£34,565
1964 Lotus Cortina Mark I
COYS • UK • 6 Sept 2018
Market Position:
Mid-Market
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£34,565
1964 Lotus Cortina Mark I
UK • 6 Sept 2018
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This is a genuine Lotus Cortina with just 4 owners from new and under 80,000 miles. It has benefitted from a restoration a few years ago, with a recent engine rebuild, and has been stored carefully in a dry heated garage for the last 8 years.
Condition
8
The car has benefitted from a restoration a few years ago, with a recent engine rebuild which included the fitting of new pistons and bearings. The Cortina has been cared for by the current owner for the last 8 years, during which time it has been stored carefully in a dry heated garage.
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80,000 miles
Z74D/424469/L
1964
Auction
Manual
RHD
United Kingdom
£34,565
1964 Lotus Cortina Mark I
COYS • UK • 6 Sept 2018
Market Position:
Mid-Market
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Description
The two-door Ford Cortina GT had already been proven in rallies and circuit racing when Ford executive Walter Hayes approached Colin Chapman to produce a world-beating racing saloon, following up a series of successful Ford-powered Lotus Formula Junior single-seaters.
The plan called for Lotus to assemble 1000 cars to homologate the model for FIA Group 2 racing.
Engineer Harry Mundy – who had previously helped design the Formula 1 World Championship-winning Coventry Climax engines – had been commissioned by Chapman to design a twin-overhead camshaft cylinder head to top the Ford 1500 Kent engine’s ‘unburstable bottom end’.
Cosworth Engineering helped develop and fine-tune these engines, while the Ford 4-speed gearbox as specified for the Lotus Elan was adopted for the Cortina program.
Colin Chapman significantly revised the Ford Cortina’s suspension, changing the spring and damper rates, reducing the ride height, and utilizing coil springs at the rear.
The body shell was lightened...
Price Analysis vs Other Cortinas
£19,000
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£37,695
Median Price (Since 2020)
£78,750
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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