Automotive WI - Ford produced a Windsor V6

What if Ford produced a Windsor V8-derived 90-degree V6 displacing around 2700-4200cc for its small to midsize cars in North America from the early-1960s onwards, instead of using the German Cologne V6 or the Buick V6-based Canadian Essex V6 engines as in OTL?
 
Cost savings from the Windsor V6 sharing componentry with the Windsor V8 would be one of the advantages (as well as potentially sharing similar performance upgrades to the Windsor V8), compared to importing the Cologne V6 from Germany as well as removing the necessity of Ford later reverse-engineering the Buick V6 to create the Canadian Essex V6, since Ford in essence would already have their own equivalent without needing to copy an existing engine from a competitor.
 
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what vehicles would you see having used this engine?

Vehicles using the Ford Windsor V6 from either the early-1960s or early-1970s onwards include the Ford Pinto / Mercury Bobcat, Ford Mustang, Mercury Capri, Ford Taurus / Mercury Sable, Ford LTD / Mercury Marquis, Ford Thunderbird / Mercury Cougar, Ford Granada, Lincoln Continental, Ford Bronco / Ford Bronco II, Ford Ranger, Ford Aerostar, Ford Windstar / Mercury Monterey, Ford Explorer / Mercury Mountaineer, Ford Courier, Ford E-Series and Ford F-Series.

Essentially the Windsor V6 would be used in place of the OTL Cologne V6 and Canadian Essex V6 for the above vehicles from the early-1970s, though it is possible such an engine would potentially even be used from the early/mid-1960s after the appearance of the Windsor V8.
 
Ford originally had planned for the Falcon to be Front Wheel Drive, so it led to Ford Compacts and Intermediates using a coilover ontop the upper control arm up front, that would allow a drive axle to the spindle.
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OTL, there were a few attempts at All Wheel Drive.

So, take that new V6, and use that shorter length V6 block for a center Diff or transfer case to get drive to the front.
Or transverse mount it.
Make it out of Aluminum, you would get CIDs from 195 to 263 if the tall deck Windsor was used, so you would have a light weight, 145-160HP engine, something to compete with Buicks 150HP 215 V8
 
Ford originally had planned for the Falcon to be Front Wheel Drive, so it led to Ford Compacts and Intermediates using a coilover ontop the upper control arm up front, that would allow a drive axle to the spindle.
wpb59b81d3.gif

OTL, there were a few attempts at All Wheel Drive.

So, take that new V6, and use that shorter length V6 block for a center Diff or transfer case to get drive to the front.
Or transverse mount it.
Make it out of Aluminum, you would get CIDs from 195 to 263 if the tall deck Windsor was used, so you would have a light weight, 145-160HP engine, something to compete with Buicks 150HP 215 V8

While have read of Ford looking at all-alloy versions of the Flathead V8, did Ford have other all-alloy engine projects from the 1950s-1970s?

Envision the Windsor V6 initially starting out with a displacement of 2716cc being derived from the 221 / 3621cc Windsor V8 to as much as 3706cc via the 302 / 4942cc Windsor V8 or even 4314cc via the 351 / 5752cc V8 (or 4304cc via the 342 / 5605cc V8), perhaps Ford later decides to produce turbocharged versions along the same lines as the Buick V6.
 
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