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Ford Consul Cortina (113E)

'Project Archbishop' was Ford UK's attempt to build a "C" class car that would be cheaper and simpler to produce than the over-engineered Ford Consul Classic. Conceived in rapid time to counter the Ford USA plans to build the 'Cardinal' project front wheel drive German-American car in Dagenham, Ford Britain launched Project 'Archbishop' as the Ford Consul Cortina in 1962. Body design was supervised by Roy Brown who was responsible for the Edsel project. Ford had decided to move the 'Consul' name away from the larger cars, and in the end chose 'Cortina' after the Ski resort Cortina d'Ampezzo, and the prefix 'Consul' added. For the October 1962 launch the Consul Cortina was given an 1197cc version of the 997cc Anglia engine, but a new 1499cc engine was available in the Cortina Super from January 1963. This 1500 engine was tuned to 78bhp for the Cortina GT in Spring 1963, and developed into a 105bhp twin cam 1558cc unit for the Lotus Cortina in 1963. The Cortina was revised for October 1964, losing its 'Consul' title and gaining 'Aeroflow' ventilation and new grilles. Almost one million Cortina MkIs were sold before the MkII was rolled out in 1966.

Ford Consul Cortina 1500 DL - badge on bonnet. Ford had decided to move the 'Consul' name away from the larger cars, and were going to call this car 'Consul 325' (the last big Consul having been called 'Consul 375'). The name 'Caprino' had also been suggested until its meaning in Italian was found. In the end 'Cortina' was chosen after the Ski resort Cortina d'Ampezzo, and the prefix 'Consul' added.	Ford Consul Cortina 1964 Estate - badge on tailgate. A similar script was used in the middle of the bootlid on saloons until the Aeroflow restyle.	Ford Cortina 1964 Super 4-door - badge on rear wing	Ford Consul Cortina 1963 Super 2-door. Chrome grilles were only given to Deluxe or Super Deluxe Cortinas, and the Super Deluxe came as standard with a 1498cc Kent engine	Ford Cortina MkI. The revamp in autumn 1964 saw the Cortina lose its 'Consul' name and the bonnet badge was changed to read 'Cortina'.
Ford Consul Cortina 1500 Deluxe 4-door. Designed by Roy Brown. Deluxe Cortinas had chrome grilles (whereas standard cars were painted), but only the Super Deluxe cars had chrome side strips.	Ford Consul Cortina. "Project Archbishop" was Ford UK's attempt to build a "C" class car that would be cheaper and simpler to produce than the over-engineered Ford Consul Classic.	Ford Consul Cortina 1963 Deluxe 1500. The 4-door was available from October 1962, and the 1498cc engine was offered from January 1963 as an option on the Deluxe or as standard on the Super deluxe.	Ford Consul Cortina 1963 Super 2-door. Chrome grilles were only given to Deluxe or Super Deluxe Cortinas, and the Super Deluxe was given chrome trims along the side flash, and often finished in duotones.	Ford Consul Cortina 1964 Estate. The estate was launched in 1963 as a 5-door and available in Deluxe or Super DeLuxe versions, with a 1500cc engine being optional on the Deluxe but default on the Super.
Ford Consul Cortina Lotus 1963. The Lotus type 28 was created on request from the Ford Motor Company to supply 1000 saloons for racing. Early Lotus Cortinas had a special rear suspension which proved delicate and was changed, and some cars had aluminium panels.	Ford Cortina 1964 Super 4-door. Super Cortinas were given the 1500 engine as standard, whereas the engine was optional in the Deluxe. In 1964 the 'Consul' name was dropped and the bonnet badge said 'Cortina' instead of 'Consul'	Ford Cortina 1965 DL 1500 Estate. The Cortina Estate was only available as a Deluxe or as a Super Deluxe model, and the 1500 engine was optional on the Deluxe but standard on the Super.	Ford Cortina 1965 DL Estate. Deluxe Estates had the option of 1498cc ohv engine, but this was standard on the Super Deluxe Estates.	Ford Cortina 1966 1500 GT Crayford Convertible. Converted into a convertible by Crayfords of Westerham, around 50 Cortina MkI convertibles were made, 30 of these going to Bermuda.
Ford Cortina 1966 DL Estate. This shows the new grille given at the end of 1964. This Deluxe Cortina has duotone colours and chrome trim along the sides, whereas the Super Deluxe estate had fake wood trim on the sides and tailgate	Ford Cortina 1965 GT 4-door. The GT model was released in April 1963 with a 78bhp version of the 1498cc engine developed by Cosworth, this engine already given to the Ford Classic GT. 2-door and 4-door GTs were offered and these carried over into the facelifted Aeroflow versions	Ford Cortina 1966 Super 4-door. Cortina Supers were given wider wheels, and the hubcabs came with embellishers. Duotone colours were popular for both the Deluxe and the Super.	Ford Cortina Lotus. Colin Chapman of Lotus was building a twin cam version of the Ford Kent engine for use in the Lotus 23 racing car and the Lotus Elan. Walter Hayes asked Lotus to fit this engine into a 1000 Ford Cortinas for homologation in motorsport, and hence the 'Ford Cortina by Lotus' was launched in 1963.	Ford Consul Cortina 1963 Deluxe 1500 - rear lamps. The Roy Brown design, completed in 1959, was given fashionable 'folder over' rear wings, but the round rear lamps were a last minute degree from Dearborn that all cars must have round lamps.
Ford Consul Cortina 1964 Estate - the estate was released from the Dearborn edict about having round rear lamps.	Ford Cortina 1966 Super 4-door - rear lamps. The lamps didn't change on the Cortina MkI, but the Series 1b with the Aeroflow ventilation had a new 'Cortina' script placed on the offside edge of the bootlid, instead of the centred script of Series 1a Cortinas.	Ford Consul Cortina 1963 Super 4-door. This view shows off the added chrome for the Super model, and the lack of Aeroflow ventilation grille on the c-pillar before 1964.	Ford Consul Cortina 1964 Estate. The Cortina Estate was a ground-breaking design, at a time when some estate cars were still converted after the car was built. Its line were elegant and yet practical.	Ford Cortina 1966 Super 4-door. In 1964 the Cortina gained Aeroflow vents on the c-pillar for the series 1b model. The Super continued to be given lots of chrome trim and could be ordered in duotone colours.
Ford Consul Cortina 1964 Estate. Ford gave the Cortina (and the Anglia) a one-piece lift-up tailgate which was unusual at a time when many estate cars still had split tailgates or vertical doors.	Ford Cortina 1965 GT 4-door	Ford Cortina MkI Super Estate - rear wheel	Ford Cortina MkI	Ford Consul

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