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I live in Southern California. In High school in 1957 I worked at a New English Ford Dealer. Drove a Zephyr Convertible in a local parade with pretty girls in back. A salesman had a 57 Anglia with milled head and a 2 barrel carburetor adapted for his demo. He'd tell customers to drive it and TRY to hurt it! Great cars!
There's always time for a cup of tea!!! lovely video and great selection of cars, your V8 Pilot was the best colour and seemed as good as any at the show.. Cheers Bob
I had sit up and beg Anglia, 100e anglia, mk 1 consul, mk 2 Zephyr6, mk 3 Zodiac , 105e Angla and mk 1 cortina.and passed my test in a Ford Classic. Superb video, Thanks.
Thanks Rick, it looked like a great show and a real blast from the past. I've owned (too) many Fords and we've had them in our family since before WW2, so it was great to see all the history lined up at Gaydon.
The Consul Capri coupe is gorgeous - I love the pillarless doors and the retracting window frames. In the 1960s I used to go to primary school in a Zephyr Mk3 - we lived over three miles from the school and as there was no bus service the council contracted a taxi firm to take me and a handful of other children to and from school. It was very shiny and much more swanky than my Dad's series 3 Morris Oxford! The taxi driver was Mr Nutt and the number plate was NUT888 - easy to remember, even for 60 years!
Great video/coverage of what looks like a great event, l find your commentary to be very entertaining and informative even though you admit to not being an expert on all aspects Of these vehicle. Appreciate your honesty and love your enthusiasm. From Brisbane,Australia 😊
Great video Rick! I've had a Mk1 Cortina, Anglia 105E, 100E Prefect, Mk1 Escort, 105E Anglia van, MK1 Escort van 2 MK2 Escort vans, MK2 Capri and a MK1 XR3i. Loved them all, and never had any real problems with any of them. Ya can't beat an old Ford! 👍
Though not a [plove of the 1950 onwards Fords (other than rally escorts!) I adore the older ones. And that chrome headed Pilot was awesome. I thorough enjoyed the video as I do of all yours and Harley's. Thank you! Rob
Hi, another brilliant classic car video. Near the start you covered the Consul Classic, the pale blue was the same colour as my father's. Carabean turquoise was the official colour as I remember.
It was an excellent show. I can't say i was ever aware that they made a V8pilot pick up and van i had only ever known about the saloon. I have always found the Pilot a rather pleasing car and Ludlow green(i didn't know thats what it was called, its like an almond green) i like very much. The Sweeney Consul was a real surprise of the day. I noted that i can just be heard talking in the background and saw myself before you approached. I made a special feature of this car. Good show report.👍
Fantastic bunch of cars. And of course, as y’all know, I really love those Cortina Mk ll. ( I once detailed a Lotus Cortina Mk l, that was original paint, and no stripe. Was plain white. - the first, and only Mk l I’ve ever seen in the States.) I still have the photos. 📻🙂
Hi 👋 Richard. Excellent car display of Fords. The Ford Pilots there looked so good. I thought they looked good in black. The red American 1970s Ford Pinto stood out , i like their design. The hot rods remind me of the 1973 movie Ameican Graffiti. I saw it back in 73. The film had various types of hot rod racers in it. Thanks for your video.
Very few of these models made it to the U.S. except a few Cortina's and Anglia's. I had a short but thrilling ride in a 58 Anglia with an extremely high performance Chrysler 440 cu. inch engine mounted from the firewall back inside the car. Engine was covered by a 'dog house', 18" wide rear tires and no external body mods. Very exciting little car😂
I may have mentioned this to you before? Six of my mother’s sisters had muscular dystrophy. Granddad liked to take them for a run out in the car. He had a sit up & beg Ford Prefect, which was the best he could afford with four doors. He needed four doors to get them in & out of the car. When he no longer needed the car he gave it to me. It was completely standard with no modifications & in good condition. The registration number was “POP 27”. I joined the RAF on leaving school, as a boy entrant. On my first leave I came home to find that my father had called the scrap man in to take the car away & the contents of my workshop, including four Velocette motorcycles. I have always liked Ford cars.
