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Originally Posted by morninggents
The Cortina was introduced in 1962 with both 1198cc and 1498cc engines. If the 1498 unit was a late 62 announcement meant for 1963 then this unit could be banned (sorry Zef).
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According to "Ford in Britain", by Martin Rawbone, the 1500 was announced in January 1963, the Lotus Cortina a few days later, the GT in April. If I remember correctly Ford raced GTs for a while from April 1963, as the Lotus hadn't yet been homologated.
However, the 116E 1,500cc engine was available in the Consul Classic from August 1962. . .