1958 Ford Taunus rare project car

1958 Ford Taunus rare project car. This old beauty has great patina and a few bumps and bruises but this will make a great project car to put on another chassis, something a little more modern. What should I do with this great 1958 Taunus? This 2 door station wagon looks like the perfect little road trip cruising car to me. Small enough to be economical, and still have enough space for passengers! I've got a 1982 Oldsmobile V6 4.2 L diesel that just might be an excellent retro fit! The original 1698 cc 4-cylinder in-line might be a little hard to find parts for these days! The Ford Taunus was built by Ford Motor Company in Germany, not in North America. - I just think it's a fantastic looking cute little car. If you want to become a world expert on this car read on!! According to Wikipedia, "The Ford Taunus 17 M is a middle sized family saloon/sedan that was produced by Ford Germany between August 1957 and August 1960. The Taunus 17M name was also applied to subsequent Ford models which is why the car is usually identified, in retrospect, as the Ford Taunus P2. It was the second newly designed German Ford to be launched after the war and for this reason it was from inception known within the company as Ford Project 2 (P2) or the Ford Taunus P2. Because of its unusually flamboyant styling the first 17M also acquired various descriptive soubriquets of which "Barocktaunus“[1] is probably, today, the most widely used. Between 1957 and 1960 Ford produced (three-year production run) 239,978 Taunus P2s were manufactured. 45,468 of these were station wagons. in 1958 there were 81,133 cars produced. The P2 came as a two- or four-door sedan/saloon. A three-door station wagon was also offered together with a van, which was in effect a station wagon with the side windows to the rear of the b-pillars replaced by steel panelling. The deluxe version was denoted with the letter “L” while the letters “CL” were reserved for a two-door cabriolet which was the result of a conversion performed by the traditional Cologne coach-builders Karl Deutsch GmbH." ________________________________________________ Check out my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loves.loud.cars/ Get your own Ferro Rod at my ETSY Store: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1016201933/large-ferro-rod-camping-fire-starter-6 Video Editing courtesy of FuzzeeDee productions: https://www.FuzzeeDee.ca

Added 24 May 2026