What a nice period piece. This would be 1963. Some utter rubbishy written about the Corsair in these comments. I owned a 1500 inline Corsair for ten years in the 90s. Yes it was a Cortina Mk1 derivative, with three inches let into the rear floor pan, which was double skinned for science. These were quite refined, comfortable cars for their day. Ford shifted 150,000 of the inline Consul Corsair models between October 63 and August 65. It was then replaced by the Corsair V4 in 1663cc and 2 litre versions. These sold less well, shifting another 150k or so units, before being replaced by the Cortina Mk3 late in 1970.. Biggest problem was rust, but a thoroughly pleasant, roomy, distinctive car. Good examples can make 10k these days! There is a very good owners club, with reasonable parts availability. I love the styling, by Charles Thomson., it was a very clever use of Cortina bits, uses the same glass and door frames believe it or not and the pre cross flow engine was quite sweet and economical.. In all a very likeable 60s family car. That steering wheel is correct for an early car, mine had the square horn ring too. Long live the Corsair!
I remember driving a friend's car a 1.7 automatic I think, it was a nice smooth car the V4 engine sounded nice they had clean modern styling that has aged better than other cars from this era.
@@daniele.967 Sempre adorato la Corsair. Mi sa che tu sei uno dei pochi in Italia che la conosce e soprattutto ne possiede una! Un uomo fortunato, e di buon gusto!! Complimenti!
Tires, suspension, weight ,everything .... he was driving this very fast haha. Younger people don't know the joy of driving a car with no power, skinny high tyres on very small rims with the weight and body roll of a big yacht ... did I mention no brakes ...
I was 10 when jimmy was killed and couldn't get it into my head. for me he,s the best of all time and would advise anyone to visit his trophy room. god bless you jimmy!
I'm 70 Years Old now and in 1964 I shook hands with Jimmy. Him and Sir John Whitmore were racing Lotus Cortinas. 1st and 2nd of course ! I went on to work for Lotus at Hethel for almost 8 years. It's meaningless to judge drivers across different eras but at his time, he was the best, by a country mile. Also a Gentleman, unlike that Prick Hamilton. Good but too much ego.
JIM CLARK - By far the greatest driver ever - no doubt. He is and was the Best of the Best. No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark. This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps...For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just four examples of his mesmeric unique genius...
Just for information, this was filmed at the Ford proving ground at Lommel Belgium. A really early car with bench seat and column gear-change and a 1.5-litre bent flow in-line four-cylinder engine.
Jim is quite defiantly the most naturally gifted driver to ever race a car so he is the best ever and Ayrton Senna the greatest ever. I wold love to have seen Jeremy clarkson interview Jim Clark.
I can remember my uncle coming home to visit with my grandmother from the USA in 60s he hired one for Time he was here the Neighbours Thought we had won the pools
+Daz Burnside And in a column change manual car too! Column change manual looks a bit more fiddly than floor change manual that's for sure! More practical with a front bench seat though. My Dad's Corsair 2000GT had the manual gearshift with 4 on the floor.
A friend of mine had the 2000 V4 version which went like hell. It had wider wheels and lower suspension . 4 on the floor, a neat row of dials in the middle of the dash. Much more plush than this. Peter Kozub, legend. RIP.
I owned a Corsair v4 ,The car was 1 year old when I purchased it,very stylish for the year,Beige colour with red interior,I was After a 2000e at the time,but none available used at the time,The grill was a pain to clean,I used a toothbrush.lol. haven’t seen one on the road for years.
Mine had the 2 litre v4. Silly sod used to cruise it at 90 and moan when people didn’t get out of his way. It had servo front discs, first time I drove it we nearly went through the windscreen the first time I hit the brakes!😂😂😂
I live in Detroit MI and am lucky enough to have seen Clark’s Indy 500 winning lotus in person at the Henry Ford Museum. As an American and a big F1 Fan, it’s always special to be close to a something that Clark was involved with. If you weren’t there to see him driving, all that’s left are brief glimpses of his brilliance to be found in memories. I wish there was more.
Well Paul, you are privileged indeed, Jim Clark was my boyhood hero in Scotland, his death caused national mourning. An absolute Gentleman & just the best driver of wonderful drivers. He is up there with the great Scottish sporting legends, Eric Liddell, Alan Wells, Ken Buchanan, Chris Hoy & many others. Thank you for your very kind comment, bless you sir. 🙏🏻
Here he doesn't look like the greatest racing driver of all time does he? But that's precisely what Jim Clark is. Along with Senna, beyond anybody else!
