Ford Corsair
1st gen (Consul) 4-door Sedan (120E), 1963–1970
Tahitótfalu, Pest c.
My 80.000th photo on the site!
The first Ford Corsair in the HU gallery!
There are 4 ancient abandoned cars parked in a row in this yard, I discovered them on Google Street View. (a friend lived close by, but I haven't been to this particular spot) I went to take a look in April this year, and noticed a rear plate on one of them! Unfortunately the leaves were already too thick for a good shot of the whole car, so I decided to return in the winter, which happened the last weekend.
I took the photos, believing it to be an old Taunus or something. After getting home, I checked the database, which gave no brand (only a date of 2017 when it was withdrawn from traffic, but obviously hasn't been running for much longer). Then I tried looking for similar cars in google, and found that it's nothing I was thinking of... after digging around for some time, it turned out to be a really rare model, that I've never heard of before! So I decided to make this my milestone upload :)
My original plan was this photo: https://platesmania.com/xx/nomer26762262
#80000
MOT expired most likely in 2008. More photos, including the other cars, will be posted in the comments.
Comments (14)
What were the others?
antenn 2024-12-27 00:17:44 | #4
Flat-6 (2024-12-27 00:07:57)Now, that's quite a thing! What were the others?
I think a Moskvich 403 (the only photo I could take in the spring), then some smaller car that's mostly covered, followed by this car and a Rover P6. Looks like the Corsair shared taillights with the Rover.
Flat-6 2024-12-27 00:54:10 | #5
The covered little blue one is an Anglia 105E/123E, according to its long roofline could be an estate. The green 2-door is from the same Corsair generation as the white 4-door, but with a modified (likely home-made) quad-headlamp front. 
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antenn 2024-12-27 20:56:01 | #11
Flat-6 (2024-12-27 00:54:10)
All of them are UK Fords, which makes it an even more extraordinary found. The covered little blue one is an Anglia 105E/123E, according to its long roofline could be an estate. The green 2-door is from the same Corsair generation as the white 4-door, but with a modified (likely home-made) quad-headlamp front.
Interesting, the other 2 deceived me
Street View shows a small part of the unknown car, is it an Escort Mk1? Or something else like a Renault 8?
Flat-6 2024-12-27 22:03:03 | #12
antenn (2024-12-27 20:56:01)Interesting, the other 2 deceived me
Street View shows a small part of the unknown car, is it an Escort Mk1? Or something else like a Renault 8?
Yep, an Escort mk1. Somewhat less surprising, as a smaller amount was officially sold of them by Merkur in 1969, but fits well to this company.
By the way the others could have been in Hungary since new as well, as some Anglias and even Corsairs were also presented in our roads back then.
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