1967 Ford Cortina Lotus MkII

1967 Ford Cortina Lotus MkII in Top Gear, Non-fiction TV, 2002-2015 Ep. 12.07

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dsl ◊ 2012-05-18 18:11	Discussion at http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118030 : "If anybody was watching Top Gear tonight, there was a feature on the BTTC, with a brief glimpse of an orange Mk2 with a white roof and flash. I wonder if anybody knows the car??" Leads to "At the 1968 end of season Motor Show 200 (Brands Hatch) the Alan Mann FVA Mk2 UVX565E was raced in orange & cream livery after being sold to the Belgium Frami Racing team. Driver Frans Lubin." Finished 17th and "UVX565E was a Mk2 race car built by Boreham with an FVA and run against the Team Lotus cars in 67 .. said to have gone to Alan Mann for 68 but Frank Gardner didn't like its handling and it was hardly used."

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◊ 2012-05-18 18:11

Discussion at http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118030 :
"If anybody was watching Top Gear tonight, there was a feature on the BTTC, with a brief glimpse of an orange Mk2 with a white roof and flash. I wonder if anybody knows the car??"
Leads to
"At the 1968 end of season Motor Show 200 (Brands Hatch) the Alan Mann FVA Mk2 UVX565E was raced in orange & cream livery after being sold to the Belgium Frami Racing team. Driver Frans Lubin." Finished 17th
and
"UVX565E was a Mk2 race car built by Boreham with an FVA and run against the Team Lotus cars in 67 .. said to have gone to Alan Mann for 68 but Frank Gardner didn't like its handling and it was hardly used."

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1967 Ford Cortina Lotus MkII