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.
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.
