1964 MK1 LOTUS CORTINA SPECIAL EQUIPMENT * UNIQUE & ULTRA RARE * SOLD

1964 MK1 LOTUS CORTINA SPECIAL EQUIPMENT * UNIQUE & ULTRA RARE * SOLD

  • 1964
  • LOTUS
  • Dealer
  • GB
    United Kingdom

Description

*** ANOTHER INCREDIBLY RARE DISCOVERY BY DAVID BRADLEY CLASSIC & SPORTS CARS AND SOLD BEFORE REACHING THE OPEN MARKET TO A LOVELY GENTLEMAN IN THE U. K TO ADD TO THE MOST AMAZING CAR COLLECTION!! ***

A SIMPLY STUNNING 1964 LOTUS CORTINA SE (SPECIAL EQUIPMENT) 1 OF JUST 64 CARS PRODUCED WHICH HAS FORMED PART OF 2 VERY IMPRESSIVE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS FOR THE LAST 40+ YEARS AND HAS RECENTLY BEEN DISCOVERED BY OURSELVES!!

THIS LOTUS CORTINA IS A TRULY INCREDIBLE GENUINE CAR AND BEING A SPECIAL EQUIPMENT MODEL IS THE HOLY GRAIL TO ANY COLLECTOR OR ENTHUSIAST OF THE LOTUS CORTINA WITH AN INCREDIBLE PROVENANCE AND HISTORY FILE THE LIKE OF WHICH WILL NEVER BE REPEATED!!!

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL MK1 LOTUS CORTINA RETAINING ITS ORIGINAL BODY SHELL AND INSPECTED BY ANDY MORRELL OF THE LOTUS CORTINA REGISTER FOR CLARIFICATION WITH A GLOWING INSPECTION REPORT!!

SUPPLIED NEW ON THE 28/ 11/ 1964 BY LOTUS CARS CHESHUNT AS A FACTORY BUILT LOTUS CORTINA SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO A DR. WILDE FOR THE GRAND SUM OF £1111. 0. 5 (ORIGINAL BILL OF SALE PRESENT IN THE HISTORY FILE!!)

THIS LOTUS CORTINA COMES COMPLETE WITH THE MOST IMPRESSIVE & COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY FILE AND HAS HAD JUST 4 OWNERS FROM WITH A PERFECT AND TRACEABLE PROVENANCE WHICH IS VERY RARE AND MOST UNUSUAL WITH A LOTUS CORTINA!! - THIS CAR STILL RETAINS THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS FROM LOTUS CARS, ORIGINAL BUFF LOG BOOK, ORIGINAL BILL OF SALE FROM LOTUS CARS IN 1964, ORIGINAL OWNERS HANDBOOK/ SERVICE BOOK AND EVEN ITS ORIGINAL SALES BROCHURE AND AN INCREDIBLE FILE OF MAINTENANCE INVOICES FROM LOTUS & FORD MAIN DEALERS AND OLD MOT CERTIFICATES GOING BACK TO 1968 DOCUMENTING THE CARS LIFE AND HISTORY!!!

IN 1983 THIS LOTUS CORTINA WAS PURCHASED BY THE MOST FASTIDIOUS LOTUS COLLECTOR AND ENTHUSIAST TO ADD TO HIS MAGNIFICENT LOTUS COLLECTION AND INFACT THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF LOTUS CARS IN THE WORLD DUE TO THIS BEING AN ORIGINAL UNMOLESTED SPECIAL EQUIPMENT EXAMPLE WITH SUCH A WONDERFUL HISTORY FILE AND IN SUCH UNMOLESTED CONDITION IT WAS THE PERFECT CAR TO ADD TO HIS CAREFULLY SELECTED COLLECTION OF THE FINEST LOTUS ROAD & RACE CARS IN THE WORLD AND WAS OFTEN DESRIBED BY HIM AS '' THE FINEST MK1 LOTUS CORTINA IN THE WORLD!! ''

THIS LOTUS CORTINA WAS VERY CAREFULLY RESTORED RETAINING ITS ORIGINAL FEATURES AND CAREFULLY REPAINTED IN 1985 AND HAS BEEN DISPLAYED BUT HARDLY USED FOR THE LAST 40+ YEARS BUT IS STILL IN WONDERFUL PRISTINE CONDITION THROUGHOUT AND REALLY NEEDS TO BE SEEN TO BE FULLY APPRECIATED AND STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL A FRAME SUSPENSION AND ALLOY BONNET BOOT & DOORS AND MATCHING NUMBERS ORIGINAL TWIN CAM ENGINE AS IT LEFT THE LOTUS FACTORY IN 1964!!!

A TRULY UNIQUE AND 1 OFF OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE THIS HOLY GRAIL GENUINE UNMOLESTED MK1 LOTUS CORTINA SPECIAL EQUIPMENT WHICH REALLY NEEDS TO BE SEEN TO BE FULLY APPRECIATED AND IN OUR OPINION IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE WITHOUT DOUBT SIMPLY THE VERY BEST AVAILABLE AND ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC FAST FORDS TO EVER BE PRODUCED!!!

** DAVID BRADLEY CLASSIC & SPORTS CARS IS A WELL KNOWN & HIGHLY RESPECTED FAMILY RUN BUSINESS SPECIALISING IN SUPPLYING RARE, UNUSUAL & ORIGINAL EXAMPLES OF ICONIC CLASSIC & SPORTS CARS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION **

RGDS

DAVID & JAMES

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