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[Darrell]

Looking for some info on this model. Plenty of fastbacks about but not this. Is it a notchback?

 

[whitenemesis]

Ford Consul GT 1972

H&H Classics | Buy Classic 1972 Ford Consul 3.0 GT Car's At Auction

http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/july-1973/60/road-test-ford-consul-3000-gt

 

[Darrell]

Ford Consul GT 1972 H&H Classics | Buy Classic 1972 Ford Consul 3.0 GT Car's At Auction

The car in this ad is a 4 door.

 

[E55BOF]

It's Ford Consul 2-door sedan. Never marketed in the UK, so far as I'm aware.

 

[Scott_F]

It's a 2-door saloon and is therefore not originally a UK car.

 

[Darrell]

It's Ford Consul 2-door sedan. Never marketed in the UK, so far as I'm aware.

Cheers. That's what I'm thinking. Maybe South African or Australian.

 

[whitenemesis]

The car in your pic is a two door?

1972 Ford (Germany) Consul Limousine full range specs

 

[Darrell]

The car in your pic is a two door? 1972 Ford (Germany) Consul Limousine full range specs

Yes it is.

 

[gaz_l]

The badges on the back say Granada GL on the left and Automatic on the right.

TBJ949W is a valid UK reg, apparently a 2600 which makes it a Cologne engine not an Essex. Therefore European not ZA/Aus. If you look carefully it's a left hooker.

Quite like that, I have a soft spot for the coupe of the same era. As mentioned, the 2 door saloons were never sold in the UK.

Cheers,

Gaz

 

[Darrell]

The plot thickens.

 

[a111r]

It's an import, registered in Suffolk, in 1999.

 

[Spin_bowler]

The name on the back looks too long for "Consul", is it not badged as a Granada?

There's one in a fetching beige colour in this thread on PH
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1165291&i=1720

 

[Palfrem]

Is it a Taunus?

 

[C43AMG]

What a Great Forum this is. Never ceases to amaze me the endless knowledge it has

 

[grober]

If its a 2.6 it will have the Cologne V6 rather than the Esssex V6. Maybe a car that someone posted with the BFG British Forces Germany took back with them to the UK?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Cologne_V6_engine
oops been said already.
Same engine these were based on.

 

[Scott_F]

Is it a Taunus?

The Taunus was the European version of the Cortina not the Consul / Granada.

 

[grober]

Confusing perhaps because up till around the end of the 60's all German Fords used the TAUNUS brand name.

 

[Darrell]

It's an import, registered in Suffolk, in 1999.

But that's not a 1999 plate though is it?

 

[whitenemesis]

But that's not a 1999 plate though is it?

No, it's 80/81

Legal to fit a personal plate that makes the car look older

 

[Darrell]

No, it's 80/81 Legal to fit a personal plate that makes the car look older

So it was imported in 1999 and has got an 88/89 year late?