{"id":499519,"date":"2021-11-24T11:05:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T11:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=125346"},"modified":"2024-12-29T14:05:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T14:05:32","slug":"1964-ford-saxon-cortina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1964-ford-saxon-cortina\/","title":{"rendered":"Car of the Day: 1964 Ford Saxon Cortina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_809588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-809588\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LCC18.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-809588 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LCC18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LCC18.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LCC18-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LCC18-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LCC18-100x62.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LCC18-770x478.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LCC18-293x182.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LCC18-1400x870.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-809588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Roger Dixon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/classic-ford-saxon-cortina.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-809587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/classic-ford-saxon-cortina.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/classic-ford-saxon-cortina.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/classic-ford-saxon-cortina-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/classic-ford-saxon-cortina-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/classic-ford-saxon-cortina-100x73.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/classic-ford-saxon-cortina-770x560.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/classic-ford-saxon-cortina-1536x1116.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/classic-ford-saxon-cortina-293x213.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/classic-ford-saxon-cortina-1400x1018.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1962, Ford of Britain, created a prototype of a short wheelbase Cortina designed for the American market. 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