LOL WHAT@@rogbrown1458 Both way overrated. Schumacher, Vettel, Leclerc, Verstappen, Kubica, Lauda, Alberto, Moss, Juan-Manuel, Nuvolari are all way more natural than them, especially than Lewis who's always been elevated higher than he really is by his dominant machinery. Not even top 3 in 2010-2012 with the best car. Fernando had lesser material and beat him as did Jenson and Seb destroyed everyone with lacking straight line speed. Hamilton who? Clark was good but there's been way better drivers, including in that era. Typical British bias. Might as well have named Mansell and Jackie, Graham and Hawthorn then. Jimmy certainly had the smoothness that a Button had, that's for sure. Back then, it worked sometimes better than agressiveness.
Talking out of your jaksy. Clarke could out dive them with no electronic wizardry and aerodynamics. A 1500cc Cortina against 7 litre yank muscle and he piddled over them.
We used to have this exact model . Bench seat at the front. Column manual gear stick . Note no seat belts . I'm sure this is a 1500 cc engine. Engine had push rods with the cam inside the engine. It was not a crossflow head. Leaf springs at the back with drum brakes
drove a lot of these cars,i liked them mainly the 2ltr v4s,long chasic and short track rear wheel drive afforded predictable long and lazy oversteer,great fun,if you notice even tidy jim with the 1500 gets a touch of oversteer at one point.Surprised this car failed for the blue oval,nice vidio.
I had a v4 Corsair,1 year old when I purchased it many moons ago. I wanted the 2000e but insurance then ,was too high,And like most Teenagers and those in their 20s it was washed and cleaned every week in the roadside,the grill was a bugger to keep clean,I used a toothbrush,A good car for the money.
Jim Clark looks soo well in this film, also looks as being a great person..Im very sure he was a pleasant man. So sad tha the good ones leave first..I know of a guy that roams aroun the streets near the place where I live...when is not flying through the airs, because some driver hit him while jay walking; you find him getting into a fight with the neighbors because he stole a tv set...but you never find him DEAD...though, a lot of people whished he was..he never is..!!!...why are the good ones die first...? RIP JIM CLARK...
It has to be said, I have been following F1 for many years and have never heard of anyone saying anything bad about Jim Clark, that has to be a first for any sportsman.
In my opinion Jim was the best ever,winning by almost 5 minutes at Spa in a downpour,making up a lap at Monza, and many more great moments. Indy 500 winner too,would have won it 2 years running but for car problems.
+andy elliott In one of his early saloon car races in a 1959 Ford Zephyr (I think) Jim said to one of his fellow team driver's (innes Ireland I think it was) "Why is everyone driving so slowly?", to which the other driver replied "They're not! You're just driving so damn bloody quick!"
@@Witheredgoogiedomenica ho partecipato ad un raduno Ford Club auto d'epoca,la mia Corsair GT V4 si è fatta ammirare in tutto il suo splendore di stile inglese...👍👋👋
The Corsair is the forgotten car in the Ford history of Britain. There are so few of them around nowadays, compared to Cortinas that came along at about the same time. I think the American styling was a bit too much for the Brits to take at the time.
In all honesty it's quite hard to see the market for them, after all, it was essentially a Cortina, which was the same car but with more European styling.
jacked the car up to change the front offside tyre but as the boot closed from the wind needed the key to open the boot to get the spare wheel the body shell flexed so much i had to lower the jack B4 i was aloe to open the door n get the key from the ignition thought all cars where like that till i bought a Toyota tried it n the door opened NP just a small difference in the gap round the door,
i didnt understand that either! doing an emergency stop @ 3:30 but didnt activate the clutch? an absolute no go! (the active engine will continue to push the car forwards)
Yes. the Corsair (both I (1500) and my father (V4) owned one) was more like an American car; a poor handling, wallowing cruiser rather than the tight handling, safe European cars. In 1971 I drove a 1972 (that's how USA marketing works) Ford Mustang for a few weeks. It was _much_more powerful than my Mini, Corsair or Cortina but it handled _very_ poorly. Ooh no, a traffic circle or a bendy road - this tank can't manage it! It could, it was almost as good as a 1950s European car if you drove like a European and took advantage of the kickdown and lower automatic (?) gears. It certainly drifted well! On minor British bendy, narrow roads we need cars that can corner well and stop on a sixpence from 50 or 60 mph (maybe more;-). Introduce an American to minor European roads and they will crawl long at 30mph because neither their cars nor their training allow them to drive at a decent speed.
AntonHu - it's amazing how soft the suspension looks, the nose dive under braking, and the rear squat when the three passengers are in. and those tiny skinny tyres. Times have changed
Looks like a Kent engine, when did the V4 become available? My father had a V4 version, I always thought it looked a bit odd! He had an almost fatal accident in it, he wasn't wearing a seat belt and the steering column punched him in the chest and broke his sternum. His left knee collided with the diecast lower dash, which almost took his kneecap off! He was in a bad way for a few weeks. He had trouble with that knee for the rest of his life. The car was recovered to a local garage, I went to see it on the way home from school. It was shocking, the front end seemed almost flush with the windscreen! The steering wheel was only about a foot from the seat back! Obviously not a collapsible type! Wonder what it's ncap rating would be?!