Rick The "super original Anglia" at 39.12 is the one Mart from Solihull who has the channel "Marts Garage" restored from a rusted out hulk. He did it on a budget so it looks like a barn find. He has old V8's as well. It was got, as it was about to go through the crusher. See the full resto on his channel. Very good coverage of the event, thanks for what you do. ps : Those V8 exhaust tips are available from any of the Ford V8 spares outfits in the USA like C&G Ford in California. I have one on my 48 ford coupe.
Wow, so many Fords. I'm partial to the Ford Consul Corsair as it looks like a bit of the 1961-63 Thunderbird up front and the dashboard is very reminiscent of the 1960 full size US Ford. I remember as a kid Ford advertising the coming front wheel drive Ford Cardinal with the German V4 around 1958 or '59. It looked like the Corsair in front, but the car got cancelled after the Ford Falcon took flight since it was cheaper to build and a larger car than the proposed Cardinal. Its amazing that those Consul Corsairs are now very rare. I thought they looked good. I read that the V4 was a real cement mixer though.
I'll be honest, I can't get excited about most Fords .However, there are two exceptions. One is, of course, the V8 Pilot. Such beautiful cars. The second is the Mk1 Lotus Cortina. I saw them racing at the British Grand Prix meeting in 1963, when I was a spotty 12 year old, and fell in love with them battling with the American Ford Galaxie's of the period. Unforgettable.
There aren't too many post-1960s models that really interest me greatly, although I fully get why they are popular just down to how many people can relate to them. Thanks for checking out this video!
Very interesting. Have never seen so many Pilots at once. Here in NZ [& Oz] they are rare & if I see one it is unusual. Loved the Model As [but quickly zipped by?]. Re British new ones, they had the mandatory fender lamps [ & usually small bore motor except in commercials], from elsewhere the deluxe ones had cowl lamps. Cheers. NZ..
Have you ever seen a Ford Capri Perana, with the Windsor V8 of the Ford Mustang, made by Basil Green Motors of South Africa? Technically the Capri Perana was a mix of the Australian Ford Falcon (XW) and the American Ford Mustang. It was sold with a 4 speed Ford Toploader transmission or the 3 speed C4 automatic transmission. In the beginning the price for this car was 4,450 Rand. Top speed was 228 km/h, acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h was possible in 6.7 seconds (automatic version 7.0 sec). Officially the Capri Perana was only sold in "Bright Yellow" and "Piri Piri Red", but some cars were painted in different colours, for example Basil Green's Perana naturally was green. The cars were manufactured by Ford of South Africa (a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company of Canada). Production ended in 1973.
Your Knowledge of cars always astounds me. My second car was a mark 1 1600XL Capri blue with a black vinyl roof. Even the 1600 trended to drift, especially in the ice and snow. I used to fill the boot up with bricks in the winter. I'm a mark 1 fan, always felt they ruined the design with mark 2. As for the modern day abomination (yours words) and mine. I think the R in Capri, should be put in front of the A. To give a more accurate description of the new car. My uncle had a V8 Pilot. Then a Mark 2 Consul. Followed by a Mark 4 Zodiac. Only ever went in the rear seats but always felt the best ride was in the V8 Pilot.
I forget if this was the case at this particular event, but I have noticed more and more that at the "all day" events I visit, many seem to treat them like morning breakfast meets, and start heading off around lunchtime. Personally I think that is short-changing paying visitors when it does happen (unless the rain is pouring down etc in which case I understand it). Some displayers will have genuine reasons for having to leave early, but I don't think that's always the case.
Always had Fords in our family. Grandfather had a sit up and beg Ford Pop, sold it in 1969 for £15 !!! , Dad started with a Ford Squire, then a Thames van, mk 1 Cortina, mk 3 Zephyr, mk 3 Cortina, mk 2 Granada, mk 3 Granada x 2 and ended with a mk 3 Mondeo. Uncle had a Thames van and a mk 4 zodiac.Brother in law had mk 1 Escort, mk 2 Escort estate, mk 2 Escort 1600 sport and mk 3 Capri 2.0 S. I started with a mk 1 Escort estate, mk 1 Escort, mk 2 Escort, mk 5 Cortina, Sierra X 2, fiesta x2, mk 2 Mondeo, mk 3 Mondeo and currently run a mk 4 Mondeo estate. Son owns mk 5 Escort, mk 3 Granada and mk 3 Mondeo. Daughter had mk 1 Focus, mk 3 Mondeo, mk 2 Focus ST and currently owns a mk 3 Focus ST. I also own a 1986 Sierra 1.8 Laser and a late mk 1 Mondeo 2.0 Ghia.
