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2 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

You guys certainly loved your Fiesta prototypes and limited edition models.

Over here it was often how Ford got rid of stock of an old shape. A new paint scheme, some stickers and a few extra bits of trim. The Escort Goldcrest and Huntsman, the Cortina Crusader and Carousel and the Orion Biscayne all spring to mind

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43 minutes ago, Vista said:

Over here it was often how Ford got rid of stock of an old shape. A new paint scheme, some stickers and a few extra bits of trim. The Escort Goldcrest and Huntsman, the Cortina Crusader and Carousel and the Orion Biscayne all spring to mind

there is in a shed not far from me a y reg beige 1.6l crusader badged as crusader not cortina crusader old lady bought it new and its been dry stored since 1998 21k on the clock

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16 hours ago, Vista said:

Over here it was often how Ford got rid of stock of an old shape. A new paint scheme, some stickers and a few extra bits of trim. The Escort Goldcrest and Huntsman, the Cortina Crusader and Carousel and the Orion Biscayne all spring to mind

Oooooohhh. There was a couple you mentioned I didn't know about so I will add them to the thread. Excellent!

All companies tart up their models for runnouts but the Fiesta in particular seems to have been over burdened with variants more than most other OSF models. It wasn't just at the end of the Mk1's life but all through its production life. I still have a few yet to post but have been spreading them out so you all are not overdosed on Fiesta models. The amount of one off prototypes is also quite amazing. Ford really loved to experiment with its first FWD platform. The Sandpiper is interesting in that we here in Australia got Sandpiper variants. The really strange thing is that it was a General Motors thing not Ford!

The Holden Gemini Sandpiper - The advertising slogan was "Six Birds Thirteen Legs?".

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3 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

Oooooohhh. There was a couple you mentioned I didn't know about so I will add them to the thread. Excellent!

 

Have you mentioned the Mk3 Capri Cabaret and Calypso yet? Then there are the various after market cars, the Capri Broadspeed, the Escort Apache, the Capri Comanche, The Capri Stampede, The Superspeed Escort. I have a feeling there was an Escort Navajo too (from Jeff Uren like the Cortina Savage, the Cortina Cheetah. the Capri Comanche and the  Capri Stampede).

There was a mk3 Capri LS too..................and this particular moniker once caused uproar on here when a member suggested that it stood for Loads of Shit..............with another member who owned one at the time in earshot (I believe).

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6 minutes ago, Vista said:

Have you mentioned the Mk3 Capri Cabaret and Calypso yet? Then there are the various after market cars, the Capri Broadspeed, the Escort Apache, the Capri Comanche, The Capri Stampede, The Superspeed Escort. I have a feeling there was an Escort Navajo too (from Jeff Uren like the Savage, the Comanche and the Stampede).

There was a mk3 Capri LS too..................and this particular moniker once caused uproar on here when a member suggested that it stood for Loads of Shit..............with another member who owned one at the time in earshot (I believe).

A couple of those I have but many I definitely haven't. Thanks so much that will keep the thread going for years I think.

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1 minute ago, colr6 said:

Your first two pics are our equivalent of the opal kadet coupe. Then our saloon version. The next couple of pics look more on our Toyota Corolla styling.

Yes they are in fact based on the Opal Kadet except they were given a breathless 1.6L Isuzu Engine and marketed as the Holden Gemini by General Motors.

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On 09/12/2018 at 16:42, Rally Pack 2000 said:

From the rear the car is one of the ugliest I have very seen.

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I've gotta say I REALLY like the rear! I don't like the front or the interior an from the side it looks odd... 

But that glass 😍 looks as if designed along the lines from a 66 barracuda 😍

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Pretty sure that essex police had mk2 gts as traffic cars in the day,  and in Southend few covert cars, one of which was a gold anglia with a lotus twin cam in, always made me laugh as we could spot them by the extra aerials on them!

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On 21/07/2019 at 07:58, PeteRS8084 said:

Pretty sure that essex police had mk2 gts as traffic cars in the day,  and in Southend few covert cars, one of which was a gold anglia with a lotus twin cam in, always made me laugh as we could spot them by the extra aerials on them!

Lotus Cortinas had been used by Police before the Mk2s - I wonder how many axles they went through?

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While the 4 Door Mk2s were made specially, two door ones were used as well.

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Merseyside Police dabbled with Mexicos

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While Liverpool Police saw too many episodes of the Professionals

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8 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

I dare say it would loose alot of its value if it was converted given how rare a LHD version is. I would probably paint the roof though.

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I agree. It doesn't add to the look of the car.

A pretty thing none the less.

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