TIKFD6

XRated, the blue carin the discovery center was made out of the RED EB S that was sent to the US.

Outback, i will try to find out the numbers of V8 AM HO's

 

XRated

In regards to the AU T3 build numbers, I wrote to Ford to get some figures. I got a reply from Richard Phillips of FPV who quoted me these figures:

........ Auto ... Manual ... Total
TE50 ..... 90 ...... 114 ..... 204
TS50 .... 152 ....... 72 ..... 224 <-- Weird! More autos
TL50 ...... 3 ........ 0 ....... 3

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SRV8

Au2 Sr V8 Manual. 3 Only Built.

Steffo

The reason the AUIII TS50 has more autos then manuals is that initially, it was an automatic only up-spec type of car. Later on, they released manual versions. TE50 always had an option of both, but was manual by default. Manual/Auto became a No Cost Option with the TS50 later on.

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TIKFD6

That was the Case with the AU1 TS50, not theT3.

Steffo

As far as I know, the AU and AUII TS50s were all automatic, with manual only being introduced a few months into the AUIII TS50's life.

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TICK4D

Xrated- they are the correct numbers, i also delt with a guy called Richard and is still helping me trying to find out how many red manual TS50 series 2 there were.

Tikfd6- You are right, that was series 1 not 3 steffo.

TICK4D

Mine must be rare than, because it's a manual series 2

Steffo

You're right.. my memory serves me poorly lol

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outback_ute

Would the manual have become an option when the 220kW engine changed from the alloy heads to the GT40P heads? April 2001 I think, it's on the FPV website.