1954 Ford Prefect [100E]

1954 Ford Prefect [100E] in Coast of Skeletons, Movie, 1965

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Built in: — Made for:

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Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2016-12-26 21:42	Is this set in ZA?? I don't think it's a UK-based Ford.
Ingo ◊ 2016-12-26 22:27	dsl wrote Is this set in ZA?? I don't think it's a UK-based Ford. In Southwest Africa. The details of the building in the background looking like German colonial architecture.
dsl ◊ 2016-12-26 23:12	I've changed my mind about UK Ford. 1954 Prefect 100E looks like a good match. Local assembly possible, but no definite info one way or the other.
Ingo ◊ 2016-12-26 23:17	dsl wrote I've changed my mind about UK Ford. 1954 Prefect 100E looks like a good match. Local assembly possible, but no definite info one way or the other. When you look here for "Ford", "origin UK" and "made in ZA", is the oldest one a 1959 Zephyr.
dsl ◊ 2016-12-26 23:27	.... so only a few years gap. wiki only lists UK, Aus, NZ and Singapore for Prefect 100E assembly, so I'll probably have to admit defeat for now. Edit: Prefects were built in Rhodesia, apparently supplying "eastern and southern Africa". -- Last edit: 2023-12-14 03:48:57