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Car Of The Day: January 19, 2010; Schucho '72 Ford Granada
Topic Started: Jan 19 2010, 04:15 AM (739 Views)
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Today's car of the day is Schucho's 1972 Ford Granada.

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The Ford Granada was a large executive car manufactured by Ford Europe at both its German factory in Köln (Cologne) and its British factory in Dagenham from 1972 until 1976 when production switched entirely to Germany. From 1985–94 the Granada name was used in the UK only, for a model sold in other European markets as the Ford Scorpio.


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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Granada_(Europe)

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The MK I Granada- a popular banger racing choice in the UK. A drastically different car from the US Granada, it begs the question of how well this car would have sold stateside had Ford been producing world cars back in the 1970s.

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Mechanically, the European Granada conformed to Ford convention, the initial range using the Ford Essex V4 unit in 2.0 L displacement, and the "Essex" V6 engine in 2.5 and 3.0 L capacities. German models employed a Ford Taunus V4 engine in 1.7 L displacement, or the 3.0L Essex V6, or, more commonly the "Cologne" V6 in 2.0, 2.3 or 2.6 L capacities. The V4 was later replaced by the Pinto unit. The car generally followed mechanical layout of its predecessors Ford Zephyr/Zodiac, utilizing a coil sprung independent rear end, although front McPherson struts were replaced by double wishbones, introduced 18 months earlier in smaller TC Cortina and Taunus. On the other hand the Granada – like Ford 17M/20M/26M – featured drum brakes at rear, as opposed to the Ford Zephyr/Zodiac rear disc brakes.

The cars were available as two- and four-door saloons, a five-door estate (Turnier) and two-door fastback coupé. The early (1972-73) coupé had slightly different sheet metal; a more pronounced coke bottle styling. In 1974 the coupé was revised, with more straight lines. The "coke-bottle" coupé was never sold or produced in the UK. A revised coupé was sold only in Ghia-trim in the UK; elsewhere in all trims with all engines available. This was the reverse of the situation with the TC Cortina and Taunus, where the British model had the "coke-bottle" styling.

In South Africa, the Granada Perana V8, built by Basil Green Motors, was available through Ford dealers with the 302 CID Windsor V8 engine, developing 255 DIN HP.v 405nm @2600rpm


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i soneed that casting

really love these old schucos
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bangerkid45
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Very Nice casting swifty, I wonder where I saw that one before? Great casting, gotta get the consol now :)
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Beauty!
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Support your local demo derby.

:thumbup: :thumbup:
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Ezekiel 25:17
GOOD choice.
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that is one that Ford should have made in the USA.
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I thought it was much better styled than the American Granada/Mercury Monarch. The American version's advertising campaign was so cynical, so ridiculous, that it really doomed the car in my eyes. They actually had the nerve, the unmitigated gall to compare it to a contemporary S Class that you could spend one eighth the sticker for. 'Precision Luxury', they called it. Precision Rubbish was more like it. That advertising campaign had Iacocca's greasy fingers all over the whole thing, in the same way one Tiger Woods had his hands over dozens upon dozens of blonde bimbos. Thank God the '70s are over.
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Good choice.
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Nice. Looks like the doors open too. Mind saying a word or two about this brand. Some of us are still exploring certain possibilities we haven't heard of before ;)
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Schucho was a German brand of diecast active in the 1970s and they produced a number of gems all in a precise 1/66 scale. Their first generation Golf/Rabbit is tiny!

Lately the name has been applied to models produced by other companies. These are not up to the standards of the model seen here. A few others for your enjoyment:

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Thanks, Sean...nice diecast all around. I was thinking I may have seen this brand in my searches, but haven't had time to reseach what they did.
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