Desperately trying to stitch a deal together

[Rocket88]

To acquire this…. Which is not what it seems…

[chaseracer]

INTREEG...

[Rocket88]

According to DVLA… “ Ford unknown “…. Any guesses?

[chaseracer]

P7 Taunus 20M

[catsinthewelder]

Well it looks like a Taunus.  But the RHD makes me wonder if it used to be a MK2 Cortina?

[Rocket88]

Close… not actually a Taunus, but a 20M…. Built in South Africa, with an Essex V6 and a five speed box……Strange hybrid…. Capri 2.8 front legs and discs

[somewhatfoolish]

Factory standard or some kind of Basil Green lookylikey?

[hairnet]

its not been here long

whats the story?

 

[Rocket88]

V6 factory…. 5 speed and front legs later addition 

[Rocket88]

Just now, hairnet said:

its not been here long

whats the story?

 

Imported fairly recently, and then had a good going through.

[stuboy]

thought id google a 20m...

[2flags]

Ooh, that looks tidy. I'd say a couple more cylinders than a six. I wonder if it's the 289, the 302 or the biggun, the 427? What ever it is, it's nice. I like!!!

[garbaldy]

2 hours ago, stuboy said:

thought id google a 20m...

 

Alan at the car cave has another one in now with a less garish paint job.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334580608831?hash=item4de68eef3f:g:ek8AAOSwr9VjZY0N&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoDh3NQZiZmFHzvJnscwy1RtnzaAzEHVZMDGEkTdnwN6H9ePfbe6dscRnzpswG%2BZNSXO3Wo2txb99%2BAbRfRDyL3U0cE40UAQ5Yj89oG2Gw%2Fhx%2BUYi5634G%2FbE5oiIbpG3ugJbnpeW8a5k0f1Ov5GtkD9x%2FZ6etgAdoX5Fnnqbq%2FEU9kpJaTeLtYm321ejK%2BPsDrKHmmsDkkpkx7AS28bdULQ%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4SN5s7AYQ

[Alan_Green]

Old Skool Fords are so expensive because of the nostalgia factor.  "My dad had a Capri" or "I really wanted an Escort Mexico back then but I didn't have the money and now I do".   But this Taunus 20M was never in the UK.  There's no nostalgia factor for UK buyers.  Who's gonna pay £23K?

[Rocket88]

These do fall between two stools…. The U.K. Ford perverts aren’t particularly interested because “ not Dagenham”, ( or wherever) 

The continental lot not interested because rhd…..

[Low Horatio gearbox]

That looks epic! Much want.

Mind I've hankered after a  Tanus or other euro/SA Ford  for a while but scene tax puts me off.    I wont complain  that they dont get the same appreciating just because it wasn't  made/designed  in Dagenham - cheaper motoring with some lovely oddball engines (V4s) and different syling mixes.

[hairnet]

In the eBay the others you might be interested in gree MK4 Tina with a 3.0 in it for 20k

Seems a lot for either something modded or as in the taunus something most people haven't heard of

Lovely but not for that much money

 

[Rocket88]

P7 Taunus was the last “ pure” German market built Ford. After that they morphed increasingly into a Cortina, more’s the pity.