Scary to think the number of Ford's I had when I was younger & were brought & sold for a few hundred pounds, now worth 10s of thousands! If only I'd kept them all 😂
I have had a lot of memories of Ford Evan though I am a Vauxhall man. I remember starting a section on a car rally on the Julliberry Down white road above Chilham in Kent.The car in front of me was a 2600 Capri, as he rapidly pulled away his back wheels spun threw up some rocks which went over my Viva and smashed the windscreen on the car behind me wow lucky for me but not for the following car. One day when I was selling Vauxhalls at Penfolds in Lewisham a customer came in to look at a Cavalier GLS .I asked him if he had a car to trade in he said a John Player Capri,I was quite excited so went to the side road to have a look at and try to give him a good PX price I returned to the showroom and asked him which one it was he said the JPS I replied which one ,there were 3 parked in the street we thought there probably wasn't more than three in South London let alone parked in the same street .Our wedding car was a rally prepare RS2000 after the car we hired didn't turn up, it had a roll cage with a cross brace in the back ,don't ask!, I am not to sure the vicar was too impressed when Ken did a handbrake turn outside the church great memories!
Thanks for sharing your Ford recollections! I think permanent wheelspin and handbrake turning were standard operating procedure on any sporty Ford at the time.
Hello Richard, great presentation and encyclopaedic memory as per usual. Does Mrs OCC share your passion, or is she fully engaged in preparing your extensive lunch box? Following the demise of my first car, a 1963 Mini pensioned off by the tin worm, I decided to buy 'the car you've always promised yourself' a brand new Mk1 Ford Capri 1600GT XLR in 1972. It was an absolute showstopper (in my eyes) and was bergundy with a black vinyl roof with all the 'trimmings', including the later flat lensed fog and spots, corsair style wing mirrors and the later alloy wheels. This cost £1280 with my parents lending me half! Following my corrosion issues with the Mini, I invested a further £200 in having a patented rust inhibitor known as the 'Zeibart' process applied. This was a wise investment, as it kept the tin worm away during the whole life of the car. I felt like the 'Dogs' and the car looked a million bucks. I had some early issues that included a tappity engine caused by the high lift camshaft, and a steering vibration that could not be cured by dynamic wheel balancng. This lasted the life of the car, and was eventually diagnosed as faulty steering geometry set at its' birthplace in Dagenham. Interestingly, not long after buying the car, I was driving through Blackwall Tunnel and after emerging into Greenwich I was pulled over by a police car. Two burley traffic cops got out and asked me what was in my boot. Being a tad scruffy, they thought that I had stolen the car, and fortunatley I got the question right as all I had was a tyre pump and first aid kit. Until the arrival of a Mk2 Audi TT many years later this was the best car i had ever owned. Great days.
Mrs OCC isn't as obsessed as I am, but appreciates old cars that work (as opposed to projects) and likes attending shows and runs out in them. The Capri sounds like quite a looker, yes I remember Ziebart and the little plastic plugs that were fitted into the holes where wax had been sprayed.
You unfortunately missed out on the yellow with black side stripes Capri which I think was the South African built Perana fitted with a 302ci/5 litre V8 engine.
And not one Mazda ? Mid 90's Australia, we had a Mazda 2 door sports called a Ford Capri . It was also exported to the USA as Ford Mercury and sold in US cheaper than it sold in Australia.
13:14 "Abominations" indeed. I was thinking about how German cars have lost their way so much since the 1990s. Literally full of plastic, unlike the far more sensible, cheaper (for purchase, maintenance, and repair), more reliable, longer lived, and not-over-engineered-for-no-real-gain Japanese and South Korean cars. Which car would you like to buy nowadays, an expensive German car full of plastic, or a cheap Chinese car full of plastic? Engine bay literally full of plastic, unlike Japanese and South Korean cars. German cars were definitely not like this in the 1990s and earlier.
