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A brand new Ford V8 for Miss Romania
Vlad Capotescu likes to share some images from the pre 'East-Block' era when Romania was not too different from any other European country. When they had nice cars and organised Miss elections. The winner of 1932 was also the proud winner of this brand new Ford V8. We understand Ford just had started a production line in Bucarest, so from a PR point of view the timing was perfect (we only found
a 1936 photo of that factory). Despite the somewhat chilly weather... miss Liliana Delescu took the time to pose for publicity shots on the bonnet. When you click the image you will see the car was registered in Galati, possibly the hometown of Miss Liliana.
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Friday, 20 January 2012
Vlad Capotescu likes to share some images from the pre 'East-Block' era when Romania was not too different from any other European country. When they had nice cars and organised Miss elections. The winner of 1932 was also the proud winner of this brand new Ford V8. We understand Ford just had started a production line in Bucarest, so from a PR point of view the timing was perfect (we only found a 1936 photo of that factory). Despite the somewhat chilly weather... miss Liliana Delescu took the time to pose for publicity shots on the bonnet. When you click the image you will see the car was registered in Galati, possibly the hometown of Miss Liliana.
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more info (in German only):
http://www.fomcc.de/bukarest.htm
Romanian Ford V8 drivers were very successful in pre-war motorsport events. Petre Cristea together with Gogu Constantinescu and Ionel Zamfirescu won the 1936 Monte Carlo Rallye.
Production in Bukarest continued until around 1940, afterwards (until around 1946) the plant was used as a vehicle and tank repair shop.
Since 2008 Ford has a manufacturing footprint in Romania again, the assembly plant in now located in Craiova.
Didn't Bonny and Clyde do the same pose on their Ford V8??
Manuel in Oz