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Ford 12 M P6 - the dream of space

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Created on May 29, 2020

Reading time 8min

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Sven Jürisch

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - mit Vinyldach

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - fährt sich wie auf Schienen? Na ja, fast ...

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - für's Museum zu schade, lieber fahren damit ...

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - bereit zur Losfahrt

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - gradliniges Design

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - passt vor das gepflegte Eigenheim

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - schnörkellos gezeichnetes Coupé

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - viel Chrom für das Coupé

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - schlichtes Armaturenbrett, wenig Luxus

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - Drehzahlmesser fehlt, dafür ist eine Uhr da

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - Vierganggetriebe mit Mittelschalthebel, immerhin

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - V4-Motor mit 1,2 Litern Hubraum

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - Motorkonzeption auf dem Raddeckel

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - Typenbezeichnung auf der Flanke

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Ford 12M Coupé (1970) - Typenschild

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Ford 12 M (1967) - mit runden Augen, im Vergleich zum 15 M (rechteckige Scheinwerfer

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Ford 15 M (1968) - Silhouette

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Ford 15M RS (1967) - sportliche Version mit Rallye-Streifen - Internationale Automobilausstellung (IAA) in Frankfurt 1967

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Ford 15 M RS (1968) - sportlich und mit Gürtelreifen besohlt

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Ford 15 M (1968) - mit neu platzierter Handbremse

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Ford 12M Turnier (1969) - wurde von Coys für EUR 11'500 verkauft (Techno Classica 2018)

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Ford 15M RS (1968) - 50 Jahre Ford RS wurden gefeiert - Retro Classics Cologne 2018

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Ford 15M RS Coupé (1968) - erstmals 1967 auf dem Genfer Autosalon gezeigt, RS steht für Rallye-Sport (Techno Classica 2018)

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Ford 15M RS (1968) - 50 Jahre Ford RS wurden gefeiert - Retro Classics Cologne 2018

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Summary

With significantly more interior space than the competition, the Ford P6 front-wheel drive series once enticed customers behind the wheel. In the meantime, the successful model series has fallen into oblivion. So it's time to bring the Cologne model back onto the stage of automotive rarities. This driving report tells the story of the simply styled Ford and shows it in current and historical pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Baroque was yesterday
Luxury for the little man
Off-the-shelf technology
Comfort does not come before
Short life, long suffering
Try it with comfort
Good living room and fresh air
Small lobby, small price

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Germany in the late sixties. The typical Heinz Erhardt atmosphere prevails in German living rooms. Solid elegance in oak veneer - not exuberant luxury but a good standard. And people are slowly saying goodbye to the pompous forms of the petticoat era and seeking fulfillment in simple and unadorned elegance. A development that does not stop at the car. At Mercedes, the restrained Stroke Eight replaces the tail fin in 1967 and at Ford, the basic mid-range model 12 M is given a new edition. While the predecessor still had real Rubens curves to offer, the successor, available from 1966, looked as if it had been drawn with a ruler. The designer had given the car a certain austerity, as if he wanted to cut off the baroque braids completely. Alongside the newly presented P6, its predecessor, the P4, looked completely outdated overnight. The model series was planned with a total of four body variants. A two-door estate, a coupe and a saloon. There was also a panel van for commercial purposes.

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