Mk2 Cortina Savage

[MarkwG]

aeropilot said:

I find it odd that anyone paid the not inconsiderable premium for the era, for a Lotus and then want to pay out even more to have a boat anchor put in the place of the Twink...... instead of just buying a 2-dr GT and binning the X-Flow for the Essex.

Madness

Or the Lotus engine failed, & the V6 was seen as cheaper, easier & potentially more reliable?

[hidetheelephants]

aeropilot said:

TarquinMX5 said:

However, as most conversions were done on 'secondhand' cars (ie owner bought the car and took it straight to Crayford) to save car tax on the conversion, and as they converted 20 MK2 Cortina Lotus convertibles it's perfectly feasible that an owner had a Lotus converted to V6.

I find it odd that anyone paid the not inconsiderable premium for the era, for a Lotus and then want to pay out even more to have a boat anchor put in the place of the Twink...... instead of just buying a 2-dr GT and binning the X-Flow for the Essex.

Madness

Maybe an expensive infarction happened to the twink and an Essex would be available off the shelf compared to a wait for a twink rebuild?

[aeropilot]

MarkwG said:

aeropilot said:

I find it odd that anyone paid the not inconsiderable premium for the era, for a Lotus and then want to pay out even more to have a boat anchor put in the place of the Twink...... instead of just buying a 2-dr GT and binning the X-Flow for the Essex.

Madness

Or the Lotus engine failed, & the V6 was seen as cheaper, easier & potentially more reliable?

On a brand new car.......?

[MarkwG]

aeropilot said:

MarkwG said:

aeropilot said:

I find it odd that anyone paid the not inconsiderable premium for the era, for a Lotus and then want to pay out even more to have a boat anchor put in the place of the Twink...... instead of just buying a 2-dr GT and binning the X-Flow for the Essex.

Madness

Or the Lotus engine failed, & the V6 was seen as cheaper, easier & potentially more reliable?

On a brand new car.......?

Second hand doesn't have a time frame. Out of warranty perhaps, or claim rejected for some reason.

[markymarkthree]

Legacywr said:

markymarkthree said:

Well i am glad my Savage has the original Essex fitted.

That’s quite rare, have we seen pics of yours?

Yes and you have made comments.
Go back to pages 15.

[Legacywr]

Sorry, the Mk3

[TarquinMX5]

aeropilot said:

TarquinMX5 said:

However, as most conversions were done on 'secondhand' cars (ie owner bought the car and took it straight to Crayford) to save car tax on the conversion, and as they converted 20 MK2 Cortina Lotus convertibles it's perfectly feasible that an owner had a Lotus converted to V6.

I find it odd that anyone paid the not inconsiderable premium for the era, for a Lotus and then want to pay out even more to have a boat anchor put in the place of the Twink...... instead of just buying a 2-dr GT and binning the X-Flow for the Essex.

Madness

This gets interesting: as far as I can tell (from various sources) the chassis plate in the photo decodes as a Jan '70 Dagenham 2-door Cortina Lotus shell, 1600GT engine (not Lotus twincam), Silver Fox colour.
It also indicates a 3.9 (ie. 1600GT) diff, whereas AFAIK the Lotus was 3.77.

I'd like a very close look at that before shelling out €75,000, though as it's been 'restored', what it started out as 50-years ago is a moot point.

[Legacywr]

I don’t believe anybody is going to pay £75k.

[Shezbo]

£75k is stupidly.

[Sardonicus]

TarquinMX5 said:

This gets interesting: as far as I can tell (from various sources) the chassis plate in the photo decodes as a Jan '70 Dagenham 2-door Cortina Lotus shell, 1600GT engine (not Lotus twincam), Silver Fox colour.
It also indicates a 3.9 (ie. 1600GT) diff, whereas AFAIK the Lotus was 3.77.

I'd like a very close look at that before shelling out €75,000, though as it's been 'restored', what it started out as 50-years ago is a moot point.

You are correct concerning diff ratio's alright

[markymarkthree]

Seems daft to me this car.
The whole point of a Lotus Cortina, is that you have a Cortina with the main ingredient being a Lotus engine and not some big ole heavy lump, that will ruin the handling a bit.
Now if this was a Lotus Cortina mk2 Crayford convertible (of which they did a few), that would be a nice motor. But still not 75k nice.