When living overseas as a kid, we had two Ford Capri's. Great cars. I think the Capri's at the time were manufactured in Germany. A friend also had a Cortina here in Canada, bought new.
Ed 300E On 24/01/2008, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about the Mercury Capri back in the early 70's? It was actually a > reasonable car. Ford had some other things > that they brought in and sold that were not all that great. My father had > a Ford Cortina that was some sort of > English Ford if I am not mistaken. It may not have been sold in the US but > was in Canada. > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mitch Haley > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:16 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] First MB Diesel > > > Kevin Kraly wrote: > > > > In the past, Ford has brought a few models over, but they have all > failed > > in the market. > > Wasn't the 1976-83 Ford Fiasco the first "world car"? Seems like it > had an emblem on the back with a dozen countries' flags on it. > > http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2006/02/10-ford-fiesta-history/ford-fiesta-history.php > > I think the 1981 Ford Escargot/Mercury Jinx was Ford's first "world car" > to be made in the USA. > They sold millions of them over here, but they got a bad reputation due > to two design features in the original 1.6L engine. It was in interference > design, pistons hit valves if the timing belt broke. It was a stupid > design, the water pump was driven by the timing belt. Water pump seizes, > time for a top end rebuild. Or maybe that's a feature to keep you > from overheating the engine when the water pump dies. > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
