Mk1 Cortina and Related Book List

Workshop Manuals

Service Bulletins, Consul Cortina Range
Service Literature, Ford Passenger Cars
Ford Motor Company Ltd



Cortina Workshop Manual 1962-1966
Service - Car Division
Ford Motor Company Ltd (Much the same content as above but a more unusual bound version (Thanks Bob)



Ford Cortina Mk1-Mk2, Do-It-Yourself Workshop Manual
SP Workshop Manual Series No 68
Murray Book Distributors Pty. Limited. 1978
A very good workshop manual.
AUS 68-2468

Ford Cortina, Corsair, Owner's Workshop Manual
S.F. Page
Pub: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
This red covered book is the rare original version of the more common "Haynes Manual"


Ford Cortina, Corsair, Owner's Workshop Manual
S.F. Page
Pub: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
This magenta covered book is a rare original version of the more common "Haynes Manual"


Ford Cortina Mk1 & Corsair 1500, Owner's Workshop Manual
Pub: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
This version is a hardback one and is a striking pinky colour.
ISBN 0 85696 214 7


Ford Cortina, Corsair, Owner's Workshop Manual
S.F. Page
Pub: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
This more traditional "Haynes Manual"


Ford Cortina, 1962-66 Autobook
Philip H. Smith
Autopress Ltd, 1972
ISBN 0 85147 154 4


Cortina 1
Andy Hugh
Intereurope Repair Manuals, 179
Pub: Intereurope Limited, 1973
SBN 0 85666 035 3


Parts

CONSUL CORTINA, Parts List 1962/
Pub: Ford Motor Company Ltd, Parts and Accessories Operations, Aveley Depot, England
Invaluable reference book, size format approx: 220mm Wide by 277mm High



CONSUL CORTINA, Parts List 1964, Owners Edition
Pub: Ford Motor Company Ltd, Parts and Accessories Operations, Aveley Depot, England
Invaluable reference book, size format approx: 140mm Wide by 215mm High


Owner-Handbooks

Owner's Handbook, Cortina
Ford Motor Company Limited.
The original handbook for your beloved car!
The one on the left is the original handbook for my father's Mk1, and the one on the right came with my Mk1

Ford Cortina.
Mk1 Saloons and Estates from 1962 ( 113E/114E and 118E/119E)
P. Olyslager
Motor Manuals 94
A Sunday Times series.
Pub: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1974
ISBN 0 17 160094 0

The Cassell Book of the Ford Cortina (from 1962)
Sydney F, Page
Pub: Cassell & Company, 1964
One of a series of interesting books of the fifties and some sixties cars (including other Fords, Morris, Vauxhalls and Austins).

The Book of The Ford Cortina, Corsair, Classic and Capri, all models up to 1966
Pub: Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd, 1967
Staton Abbey C.Eng, AMIMI
Pitman's Motorists' Library


Ford Cortina Mark 1
D. Kaberry
Pub: C. Arthur Pearson, 1967
Pearson's Illustrated Car Servicing Series for owner-drivers
One of a series of interesting books of the sixties cars (including other Fords, Morris, Vauxhalls and Triumphs).

Ford Cortina Repairs, Mark 1,2 &3
B. C. MacDonald
Pub: Elliot Right Way Books
Small Paperback book
SBN 7160 0557 3

Cortina Mk 1
J. R. S Hall
Pub: J H Haynes and Company, 1972
Book is described as covering: Routine Maintenance, MOT Preperation, Fault finding and Repairs.
SBN no 90055 046 5

Owners Handbook Cortina Mk 1,2
Handbook 44
Kenneth Ball
Pub: Autobooks Ltd, 1974
ISBN 0 85147 815 8

Ford Cortina Mk 1
Martin-Smith and Brian Quinlan
Pub: Intereurope Limited, 1972
SBN 901610 63 1


Range Specific and Restoration

Ford Cortina Mk1 (1962-66; 1200, 1500, GT, Lotus)
Jonathan Wood
Pub: Osprey AutoHistory, 1984
ISBN 0 85045 579 0
One of the best Cortina books around, an absolute must



The Sporting Fords, Volume 1: CORTINAS (Mark1 and Mark2 including GT, Lotus and 1600E
Graham Robson
Pub: Motor Racing Publications Ltd,1982
ISBN 0 900549 68 8


Ford File: The Soprting Escorts, Cortinas, and Capris.
Graham Robson
Series Editor Mark Hughes
Pub: Temple Press, 1987
One of the Classic and Sportscar File series, features Steve Savilles Lotus Mk1, KUU 333D
ISBN 0 600 55209 8

Guide to Purchase and DIY Restoration of the Ford Escort and Cortina
Kim Henson
Pub: Haynes Publishing Group, 1987
Useful book.
ISBN 0 85429 494 5


Road Tests

Lotus Cortina 1963-1970
Compiled by R.M. Clarke
Distributed by Brooklands Books
This book is a collection of interesting road tests.
ISBN 0 907 073 743


Miscellaneous

Ford Competition Cars
Michael Frostick and Barrie Gill
Pub: Haynes Publications Ltd, 1976
ISBN 0 85429 170 9


Also check out this this link for Lotus Books

Did You know there were so many books ?

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