Mk.I GT & GT500 Cortinas


This page features Mk.I GTs and GT 500s. Click on the thumbnail to get a big JPEG. File sizes are stated for the cautious.

 

This two door '66 GT is owned by Par Engstrom, secretary of Svenska Cortina Klubben (that's the Swedish Cortina Club to you). It's seen here in Wales, with the Menai Straits in the background. This is a much decorated car - best GT at the club AGM in '91, '95 and '97, and a win the 1990 Ford Spectacular at Longleat House, England. I think he's sold it now. (31kb)
A '66 GT's I used to own, now in better hands! Glad it's going to live on. (36kb)
A GT once owned by Gary Saunderson. Nice dog, good dog. (41kb)
From a 1965 US Ford dealer brochure, a GT sporting a prototype 'chameleon' paint job successfully blending into the background. Thanks to Ron Bruner for this great pic. (44kb)
The dash of the 'Airflow' model GT, seen here with a non-standard steering wheel. Plus a non-standard Melway street directory. Fuzzy dice not shown. (21kb)
Here's what's underneath the bonnet. Rather innocuous looking, isn't it? (28kb)
Harry Firth and Bob Jane's Bathurst-winning 1963 Cortina GT. (32kb)
The engine of the same car, featuring judicious use of chrome. (29kb)
Great crash in an Australian touring car race in the '60s - that's the rear window on the ground... (23kb)
Great shot of a Ford Works Cortina GT on the 1964 Alpine Rally - Vic Elford I presume. (52kb)
A 1966 two-door UK GT rally-prepared to Works specification within F.I.A. regulations, with a blueprinted engine with twin Webers. The car has a strengthened chassis, sump guard, Minilite wheels, twin fuel tanks, roll cage, full fire extinguisher set up, twin bucket seats, rally lighting and an intercom. (40kb)
The GT 500 with twin fuel fillers behind the rear window. Ahhh, the luxury of choice. (15kb)
Here we can see the twin brake-cooling scoops on Gary Saunderson's GT 500. (28kb)


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