|
|
|
|
|
|
Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated. |
|
|||||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
|
07-05-2015, 09:54 AM
|
#1 | ||
|
Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 48
|
Hi everyone,
I'm looking to get in contact with anyone that knows about examples of the Cortina Savage (or Perana) specifically in Australia. I'd like to know some historical information such as how/if you could order one through Ford back in the day or if they were supported by Ford Australia. I'm hoping to use this information to support to an engineer the concept of the v6 Savage Cortina as a base for a v6 conversion of my own. |
||
|
|
|
07-05-2015, 10:12 AM
|
#2 | ||
|
Pity the fool
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Wait Awhile
Posts: 8,997
|
I was under the impression the Perana was based on the Capri and was a South African car.
__________________
Fords I own or have owned: 1970 XW Falcon GT replica  | 1970 XW Falcon | 1971 XY Fairmont | 1973 ZG Fairlane | 1986 XF Falcon panel van | 1987 XFII Falcon S-Pack | 1988 XF Falcon GLS ute | 1993 EBII Fairmont V8 | 1996 XG Falcon ute | 2000 AU Falcon wagon | 2004 BA Falcon XT | 2012 SZ Territory Titanium AWDProud to buy Australian and support Ford Australia through thick and thin |
||
|
|
|
|
07-05-2015, 10:40 AM
|
#3 | ||
|
Lyminge, Shepway, Kent
  
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Geelong - Go Cats
Posts: 3,197
|
Is this a link to the car you were thinking of?
http://www.africanmusclecars.com/ind...na-perana-mk-2 This is for the Basil Green Peranna cars: http://www.perana.org/ I haven't heard of any distribution of these cars through the Australian dealer network. Boxy351 might be your man for this info: http://www.fordforums.com.au/member.php?u=2905
__________________
Mel Brooks sums it up best; "Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die, tragedy is when I get a paper cut" |
||
|
|
|
|
07-05-2015, 10:54 AM
|
#4 | ||
|
Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 48
|
Yep that's one of them. In SA they had the Perana and in the UK they had the Savage. I was under the impression you could 'Special Order' a Savage in Australia through a Ford Dealer...but I'm not sure how to confirm or refute that.
|
||
|
|
|
|
07-05-2015, 11:00 AM
|
#5 | |||
|
Lyminge, Shepway, Kent
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Geelong - Go Cats
Posts: 3,197
|
Quote:
__________________
Mel Brooks sums it up best; "Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die, tragedy is when I get a paper cut" |
|||
|
|
|
|
07-05-2015, 01:42 PM
|
#6 | ||
|
Tippy-tronic Free Zone
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 897
|
Perana - Capri Mk1 with 302 Windsor V8
Savage - Cortina 3.0lt Essex V6 See: http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au...mk2_savage.php And the Essex engines use across vehicles... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Es...ngine_%28UK%29 As far as I can tell, they were an aftermarket (new vehicle) conversion in similar vein to the Basil Green Perana's. A number of UK people have created replicas (just check the for sale adverts). |
||
|
|
|
|
07-05-2015, 06:03 PM
|
#7 | ||
|
Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 48
|
I'm pretty sure the Perana was the South African Mk11 Cortina with a Zephyr V6.
Could all use the same name though.... http://www.perana.org/cortinamk2.asp |
||
|
|
|
|
07-05-2015, 10:18 PM
|
#8 | ||
|
formerly ford3000gt
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Buderim, Qld
Posts: 110
|
The 'Perana', as we know it in Australia, was based on the Mk.1 Capri and fitted with a Mustang 302 V8 developing 281 bhp. It was built by Basil Green Motors in South Africa. Around 500 units were built and there are a few dozen of them in Australia. It was never sold or serviced by Ford Australia. The Cortina Savage was a Mk.2 Cortina built by Jeff Uren in the UK. Again this vehicle was never released in Australia. Any examples of these 2 vehicles found in Australia would be personal imports. None were ever imported and sold by Ford Australia. Ford Australia did fit an 'Essex' 3-litre V6 into a Mk.1 Escort as a prototype vehicle though it never saw production here in Australia. This car still existed down Maffra way, in Victoria, up until a few years ago. Terry
__________________
Current ride: '83 Mk.3 Capri, 2.8i, 5-spd |
||
|
|
|
|
07-05-2015, 10:27 PM
|
#9 | ||
|
formerly ford3000gt
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Buderim, Qld
Posts: 110
|
An after thought! There is a Mk.2 Corty with a V6 owned by a member of the Cortina Mark One Owners Club CMOOC here in Victoria. It has changed hands within the Club, but I can't recall who currently owns it! Try contacting the Club at http://cortinamk1ownersclub.com.au/index.htm
__________________
Current ride: '83 Mk.3 Capri, 2.8i, 5-spd |
||
|
|
|
|
08-05-2015, 07:29 AM
|
#10 | ||
|
Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 48
|
Thanks mate
|
||
|
|
|
Australian Savages!
Hybrid Mode