What is this 1950s 2 door station wagon?

[NotBob]

[keiser31]

1959 Ford Taunus P2.

 

 

Edited September 9, 2017 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[TerryB]

Sure is!  This is a German Ford.  Wonder where the picture was taken?  Were they available in US or Canada?

Terry

[keiser31]

Not certain where they showed up.

[gwells]

It isn't very visible even enlarged, but the front tag doesn't look very 'US-like.'

AFAIK the Taunus was never sold in the US. Don't know about Canada.

[NotBob]

1 hour ago, TerryB said:

Sure is!  This is a German Ford.  Wonder where the picture was taken?  Were they available in US or Canada?

Terry

Supposedly, Ft. McClellan, Alabama.

[TerryB]

Possibly purchased in Germany and returned to the US by a military person. Must have been exciting getting parts in the US.

[dictator27]

Two models of German Ford Taunus were available briefly in Canada.  They were the 12M and 17M.  The 12M was a two door with three speed trans.  Many of them had a centrifugal clutch.  The 17M was a four speed column shifter and curiously was available with either six or twelve volt electrical system.  I was an apprentice at a Ford dealer starting in the middle sixties and any time a Taunus came into the shop I was the designated mechanic. Even at the dealership parts were scarce and I was always improvising or jury rigging something.  As the apprentice I was cheap labour.

 

Terry

[Marty Roth]

There appears to be a Rambler Station Wagon in the deep background

[NotBob]

13 minutes ago, Marty Roth said:

There appears to be a Rambler Station Wagon in the deep background

 

I thought it might be a Custom Four Door Sedan, but I wasn't sure.

 

[Brass is Best]

Looks like a 1955 or 1956 Ford across the street. What a well trained Collie!

[D Yaros]

Photo is found in a couple of places on the net -

 

http://rebrn.com/sub/OldSchoolCool/?from=236763
http://rebrn.com/re/my-uncle-and-cousin-in-the-s-236594/

[nzcarnerd]

In Keiser's reference pic, the name on the tractor is another German car maker - Hanomag - although cars were only a minor part of their production. Well known in other fields.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanomag

[Casper Friederich]

5 hours ago, nzcarnerd said:

In Keiser's reference pic, the name on the tractor is another German car maker - Hanomag - although cars were only a minor part of their production. Well known in other fields.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanomag

The 1/2-litre one-cylinder 1924-29 2/10 PS "Kommisbrot" was made in hugh numbers, and as I previously has mentioned the much latter 1,3 litre was the inspiration for Volvo's postwar small car with unitary construction.