What a thoroughly enjoyable video RJ. I have owned a number of Fords over the years, 2x MK1 Cortinas, a Consul Classic 4 door two tone version maroon with a grey roof and a two tone grey interior. Also MK3 Cortina 1600 GT and a MK3 2000 E which I loved and a MK2 Escort a very basic model. My father had a Ford Pilot and a Ford Prefect which I vividly recall. All very easy to work on. MK1 Cortina changed both gear levers from the long floppy ones to a direct linked one, you could buy a kit to do that, and installed a centre console. The Classic rotted out around the sidelights. I could change a clutch on a Cortina MK1 singlehandedly in around 3 hours. Macpherson struts also easy and we made the tool to secure the springs ourselves. Welding support pates at the top of the struts to prevent rusting which again we made ourselves. I always wanted a Corsair and I thought and still think the MKIV Zodiac is a cool and luxurious beast.
I had a 1953mk 1 consul in 1964 the crank broke coming home from earls court motor show I rebuilt the motor later I had a flat back tire on jacking it up , the jack went through the floor,it had to go, the crank cost me 50 pounds.
That racket masquerading as singing is totally unnecessary at a classic car gathering. Different if it’s a military vehicle gathering.Noticed it creeping in to a lot of shows and more so organisers blasting tunes from loudspeakers. Do whop do whop..do one please
I don't mind some background so long as a) it's not too loud b) the singer(s) can, well, sing, and c) the tunes are appropriate to the show. But I can happily live without it as it makes doing the videos a lot easier :)
Being a 1942 born back street kid, my world was awash with Ford vehicles of the time - many of them being much older than me. What was rather a disappointment taken from this Ford rally, was the many models that haven't survived. I can't think of any other motor manufacturer having so many differing models and variants of models on the roads at the same time as were Fords. One particular model - possibly a variant of an Anglia from the late 30's, which was given the 'nickname' the 'Cottage Loaf' because it was unusually rounded resembling the 'Bob on Blob' loaves of bread often baked in home ovens and known as 'Cottage loaves'. The car was shaped similar to a V8 Pilot, albeit smaller and kind of squashed. They were invariably two-tone painted white over blue ... my Dad thought they looked like a 'painted lady' (cheap), which was ironic really because he could never have afforded to buy one.
Hello Richard . A very busy show indeed . Must say the singers were annoyingly loud . And l really dislike these wingless hotrods with no number plates that think they are immune from prosecution ......which it seems to me they are ! Thanks Richard
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See… that’s another show event I’ve missed, still think you could list the significant meets in your calendar 😁
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I live in Southern California. In High school in 1957 I worked at a New English Ford Dealer. Drove a Zephyr Convertible in a local parade with pretty girls in back. A salesman had a 57 Anglia with milled head and a 2 barrel carburetor adapted for his demo. He'd tell customers to drive it and TRY to hurt it! Great cars!
There's always time for a cup of tea!!! lovely video and great selection of cars, your V8 Pilot was the best colour and seemed as good as any at the show.. Cheers Bob
Same colour as mine, but not mine sorry :)
I know. It I’ve seen your V8 on many video and seen what you have done with the car. That’s why I say yours is as good as any at the show.
I had sit up and beg Anglia, 100e anglia, mk 1 consul, mk 2 Zephyr6, mk 3 Zodiac , 105e Angla and mk 1 cortina.and passed my test in a Ford Classic. Superb video, Thanks.
Great collection of Fords
Thanks for video😊😊😮😮
Awesome coverage of a fabulous show - thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Thanks Rick, it looked like a great show and a real blast from the past. I've owned (too) many Fords and we've had them in our family since before WW2, so it was great to see all the history lined up at Gaydon.
The Consul Capri coupe is gorgeous - I love the pillarless doors and the retracting window frames. In the 1960s I used to go to primary school in a Zephyr Mk3 - we lived over three miles from the school and as there was no bus service the council contracted a taxi firm to take me and a handful of other children to and from school. It was very shiny and much more swanky than my Dad's series 3 Morris Oxford! The taxi driver was Mr Nutt and the number plate was NUT888 - easy to remember, even for 60 years!
Great memories, thanks for posting!
