"Irish Collection" at ACA Auctions

quattro777

A collection of 90 cars from Ireland is going to be sold at ACA Auctions in Kings Lynn, Norfolk starting on Saturday. Anyone know the story?

http://www.angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auctions/saturday-9th-november.aspx

hi5

A 1971 Ford Taunus, RHD too, what market were they sold in?

corktina

in the UK surprisingly....they were a stop gap between the mk4 Zodiac and the Grandad

Capri

corktina wrote: »

in the UK surprisingly....they were a stop gap between the mk4 Zodiac and the Grandad

AFIK Corktina, the Zodiac Mk IV to Granada was seamless.
The Consul/Granada replaced both the UK Zodiac MkIV and the German Taunus 17 - 26M.
AFIK There was no stop-gap in the UK., MAYBE Ford brought in a few to test the market like my Aussie LTD, tho I see the 'Ford Werke Koln', not 'Ford South Africa' on the chassis plate

HOWEVER, a RHD Taunus 20M WAS produced in South Africa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifhp97/5823697172/in/photostream/


I actually owned a UK-spec Aussie Ford LTD - WZY 649 , the UK spec consisted of Capri rear lights in a plastic housing replacing the big Aussie units - which didn't have rear fog lights in them

http://www.aus-ford-uk.co.uk/html/fe_ltd.html


Bet you never owned one of these http://www.aus-ford-uk.co.uk/html/td_cortina.html

corktina

well I know this actual car and I can tell you it was a UK car and a limited number were made availble there during the interregnum and that's what this one is. there's mno maybe about that

Capri

corktina wrote: »

well I know this actual car and I can tell you it was a UK car and a limited number were made availble there during the interregnum and that's what this one is. there's mno maybe about that

I bow to your superior knowledge about that particular one

Not doubting you but just wondering about Ford's thinking, testing the market or just a limited run to get rid of unsold Taunus's

Do-more

If you scroll down the page of auction entries there is an individual listing for the Taunus with photos and a little more info:

1971 Ford Taunus 20M XL 2600 S, UK regstration KDA403K. 3 recorded owners. A rare car, 2.6 litre V6

rugbyman

HMM, those rivets look new..... who can i RING......donedeal, no, guards,no......

11wingnut

quattro777 wrote: »

A collection of 90 cars from Ireland is going to be sold at ACA Auctions in Kings Lynn, Norfolk starting on Saturday. Anyone know the story?

http://www.angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auctions/saturday-9th-november.aspx

Still no story someone has to know.

Type 17

My dad had a RHD Ford Taunus 20M TS new in '66 but, to confuse things, it was supplied to him in Germany by the (british-based) NAAFI, as he was serving there with the RAF at the time.
It had three different reg's over the years - a NATO Service Staff one, a Northern Irish one (AIA nnnn) and then a Dublin one (nnnn ZH), but sadly, it only survived until the late seventies.

Back on-topic: I can't see any original Irish cars going into that auction, it looks as if they are all just going home...