CORTINA TRAP
Oct 30, 2020
4 minutes
Words Mike Renaut
Photos
Andy Saunders
The fact that Patrick Miles bought this Lotus Cortina for £1300 tells you how long he’s owned it. “I saw it advertised in the Bristol Evening Post in 1980,” remembers Patrick, “and it was in pretty good condition. It’s a September 1966 car so one of the last built. I’d owned Mk2 Cortina Lotuses and everyone told me the Mk1 was the one to have. I was 23 years old and fell in love with the car. It had tinted windows and bucket seats. I drove it for about five years then put it in storage while I worked abroad.”
That time in storage wasn’t kind to the Cortina. “When I got it back out,” continues Patrick, “the brakes were
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