Double kidney grille? Why not triple kidney?

"edu-petrolhead" (edu-petrolhead) 05/22/2017 at 07:13 • Filed to: ford, weird, brazilian, tips

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Gentlemen, I present the Ford Verona-BMW conversion kit, by Souza Ramos. When imports were banned in Brazil during the 80's and early 90's, the only way to get a different car was be getting an aftermarket kit or conversion. In this case, Souza Ramos, one of the biggest companies for conversion kits, released this kit to convert the Ford Verona to a sort-of BMW.Even though the imports were forbidden, they took the care to introduce a triple-kidney grille to avoid any possible copyright claims.

For comparison, this is a stock Ford Verona

The Ford Verona was developed when Ford and VW formed a joint-venture called Autolatina in Brazil. They developed some cars together, namely the Ford Verona and VW Apollo, Ford Escort Hatch and VW Pointer, Ford Versailles and VW Santana Mk.II.

This is a VW Apollo, for comparison. Looks much better, IMO

And this was the sweet Ford Versailles

pip bip - choose Corrour > edu-petrolhead 05/22/2017 at 07:37

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i’ll take two

;)

Klaus Schmoll > edu-petrolhead 05/22/2017 at 08:09

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Weird. Just weird. I don’t get these conversions. Nobody will think that you are driving a Bimmer anyway.

404 - User No Longer Available > Klaus Schmoll 05/22/2017 at 08:12

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Think the point was they didn’t have any choice, because actual imports were banned.

edu-petrolhead > Klaus Schmoll 05/22/2017 at 08:13

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Sure, but on a time where you had less than 15 different cars to choose for buying, these conversions where the only way to drive something really different from the rest.

Nibby > edu-petrolhead 05/22/2017 at 08:23

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everyone needs a Ford Versailles

edu-petrolhead > Nibby 05/22/2017 at 09:10

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Also available in shooting brake form with Ghia trim (the Ford Royale):

Nibby > edu-petrolhead 05/22/2017 at 09:40

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sex

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Klaus Schmoll 05/22/2017 at 09:56

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Someone who grew up in a country that banned imports wouldn’t know what a real bmw looks like.