Hot Rods What is this car?

I saw this thing on gasser madness and, being a yank and all, i can't quite figure out what it is... not real important, but it's drivin' me nuts not knowing... since i think i have to know everything.. your help is appreciated.

 

ford mk1 cortina

 

It's BAD TO THE BONE is what it is!

Some sort of an English or German Ford product? A Prefect or Taunus or something like that?

 

hmmmm

 

As stated Ford MkI Cortina WITH a Chopped Top

 

Cortina as posted above. I wish I had kept the GT Cortina I had years ago.

 

Thanks and yes.... it is cool.

 

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You wrote - "This is the best damned forum
I have ever found. I hope you guys aren't
all faking'

Actually, they were all pulling your leg
a little bit. It's really a bone-stock '62
Henway 'Glyptodon' sedan....with
the factory optional chopped top and the
semi-rare, Henway-dealer installed
'Gasser' package! Honest!!

Mart3406 ("Official Henway Motors
Corporate Historian and Archivist")

 

Hey Simon HOTFR8, I owned one of these as well.



Rocky.

 

mk 1 cortina, built in the uk, exported to america.

 

Sure is a Mk1 corty, used to be a heap of them on the roads over here. They are a cool little car thats for sure.

 

Didn't they make a few of those with a Lotus OHC? Cream and green? Rally car?

dj

 

Yep, the Lotus Cortina - It had a Twin cam head on the 1600 block. Used for circut racing more than rally and was sold as a street car as well.

 

That beast looks fast just sitting there.

 

I had one back in England, it was stolen, they nicked the Cosmic Superslots except the one with a locking wheel nut, then they smashed it to pieces and left it for dead in a Jewish cemetery, this was in Leeds in 1980, it was a really nice car.

 

holy crap - who the hell did you piss off?

 

Joy riders, Leeds was a rough town, still is.