Well, you won`t see one of these very often, if ever! Starting life in South Africa as a 3.0 Cortina GLS Automatic, ‘HBA887Y’ arrived in the UK in 2016.

Purchased by a Ford enthusiast called Les who embarked on a journey of transformation.

Turning a rather tired and dowdy bronze Cortina GLS into the superb evocation of the Cortina 3.0 S we see here.

The feature in Retro Ford magazine dated February 2020 will tell you much more about the work that has gone into this car, but we suspect as informative as the article is, it only tells part of the story.

This looks to us like a full rebuild / restoration, with great attention to detail.

The history file needs to be seen and includes a copy of the magazine plus much more.

From its tuned Essex V6 complete with Holley carb and hot cam, to the rather excellent leather trimmed sports interior plus much, much more, Les has created a unique motor car that will be a firm favourite at any show and is already well known to the Cortina owners c...