+turboslag It sounds like he was lucky to walk away from that terrible crash. Take a look at our film 'Ford Corsair V4' which was made in 1965 to launch that variant of the car.
FordHeritage Considering he wasn't wearing a seatbelt he was miraculously lucky! He was a strong, fit man though, which probably contributed to his survival. I forgot to mention that the steering wheel was buckled where his hands had gripped it! The accident was caused by a drunk driver, he lost control and hit my fathers car head on. Despite that though, my dad only received a small compensation award, would be very different today! Thanks, I'll look up that vid.
The original engine was a 5 bearing engine. As far as I know it was never used in any other Ford, and I don't know if it was a version of the Kent engine or not. It was smoother than the 3 bearing Kent engine, but I don't know if it was longer lasting, as you would expect. Whatever, it was still much better than the later V4, which was definitely not smooth, and suffered from the problematic short lived plastic camshaft gear.
The car obviously did it's job in absorbing the massive forces involved instead of you Dad without airbags or a collapsing rubber steering joint knuckle.
love column changes but the ones fitted to early corsairs operated too high up as you can see for yourself but the later ones operated lower down. no they are not uncomfortable to use they are great. i wish they had never been phased out and could be bought back into production. i did not at first like the shape but it grew on me in time and i actually owned two at one time and liked (separately) and really liked them. peter newbrook not josephine. yourself
My father had one of the standard models made and adapted to the roads of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. She was a truly hardy car, and survived rough use well into three decades. The engine was rebored at 120,000 miles on the clock and ran for another 50k until her demise due to corrosion. She was the first import to Sri Lanka in 1964. The car rolled off the Dagenham plant in April 1964, ran in England and shipped to her home in Ceylon in October 1964. She would’ve been one of the very few fleet models around has she lived! I’ve been told that the Consul Corsair was test driven by Ford in Ceylon sometime during its pre launch. Wonder if there’s any record of those tests around?
Una venganza de alguien, un francotirador , oculto en el bosque , por lo de VonTrip en 1961 . Terminó con la vida del más gran piloto de la historia de la F1. Recuerden que Hawthorn también trató de matar a Fangio con Mercedes en Le Mans , y se equivocó de piloto ( Levegh) .
2:52 "For safety reasons, visibility is important in a saloon car" ... so are seat belts. Remarkable how we change what is important: In most modern cars you can't see out the tinted, squat little 'port holes' offered as windows. But the plethora of air bags and seat belts have made the manufacturers lawyers very wealthy.
Haha what cars used to sound like. You had no doubt there was a OHV engine about a foot a way from you, it was working hard for it's living and it would not appreciate being revved beyond 4000rpm. edit my guess is 65 ("5 mph below the legal limit") was about top end. At least any thing would be a long time coming..... That's a big body for a 1500. Probably giving 60 bhp.
This was the very early "Consul Corsair" model with the square horn ring in the centre of the steering wheel, the ribbon speedo and the infamous solid metal bar sticking out from the steering column with tabs to operate the indicators and either lights or wipers (I forget which) - guaranteed to kneecap you in an accident. Those early ones had column gearchange and therefore probbaly a front bench seat. My dad had an E-reg Corsair (GNH 334E) and even as late as 1967 the automatic version still had column shift. I was 4 at the time and was fascinated by the rear numberplate which hinged down on a spring to access the fuel filler cap - which in those days was non-lockable.
@@Mortimer50145 I remember the hinged number plates which were supposed to hide the fuel cap. Must have been a lot of fuel syphoned off and stolen in them days. You are only one year older than me. Thanks for the reply.
@@kevthedynamo My dad got a lockable petrol cap (a rare "luxury" in the late 60s) after he had his fuel contaminated by some toerag who pissed in the tank and threw sand/earth in it, as opposed to siphoning out fuel. Ford Corsairs run a *lot* better on petrol than piss! Given the location where his car conked out, he reckons the person came through the garden gate to do his deed, rather than it happening in a car park etc.
...did you seriously think before posting that? This kind of testing commercial deals were in their infancy in those years. Lotus and Ford had partnerships. What an inane comment.
I love this stuff. It’s hard to know what Jimmy drove I suspect a Lotus Elite or early Elan.Something boring at the farm probably a Ford. Such a complex guy, but boy could he drive.
Wasn't Jim a tax exile at this point, living abroad? It must have been part of the factory team deal with Ford that he made himself available for promotional work.
Ford Fan 2904 I saw one of these Ford Motor films explaining auto tranny on the 1961 Zodiac and Zephyrs. I thought with todays efficient transmissions, they would be more popular. .
