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Ford Cortina Ogle GT - the dream car of Grand Prix racing driver Stirling Moss

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Created on April 18, 2020

Reading time 5min

Written by:

Bruno von Rotz

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Ford Cortina Ogle GT (1963) - der persönliche Traumwagen von Stirling Moss (am Lenkrad)

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Ford Cortina Ogle GT (1963) - gebaut für Stirling Moss

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Ford Cortina Ogle GT Radford (1963) - Vorstellung von Stirling Moss' Traumwagen auf der London Motorshow 1963

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Ford Cortina Ogle GT Radford (1963) - Interieur bei der Präsentation an der Earls Court Motor Show in London

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Ford Cortina Ogle GT Radford (1963) - stilvoll gestaltete Rücksitze

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Stirling Moss bereitet sich bei Testfahrten auf dem Hockenheimring auf die Mille Miglia 1955 vor

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Ogle SX 1000 (1963) - Prospektabbildung

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Ford Cortina (1962) - bei der Präsentation des Consul-Cortina in Paris 1962

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Ford Cortina (1962) - Präsentation als Viertürer auf der Earls Court London Motor Show

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Ford Cortina (1962) - Durchsichtszeichnung

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Summary

A Ford Cortina GT Coupé never existed ex works, but Stirling Moss inspired Ford, Ogle and Radford to build just such a car for him. A small series was planned, but two of these Ford Cortina Ogle GT Coupés were built. This report tells the story of its creation and shows the car in historical photographs, supplemented by press documents from the time.

This article contains the following chapters

The racing driver's demands
Long development period due to accidents
Luxurious quality product
The start of a series?
Committed to the base
Colorful and completely
No success

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Different times, different demands, one is tempted to say. It's hard to imagine Sebastian Vettel or, more appropriately, Lewis Hamilton imagining his dream car as a modified Ford Focus or Volkswagen Golf. Almost 60 years ago, however, Grand Prix racing driver Stirling Moss motivated three companies to build a very special Ford Cortina GT for him. The result was certainly something special. Stirling Moss was probably still in the middle of his racing career when he shared his ideas of his personal dream car with David Ogle, who ran his own car company and had become famous with the Ogle SX1000, among other things, at the beginning of the 1960s.

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