TYPE 28 -
The Lotus Cortina 1963 to 1966 Production Sedan
Engine: Lotus-Ford
Twin-Cam 1558 cc ------------------------- Gearbox: Ford
4 speed------------------------------------------------- Chassis: Unit
Body steel monocoque--------------------------- Front Suspension:Strut-type
with lower wishbone,------- & coil spring
/ damper units.----------------------------------------- Rear Suspension:
semi-elliptic leaf springs and----------- damper units.-------------------------------------------------------------- Axle location
was by twin tracking arms and A-bracket. Wheelbase:
ft. in.------------------------------------------------------- Front Track:
ft. in.----------------------------------------------------- Rear Track:
ft. in.------------------------------------------------------ Length:
ft. in.----------------------------------------------------------- Weight:
lbs.--------------------------------------------------------------
Ford of England
came to Lotus to build 1000------------- special Cortina
GT's with a twin cam engine to ---------- compete in Group
2.------------------------------------------------- The Lotus Cortina
sported a completely different------- rear suspension,
light alloy body panels, and------------ Lotus
Twin-Cam engine.------------------------------------------- Top speed was
106 mph, and 0-60 in 9.9 seconds.---- So potent was
the performance of the Lotus Cortina that they
dominated the Sedan classes.------------------- . Production figures
are as follows: .-------- 1963: 228 cars------------------------------ 1964: 563 cars------------------------------ 1965: 112 cars------------------------------ 1966: 991 cars------------------------------ . Produced by Ford:------------------- 1967: 4032 Series 2
cars-------- .
. Lotus - Ford
1558 cc Twin Cam Engine . ( Notice the
Lotus Components ID tag in front of carbs. ) .
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Left Front Suspension-----Left
Rear Suspension . ( Notice that
the components are angled foreward-- slightly to offset
the braking forces found in racing. This little modification
greatly increased the cars- braking, and
was typical of the Lotus attention to detail during
it's modification. )----------------------------
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