Hi Scott, take a look at the film "Your Automatic Choice" on this channel, where Ford are promoting the automatic option for the Zephyr and Zodiac in 1961. ruclips.net/video/SyXYB6nnbRE/видео.html
FordHeritage Hello, I have seen it. I love the looks the girl is giving the guy because he cannot drive stick. I think the Zephyr and Zodiac are great looking cars. One of my fav. horror movies is Dr. Bloods Coffin. He drives a 1959 Zodiac convertible.
That mindless elevator music that film makers of the time thought we all listened to on the radio! Not when Luxembourg was around, or finally the pirates!
What a nice period piece. This would be 1963. Some utter rubbishy written about the Corsair in these comments. I owned a 1500 inline Corsair for ten years in the 90s. Yes it was a Cortina Mk1 derivative, with three inches let into the rear floor pan, which was double skinned for science. These were quite refined, comfortable cars for their day. Ford shifted 150,000 of the inline Consul Corsair models between October 63 and August 65. It was then replaced by the Corsair V4 in 1663cc and 2 litre versions. These sold less well, shifting another 150k or so units, before being replaced by the Cortina Mk3 late in 1970.. Biggest problem was rust, but a thoroughly pleasant, roomy, distinctive car. Good examples can make 10k these days! There is a very good owners club, with reasonable parts availability. I love the styling, by Charles Thomson., it was a very clever use of Cortina bits, uses the same glass and door frames believe it or not and the pre cross flow engine was quite sweet and economical.. In all a very likeable 60s family car. That steering wheel is correct for an early car, mine had the square horn ring too. Long live the Corsair!
@supernumery good and nice car my Ford Corsair Consul GT V4
4 doors 1968 in Italy😉👍🏼
I had a V4 1.7 and it drove well, rode well and was perfectly reliable.....unless you wanted it to start on a damp day
I remember having such a thing about the GT. I just loved them including the GT estate.
I remember driving a friend's car a 1.7 automatic I think, it was a nice smooth car the V4 engine sounded nice they had clean modern styling that has aged better than other cars from this era.
@@daniele.967 Sempre adorato la Corsair. Mi sa che tu sei uno dei pochi in Italia che la conosce e soprattutto ne possiede una! Un uomo fortunato, e di buon gusto!! Complimenti!
I have never seen footage of Jim Clark driving so slowly!
The old Coarse hair wasn't that quick being a sixties family saloon with pretty soft suspension. not exactly a boy racer
Tires, suspension, weight ,everything .... he was driving this very fast haha. Younger people don't know the joy of driving a car with no power, skinny high tyres on very small rims with the weight and body roll of a big yacht ... did I mention no brakes ...
I was 10 when jimmy was killed and couldn't get it into my head. for me he,s the best of all time and would advise anyone to visit his trophy room. god bless you jimmy!
He wasn’t killed, he died in a race in formula 2
@@deathstalkvipergaming3277 same outcome. Rog.
@@deathstalkvipergaming3277 so what does that make him alive. He crashed and was killed.
Yes I have been there very good
I'd feel comfortable at any speed and in any car if Jimmy were the driver.
You might be thinking about the Chevrolet Corvair (unsafe at any speed)
@@ZnenTitan No, I’m thinking of any car Jim Clark would have driven, even the Border Reivers’ D-Type hitting 185 on public roads.
unless the rear tyre explodes
On my God ! Oh my God ! This is absolutely priceless for fan's of Jim Clark. Many thanks.
Ryan Garritty Totally agree Ryan. So great to see him up close at the wheel (even if not at top speed !!) and to hear his voice.
I'm 70 Years Old now and in 1964 I shook hands with Jimmy.
Him and Sir John Whitmore were racing Lotus Cortinas.
1st and 2nd of course !
I went on to work for Lotus at Hethel for almost 8 years.
It's meaningless to judge drivers across different eras but at his time, he was the best, by a country mile.
Also a Gentleman, unlike that Prick Hamilton.
Good but too much ego.
@@philknickerscadey.2147 I'm happy to hear that, i'm only 17 but he's my favourite driver of all times... He was also an amazing person
JIM CLARK - By far the greatest driver ever - no doubt. He is and was the Best of the Best. No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark.
This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps...For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just four examples of his mesmeric unique genius...
The Late Great Jim Clarke, my parents had two corsairs when i was a Kid, one after the other, brings back memories of the good old days
Dig that crazy 60's music , man!
A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT AUTOMATICS HERE.The Corsair Jim's driving is a MANUAL with a column change.
I owned a 1964 Ford Corsair with that manual column change. Reverse was always fun to find!
My dad had a Mk1 Cortina with a bench seat and column change exactly like that and I learned to drive in it
Wonderful old clip, 1963.and the late , great Jim Clarke.
Just for information, this was filmed at the Ford proving ground at Lommel Belgium. A really early car with bench seat and column gear-change and a 1.5-litre bent flow in-line four-cylinder engine.
Are you positive? it looks like Millbrook.
One of my favourite cars driven by my favourite racing driver. Great.