Great video/coverage of what looks like a great event, l find your commentary to be very entertaining and informative even though you admit to not being an expert on all aspects
Of these vehicle. Appreciate your honesty and love your enthusiasm.
From Brisbane,Australia 😊
Very kind of you to say so, thanks Peter, all the best from the cloudy UK :)
29:30 Granada m2b Estate is mine:) Old Ford Rally was one of the best stop during our vacation trip.
Cool, thanks for watching the vid!
Great video Rick! I've had a Mk1 Cortina, Anglia 105E, 100E Prefect, Mk1 Escort, 105E Anglia van, MK1 Escort van 2 MK2 Escort vans, MK2 Capri and a MK1 XR3i. Loved them all, and never had any real problems with any of them. Ya can't beat an old Ford! 👍
What A Fantastic Video!!! 🌟
Thanks NC
Wow what an event, definitely going to this next year
Yep certainly plenty to take in
Though not a [plove of the 1950 onwards Fords (other than rally escorts!) I adore the older ones. And that chrome headed Pilot was awesome. I thorough enjoyed the video as I do of all yours and Harley's. Thank you! Rob
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Hi, another brilliant classic car video. Near the start you covered the Consul Classic, the pale blue was the same colour as my father's. Carabean turquoise was the official colour as I remember.
It was an excellent show. I can't say i was ever aware that they made a V8pilot pick up and van i had only ever known about the saloon. I have always found the Pilot a rather pleasing car and Ludlow green(i didn't know thats what it was called, its like an almond green) i like very much. The Sweeney Consul was a real surprise of the day. I noted that i can just be heard talking in the background and saw myself before you approached. I made a special feature of this car. Good show report.👍
There aren't many pickups or vans about now, same for woodies, thanks for checking this one out.
Fantastic bunch of cars.
And of course, as y’all know, I really love those Cortina Mk ll.
( I once detailed a Lotus Cortina Mk l, that was original paint, and no stripe. Was plain white. - the first, and only Mk l I’ve ever seen in the States.)
I still have the photos.
📻🙂
Great video well done cheers
Hi 👋 Richard. Excellent car display of Fords. The Ford Pilots there looked so good. I thought they looked good in black. The red American 1970s Ford Pinto stood out , i like their design. The hot rods remind me of the 1973 movie Ameican Graffiti. I saw it back in 73. The film had various types of hot rod racers in it. Thanks for your video.
Thanks, yes it was an interesting day especially with so many Pilots in one place
When i opend my eyes in 1944 my dad drove a 1936 ford v 8 ,what a car that was
Cool car, thanks for watching this one
Beauty vehicles👍👌
Very few of these models made it to the U.S. except a few Cortina's and Anglia's. I had a short but thrilling ride in a 58 Anglia with an extremely high performance Chrysler 440 cu. inch engine mounted from the firewall back inside the car. Engine was covered by a 'dog house', 18" wide rear tires and no external body mods. Very exciting little car😂
That sounds mildly terrifying :)
My first car was a 1966 ford anglia in lagoon blue, Got it in 1969 happy days.
I may have mentioned this to you before? Six of my mother’s sisters had muscular dystrophy. Granddad liked to take them for a run out in the car. He had a sit up & beg Ford Prefect, which was the best he could afford with four doors. He needed four doors to get them in & out of the car. When he no longer needed the car he gave it to me. It was completely standard with no modifications & in good condition. The registration number was “POP 27”. I joined the RAF on leaving school, as a boy entrant. On my first leave I came home to find that my father had called the scrap man in to take the car away & the contents of my workshop, including four Velocette motorcycles. I have always liked Ford cars.
Woooo I've heard of parents throwing things out that belonged to their offspring, but that sounds particularly tough to stomach :-O
The Capri sold very well in North America, badged as a Mercury, 1971-1978.
Rick The "super original Anglia" at 39.12 is the one Mart from Solihull who has the channel "Marts Garage" restored from a rusted out hulk. He did it on a budget so it looks like a barn find. He has old V8's as well. It was got, as it was about to go through the crusher. See the full resto on his channel. Very good coverage of the event, thanks for what you do. ps : Those V8 exhaust tips are available from any of the Ford V8 spares outfits in the USA like C&G Ford in California. I have one on my 48 ford coupe.
