lotus-spec *Icon of the Swinging Sixties *Striking Alan Mann Racing colors *Comprehensively restored THE FORD LOTUS CORTINA Ford of England produced an amazing 2.6 million Cortinas between 1962 and 1982; nearly all of them for the home market, and Cortinas became Britain's best-selling automobile between 1972 and 1981.

None of those little Fords, however, may be more famous than then one that dove down the Olympic bobsled run at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, in 1963, with racing star Jimmy Clark at the wheel.

That publicity stunt certainly put the Ford Lotus Cortina, to use its correct name, on the map.

This little pocket rocket came about when Lotus founder Colin Chapman began looking about for an engine to replace the venerable but exp...