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Ford 17M 1700 S Turnier - Return to the line of reason

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Created on September 6, 2011

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Bruno von Rotz

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - The exterior mirrors were accessories

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - a typical child of the sixties

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - The 17M had a different radiator grille than the 20M

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - The tailgate opens from bumper height

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - Rare appearance as a station wagon

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - For the craftsman or the large family

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - 17M and 20M had different radiator designs

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - When station wagons still had really large windows at the rear

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - clearly visible, the characteristic hip swing of the first series

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - Loading master

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - Loading master

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - Open to everything

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - also suitable for the big family

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - This also fits the vacation luggage of a large family

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - Even a rubber boat fits in here

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - No special care required, everything works as usual

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - The generous glazing is clearly visible

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - Step into the interior styling of the sixties

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - The hip swing had to disappear after just over a year

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - A gray mouse in the field - not at all, because today this Turnier is a rarity

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - No frills in the 17M cockpit

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - Speedometer up to 180 kmh, rev counter missing

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - Cane handbrake

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - Everything in its place

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - Less exciting V4 engine

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - Independent tail lights on the station wagon

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - The faster version of the 17M was called 1700S

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Ford 17M 1700S Turnier (1967) - Turnier is the name of Ford's station wagon to this day

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Ford 17M (1968) - Dashboard - Illustration in the sales brochure

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Ford 17M (1968) - Interior

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Ford 17M 1700 S (1967) - slightly euphemistic illustration from the 1967 sales brochure

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Ford 17M (1967) - I wonder if the demo models - 20M left, 17M right - were damaged during this photo shoot

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Ford 17M (1968) - Presentation of the 20M (left) and the 17M (right)

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Ford 17M (1967) - Presentation of the new Taunus models, left 17M, right 20M, in 1967

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Ford 17M (1968) - the coupé achieves a Cd value of 0.364 thanks to persistent optimization

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Ford 17M (1968) - the two-door coupé

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Ford 17M RS (1968) - Rally stripes make the car faster

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Ford 17M Turnier (1969) - the station wagon as a "Tudor" after the smoothing of the side crease

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Ford 17M Turnier (1969) - four-door station wagon with the traditional designation "Fordor"

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Ford 20M 2000 S Turnier (1968) - the only German estate car with a six-cylinder engine at the time

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Ford 17M Turnier (1969) - around 2.4 m2 load area

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Ford 17M (1968) - on the rumble track

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Summary

The Ford 17M of the P7 series was built from 1967 to 1971 and sold a good 570,000 units, not enough to displace the competition from Opel. Today, well-preserved models of the P7 series are a rarity; this report shows a Ford 17M 1700S Turnier from the first year of production.

This article contains the following chapters

A bigger Ford from Cologne
The Tourer as a niche product
Many standard and optional extras
No new technical territory
Cautious response
Design iteration - they are doing something
Things are moving forward
Still practical and easy to drive today
Manageable costs
Driving a 17M Turnier as a classic?
Further information

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

If you ask people today if they can imagine a Ford 17M Turnier from the P7 model series, built between 1967 and 1971, hardly anyone will be able to describe the car in such a way that they would recognize it in a parking lot full of cars. Many older people (50+) have probably sat in a 17M or 20M from the late sixties at some point, or knew someone who had one, or even driven one themselves, but the car was probably not memorable or individual enough for them to remember it exactly. It is fitting that the subject of this report is painted gray. The car doesn't stand out, but it doesn't displease either, as we noticed when the estate car turned out to be an obstacle to traffic. On the contrary, raised corners of the mouth and interested glances showed that we look at this car differently today than we did over 40 years ago.

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