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peteleo
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Lotus Cortina

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Is this perhaps the last LHD Lotus Cortina made:

http://www.cristianoluzzago.it/en/cars- ... lotus.html
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Post by Sideways »

Didn't they still make LHD ones in 1966?
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Post by Bob_S »

Do you not count the MKII?
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Post by Brett Wilkie »

They say it's a 1965 but when I read the VIN it looks like a 66 if this decoder is correct?
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http://www.lotus-cortina.com/mk1plate.htm
He certainly made a mess of the dash area, looks like crap.
I guess that you were meaning last Mk1 Locort? I had a 1967 Mk2.
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Post by peteleo »

I wasn't clear, i meant last MK1 made.
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Post by Sideways »

peteleo wrote:I wasn't clear, i meant last MK1 made.
Still confused, last Mk1 made, based on what?
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Read the last page. Somehow it didn't show up when i clicked on it.
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Post by Sideways »

peteleo wrote:Read the last page. Somehow it didn't show up when i clicked on it.
I read the last page but it still means little - do remember that of the 3300+ Mk1 Lotus Cortinas made there are still 4000 left on the road.
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Post by peteleo »

ID tag on the car does look legit. The Cortina-list forum is following this car.
Lance Brown mentioned:

I had fb59998 a few years ago. I was told it was the third to last built.
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Post by peteleo »

Did a bit of research. From the Lotus Cortina information site:
http://www.lotuscortinainfo.com/?page_id=430

About 1/2 way down the page. Shows Fred Bushell taking the last LHD LC
type 4 from the Cheshunt before Lotus moving to Hethel.

Again still debatable if FB6000 is the last ( true ) LC built.
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