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Second use - two coupé bodies by Pietro Frua for the Ford Escort

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Created on May 13, 2017

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - elegantes Coupé nach einem Design von Pietro Frua

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - relativ langer hinterer Überhang

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - Frontansicht

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - zierliche Lufteinässe

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - Heckansicht, vom Escort ist kaum etwas zu sehen

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - individuell ausstaffiertes Interieur

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - Instrumente von VDO

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - sportlich gestaltete Anzeigen

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - die Ford-Escort-Technik unter der Haube

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - Cromodora-Felgen verleihen dem Coupé zusätzliche Eleganz

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - Cromodora-Räder

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - das Emblem des Karosseriebauers

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Ford Monte Carlo GT Frua (1971) - am Concorso d'Eleganza Italiauto in St. Urban am 3. Mai 2015

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Ford Monte Carlo GT Frua (1971) - am Concorso d'Eleganza Italiauto in St. Urban am 3. Mai 2015

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - im Hafen von Monte-Carlo (Monaco)

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - das Pietro Frua Coupé „Monte Carlo“ im Hafen von Monte-Carlo (Monaco) mit dem Casino im Hintergrund

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - im Hafen von Monte-Carlo (Monaco) mit vom Glas GT abgeleiteter Karosserie mit modifiziertem Stufenheck

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - Präsentation des 1971 Ford Escort GT „Monte Carlo“ auf dem Frua-Stand beim 58. Salon de l´Automobile in Paris (7.–17.10.1971)

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Ford Monte Carlo GT Frua (1971) - Pietro Frua gestaltete auf der Basis des Ford Escort ein elegantes Coupé

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - Armaturenbrett des 1971 Ford Escort GT „Monte Carlo" mit einer „Uhrensamllung" wie beim Glas GT, aufgenommen im Jahr 2003

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Ford Escort GT "Monte Carlo" Frua (1971) - Pietro Fruas Signet an seinem 1971 Ford Escort GT „Monte Carlo“ wie beim 1965 Glas V8; aufgenommen beim Concorso d´Eleganza Italiauto am 3.5.2016 in St. Urban (CH)

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Ford Mexico Frua Coupé (1971) - das von Pietro Frua 1972 fertiggestellte und in Turin fotografierte Ford GT Coupé „Mexico“ neben einem Ford Escort Serienmodell 1971

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Ford Mexico GT Frua (1971) - eleganter konnte man den Mexico alias Escort kaum verpacken, Pietro Frua machte es möglich - Erinnerungen an den Glas 1300 GT sind nicht ganz zufällig

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Ford Mexico Frua Coupé (1971) - das Frua Coupé „Mexico“ mit der Fließheckkarosserie des Glas GT

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Glas 1300 GT (1963) - Reproduktion der Skizze von Pietro Frua

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Glas 1300 GT (1963) - das schöne Coupé im Profil - Silhouette

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Glas 1300 GT (1965) - damit kann man überall standesgemäss parken

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Glas 1700 GT (1965) - im grossen Kofferraum fanden handelsübliche Gepäckstücke Platz

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BMW 1600 GT (1967) - aus dem Glas wurde ein BMW - Internationale Automobilausstellung (IAA) in Frankfurt 1967

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BMW 1600 GT (1968) - die Karosserie blieb ab nach den BMW-Retouchen unverkennbar ein Meisterwerk von Pietro Frua

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BMW 1600 GT (1968) - von schräg hinten kaum ein Unterschied zu den früheren Glas-Modellen zu erkennen

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Summary

Pietro Frua was a master of secondary utilization. He also reused the body he had created for the Glas GT after the end of its production and fitted it to the platform of the Ford Escort with economical modifications. Two such coupés with different engines were created, but the hoped-for small series production did not materialize. Both cars survived. This report looks back at the development of the two coupés and shows them in contemporary and present-day pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

The first model - Ford Escort Frua Coupé "Monte Carlo"
The second litter: Ford Escort Frua Coupé "Mexico"

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

After production of the Glas 1300/1700 GT successor BMW 1600 GT was discontinued in August 1968, Frua was able to use its design freely again. On November 10, 1970, he registered the project number 369 for a coupé based on the modified Glas GT body on the "chassis" of the Ford Escort 1300 Mk1. After the VW notchback saloon (1961) and the Opel Kadett A Spider (1964), this was to be his last attempt to do business with a mass-produced manufacturer of a successful compact car. The wooden model of the GLAS GT was still in Frua's workshop and with a few strokes of chalk he sketched the changes directly on the design drawing of the Glas GT: he extended the front end with retracted headlights and an air intake under the bumper in the style of his Maserati Mistral, and at the rear the fastback was modified to a slightly indicated notchback with rectangular tail lights.

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