In 1962, Ford of Britain, created a prototype of a short wheelbase Cortina designed for the American market. The one-off Saxon Cortina was sent to the United States for corporate evaluation, but was ill received in Dearborn, and as such was eventually destroyed.
Photo: Roger Dixon
But then, in 2012, Briton Colin Ginn used a 1964 Cortina as the base for this remarkable recreation of the Saxon Cortina, despite having only the one surviving, period rear three-quarter photo of the car to work from.
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