Had several Ford Zodiacs in the early 70's .... absolutely LOVED them .... Blew the big-ends out on one of them coming back from Holiday on the Isle of Wight. Was Soooo easy to lift the body and wheel the engine out to repair, and it went on to enjoy a good life after ........ Just wish I could afford one as GOOD as the one featured HERE :-)
1984. I had just arrived at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk. I walked to the local garage in Barton Mills and rented their green-gold Viva until I bought a new car. Great time.
As a small boy in the 50,s i was taken to school in a Consul, always remember the vacuum wipers that went like hell when no throttle and as slow as hell with throttle, just when you needed them.
Had a mk2 consul high line .....1703 cc engine was gutless and 3 on the tree was hopeless .i rebuilt the engine and had the head gas flowed ....fitted a Webber carb on a custom made manifold ,still didn’t have the power of a lawnmower.......blew a piston on the way back from Weymouth.sold it running on 3 cylinders ...the new owner rebuilt it again .....happy days .....
My father also had a wine red '59 Consul. I barely remember it, because I was a baby, but my father did reminisce, years later, that it was seriously underpowered.
I've recently purchased a 1958 Ford Zephyr 6 Mark II highline. My late father had two Ford Consul mark ones (flat dash and the step dash) and a highline Zephyr 6 Mark II back when they were new. I'm looking forward to freshing it up
I remember reading an article on the Tippers in Popular Classics in the 90's showing their 'museum' collection of Ford cars and an old fridge in their house. My father had a mk 2 Zodiac in 1961 in two tone grey with white wall tyres and real leather seats.They were fitted with the old style vacuum wipers that went slowly at speed when you needed them to go fast.The '62 mk 3 had the safer electric wipers as we know today. The 6 cylinder straight six was sweet and smooth and all my father's Fords were very reliable and trouble free.
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My paternal granddad banned Ford "as their engines had too many holes drilled in them" referring to the overheating problems in a 40+ °C climate. When I once bought a new Ford Laser (rebadged Mazda 323!) I was met with shouts of "treason...treason...treason."
I remember my Dad having a Velox in the mid 1950s, it was a dark metallic blue colour. Later in the very early 1970s I myself had a very nice second hand Zephyr 6 MK 3 finished in white with red vinyl interior, column change and big fins, a great car. I enjoyed the lovely shots of Bournemouth and Poole harbour.
My father had a second hand Velox in the early 60's, must have been a "cut and shut" mum and dad were touring in Scotland, went down a hill, through a puddle and it broke in the middle..
Learned to drive in my fathers 1961 Velox and passed my driving test in his ‘64 Zodiac.. Kudos to the dedicated who keep these models alive but I cannot muster any enthusiasm. I can remember a great many good things from the sixties but British cars and motorbikes from that era are not amongst them.
Mid 60's my late father bought a Zodiac auto from his long term hospital bed, it was on a 2nd hand car forecourt he could see from the window. He had that old bus for years, he modified it for more go fitted a 6 branch tubular ex manifold & modified the auto change so he could hold it in the gears longer in the revs. Often seen 100 on the speedo downhill. Was the first car I drove at the tender age of 8 years old, sat on a large cushion.
This was when cars looked good, not like the blobs on the road today trouble was they rusted away quick the thing I'm like about today's cars are power steering and air con
Fantasticly interesting video, you cannot beat long term provenance & ownership like that !.I thought we were doing well with a 1928 R-R Phantom 1, owned since my brother bought it in 1965, aged 17 for £190 !.47 years later, we have owned it now longer than anyone,and like all old cars, I suppose thay are living well beyond their life expectancy but it does bring a unique aquaintance with a car.Many more happy miles with the Zodiac & Velox.
I had a 1959 Consul but it was not a good car...not for the American market. But to be honest, I did not have a clue as to maintaining it. I did trade it for something and a few years later, I saw it at a used car dealership...I said I used to own it and the guy asked if I wanted to get reacquainted :) I did get a ride by a private hire taxi in an MG Magnum 4 door and I did like that very much....I do not recall it being sold in America...too bad..
We all had one including my mum. Take that awful walking stick exhaust header off and put a bunch of bananas on it and it would sure go then. You would not stop it then though !!.
Its confusing, Zephyr, Zodiac etc, and the lineup look alike. I know one of them has a 4 cylinder engine. I think they should have had different body styling.
