Upper Middle Petrol Head:

We at Upper Middle Petrol Head are huge fans of souped-up versions of mainstream small cars like this late '60s Cortina  Mk2 GT .  It's something that Ford, in particular, did very well, offering some ripper motorsports / "fast road" variants of what were sometimes quite prosaic vehicles, including sporty Lotus  and GT Mk1 and Mk2 Cortinas, the luxo-sports Cortina 1600E, and Escorts in various high performance guises - the Mexico, Twin Cam, GT, RS1600, RS1800 and RS2000, as well as the Aussie Super Roo .       Today's immaculate car is a great example of Ford breathing a bit of life into their regular offerings, taking an everyday four door sedan and equipping it with a slightly larger engine - a cross-flow 1600 cc unit -v- lesser Cortinas' 1.2, 1.3 and 1.5 litre power plants - with a modified cam and head, extractors and a 32mm Weber carby.  There were other upgrades, too; the split front bumper, quartz halogen driving lights (unlikely to be Narvas in period)