Jim is quite defiantly the most naturally gifted driver to ever race a car so he is the best ever and Ayrton Senna the greatest ever. I wold love to have seen Jeremy clarkson interview Jim Clark.
8.06 men went from looking like that to looking like Jimi Hendrix in less than seven years.
Only Jim Clark would need Heel Toe in an about town Corsair 😂😂 #thebestofthebest
I can remember my uncle coming home to visit with my grandmother from the USA in 60s he hired one for Time he was here the Neighbours Thought we had won the pools
See as he mentions the pedals he tests them for heel and toe
+Daz Burnside And in a column change manual car too! Column change manual looks a bit more fiddly than floor change manual that's for sure! More practical with a front bench seat though. My Dad's Corsair 2000GT had the manual gearshift with 4 on the floor.
Yes, first thing I noticed!
Yes because after filming hes going to be thrashing that Ford within an inch of its life
Indeed 1:45, It was almost instinctive, or automatic. I wonder if these children currently in F1 know how to punta tacco.
I love how Jimmy is dressed in this video. Casually refined.
1:46 Jimmy making sure he can heel n toe
Super stylish car, one of my favourite Ford’s, along with the Mk1 Capri and all Zodiacs.
A friend of mine had the 2000 V4 version which went like hell. It had wider wheels and lower suspension . 4 on the floor, a neat row of dials in the middle of the dash. Much more plush than this. Peter Kozub, legend. RIP.
I owned a Corsair v4 ,The car was 1 year old when I purchased it,very stylish for the year,Beige colour with red interior,I was After a 2000e at the time,but none available used at the time,The grill was a pain to clean,I used a toothbrush.lol.
haven’t seen one on the road for years.
The V4 engine in the Corsair, the mk 4 Zephyr, and the Transit was a good boat anchor.
I could listen to this for days
My late dad had a V4 Corsair for years and he never encountered any problems with the Engine. Maybe he was lucky but great motor
Mine had the 2 litre v4. Silly sod used to cruise it at 90 and moan when people didn’t get out of his way. It had servo front discs, first time I drove it we nearly went through the windscreen the first time I hit the brakes!😂😂😂
I live in Detroit MI and am lucky enough to have seen Clark’s Indy 500 winning lotus in person at the Henry Ford Museum. As an American and a big F1 Fan, it’s always special to be close to a something that Clark was involved with. If you weren’t there to see him driving, all that’s left are brief glimpses of his brilliance to be found in memories. I wish there was more.
Well Paul, you are privileged indeed, Jim Clark was my boyhood hero in Scotland, his death caused national mourning. An absolute Gentleman & just the best driver of wonderful drivers. He is up there with the great Scottish sporting legends, Eric Liddell, Alan Wells, Ken Buchanan, Chris Hoy & many others. Thank you for your very kind comment, bless you sir. 🙏🏻
glad he got past those Daleks at 5:10!
Lucans favourite getaway car
Corsair, was and still is a good looking car.
Here he doesn't look like the greatest racing driver of all time does he?
But that's precisely what Jim Clark is.
Along with Senna, beyond anybody else!
More naturally gifted than any other driver with Lewis a close second. Rog.
LOL WHAT@@rogbrown1458 Both way overrated. Schumacher, Vettel, Leclerc, Verstappen, Kubica, Lauda, Alberto, Moss, Juan-Manuel, Nuvolari are all way more natural than them, especially than Lewis who's always been elevated higher than he really is by his dominant machinery. Not even top 3 in 2010-2012 with the best car. Fernando had lesser material and beat him as did Jenson and Seb destroyed everyone with lacking straight line speed. Hamilton who?
Clark was good but there's been way better drivers, including in that era. Typical British bias. Might as well have named Mansell and Jackie, Graham and Hawthorn then.
Jimmy certainly had the smoothness that a Button had, that's for sure. Back then, it worked sometimes better than agressiveness.
@@FiremarioflowerTimes change in two years but Clark still top and Verstappen and Lewis tied for 2nd.Rog.
Talking out of your jaksy. Clarke could out dive them with no electronic wizardry and aerodynamics. A 1500cc Cortina against 7 litre yank muscle and he piddled over them.
The Corsair is the love child of the Taunus P3 (Badewanne) and the Cortina MK2. Thanks so much for all these vids and please keep em comin :D!!!
Ford: let's get Jim Clark to drive our new car
Jim: "5 miles per hour under the maximum speed"
My grandfather bought a 1959 Ford Anglia.None of the body panels lined up.It shook itself apart on the washboard roads of rural Quebec Canada.
We used to have this exact model . Bench seat at the front. Column manual gear stick . Note no seat belts . I'm sure this is a 1500 cc engine. Engine had push rods with the cam inside the engine. It was not a crossflow head. Leaf springs at the back with drum brakes
Ur right the first ones were 1500 cc the v 4 1700cc & v4 2000 known as 2000 E good motors
I have same car sport edition forod consul corsair 1968 needs work out.
