he Meissner conversion tested in December 1968 featured only a high-lift camshaft and free-flow exhaust system. With these simple tweaks, though, acceleration magazine I persuaded my father to buy me was the March 1967 issue. I was 12 at the time and noticed that the familiar Ford Cortina had changed its styling entirely. In those early days, both the magazine’s cover and back page were sold to advertisers – and in this issue, both featured the new Cortina.
