Registration No : FOE 5L Chassis No : BABTMA20094 MOT : Exempt The Mark III Cortina was the last European car engineered by Harley Copp as Vice President Engineering and head of Brentwood before his return to Detroit.

Inspired by the "coke bottle" design emanating from Detroit, it replaced the Mark II Cortina and the Ford Corsair.

Crayford Engineering based in Westerham, Kent, established in 1962, was a coachbuilder specialising in convertible conversions to European automobiles.

Founded by David McMullan (sales manager) and Jeff Smith (R & D), co-workers at Lambretta-Trojan in Croydon, they moonlighted in a garage at Throwley House, Strood.

David had a flat at Bexleyheath and as the flat telephone was on the Crayford exchange, the name soon stuck.

A number of their designs were based on Ford products, including examples of the Cortina Mk I, Cortina Mk II, Cortina Cabriolet Mk2, Cortina Mk III, Corsair Convertible, Corsair Cabriolet and Capri Cabriolet.

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