David Wilkins<p>After the 1965 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transit</span></a>, the next 'European' <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ford</span></a> was the 1968 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Escort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Escort</span></a>. This was produced at plants in Halewood, UK (now makes Land Rovers), Genk, Belgium (closed 2014) and Saarlouis, Germany (threatened by electrification). In Germany the Mk1 was nicknamed the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hundeknochen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hundeknochen</span></a> (dog bone) after the shape of the grille. I believe the Mk1 was basically a British design but the 1975 reskin that created the Mk2 was led by the German side. Pic: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GreatBritishCarJourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritishCarJourney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WeirdCarMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdCarMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/davidsdailycar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>davidsdailycar</span></a></p>