"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
07/29/2016 at 16:10 • Filed to: Ford, Granada, Falcon
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
07/29/2016 at 16:10 • Filed to: Ford, Granada, Falcon | 3
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Ford Falcon XD
Ford Granada Mk2 (one of the few survivors)
As we can see, they’re the same car with a few styling changes.
So, how many parts did they share?
(a) 2,106
(b) 106
(c) 10
(d) 2
(d) Left headlight, right headlight (plus generic bits like badges presumably)
Despite appearances they were completely different cars. The Falcon had a live axle for a start and bigger and different engines.
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
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07/29/2016 at 16:14 |
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D - UK labor unions probably required that every nut and bolt be manufactured in-house and to a different specification to prevent other suppliers from muscling in on their turf.
Tareim - V8 powered
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07/29/2016 at 16:20 |
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Bluecold
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07/29/2016 at 16:20 |
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The way you posed your question had me looking closely at the picture. I can spot a lot of structural differences. Take the rear quarter window, which points to a different stamping for the steel part at the back, and therefore all trim pieces will be different as well. Front window is attached differently, window wipers go the other way around, bumper style, front valance, mirrors, doorhandles....
I’m voting (c). Seatbelts consist of 10 parts right?
MultiplaOrgasms
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07/29/2016 at 16:24 |
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The Ford badges are taken from the great corporate dumpster, everything else is kind-of-identical-but-really-not.
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MultiplaOrgasms
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
07/29/2016 at 16:25 |
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Actually they were all built in Germany.
Spridget
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07/29/2016 at 16:34 |
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D) 2
I’m guessing the badges and radio knobs were shared.
Laurence
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07/29/2016 at 16:41 |
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I’m gonna say c, All the body parts and exterior trim are different! But there’s a few badges and interchangeable interior parts that ford used on everything
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Cé hé sin
> Bluecold
07/29/2016 at 17:12 |
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See edit
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> MultiplaOrgasms
07/29/2016 at 17:12 |
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See edit
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> Laurence
07/29/2016 at 17:12 |
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See edit
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> Spridget
07/29/2016 at 17:12 |
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Correct, but it’s the headlights. Completely different cars otherwise.
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MultiplaOrgasms
> Cé hé sin
07/29/2016 at 17:28 |
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I already did some post-commental research. Of all the things you’d think are identical the fucking manufacturer badges aren’t.
edu-petrolhead
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07/29/2016 at 18:02 |
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They look remarkably similar to the Brazilian Ford Corcel II too
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Cé hé sin
> edu-petrolhead
07/29/2016 at 18:11 |
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..which, weirdly, is distantly related to the Renault 12.
RallyWrench
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07/29/2016 at 18:27 |
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Interesting. I suppose the Falcon would need a live axle for all the hooning it would inevitably be forced to do.
Nauraushaun
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07/31/2016 at 06:54 |
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You can see differences if you look hard enough. Look at where the bonnet and boot join the doors - the Granada is a single solid waistline.
But why? They made changes you’d struggle to spot when they could’ve changed nothing at all! All in the name of the Australian car .
I’ve noticed the same about the Holden Commodore. Despite claiming to be an all new car, there’s a similarly named Opel with similarly named trims that looks similar...
No word on parts shared though.
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> Nauraushaun
07/31/2016 at 16:12 |
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The Granada and Falcon are so far as I can make out completely different cars (except the headlights!)
Granada and Falcon in that order
Length: 4633 mm 4737 mm
Width: 1791 mm 1860 mm
Height: 1416 mm 1374 mm
Engines: 1.7 to 2.8, 3.3 to 5.8
Rear suspension: Independent, live axle
The Australian car is designed for a market where six seats were popular so was available with column gearchange and bench seats, the Granada wasn’t. The simple rear suspension on the Falcon would have been chosen with outback roads in mind.
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Nauraushaun
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07/31/2016 at 23:00 |
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But are those changes really that important? I guess it was perceived back then that a car had to be big for Australia, even if those dimensions don’t seem significantly different.
Given how hard they were trying back then it’s a shame what the industry has come to now.
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> Nauraushaun
08/01/2016 at 04:53 |
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I recall that years ago Australian friends of my sister were staying.
One of them saw one of these (haven’t seen one in years, now that I think of it because big car that nobody will buy secondhand)
And noted its close resemblance to one of these:
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Nauraushaun
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08/01/2016 at 07:00 |
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Even more so one of these! What is that exactly?
http://www.prorack.com.au/images/visuali…
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> Nauraushaun
08/01/2016 at 07:08 |
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Opel Omega and Holden Commodore