1963 Ford Consul Corsair

1963 Ford Consul Corsair in Jeudi on chantera comme dimanche, Movie, 1967

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dsl ◊ 2016-10-02 05:03	Plain 2-door.
dsl ◊ 2021-06-19 20:35	Belgian plate, so Belgian built 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.) At this stage, I'll assume Belgian build was limited to 63-65 Consul Corsair, and did not continue into 65+ Corsair V4, but more info welcome. Also anything on whether Antwerp builds were sold outside Belgium - we have reasonable numbers of Consul Corsairs in France, Italy, and across Scandinavia.
chicomarx ◊ 2021-06-20 04:08	dsl wrote Also anything on whether Antwerp builds were sold outside Belgium I couldn't find details on the Consul Corsair in particular, but export was always Antwerp's reason for existence. "Proximity to the Antwerp harbour gave Ford an excellent infrastructure and ready market outlets (the Benelux countries, Scandinavia, Switzerland)" -Ford, 1903-2003: The European History (Hubert Bonin, Yannick Lung, Steven Tolliday)

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dsl

◊ 2016-10-02 05:03

Plain 2-door.

dsl

◊ 2021-06-19 20:35

Belgian plate, so Belgian built

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.)

At this stage, I'll assume Belgian build was limited to 63-65 Consul Corsair, and did not continue into 65+ Corsair V4, but more info welcome. Also anything on whether Antwerp builds were sold outside Belgium - we have reasonable numbers of Consul Corsairs in France, Italy, and across Scandinavia.

chicomarx

◊ 2021-06-20 04:08

dsl wrote Also anything on whether Antwerp builds were sold outside Belgium

I couldn't find details on the Consul Corsair in particular, but export was always Antwerp's reason for existence.

"Proximity to the Antwerp harbour gave Ford an excellent infrastructure and ready market outlets (the Benelux countries, Scandinavia, Switzerland)"
-Ford, 1903-2003: The European History (Hubert Bonin, Yannick Lung, Steven Tolliday)

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