Steinwaygrande I read that GM lost $1500 dollars on the sale of all their carsin the nineties . They made their money off of dealers fixing these cars . Thus they make them impossible for the backyard mechanic to work on himself . I keep hoping some billionaire entrepenuer decides to make simpler cars that are easily modified and maintained by the owner . That would be greeted with open arms by buyers but secretly worked against by lobbyists in DC , I am sure .
The UK government signed out a quota of government seized exotic cars of different products, for auction at lovely prices for citizens and resident permit of UK..cars sold at 70% discount less the market price value ...... wow great opportunity for a lovely end of year 2017 .contact the Government Agent Mr Moore(a.hmoore@ukgov.io) for paperwork and getting your goals achieved.
both models show a different style and "interpretation" of what today could be "D segment" estate, Vauxhall a richest & luxurious appearance, Ford a sober & "faster" body line.
@@Eastsussexbiker Not so... Many rusted, but Vauxhall products seemed to be the worst - including light Bedford lorries, such as the J series: the wings used to rust away terribly - but I don't recall other brands being so bad.
My dad had a Zephyr of the same shape,still remember the reg 8509 PE, nice old girl until some divvy twat hit the accelerator instead of the brake and rear ended my dads car and wrote it off
American cars would considered vulgar or gauche . To be honest I can see their point but still happy to see finned out heavy chromed two toned Detroit steel rolling down avenue .
They were both subsidiaries of American of auto manufacturers but were designed engineered and manufactured for European consumers. They had little to nothing in common with American cars.
@@williamegler8771 the profits they made , especially with ford returned to Detroit. I'm sure Detroit is not in the UK. When ford stopped making profits in the UK, they quickly left. US companies, with their bottomless pit of advertising budgets (aka propaganda) did much to sell the myths of " it's a nice little British car" It seems you swallowed their snake oil.
My late Grandpa had a Consul in the 1960s. I love the straight 6 Zephyr with its torque, a nice towing car.
Had several Ford Zodiacs in the early 70's .... absolutely LOVED them .... Blew the big-ends out on one of them coming back from Holiday on the Isle of Wight. Was Soooo easy to lift the body and wheel the engine out to repair, and it went on to enjoy a good life after ........ Just wish I could afford one as GOOD as the one featured HERE :-)
Zodiac is truly a gorgeous machine.
Probably one the best looking and best performing British large car of the late 1950's early 1960's.
My first car was a 1960 Ford Zephyr two tone blue and white. Great memories!
1984. I had just arrived at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk. I walked to the local garage in Barton Mills and rented their green-gold Viva until I bought a new car. Great time.
Lovely Zodiac. Needs two-tone paint and whitewalls though :).
Loved these Fords. I was a motor mech at Dagenham Motors Alperton and worked on all of them.
As a small boy in the 50,s i was taken to school in a Consul, always remember the vacuum wipers that went like hell when no throttle and as slow as hell with throttle, just when you needed them.
crispin aske , LOL, yes I had those on a Popular, used to have to put my hand out the window and work them by hand, definitely not a “Bird” impresser.
Had a mk2 consul high line .....1703 cc engine was gutless and 3 on the tree was hopeless .i rebuilt the engine and had the head gas flowed ....fitted a Webber carb on a custom made manifold ,still didn’t have the power of a lawnmower.......blew a piston on the way back from Weymouth.sold it running on 3 cylinders ...the new owner rebuilt it again .....happy days .....
My earliest memory is of my dad's Ford Consul. Underpowered for it's size, but loved it.
My father also had a wine red '59 Consul. I barely remember it, because I was a baby, but my father did reminisce, years later, that it was seriously underpowered.
My Dad had a Zodiac back in the early 60's. Two tone blue. Cracked the 'ton' with ease.
What a wonderful wonderful story. Delightful. Cheers.
I've recently purchased a 1958 Ford Zephyr 6 Mark II highline.
My late father had two Ford Consul mark ones (flat dash and the step dash) and a highline Zephyr 6 Mark II
back when they were new.
I'm looking forward to freshing it up
Love this story! I thought I loved cars. But I never cried for a year lol. My problem was I liked to many cars haha
"Push-button amenities" caused coffee on the keyboard here, lol.
Never thought much of the family Zodiac, but was over the moon when it was replaced with a cornflower blue Jag MkII.
I remember reading an article on the Tippers in Popular Classics in the 90's showing their 'museum' collection of Ford cars and an old fridge in their house.
My father had a mk 2 Zodiac in 1961 in two tone grey with white wall tyres and real leather seats.They were fitted with the old style vacuum wipers that went slowly at speed when you needed them to go fast.The '62 mk 3 had the safer electric wipers as we know today.
