The benefit of owning a car for a long time is that it enables you to finely develop it to be whatever you want it to be. Richard Green has owned this Mk2 Cortina since 2006 and in that time it’s gone through some big changes; from different engine conversions to colour combinations. But after deciding to make it a dedicated track day tool some years ago, its current set up is by far its best.
The tale of evolution started with Richard’s first car, a Mk2 Cortina two-door, but since then he’s passed through plenty of classics, including Mk1 Escorts, Fiestas, a Mk5 Cortina, an Escort XR3i as well as, “Two Mk2 Escort RS2000s, both of which had full nut-and-bolt restorations,” he tells us. “I also own a Sierra Cosworth at the moment that I have done a full restoration on, which
