autoevolution 31 Dec 2020, 20:21 UTC ·
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A landmark nameplate for the Ford Motor Company, the Cortina is many things to many people, especially in the United Kingdom because it was designed and primarily built there. This particular example of the breed, which started out as a 1967 GT specification, stands out from its siblings thanks to a rather surprising engine instead of the original Kent 1600. 28 photos
Listed online with five days of bidding left, this blast from the past has received the Zetec-R from a 2004 Ford Focus SVT. As if that wasn’t crazy enough, the engine compartment accommodates no fewer than four individual throttle bodies from a Suzuki GSX-R1000 sportbike.