1 Ford Lotus Cortina
Ford’s competition boss Walter Hayes approached Lotus about putting a Lotus-derived Ford powerplant in a special version of its Cortina and a legend was born. Colin Chapman’s firm breathed on the handling and layout of the four-door saloon and it swept all before it.
Jack Sears used the car in 1963, after starting the campaign in an imported Ford Galaxie NASCAR and a Cortina until the new saloon came along late in the year. He used it to help him to the title. The following season, Formula 1 champion Jim Clark immortalised the car with his BSCC title victory.