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Old 7 Jun 2018, 09:53 (Ref:3827347)   #1343
John Elwin
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John Elwin should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridJohn Elwin should be qualifying in the top 5 on the grid
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Originally Posted by VIVA GT View Post
Back in the 70's there was a Crayford Mk 2 Cortina with a Jeff Uren Savage (3 litre V6) conversion. this wasn't a convertible though, I think they called it a coupe. They cut the 'C' pillar and moved the rear window forwards so that the 'A' & 'C' pillars were the same width. At the time I thought how smart that looked (probably helped by the colour scheme, silver roof and metallic maroon body), and more like a 2002 BMW.
That too is in the Russell Hayes book. It does look a little odd!

He describes it as a Crayford V6 Coupe & says the rear window was made with a Cortina windscreen. Apparently it was advertised as a Lotus-eater.
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