I love this car.
drove a lot of these cars,i liked them mainly the 2ltr v4s,long chasic and short track rear wheel drive afforded predictable long and lazy oversteer,great fun,if you notice even tidy jim with the 1500 gets a touch of oversteer at one point.Surprised this car failed for the blue oval,nice vidio.
I had a v4 Corsair,1 year old when I purchased it many moons ago. I wanted the 2000e but insurance then ,was too high,And like most Teenagers and those in their 20s it was washed and cleaned every week in the roadside,the grill was a bugger to keep clean,I used a toothbrush,A good car for the money.
Top man in a top car.
Jim Clark looks soo well in this film, also looks as being a great person..Im very sure he was a pleasant man. So sad tha the good ones leave first..I know of a guy that roams aroun the streets near the place where I live...when is not flying through the airs, because some driver hit him while jay walking; you find him getting into a fight with the neighbors because he stole a tv set...but you never find him DEAD...though, a lot of people whished he was..he never is..!!!...why are the good ones die first...? RIP JIM CLARK...
It has to be said, I have been following F1 for many years and have never heard of anyone saying anything bad about Jim Clark, that has to be a first for any sportsman.
In my opinion Jim was the best ever,winning by almost 5 minutes at Spa in a downpour,making up a lap at Monza, and many more great moments. Indy 500 winner too,would have won it 2 years running but for car problems.
+andy elliott In one of his early saloon car races in a 1959 Ford Zephyr (I think) Jim said to one of his fellow team driver's (innes Ireland I think it was) "Why is everyone driving so slowly?", to which the other driver replied "They're not! You're just driving so damn bloody quick!"
+Darren Martin Imagine Jim as Hamilton's team mate now,would Hamilton win any races at all?
Jim and Senna.
I couldn't split em. But both above anyone else.
Good and perfect Inglish car my Ford Corsair V4 1.7c.c. four doors years 1966 in Italy👍🏼👍🏼
Apparently Enzo Ferrari liked it as a mass produced car.
@@Witheredgoogiedomenica ho partecipato ad un raduno Ford Club auto d'epoca,la mia Corsair GT V4 si è fatta ammirare in tutto il suo splendore di stile inglese...👍👋👋
Nice watch Jim
Imagine seeing a world class driver promoting an average car today.
You'll never guess who was driving my taxi the other day!!!!
No one they were crap
love it , thanks
1:10 Those days are long gone aren't they
Jim Clark could have made a tea trolley go faster than it should. I got his autograph at Aintree when I was small.....I lost it of course.
Ouch!
I had on V 4 but put a v 6 in it that made it under steer but lot quicker
Mon pilote Préféré,
RIP ,
GRAND CHAMPION.
GRAND HOMME.
Nice simple design in hose days without all the wires and crap...
I was offered one of these in about 1972 but it was awful dull green colour.
My second car. Why do they not do front bench seats and column gear change any more?
The Corsair is the forgotten car in the Ford history of Britain. There are so few of them around nowadays, compared to Cortinas that came along at about the same time. I think the American styling was a bit too much for the Brits to take at the time.
In all honesty it's quite hard to see the market for them, after all, it was essentially a Cortina, which was the same car but with more European styling.
jacked the car up to change the front offside tyre but as the boot closed from the wind needed the key to open the boot to get the spare wheel the body shell flexed so much i had to lower the jack B4 i was aloe to open the door n get the key from the ignition thought all cars where like that till i bought a Toyota tried it n the door opened NP just a small difference in the gap round the door,
At 7:42 - the guy sitting rear nearside wearing glasses - different people in the car ??.
i did look like glasses, ae
he didn't hit the clutch when he stopped. if not out of gear it would have stalled.
i didnt understand that either! doing an emergency stop @ 3:30 but didnt activate the clutch? an absolute no go! (the active engine will continue to push the car forwards)
Great car great driver.
When I started working in a garage in 1970, no one wanted to use this as a going home car lol
"For safety reasons, vision is important in a saloon car". Seat belts, however, are clearly not.....
Shockingly under-damped - count the bounces at 00:45. But to be fair, that was pretty normal for those days unless you drove a Mini or sports car.
Yes. the Corsair (both I (1500) and my father (V4) owned one) was more like an American car; a poor handling, wallowing cruiser rather than the tight handling, safe European cars.
In 1971 I drove a 1972 (that's how USA marketing works) Ford Mustang for a few weeks. It was _much_more powerful than my Mini, Corsair or Cortina but it handled _very_ poorly. Ooh no, a traffic circle or a bendy road - this tank can't manage it! It could, it was almost as good as a 1950s European car if you drove like a European and took advantage of the kickdown and lower automatic (?) gears. It certainly drifted well!
