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1971 Ford Cortina Estate L MkIII 
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◊ 2009-07-04 10:56 |
1971+ Ford Cortina Mk.III. |
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◊ 2010-10-11 17:45 |
L trim or local equivalent. |
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◊ 2010-10-11 20:31 |
Which raises the question of where it came from, since Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms were only just starting. Judging by the windscreen wipers it appears to be right hand drive, so it could have been bought in Hong Kong or Macau. |
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◊ 2010-10-11 20:49 |
Looks as if it's got a tax disc in the windscreen and different number plates from other cars in this film. Would these match HK style? Or could it be an embassy/diplomatic car? The metallic grey colour is also unusual - not like any of the usual Ford UK colours. |
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◊ 2010-10-11 20:55 |
The front plate looks white, so it could be from Hong Kong. No idea if Hong Kong has or had tax discs. .gif ":)") |
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◊ 2011-10-10 20:06 |
If the photo is to be believed genuine and not a studio set then this cortina could have been assembled in Taiwan from Dagenham CKD kits. From there many were exported to hong kong and other parts of Asia. As for the colour it looks like standard silver fox which was available on UK market mk3's untill 72/3 when replaced by the similar (but less likely to peel off) platinum. |
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◊ 2011-10-10 20:49 |
@cortina.chris: This is a documentary made in the People's Republic of China in 1980. How a Cortina found itself in mainland China back then is a mystery, regardless of its precise origin. I would presume that Cortinas sold in Hong Kong came completely built up from the UK, since (a) Hong Kong was still a British colony and (b) Taiwan is a left hand drive market. -- Last edit: 2011-10-10 20:50:19 |
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◊ 2011-10-11 23:47 |
Gag Halfrunt, yes you have a point there. i will have to do some more digging about H.K cortinas. |
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◊ 2011-10-12 23:32 |
You forgot annother important point, which makes it very unlikely IMHO, that this scene was really filmed in the PR China and the car was assembled in Taiwan: both countries were/still are hard enemies.  So surely we have something non.authentic here... |
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◊ 2011-10-12 23:49 |
You don't mean that seriously, do you? This is a documentary. And China was importing other Western vehicles, such as Mercedes-Benz trucks, for evaluation. BTW, I would take off the built in Taiwan flag, because we're not likely ever to find out where this car was made or precisely how it came into mainland China. |
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◊ 2011-10-13 00:03 |
Why shouldn't I be serious? It's a fact, that the PR China and Taiwan are at enemy. Haven't you noticed the plenty of threats of war, just in the last years? Sure, the PR China has imported Western cars back then, even in the Mao-times (the no.1 preferred the Mercedes Benz 600) - but no goods made in Taiwan. Taiwanese money had to be disguised, before it could be invested in the mainland. And for decades, Taiwan-citizens weren't allowed to travel to the PR. -- Last edit: 2011-10-13 00:13:52 |
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◊ 2011-10-13 00:13 |
Which is another reason for thinking it wasn't necessarily made in Taiwan. Maybe it came via Czechoslovakia. Or maybe a PRC-controlled trading company in Hong Kong bought it in Taiwan via a middleman. Anything is possible. In any case, isn't there a BJ 212 next to the red and cream minibus? |
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◊ 2016-03-04 19:48 |
Does anyone know what the sign at the top says? My Chinese is very bad, all I can decipher is the second sign "Da" which means "big, great" So I'd assume it's referring to Mao Zedong? |
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