He’d recently passed his test and was driving his dad’s Ford Cortina MkII ... It had an enlarged 1159cc engine, although this one has a Lotus Type 907 from a Lotus Elite, which was a ...
Most important was the 1.5-litre engine with a Weber carburettor ... Not content with the 61 kW GT version, Ford then launched the Lotus Cortina, developed by Formula One guru Colin Chapman ...