On minor British bendy, narrow roads we need cars that can corner well and stop on a sixpence from 50 or 60 mph (maybe more;-). Introduce an American to minor European roads and they will crawl long at 30mph because neither their cars nor their training allow them to drive at a decent speed.
AntonHu - it's amazing how soft the suspension looks, the nose dive under braking, and the rear squat when the three passengers are in. and those tiny skinny tyres. Times have changed
RIP Jim Clark.
Wow impressive, going up a 180 degree incline in 2nd gear!
Ummm.. Upside-down parallel to the road?
Looks like a Kent engine, when did the V4 become available? My father had a V4 version, I always thought it looked a bit odd! He had an almost fatal accident in it, he wasn't wearing a seat belt and the steering column punched him in the chest and broke his sternum. His left knee collided with the diecast lower dash, which almost took his kneecap off! He was in a bad way for a few weeks. He had trouble with that knee for the rest of his life.
The car was recovered to a local garage, I went to see it on the way home from school. It was shocking, the front end seemed almost flush with the windscreen! The steering wheel was only about a foot from the seat back! Obviously not a collapsible type!
Wonder what it's ncap rating would be?!
+turboslag It sounds like he was lucky to walk away from that terrible crash. Take a look at our film 'Ford Corsair V4' which was made in 1965 to launch that variant of the car.
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Considering he wasn't wearing a seatbelt he was miraculously lucky! He was a strong, fit man though, which probably contributed to his survival. I forgot to mention that the steering wheel was buckled where his hands had gripped it! The accident was caused by a drunk driver, he lost control and hit my fathers car head on. Despite that though, my dad only received a small compensation award, would be very different today!
Thanks, I'll look up that vid.
The original engine was a 5 bearing engine. As far as I know it was never used in any other Ford, and I don't know if it was a version of the Kent engine or not. It was smoother than the 3 bearing Kent engine, but I don't know if it was longer lasting, as you would expect. Whatever, it was still much better than the later V4, which was definitely not smooth, and suffered from the problematic short lived plastic camshaft gear.
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The later crossflow Kent engine was 5 bearing but that was much later. Wonder what it could have been?
The car obviously did it's job in absorbing the massive forces involved instead of you Dad without airbags or a collapsing rubber steering joint knuckle.
love column changes but the ones fitted to early corsairs operated too high up as you can see for yourself but the later ones operated lower down. no they are not uncomfortable to use they are great. i wish they had never been phased out and could be bought back into production. i did not at first like the shape but it grew on me in time and i actually owned two at one time and liked (separately) and really liked them. peter newbrook not josephine.
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My father had one of the standard models made and adapted to the roads of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. She was a truly hardy car, and survived rough use well into three decades. The engine was rebored at 120,000 miles on the clock and ran for another 50k until her demise due to corrosion. She was the first import to Sri Lanka in 1964. The car rolled off the Dagenham plant in April 1964, ran in England and shipped to her home in Ceylon in October 1964. She would’ve been one of the very few fleet models around has she lived!
I’ve been told that the Consul Corsair was test driven by Ford in Ceylon sometime during its pre launch. Wonder if there’s any record of those tests around?
Una venganza de alguien, un francotirador , oculto en el bosque , por lo de VonTrip en 1961 . Terminó con la vida del más gran piloto de la historia de la F1. Recuerden que Hawthorn también trató de matar a Fangio con Mercedes en Le Mans , y se equivocó de piloto ( Levegh) .
Anyone know what the music is and who is performing this ?
I don't know off hand, but I do know it was used in the soundtrack for Georgy Girl with Lynn Redgrave and James Mason -- that may give you a clue.
Ill buy it !
V4 madness!
Pity they never made a lotus version,and they rotted out like mad. Looked nice though.
Keith Ross. It seems there was a lotus version for export to Greece.
Hilarious how three fellas piled in the back. Nobody asked to ride shotgun?
2:52 "For safety reasons, visibility is important in a saloon car" ... so are seat belts. Remarkable how we change what is important: In most modern cars you can't see out the tinted, squat little 'port holes' offered as windows. But the plethora of air bags and seat belts have made the manufacturers lawyers very wealthy.
Haha what cars used to sound like.
You had no doubt there was a OHV engine about a foot a way from you, it was working hard for it's living and it would not appreciate being revved beyond 4000rpm.
edit my guess is 65 ("5 mph below the legal limit") was about top end. At least any thing would be a long time coming.....
That's a big body for a 1500. Probably giving 60 bhp.
It's a gt corsair so probably about 78 bhp
No pointless woffle back then…unlike today!
Jim Clark or not you can tell he isn't used to column change.
I noticed that, having had 5 column change cars myself. He looked almost scared of it.
Jim Clark was one of my schoolboy sporting hero’s. I always made out I was him when playing with my Scale electric. 👌
Didn't realise that Corsairs were column change, perhaps they changed that later on.
