3000 mile Lotus cortina Sold...£100k

[GP4]

i am a lotus cortina register member...i think that 75k for a good road car is a typo.more like 25k.

Is that what they fetch these days? The last LC road car we had in the family was my brothers 18th birthday pressie from my Dad. 1966 on a 'D'...absolutely MINT (and I mean MINT!!) condition and completely standard in every way, after a full bare shell, bare-metal strip down and fully repainted. Engine, transmission, brakes etc all completely overhauled. Rebuilt with as many new parts as we could source at the time including wings, bumpers, rims etc, and any other non-standard parts replaced with re-furbished originals from a spare donor car we had...and all work carried out to very high standards at our Ford main dealership in 1984. Given to my brother early '85...he reckoned it was too heavy on fuel so went back to his Mk.1 Escort 1300 Sport (!!)...and sold it for the princely sum of £1'800 about a year or so later, having covered less than 1000 miles in it.

So if a good one is £25k, what's a minty one worth...£35k+?? My brother always was a genius with things like that....

[rs2000_gb]

The Kray's mk10 jags where layed up in a barn in Hertfordshire when i first saw them in 1989 and had been in there since the early 70s, covered in chicken crap and straw. The Farmer has the old buff style logbooks in their names and "wouldn't sell for any price". To my knowledge they're still sitting in the same spot,at least they where 5 years ago. What would they be worth?

[sutty234]

Is that what they fetch these days? The last LC road car we had in the family was my brothers 18th birthday pressie from my Dad. 1966 on a 'D'...absolutely MINT (and I mean MINT!!) condition and completely standard in every way, after a full bare shell, bare-metal strip down and fully repainted. Engine, transmission, brakes etc all completely overhauled. Rebuilt with as many new parts as we could source at the time including wings, bumpers, rims etc, and any other non-standard parts replaced with re-furbished originals from a spare donor car we had...and all work carried out to very high standards at our Ford main dealership in 1984. Given to my brother early '85...he reckoned it was too heavy on fuel so went back to his Mk.1 Escort 1300 Sport (!!)...and sold it for the princely sum of £1'800 about a year or so later, having covered less than 1000 miles in it.

So if a good one is £25k, what's a minty one worth...£35k+?? My brother always was a genius with things like that....

yes. 20 to 30 grand plus in some cases.its another case of if only we knew then what we know now.you will be lucky to find a resto project for less than 10k.the prices are on a par with escort twin cams and rs1600s

[cortinajim]

3000 miles worth £100,000 that makes mine worth a fortune at 144,000 miles and 4 lakes tours under its wheels

[Mick the cabbie]

Not too sure what price I'd put on this.
TBH, it's the first mint low miles Mk1 Lotus I've seen. All the mint ones have been restored. With history like this or not, where on earth would you find another in brand new original condition with 3,000 miles one the clock????

[KL]

another ex works race car driven by graham hill,jim clark and several others

In a race? Which car? - I can't recall any.
JC was kept out of UK saloon racing by tax from end 66 to his death and NGH had no Lotus/Ford contract in the Cortina era until 67.

No Lotus Cortina was actually used or "involved" in the GTR, as implied or stated in earlier posts. It just happened to be owned as a road car by one of those involved at the time.
(Neither is there any evidence whatsoever Bernie Ecclestone was behind the GTR, as so often rumoured...)

[Dave1800BDA]

i am a lotus cortina register member and this car will sell for 100k.the same seller has jim clarks personal road car for 175k,jim clarks race car which is slightly more and another ex works race car driven by graham hill,jim clark and several others.the dealer is jdclassics i think.maybe someone can post up a link.i think that 75k for a good road car is a typo.more like 25k.

link

http://www.jdclassics.co.uk/car/256

[sutty234]

In a race? Which car? - I can't recall any.
JC was kept out of UK saloon racing by tax from end 66 to his death and NGH had no Lotus/Ford contract in the Cortina era until 67.

No Lotus Cortina was actually used or "involved" in the GTR, as implied or stated in earlier posts. It just happened to be owned as a road car by one of those involved at the time.
(Neither is there any evidence whatsoever Bernie Ecclestone was behind the GTR, as so often rumoured...)

there are 4 cars for sale.2 road cars and 2 race cars

thanks for posting the link dave.