The engine is a Cortina 2 engine,but that base sorry it looks like a Corvette 2 base.Here is what the Cortina 2 looks like.
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and this is what the Corvette 2 looks like.
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My Corvette as you can see doesn't have the greatest base but you get the idea. So I would say somebody at some stage has changed engines and bases.Also it looks very much like somebody also has fitted VC-160 handles to it.They don't go with that base at all.Can you see anywhere down the bottom where there could have been some welding done? Actually I think I can see that in your last photo.Not very clear but it does look a little different.They also didn't have the air filter or throttle control.That was the G3 carby set-up.