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Ford Taunus 1.6 XL Coupé - in brilliant shape

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Created on March 28, 2016

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Stefan Fritschi

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Ford Taunus 1.6 XL Coupé (1974) - Fastback and aluminum wheels suggest sports car

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Ford Taunus 1.6 XL Coupé (1974) - Industrial design - right-angled Taunus architecture

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Ford Taunus 1.6 XL Coupé (1974) - Elegant lines

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Ford Taunus 1.6 XL Coupé (1974) - The Knudsen nose was named after the American Ford boss Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen, who wanted it on as many cars as possible

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Ford Taunus 1.6 XL Coupé (1974) - almost as it left the factory at the time

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Ford Taunus 1.6 XL Coupé (1974) - if it says Ford on it, it's Ford in it

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Ford Taunus 1.6 XL Coupé (1974) - "XL" for upmarket equipment

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Ford Taunus 1.6 XL Coupé (1974) - Interior with contemporary fur covers

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Ford Taunus 1.6 XL Coupé (1974) - the proud owners - here the car still without sports wheels

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Ford Cortina 2000 GXL (1971) - Water fountains play around the Cotrina and its Taunus counterpart in the background - Geneva Motor Show 1971

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Ford Taunus Coupé (1971) - at the Geneva Motor Show in 1971

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Ford Taunus (1971) - as a coupé, saloon and estate in the best possible equipment line in each case

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Ford Taunus 1300 L (1971) - four-door single version

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Ford Taunus 1600 GT Coupé (1971) - 1576 cm3, 88 hp

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Ford Taunus Coupé GXL (1970) - in the luxurious version

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Ford Taunus Coupé (1971) - a genuine fastback coupé without stylistic compromises

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Ford Taunus Coupé (1971) - rear view

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Ford Taunus GXL Coupé (1974) - Silhouette

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Ford Taunus Coupé (1971) - at full speed

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Ford Taunus Coupé 2000 V6 GXL (1970) - Dashboard of the automatic version

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Ford Taunus Coupé (1971) - sporty cockpit in the GT and GXL trim levels

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Ford Taunus Coupé 2000 V6 GXL (1970) - Interior

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Ford Taunus GXL (1971) - Interior of the lavishly equipped variant

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Ford Taunus Coupé (1971) - front suspension with double triangular wishbones

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Ford Taunus Coupé (1971) - Rear axle with two longitudinal and two diagonal axles

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Ford Taunus Coupé (1971) - Rear axle

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Ford Taunus (1971) - 1.3-liter four-cylinder engine

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Ford Taunus Coupé (1971) - the four-cylinder engine

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Ford Taunus Coupé (1971) - Transmission unit

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Ford Taunus (1971) - Transparency drawing

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Ford Taunus (1976) - new bodywork, stretched lines - Geneva Motor Show 1976

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Ford Taunus (1976) - newly bodied mid-range model - Geneva Motor Show 1976

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Ford Taunus Turnier - modifications to the body and interior for the 74 model - at the 1974 Geneva Motor Show

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Summary

This story tells how a grass-green Ford Taunus Coupé turned two young drivers into classic car enthusiasts. And in passing, you can also learn something about the Taunus TC. The report is supplemented with beautiful photos of the car, which were taken as part of a photo shoot won in a competition. A beautiful story. And of course there are also archive photos and the original sales brochure.

This article contains the following chapters

The thing with the lost friend
Originality suddenly becomes very important
Bread-and-butter beauty
Brief type history

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Simone and Marco Gunzenhauser from Volketswil (near Zurich) are not necessarily what you would imagine classic car enthusiasts to be. Or rather: they weren't, because today they are. Although there was interest in antique stores or second-hand stores, there was hardly any interest in classic cars. Now Simone and Marco not only drive a beautiful, bright green 1974 Ford Taunus 1.6 XL, but also own a 1976 Ford Granada 2.6 coupé. In addition, there were the matching brochures, spare parts and various paraphernalia from those days. Even model cars were completely dismantled and modeled exactly on the original interior and exterior. Eventually, the first classic car meeting followed, people met up with like-minded people, and it is now impossible to imagine the so-called "scene" - whatever you might call it - without the Gunzenhausers.

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