Yep I had a quick chat with Mart during the day, thanks for watching (and the exhaust tip info)
My driving instructor used a mk1 Capri when they came out. Compared to the 1300 Escort he had before it seemed enormous and distinctly sporty.
Aways been a fan of a good estate had a few over the years. Mondeo ST, Scorpio Cosworth, are two that stood out for me.
Wow, so many Fords. I'm partial to the Ford Consul Corsair as it looks like a bit of the 1961-63 Thunderbird up front and the dashboard is very reminiscent of the 1960 full size US Ford. I remember as a kid Ford advertising the coming front wheel drive Ford Cardinal with the German V4 around 1958 or '59. It looked like the Corsair in front, but the car got cancelled after the Ford Falcon took flight since it was cheaper to build and a larger car than the proposed Cardinal. Its amazing that those Consul Corsairs are now very rare. I thought they looked good. I read that the V4 was a real cement mixer though.
Yes by all accounts the V4 used in the Corsairs wasn't the best of engines
I'll be honest, I can't get excited about most Fords .However, there are two exceptions. One is, of course, the V8 Pilot. Such beautiful cars. The second is the Mk1 Lotus Cortina. I saw them racing at the British Grand Prix meeting in 1963, when I was a spotty 12 year old, and fell in love with them battling with the American Ford Galaxie's of the period. Unforgettable.
There aren't too many post-1960s models that really interest me greatly, although I fully get why they are popular just down to how many people can relate to them. Thanks for checking out this video!
Very interesting. Have never seen so many Pilots at once. Here in NZ [& Oz] they are rare & if I see one it is unusual. Loved the Model As [but quickly zipped by?]. Re British new ones, they had the mandatory fender lamps [ & usually small bore motor except in commercials], from elsewhere the deluxe ones had cowl lamps. Cheers. NZ..
Have you ever seen a Ford Capri Perana, with the Windsor V8 of the Ford Mustang, made by Basil Green Motors of South Africa? Technically the Capri Perana was a mix of the Australian Ford Falcon (XW) and the American Ford Mustang. It was sold with a 4 speed Ford Toploader transmission or the 3 speed C4 automatic transmission. In the beginning the price for this car was 4,450 Rand. Top speed was 228 km/h, acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h was possible in 6.7 seconds (automatic version 7.0 sec). Officially the Capri Perana was only sold in "Bright Yellow" and "Piri Piri Red", but some cars were painted in different colours, for example Basil Green's Perana naturally was green. The cars were manufactured by Ford of South Africa (a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company of Canada). Production ended in 1973.
I think I've seen one or two over the years, privately imported to the UK I assume
First Capri I remember was a van with windows based on maybe Thames.
That's a new one on me, a Capri van?
Are you sure! 🤔
Your Knowledge of cars always astounds me. My second car was a mark 1 1600XL Capri blue with a black vinyl roof. Even the 1600 trended to drift, especially in the ice and snow. I used to fill the boot up with bricks in the winter. I'm a mark 1 fan, always felt they ruined the design with mark 2. As for the modern day abomination (yours words) and mine. I think the R in Capri, should be put in front of the A. To give a more accurate description of the new car. My uncle had a V8 Pilot. Then a Mark 2 Consul. Followed by a Mark 4 Zodiac. Only ever went in the rear seats but always felt the best ride was in the V8 Pilot.
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Do people still leave at 12:00 mid day and the whole show over by 13:00 hrs
I forget if this was the case at this particular event, but I have noticed more and more that at the "all day" events I visit, many seem to treat them like morning breakfast meets, and start heading off around lunchtime. Personally I think that is short-changing paying visitors when it does happen (unless the rain is pouring down etc in which case I understand it). Some displayers will have genuine reasons for having to leave early, but I don't think that's always the case.
