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Originally Posted by hayseed
This thread is Bringing back all sorts of Bad memories..
I went To & from Primary for 7 Years in a V4 powered Transit Bus. The above Quote sums that Bus up Perfectly.......
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Ha Ha. I remembered this engine was also used in the UK Ford Corsair (1965-1971). Quoted from Wiki (funny):
"The range was revised in September 1965, adopting new Ford Essex V4 engines,
making it rough at idle and coarse on the road.[citation needed] This engine was available in 1663 cc form at first, but later in 1966, a larger 2.0-litre L version was offered alongside.
One marketing tag line for the V4 models was "The Car That Is Seen But Not Heard", which was a real stretch of the ad man's puff, given the inherent characteristics of the engine. The other tag was "I've got a V in my bonnet". A 3.0 litre conversion using the Ford Essex V6 engine was one of the options available via Crayford Engineering."
They were also used in other late 1960s UK Fords including MkIV Zephyr and Capri, in addition to the Transit and Corsair, according to Wiki. But I think the only Australian distributed Ford with the V4 was the Transit.
So there is probably a good market for one of these engines in reasonable condition, especially in UK.
Cheers.