1950 Ford Taunus Spezial 'Buckeltaunus' [G93a]

1950 Ford Taunus [G93a] in Austin Around Britain, Documentary, 1950-1964 Ep. Extra3

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2015-05-21 22:23	Very strange sequence and very out of place - must be sourced from something completely alien. Anyone recognise it?? Mad foreign bloke tries to blow up his car with sticks of comedy dynamite It goes bang and throws all the bits into the air, but they all fall back into position so the car lives again And what's the saloon behind it which I thought was Rover 2000 on first view - but can't be because of dates??
cl82 ◊ 2015-05-21 22:43	Big saloon might be a big Vauxhall/UK Ford. The car with the Hamburg-plates seems to be a German "Buckeltaunus" aka Ford Taunus G73A. -- Last edit: 2015-05-22 00:32:25
atom ◊ 2015-05-21 22:46	Looks like a Ford Taunus with the small rear window but with the newer front end and an added grille mesh. Opps, much too late... -- Last edit: 2015-05-21 22:48:19
cl82 ◊ 2015-05-25 02:01	No, not necessarily. You gave important details that I failed to see. Thanks!
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2015-05-25 08:15	The Ford has been retrofitted with the wavy grille from an Austin of some sort, (A50?), and the other car does look like a Rover 2000. Unlikely but 1964 just creeps into the envelope.
dsl ◊ 2017-05-24 02:10	Found another clip from the German source film reused here - https://youtu.be/sbE1nEw4JOY?t=156