@ sad, that’s why I go to NSRA meets they stay
Always had Fords in our family. Grandfather had a sit up and beg Ford Pop, sold it in 1969 for £15 !!! , Dad started with a Ford Squire, then a Thames van, mk 1 Cortina, mk 3 Zephyr, mk 3 Cortina, mk 2 Granada, mk 3 Granada x 2 and ended with a mk 3 Mondeo. Uncle had a Thames van and a mk 4 zodiac.Brother in law had mk 1 Escort, mk 2 Escort estate, mk 2 Escort 1600 sport and mk 3 Capri 2.0 S. I started with a mk 1 Escort estate, mk 1 Escort, mk 2 Escort, mk 5 Cortina, Sierra X 2, fiesta x2, mk 2 Mondeo, mk 3 Mondeo and currently run a mk 4 Mondeo estate. Son owns mk 5 Escort, mk 3 Granada and mk 3 Mondeo. Daughter had mk 1 Focus, mk 3 Mondeo, mk 2 Focus ST and currently owns a mk 3 Focus ST. I also own a 1986 Sierra 1.8 Laser and a late mk 1 Mondeo 2.0 Ghia.
Wow that's brand loyalty if ever I've seen it, amazing, thanks for watching
Scary to think the number of Ford's I had when I was younger & were brought & sold for a few hundred pounds, now worth 10s of thousands! If only I'd kept them all 😂
I have had a lot of memories of Ford Evan though I am a Vauxhall man. I remember starting a section on a car rally on the Julliberry Down white road above Chilham in Kent.The car in front of me was a 2600 Capri, as he rapidly pulled away his back wheels spun threw up some rocks which went over my Viva and smashed the windscreen on the car behind me wow lucky for me but not for the following car. One day when I was selling Vauxhalls at Penfolds in Lewisham a customer came in to look at a Cavalier GLS .I asked him if he had a car to trade in he said a John Player Capri,I was quite excited so went to the side road to have a look at and try to give him a good PX price I returned to the showroom and asked him which one it was he said the JPS I replied which one ,there were 3 parked in the street we thought there probably wasn't more than three in South London let alone parked in the same street .Our wedding car was a rally prepare RS2000 after the car we hired didn't turn up, it had a roll cage with a cross brace in the back ,don't ask!, I am not to sure the vicar was too impressed when Ken did a handbrake turn outside the church great memories!
Thanks for sharing your Ford recollections! I think permanent wheelspin and handbrake turning were standard operating procedure on any sporty Ford at the time.
Hello Richard, great presentation and encyclopaedic memory as per usual. Does Mrs OCC share your passion, or is she fully engaged in preparing your extensive lunch box?
Following the demise of my first car, a 1963 Mini pensioned off by the tin worm, I decided to buy 'the car you've always promised yourself' a brand new Mk1 Ford Capri 1600GT XLR in 1972. It was an absolute showstopper (in my eyes) and was bergundy with a black vinyl roof with all the 'trimmings', including the later flat lensed fog and spots, corsair style wing mirrors and the later alloy wheels. This cost £1280 with my parents lending me half! Following my corrosion issues with the Mini, I invested a further £200 in having a patented rust inhibitor known as the 'Zeibart' process applied. This was a wise investment, as it kept the tin worm away during the whole life of the car. I felt like the 'Dogs' and the car looked a million bucks. I had some early issues that included a tappity engine caused by the high lift camshaft, and a steering vibration that could not be cured by dynamic wheel balancng. This lasted the life of the car, and was eventually diagnosed as faulty steering geometry set at its' birthplace in Dagenham. Interestingly, not long after buying the car, I was driving through Blackwall Tunnel and after emerging into Greenwich I was pulled over by a police car. Two burley traffic cops got out and asked me what was in my boot. Being a tad scruffy, they thought that I had stolen the car, and fortunatley I got the question right as all I had was a tyre pump and first aid kit. Until the arrival of a Mk2 Audi TT many years later this was the best car i had ever owned. Great days.
Mrs OCC isn't as obsessed as I am, but appreciates old cars that work (as opposed to projects) and likes attending shows and runs out in them. The Capri sounds like quite a looker, yes I remember Ziebart and the little plastic plugs that were fitted into the holes where wax had been sprayed.
You unfortunately missed out on the yellow with black side stripes Capri which I think was the South African built Perana fitted with a 302ci/5 litre V8 engine.
I remember seeing it (I thought it made it in, although it's not always possible to sneak in every car at a show). Thanks for watching!
Died and gone to Heaven beauties
Looked like one Pilot was missing
I'm building up to journeys of that length, and I had to be as sure as possible that I'd be there to record a couple of videos!
