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Title: SOLVED: FW #39: Ford Fiesta May, Suisse, 1979
Post by: fromwien on December 04, 2020, 12:29:54 PM
Please identify this car...

....built for a special purpose...
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: Alfa_Japan on December 06, 2020, 06:26:00 AM
Ford Fiesta Mk1 based?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on December 06, 2020, 08:43:51 AM
Yes
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: Alfa_Japan on December 06, 2020, 05:39:47 PM
Looking at the bumper and the round headlights instead of square based on a US version of the Fiesta?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on December 06, 2020, 05:54:33 PM
Yes, indeed. You are right
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: Alfa_Japan on December 06, 2020, 06:21:20 PM
The "S" Sport, or would that be too easy?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on December 06, 2020, 06:28:48 PM
Far too easy,... The base car, as you mentioned before, is the US-version of the Fiesta Mk I with 1,6-Kent-engine...
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: 727 on December 23, 2020, 04:03:24 PM
Quote from: fromwien on December 04, 2020, 12:29:54 PM
....built for a special purpose...

Tire testing?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on December 23, 2020, 05:38:46 PM
No, far away...
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: 727 on December 23, 2020, 05:43:34 PM
Built for exploration of a certain area?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on December 23, 2020, 06:25:53 PM
Depends on what you mean by 'area' ...
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: 727 on December 23, 2020, 06:30:29 PM
Was it used as a test/demo car of some sort?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on December 23, 2020, 07:09:31 PM
Yes
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: 727 on December 24, 2020, 05:00:33 PM
Used for something that leads to the destruction of the car or damage?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on December 25, 2020, 04:35:23 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: alltag on December 28, 2020, 01:02:52 PM
Has the power been increased with a turbo?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on December 28, 2020, 01:50:07 PM
No,... but you are thinking in an interesting direction
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: alltag on December 28, 2020, 04:39:56 PM
Ford USA imported the Fiesta which was made in Cologne to decrease the fuel economy of their vehicle fleets.

On December 22 1975 the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) was enacted by Congress. From it evolved the unprecedented Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for automobiles. The average fuel economy for model years, 1978, 1979, and 1980 were set at 18, 19, and 20 miles per gallon, respectively.

Any relation to this?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on December 28, 2020, 06:04:50 PM
You are in the right direction,... but please stay in Europe,...  even tough you see an American version of the Fiesta...
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: alltag on December 28, 2020, 07:58:47 PM
Next attempt: In 1977, Ford undertook a marathon drive on German autobahns. The Fiesta covered over 300,000 km in just under 3,000 hours.  One of the goals was to keep fuel consumption as low as possible.
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on December 29, 2020, 03:33:16 AM
With this project, the goal was high efficency. But not in Germany, not by Ford company themselves...
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: 312f1 on January 26, 2021, 04:00:13 AM
Prototype for the XR2?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on January 26, 2021, 04:52:52 PM
No
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: Johno on January 28, 2021, 03:34:54 PM
I'm going to throw in my 10pennyworth (English saying for have a go) and say its a development car to test what would have been Ford's CVT gearbox (not Dual Clutch)
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on January 28, 2021, 04:40:50 PM
No
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on February 01, 2021, 04:23:11 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: hermanoto on February 01, 2021, 05:01:38 AM
Ford Fiesta by Healy
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on February 01, 2021, 05:33:34 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on February 13, 2021, 02:54:29 PM
Pros?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: Julien1A on February 20, 2021, 07:45:44 AM
Tickford ?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on February 20, 2021, 09:47:32 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: gte4289 on February 24, 2021, 03:11:12 PM
By a school/university?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on February 24, 2021, 04:47:09 PM
No
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: gte4289 on February 25, 2021, 02:33:15 PM
By an automaker?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on February 25, 2021, 03:22:58 PM
No
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: gte4289 on February 25, 2021, 03:30:11 PM
By an energy company?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on February 25, 2021, 03:37:15 PM
No
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: gte4289 on February 25, 2021, 03:52:44 PM
By an automotive technology/engineering company?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on February 25, 2021, 05:52:42 PM
Yes
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: gte4289 on March 02, 2021, 01:09:18 AM
Any connection to the Goodman Engine System (water injection) by Pat Goodman?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on March 02, 2021, 04:00:40 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: gte4289 on March 02, 2021, 04:13:51 AM
From the UK?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on March 02, 2021, 04:40:49 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: gte4289 on March 02, 2021, 05:07:31 AM
Italy?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: alltag on March 02, 2021, 06:17:34 AM
Does it have anything to do with the catalytic converter and air pump for lower emissions?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on March 02, 2021, 07:38:09 AM
No, nothing to do with catalytic converter and air pump
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: gte4289 on March 02, 2021, 09:39:10 AM
Quote from: gte4289 on March 02, 2021, 05:07:31 AM
Italy?
?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on March 02, 2021, 10:39:40 AM
No, not Italy
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: Julien1A on March 05, 2021, 12:22:25 PM
in order to perform a Crayford conversion to Cabrio?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on March 05, 2021, 02:18:12 PM
No
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on September 30, 2021, 04:11:07 AM
Masters?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: oko94 on September 30, 2021, 04:25:57 AM
Modified in Austria ?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on September 30, 2021, 04:44:11 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: oko94 on September 30, 2021, 05:09:05 AM
Modified in Benelux ?
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: Wendax on September 30, 2021, 06:07:54 AM
1979 Ford Fiesta May, engine modified following May's Fireball combustion chamber principles to reach a Diesel-like consumption without its technical complexity.
Title: Re: FW #39
Post by: fromwien on September 30, 2021, 06:40:04 AM
No better explanation about the puzzle-car imaginable!
Congratulation
Title: Re: SOLVED: FW #39: Ford Fiesta May, Suisse, 1979
Post by: Wendax on September 30, 2021, 08:03:49 AM
Thank you for the point, they are getting rarer and rarer at Master level.  :sigh:
Title: Re: SOLVED: FW #39: Ford Fiesta May, Suisse, 1979
Post by: fromwien on September 30, 2021, 09:05:49 AM
For comparison, the situation on 'Professional level' isn't even better. I'm suffering with you