Yes they did
@@christopherlawrence7081 Thank you.
This was the very early "Consul Corsair" model with the square horn ring in the centre of the steering wheel, the ribbon speedo and the infamous solid metal bar sticking out from the steering column with tabs to operate the indicators and either lights or wipers (I forget which) - guaranteed to kneecap you in an accident. Those early ones had column gearchange and therefore probbaly a front bench seat.
My dad had an E-reg Corsair (GNH 334E) and even as late as 1967 the automatic version still had column shift. I was 4 at the time and was fascinated by the rear numberplate which hinged down on a spring to access the fuel filler cap - which in those days was non-lockable.
@@Mortimer50145 I remember the hinged number plates which were supposed to hide the fuel cap. Must have been a lot of fuel syphoned off and stolen in them days. You are only one year older than me. Thanks for the reply.
@@kevthedynamo My dad got a lockable petrol cap (a rare "luxury" in the late 60s) after he had his fuel contaminated by some toerag who pissed in the tank and threw sand/earth in it, as opposed to siphoning out fuel. Ford Corsairs run a *lot* better on petrol than piss! Given the location where his car conked out, he reckons the person came through the garden gate to do his deed, rather than it happening in a car park etc.
My hero racing driver Jim Clark. As a Ford car salesman. In 1963, he needed money, I guess.
...did you seriously think before posting that?
This kind of testing commercial deals were in their infancy in those years. Lotus and Ford had partnerships. What an inane comment.
The guy on the right sitting at the back looks just like Greg Alexander ( the NRL player for Penrith Panthers.!)
I am sure you are pleased with the intelligence of your comment.
No wonder you are American.
I'm not American ...
3:31 that a was along way from straight.
Edsel name, small falcon body, T-bird grille, DISC BRAKES. Coupe?
a two doorwas built but quite rare.
Does anyone know this music?
I love this stuff. It’s hard to know what Jimmy drove I suspect a Lotus Elite or early Elan.Something boring at the farm probably a Ford. Such a complex guy, but boy could he drive.
Wasn't Jim a tax exile at this point, living abroad? It must have been part of the factory team deal with Ford that he made himself available for promotional work.
01:13, I wonder what he would have said of a Honda Civic Type .
That music so irritating. 😣
Stirling Moss is the best driver ever
Brave man for pushing it on crossplies.
I wonder how much they paid him for that speel?
Heavy duty battery fitted
Bernie Ecclestone disliked this video and Jim Clark
+supertrix101 Why? I'm sure he was well paid for it
I wonder why? Bernie is a good promotor/business man - but no driver-at least one with the skills of our dear Jim
Ecclestone the multi rich midget..
Must be a pre production model - don't think that steering wheel ever appeared on any of the production models.
Stephen Flaherty I think they did
When did automatic transmission become popular in England? Was it well accepted?
They have never been popular , even nowadays in all of Europe only about 15 % of cars sold are with Automatic transmissions
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I saw one of these Ford Motor films explaining auto tranny on the 1961 Zodiac and Zephyrs. I thought with todays efficient transmissions, they would be more popular. .
Scott Ferrell Automatics were usually an expensive optional extra, so people didn't bother.
Hi Scott, take a look at the film "Your Automatic Choice" on this channel, where Ford are promoting the automatic option for the Zephyr and Zodiac in 1961. ruclips.net/video/SyXYB6nnbRE/видео.html
FordHeritage Hello, I have seen it. I love the looks the girl is giving the guy because he cannot drive stick. I think the Zephyr and Zodiac are great looking cars. One of my fav. horror movies is Dr. Bloods Coffin. He drives a 1959 Zodiac convertible.
Ya hear that
....ROOM FOR ROUTINE MAINTAINANCE
a 15oo/60 hp
now nothing less that 120 hp haha
Let The Stig drive it.
Jim must use seatbelt!!!!
That mindless elevator music that film makers of the time thought we all listened to on the radio! Not when Luxembourg was around, or finally the pirates!
Listened to Radio Luxemburg on my 70's trips to Ireland from Chicago- nice memories
A cortina in drag..nothing more..
Drag in both senses of the word!
Clark seems to have done OK at the wheel of a Cortina.
as is the mk 1 Capri
He picks up THREE male prostitutes at the end ????? Bloody hell Jim, risky or what in 1963 ??
+ysgol3 LOL!!! I don't think Jim Clark would do such a thing. The 3 guys he picked up are probably some of his old friends...
+supertrix101 Fair enough, I withdraw 'male prostitutes' in favour of 'other confirmed bachelors'. Good compromise ? LOL.
+ysgol3 I thought he was going to a wedding
Can't hear a word he is saying? dx
It’s a nice looking car but that gear change lever looks awful and awkward to use.
No seat belts...
at the front it looks like a Fiat-Ritmo
Otherwise known as the Strada in the U.S.
Frank Howard And in England...