1963 Ford Consul Cortina Deluxe MkI

1963 Ford Consul Cortina MkI in Jeudi on chantera comme dimanche, Kinofilm, 1967

Typ: Pkw, Limousine — Herkunftsland: — Built in: — Hergestellt für:

Fahrzeug im Hintergrund

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50sParis ◊ 2016-10-02 14:20
ingo ◊ 2016-10-04 00:08	The British Fords -except the Escort MkI- were never assembled in B? link -- Last edit: 2016-10-04 04:54:00 (karoomay)
dsl ◊ 2016-10-04 00:47	Belgian Cortinas did not start until 1977 with the Mk4 launch (which was the first Taunus clone to the TC2), so Genk just made whatever was wanted for wherever. However NL assembled Cortinas from 1967 to 1975 (ie the Mk2 and Mk3 period) but Dagenham was the only Mk1 production site in Europe - Cork's first Cortina was the Mk2, ditto Malta (I think). Aus and Rhodesia did Mk1s, probably also NZ and ZA.
cl82 ◊ 2016-10-06 21:24	@Ingo: The Transit was also made in Belgium for quite a long time.
dsl ◊ 2021-06-19 20:04	Correction - Antwerp built Mk1 Cortinas chicomarx wrote "Sa capacité de production, en 1964, avait atteint 120 véhicules par jour et les principaux modèles montés à Anvers étaient la Cortina, l'Anglia, la Corsair et la Taunus." -La croissance industrielle du port d'Anvers, Paul Mingret, page 333. Link to "books.google.be" (Ford of Antwerp had a capacity of 120 vehicles per day in 1964 and the principal models were the Cortina, Anglia, Corsair, and Taunus.)