• Desirable, genuine two-door Cortina 1600 GT • Comprehensively restored around 10 years ago, and still presenting very well • Much recent improvement, including new starting equipment, carburettor overhaul, and servicing • Supplied with original sales literature, owner’s handbook, and workshop manual Introduced in autumn, 1966, the Ford Cortina Mk.

II was styled in-house by Roy Haynes.

Employing much the same floorpan as its predecessor, complete with independent front suspension, a live rear axle and front disc and rear drum brakes, it nevertheless benefitted from a wider track and revised steering geometry.

Second only to the Mk.

II Cortina-Lotus, the Mk.

II Cortina GT was initially powered by a pre-Crossflow 1,498cc OHV four-cylinder engine allied with a four-speed manual transmission (complete with new diaphragm clutch and three-rail remote gearchange).

With some 78bhp and 97lb.

ft.

of torque on tap, the model had a suitably sporty feel.

It further benefited from an enlar...