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rotorwrench · 02-13-2014, 11:16 AM

I remember back in the 60s, the shop that did most of my Dad's engine repairs had an old French Ford Vedette with engine problems. I had never seen one before or since other than in pictures. That particular car had leopard skin seats so you know the person who owned it spent some money keeping it up. I found out later that it was brought into the US by a person who had been stationed in Europe after the war and just liked the car so much he brought it back with him. I have an old 1947 Triumph TR-1800 roadster that came into the country the same way but it's right hand drive so you know it wasn't exported to the USA.

If it's left hand drive, then it might have been exported to Canada but I don't think they were exported to the USA much due to competition with the parent company here. There were a lot of English Ford tractors exported to the USA though.

02-13-2014, 11:16 AM	#4
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 18,010	Re: Ford V-8 Pilots? How many in Usa??? I remember back in the 60s, the shop that did most of my Dad's engine repairs had an old French Ford Vedette with engine problems. I had never seen one before or since other than in pictures. That particular car had leopard skin seats so you know the person who owned it spent some money keeping it up. I found out later that it was brought into the US by a person who had been stationed in Europe after the war and just liked the car so much he brought it back with him. I have an old 1947 Triumph TR-1800 roadster that came into the country the same way but it's right hand drive so you know it wasn't exported to the USA. If it's left hand drive, then it might have been exported to Canada but I don't think they were exported to the USA much due to competition with the parent company here. There were a lot of English Ford tractors exported to the USA though.