Some less vintage…
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alfa 155 rather 75.. great car.
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One of these would be just great fun around the farm. I wonder how many logs I can load in the back?
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Oops, yes. Which is why it wasn’t much good around the circuit!
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As long as you give everyone a wide berth. That was just about the last shot before I had to duck and cover. Bit like being on the bend at a speedway track…
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The Lotus Cortina just looks fab 
It was quite sedate compared to historic track Cortinas I’ve seen in the past…Sales blurb:
KPU 386C was one of a batch originally built for the Ford Motor Company competitions department at Boreham, carrying the registrations KPU 380C to KPU 397C. In those days complete cars were delivered to Boreham, where they were then dismantled prior to reassembly to suit their chosen role. Records show that KPU 386C left the factory with red paintwork and was delivered to Boreham in March 1965 and registered on the 1st June the same year. It is believed this car attended rallying legend Roger Clark’s wedding as part of a fleet of works cars supplied by Henry Taylor, who was in charge of the competitions department at the time, one of a line of three red Lotus Cortinas.
KPU 386C was decommissioned in 1967 and was then used as a mule to develop automatic transmission for standard Cortina models under Ted Davis, chief engineer at Borg/Warner. Subsequently the car was owned by several members of the same family and an unbroken history of these owners is available, along with a copy of the green logbook. Also provided is a tax disc and MoT test certificate from 1979, the last year the car was on the road. KPU 386C has since been fully restored by Jeff Coates of Classic/Express Components in Keighley, Yorkshire, and is in very good condition. Finding the correct parts took several years to source, and the car is fitted with original gearbox with the correct period aluminium bell housing and tail shaft, original seats, and it also has the correct Lotus wooden gear knob and leather rim steering wheel. Seat belts are period red to match the trim. In addition, the car has two fuel tanks fitted for long-range use, as per original specification.
Works Lotus Cortinas in Monaco Red bearing the KPU works series of registration plates are very rare, and this particular car remains very original and in possibly better condition now than when it left the factory. Supplied with the car is a copy of the homologation papers for the European series in 1965, a V5 registration document, a MoT test certificate valid until November 2008 together with a portfolio detailing its restoration. This genuine works car is ‘on the button’ and eligible for all manner of historic race and rally events.
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Thanks for the info
It might not look much but anyone who got a ride with this chap (you could get 3 laps in lots of the cars for £45…) would have had a great time. He was chucking it around like a mad man. Hooliganism!
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On the Athabasca Glacier last week. All electric arctic crawler ….able to climb 30% gradient …amazing top speed of 17kph
Jasper national Park Canada
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@Cmax @Jamiewednesday ……fabulous motors… .love the traction engines. I have stood in the freezing cold Sutton Park watching rally cars in the RAC rally circa 1975….wonderful.
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The Rover P6 was ahead of it’s time and still is.
A very safe car with excellent suspension that handled bends well and could navigate potholes without needing a new tyre. 
All the panels bolted on to a steel backbone. Even the roof is bolt on. Nowadays a headlamp bulb could mean a scrap car.
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A friend of my dad had one many moons ago, and loved it, only replacing it when it was written off, due to a Pratt rear ending them.
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My godfather was travelling in one (sat in the back) and was rear ended, he was convinced that he survived because it was a P6.
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Not sure Grace Kelly would agree about the P6’s handling!