The 6 cylinder straight six was sweet and smooth and all my father's Fords were very reliable and trouble free.
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I just ordered a cap like Arthur Tippers.
It better be the correct pattern or they'll have to put it right 😀
Hitting the trafficator to make it rise was my job on my fathers Hillman.
Consul then Zephyr then Zodiac. Brilliant cars.
As my grandad, a Ford man would say, “we don’t drive Vauxhall’s round here”, that Zodiak is a case in point, much nicer
My paternal granddad banned Ford "as their engines had too many holes drilled in them" referring to the overheating problems in a 40+ °C climate. When I once bought a new Ford Laser (rebadged Mazda 323!) I was met with shouts of "treason...treason...treason."
You cant give 3 giddy tarts a trip into the Woods in the back of a Nissan Leaf!😂😂😂
3 trips then?
Chance 'd be a fine thing.
@@MINXC3 Greedy!
@@MINXC3 Greedy!
My headmaster had a Velox of this shape in about 1959. My father bought the first car he owned in 1965, a Ford Consul of 1958 vintage.
sweet clip
Beautiful car vintage
Vauxhall VX2300 gls from 1978 in burgundy with a white velour interior trim, great car in its day.
I had the mk2 Consul,bought off my B.I.Law,Colour grey,great car for courting with the bench front seat,lol,It was immaculate,Dont know why I sold it.
My first car was a 1961 Zodiac Mk 2 with yellow and white paintwork. Paid ZAR 450 in 1969.
I remember my Dad having a Velox in the mid 1950s, it was a dark metallic blue colour. Later in the very early 1970s I myself had a very nice second hand Zephyr 6 MK 3 finished in white with red vinyl interior, column change and big fins, a great car. I enjoyed the lovely shots of Bournemouth and Poole harbour.
Superb motor
Learnt to drive in same model Vauxhall . They definitely had an unusual appearance , I thought .
My two favorite things...CZZ Fords.and John Peel....
ME LIKE FANNTASTIC VIDEO !!
My father had a second hand Velox in the early 60's, must have been a "cut and shut" mum and dad were touring in Scotland, went down a hill, through a puddle and it broke in the middle..
Sounds like John Peel? Brilliant
Learned to drive in my fathers 1961 Velox and passed my driving test in his ‘64 Zodiac.. Kudos to the dedicated who keep these models alive but I cannot muster any enthusiasm. I can remember a great many good things from the sixties but British cars and motorbikes from that era are not amongst them.
Mid 60's my late father bought a Zodiac auto from his long term hospital bed, it was on a 2nd hand car forecourt he could see from the window. He had that old bus for years, he modified it for more go fitted a 6 branch tubular ex manifold & modified the auto change so he could hold it in the gears longer in the revs. Often seen 100 on the speedo downhill. Was the first car I drove at the tender age of 8 years old, sat on a large cushion.
Russ Cattell n
I used to own aVauxhall Vx2300
From a Channel 4 series narrated by the late DJ John Peel, made some 30 years ago.
There was a waiting list for these cars when new. Had to befriend the Ford dealer to get one.
Lovely Zody.
Herlige og flotte biler fra fortiden. Herligt.....
Hmmm, what's a V-Lux?
Probably time to fit seatbelts to the MK2......
This was when cars looked good, not like the blobs on the road today trouble was they rusted away quick the thing I'm like about today's cars are power steering and air con
My neighbor back in the old days ( west indies) had a Zodiac, black top with red bottom, loved it.
Looks so much like a GAZ Volga.
Very nice car but was it really a "large" car??
Luckily enough the Morris marinas all came with a complimentary bus timetable,
Those Vauxhalls were already going rusty when they left the factory.
Fantasticly interesting video, you cannot beat long term provenance & ownership like that !.I thought we were doing well with a 1928 R-R Phantom 1, owned since my brother bought it in 1965, aged 17 for £190 !.47 years later, we have owned it now longer than anyone,and like all old cars, I suppose thay are living well beyond their life expectancy but it does bring a unique aquaintance with a car.Many more happy miles with the Zodiac & Velox.
Get on the banger track it will do well
I had a 1959 Consul but it was not a good car...not for the American market.
But to be honest, I did not have a clue as to maintaining it. I did trade it for something and a few years later, I saw it at a used car dealership...I said I used to own it and the guy asked if I wanted to get reacquainted :) I did get a ride by a private hire taxi in an MG Magnum 4 door and I did like that very much....I do not recall it being sold in America...too bad..
