THE FORD CORSAIR.(Features)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: April 18, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: By Mike Torpey

It was the car they called the Buccaneer. The Ford Corsair was the first all-new car range to be built at the then recently-opened Halewood plant, went on sale priced from pounds 653 more than 40 years ago. Seen as a replacement for the distinctively-styled Ford Consul Classic, the Corsair was developed under the project name 'Buccaneer' and was styled under the direction of American-born chief designer Roy ...

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