Ford Taunus 12m 1200 (1957)

Hello,

how wonderful that you are interested in this rare and distinct automobile.

It is a Ford Weltkugel -Taunus from 1957 with the original registration document.

I acquired it in Austria in a desolate condition and decided immediately in August 2014 to restaurate this beauty with all of the passion that I could bring to the table.

Sure, it wasn´t easy. No, it actually was a huge challenge to get hold of replacement parts because there are alomost none left for the 1957 Ford. My guess is, it is due to the fact that there was a huge fire in 1977 at the warehouse of Ford in Cologne, Germany where Ford was producing as well in those years.

So I did rebuild all of the pieces of the body work myself by hand to within a millimetre spending lots of energy and time. Check out the more than 2100 detailed pictures of the restauration process. I add the internet link leading to them below.

After i had completely dismantled the automobile and packed each and every of the screws, I started to measure the sheet metal´s details and to brace the body work to take out the layers of sheet metal part by part (e.g. the sill). Then I manufactured all of the walls, girder, boxes out of quality steel sheet (1mm/1,5mm) and adjusted them as long as it took to have them be as the original was. Ford had a tolerance of 5mm that I was modestly allowing myself to improve.

Here in summary the parts and my work:

Newly replaced handmade parts of the body work – each sides:

• complete sill / side member box
• cross member back axle in ront under back seat
• cross member lower footwell in front
• part cross member in the middle under front seat
• crossings of A-B-C pillars to the sill
• complete A- pillar side panel with triangular side member
• back axle connector side member in the back under the trunk
• front axle cross member connector front right
• wheel arch side panels in the back
• Part: inner wheel arch box in the back – crossing point to wheel arch ( I meticulously made sure that the cavity from wheel arch to inner wheel arch box fits!)
• Part: floor
• Part: tail fin trunk
• different parts of the front
• Part: wing in front headlight panel and more
• battery box and carrier
• wing connector
• new improved draining holes in sill area

-+ I sealed a cable channel into the left sill for the cable harness, the old cable harness was just on the floor panel

-+ sheet metals/ panels/ cavities were lavishly polished, grease removed and before welding painted with high quality weld priming. After the welding I even painted over with a cavity tube to make sure that every welding spot is preserved with priming.

-+ all preserved with cavity preserving wax

Through long research and ´thousands´ of emails to multiple Ford collectors and Oldtimer Sellers who still have a remaining stock I was happily able to acquire all working and other parts for this vehicle in NEW.

The complete front axle and complete back axle are equipped with new bearings and sockets.

• transverse link sockets in upper and lower front NEW
• transverse link dust caps outside NEW
• shock absorber front and back NEW
• leaf spring sockets back NEW
• rigid axle U-bracket L-R NEW
• shackle pin (spindle mount back axle front) NEW
• wheel bearings NEW
• wheel brake cylinder NEW (from reproduction with the correct piston diameter for back and front)
• brake master cylinder NEW (from reproduction)
• brake line NEW (6mm steel pipe crimped and layed by hand
• brake hoses NEW
• parking brake cables NEW
• brake linings NEW
• various bolts, nuts and special pins NEW

further more:

• exhaust system NEW
• original carburetor which I meticulously overhauled with various new ones and membranes – new throttle shaft and more
• various motor seals NEW
• water pump NEW
• water connection piece above NEW
• radiator hoses and clamping collars NEW
• fuel pump NEW
• gas tank „as NEW“ I additionally build in a fuel filter
• clutch „as NEW“
• various shift bushes NEW
• WELTKUGEL emblem NEW
• chromium headlight rings NEW
• chromium bumper newly chromium plated
• outside mirror NEW ( stock item with tiny damage at the chromium)

• tail glass seal NEW

• cable harness handmade by myself with the correct cable diameter and fitting colouring (as good as possible- I didn´t get hold of all the colors)

• 6 Volt battery NEW ( „IntAkt“– Oldtimer Power 84 Ah)
• taillight frames NEW
• taillights and chromium edges „as NEW“
• reflector (under taillight) NEW

The engine was checked by rebuilders. But because it was only driven for 20-30.000 kilometres nothing could be done. Crank mechanism, camshaft, bearing and more without apparent usage tracks. The automobile got a replacement engine in the past.

You are dealing here with a rare 1,5L engine. It´s the 1956-1957 model which was produced for two years only with the higher compression. You can recognize it through the 2 screws at the valve cover above instead of the 4 screws and the edge of the valve cover of the later produced 1,5L engines.

Originally there was a normal 1,2L 12m engine in there which was replaced by a 15m. I decided against the back converting of the engine because it is Original in this automobile and because the conversion was made very well.

Also the added torque brings way more driving pleasure.

If I have missed out any piece here I am still able to present it. Just have to check through the folders with including receipts and bills.

But I think you can imagine that this rare oldtimer was restored and reconstructed as newly and good as possible. I can confidently say that. :)

You are in the exciting unique position to acquire a very rare classy completely hand-restored Weltkugel-Taunus with a NEW niveau.

You usually never find a fully restored one which is for sale on the market. If you find one it is usually only half- or unrestored.

This oldtimer has a guaranteed real increase in value over the years to come if you just take a bit care of it.

If you have questions for any matter you can as well always contact me in future and I will do my best to assist you.

I guarantee transparacy of the whole restoration process with all the detail-pictures and receipts that I add here.

• Here the online link to the restoration picture split into 8 albums:

   https://www.facebook.com/pg/Hoschinger-Blechwerk-174773866272703/photos/?tab=albums

• Here the online link to the Youtube-Video of this Restauration:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jEU_Dpfvjk
- Here the online link to the Youtube-Video Car Show Ford Weltkugel-Taunus

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7rJnTl-sCk
On 10.7.2019 the report for the classification as Oldtimer, the Tüv as well as the appraisal to the
single operating permit for the better engine was made. The TÜV examiner was thrilled!

Please feel free to contact me if you are interested. I´m more than happy to hear or read from you.

The sale is made under exclusion of any warranty.