@oldclassiccarUK maybe next time
And not one Mazda ?
Mid 90's Australia, we had a Mazda 2 door sports called a Ford Capri .
It was also exported to the USA as Ford Mercury and sold in US cheaper than it sold in Australia.
I don't think that model ever made it here
No Pilot limousines?
Nope not one, I don't think I've ever seen one in the metal
13:14 "Abominations" indeed. I was thinking about how German cars have lost their way so much since the 1990s. Literally full of plastic, unlike the far more sensible, cheaper (for purchase, maintenance, and repair), more reliable, longer lived, and not-over-engineered-for-no-real-gain Japanese and South Korean cars. Which car would you like to buy nowadays, an expensive German car full of plastic, or a cheap Chinese car full of plastic? Engine bay literally full of plastic, unlike Japanese and South Korean cars. German cars were definitely not like this in the 1990s and earlier.
Apt there being a pair of Jowetts at the Ford day, as their demise was caused by Ford purchasing Briggs Motor Bodies.
Good point!
My Grandfather worked for Briggs Motor Bodies.
What a thoroughly enjoyable video RJ.
I have owned a number of Fords over the years, 2x MK1 Cortinas, a Consul Classic 4 door two tone version maroon with a grey roof and a two tone grey interior. Also MK3 Cortina 1600 GT and a MK3 2000 E which I loved and a MK2 Escort a very basic model. My father had a Ford Pilot and a Ford Prefect which I vividly recall.
All very easy to work on. MK1 Cortina changed both gear levers from the long floppy ones to a direct linked one, you could buy a kit to do that, and installed a centre console. The Classic rotted out around the sidelights. I could change a clutch on a Cortina MK1 singlehandedly in around 3 hours. Macpherson struts also easy and we made the tool to secure the springs ourselves. Welding support pates at the top of the struts to prevent rusting which again we made ourselves.
I always wanted a Corsair and I thought and still think the MKIV Zodiac is a cool and luxurious beast.
Thanks Vince, yep it was a fun event to visit (with the bonus of a Rootes gathering also taking place).
I had a 1953mk 1 consul in 1964 the crank broke coming home from earls court motor show I rebuilt the motor later I had a flat back tire on jacking it up , the jack went through the floor,it had to go, the crank cost me 50 pounds.
That racket masquerading as singing is totally unnecessary at a classic car gathering. Different if it’s a military vehicle gathering.Noticed it creeping in to a lot of shows and more so organisers blasting tunes from loudspeakers. Do whop do whop..do one please
I don't mind some background so long as a) it's not too loud b) the singer(s) can, well, sing, and c) the tunes are appropriate to the show. But I can happily live without it as it makes doing the videos a lot easier :)
Being a 1942 born back street kid, my world was awash with Ford vehicles of the time - many of them being much older than me. What was rather a disappointment taken from this Ford rally, was the many models that haven't survived. I can't think of any other motor manufacturer having so many differing models and variants of models on the roads at the same time as were Fords. One particular model - possibly a variant of an Anglia from the late 30's, which was given the 'nickname' the 'Cottage Loaf' because it was unusually rounded resembling the 'Bob on Blob' loaves of bread often baked in home ovens and known as 'Cottage loaves'. The car was shaped similar to a V8 Pilot, albeit smaller and kind of squashed. They were invariably two-tone painted white over blue ... my Dad thought they looked like a 'painted lady' (cheap), which was ironic really because he could never have afforded to buy one.
Maybe that was the E04A Anglia, with its fairly upright and square-rigged radiator surround? I had one of those once. Or maybe the Model C or CX?
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Hello Richard . A very busy show indeed . Must say the singers were annoyingly loud . And l really dislike these wingless hotrods with no number plates that think they are immune from prosecution ......which it seems to me they are ! Thanks Richard
Morning, I quite liked the singers but the volume needed turning down a little :-)
I love that Ford promo film for the pre-war V8... ruclips.net/video/mXb1FIj9a68/видео.html
Does anyone want 2 Triumph Renown doner cars free of charge near Stanstead Airport?
It might be worth contacting the relevant Triumph club as I'm sure they'd be able to help