Lotus Cortina

Well, no, but, like, a nice one.

That's a good answer, but no. I'm picking the 1964 Ford Lotus Cortina.

That's a, that's a ballpark, yeah.

Uh, Google it.

Claro.

O Peixinho sei que ele, é, é, é, em 63, hã, estava pra alinhar com, com o Lotus Cortina, que tinha acabado de, acabado de comprar, mas como o carro ainda não estava homologado, hã, hã, acabou por alinhar no, no Jaguar Mark II, que era um carro pesado pro circuito, portanto a coisa até nem correu, nem correu como ele gostaria.

Mas o António Peixinho é um nome que fica para, pra memória mesmo à frente dos mais jovens.

Sim, sim.

We've also got Formula 1, we've got iconic race cars, important everyday cars.

Um, a lot of collectors forget, you know, Lotus Cortina.

We've got cars that when people turn up, they have a story about it.

You know, they'll look at a Cortina and go, "Oh, my dad..." Or a Mini and go, "Oh." But we try and get the best of that, but I think it's wonderful to try and unite people over a shared story of a car.

And it's not like there's a 488 piston where they go, "Oh, I'll get another spec." There's just one of them.

Yeah.

And yes, okay, our Cortina, our showing car, our Cortina, our Cortina is a standard Lotus Cortina, but it's probably the very best left-hand drive Cortina out there.

So for that reason, if someone wants a left hook of Cortina, there's pretty much only a handful of places you can get them.

And Sterling would have been 78, I suppose, at the time.

And he was in a Lotus Cortina.

Okay.

And I was in an Alpha GTA.

So technically anyone who drives a secondhand Nova can aspire to owning a Lotus Carlton, although they're quite different vehicles.

But you could say the same if we go back in time to anyone with a 1963 Ford console Cortina fleet line gazing in envy at the Lotus Cortina.

Sure.

They are very different animals.

Yeah

... "done more than any of these g- guys are gonna do." So yeah, sold the 355, got a Lotus Cortina.

Oh, the Cortina I've seen.

That's cool.

Yeah.

Mark 1 Lotus Cortina.

It's an FIA car.

Um, a 1965 car.

... absolute global car scatter, yeah.

Is he okay? Oh, I really fancy driving my, uh, I don't know, Lotus Cortina today.

Oh, wait.

Yeah.

Excellent.

I'll be racing the Lotus Cortina in the St Mary's Trophy race and Aston Martin DB4 GT Lightweight in the Stirling Moss Trophy on the Friday.

And the Thursday, I'm very lucky to be asked to play cricket with his grace in front of the house on the Thursday, so...

Anyone who likes cricket, come and watch me, Sheddon, Huffy, Ingram, my brother Max, and a few other, Prio, probably Piro, a whole load of other legends.

That's dope.

It's like you get Ford Lotus.

Yeah.

It's still going to be a good time.