Hi Kirky,
Yes, what you say would be somewhat true.
However, the Cortina 2 came before the Cortina to designate it as a '2' stroke, and
to keep the naming consistent with the Corvette 2 when the Corvette '4' 4-stroke
came on-line.
I might add, to correct myself, that your model (with the Series 70 MK 1 engine),
continued in the 1971-72 season (1972 catalogue); whereas the VC's received the
Mark 2 decompressor engines for that year.
It would only be in the 1972-73 season (1973) that the Cortina would get the Mk2
engine.
I think that's right.
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JACK.