1:50 LMAO
My 56 beetle I had to give it a light bump lol.
This was clearly made a few years ago what with John Peel narrating, But according to DVLA, old PFA379 still exists, T&T till 2017.
johno4521 It still on the road and it had one owner from new. and its in staffordshire.
First reg 08/03/1962 and still going.
We all had one including my mum. Take that awful walking stick exhaust header off and put a bunch of bananas on it and it would sure go then. You would not stop it then though !!.
Man united
Yes it is John Peel RIP
I will never forgive him for being captivated by teen age kicks...and the Basking Sharks!
So nice to hear his voice again.
john peel?
+david tunnicliff Yes it is,! Trying to work out the voice was bugging me , i knew i recognised it. TY :)
Pity you pop riveted the r,F hockey stick moulding on
Sounds like John Peel.
Yes
They were commonly known as a “ rolls canardly “, rolls downhill, can hardly get up em 😂😂
Only the Consul. Zodiac and Zephyr could manage them fine.
Its confusing, Zephyr, Zodiac etc, and the lineup look alike. I know one of them has a 4 cylinder engine. I think they should have had different body styling.
It was the Consul that had the four cylinder 1700 engine, mine was quite good.
Not the prettiest cat, but by god they were easy to work on. Not like todays cars where you need a rocket science degree in electronics etc
Steinwaygrande
Yes ?????? what can I do 4 u
Steinwaygrande I read that GM lost $1500 dollars on the sale of all their carsin the nineties . They made their money off of dealers fixing these cars . Thus they make them impossible for the backyard mechanic to work on himself . I keep hoping some billionaire entrepenuer decides to make simpler cars that are easily modified and maintained by the owner . That would be greeted with open arms by buyers but secretly worked against by lobbyists in DC , I am sure .
@@steinwaygrande3971 I think he might be wondering what a cat has to do with it...
The only thing on !modern cars I like are power steering and air con plus they aren't scrap in 5 ye ars
2553 cc.
Ford consel the one of this car is very stronge and nice smpil cares
Model 1959
Vauxhalls is French now PSA Peugeot,ha ha
ferkemall. The name Vauxhall Adam is just so wrong! That's like Opel producing a car called the Opel Prince Henry!
The sons never 70?👍
Good day pals
The UK government signed out a quota of government seized exotic cars of different products, for auction at lovely prices for citizens and resident permit of UK..cars sold at 70% discount less the market price value ...... wow great opportunity for a lovely end of year 2017 .contact the Government Agent Mr Moore(a.hmoore@ukgov.io) for paperwork and getting your goals achieved.
Yea i had the news about it.... is this really true ..? will love to know more about it ..
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both models show a different style and "interpretation" of what today could be "D segment" estate, Vauxhall a richest & luxurious appearance, Ford a sober & "faster" body line.
E series Vauxhall, were the designers drunk?
Those cars look magnificent. But might I say that most of them look like shrunken American models? All part of the GM strategy I guess?
GM (General Motors) and Ford are two different companies.
Most Ford's have family resemblance
Those 1950s/60s cars were complete rot boxes. If no surface rust was evident after 3 years you were doing well.
John Burns True some people have short rose tinted memorys they were not very reliable ethier . Just inferior copys of the American cars.
hoh
Unfortunately Vauxhalls from the 50's and 60's were rust buckets.
As indeed were Fords, Hillmans, Austins, Morrises, Triumphs, and every other marque built in Britain from low quality steel in the postwar period.
Not in the same way as Vauxhall - I was there!
Although all British cars suffered from premature rust problems Vauxhalls seemed to suffer the most.
As was every car
@@Eastsussexbiker Not so...
Many rusted, but Vauxhall products seemed to be the worst - including light Bedford lorries, such as the J series: the wings used to rust away terribly - but I don't recall other brands being so bad.
Both foreign-owned.
Thanks for flying the flag.
Nothing can top British Leyland, Britain's biggest fiasco.
poor farmers!
all cars were to much sale on road
My dad had a Zephyr of the same shape,still remember the reg 8509 PE, nice old girl until some divvy twat hit the accelerator instead of the brake and rear ended my dads car and wrote it off
Edd China
Ah，Yeah，The Vauxhall Velox is Looks Like 1949's Ford．．．
I think its handsome without the ostentatiousness of an American car . The cultural differences in car markets will show in design features .
American cars would considered vulgar or gauche . To be honest I can see their point but still happy to see finned out heavy chromed two toned Detroit steel rolling down avenue .
Nothing about them are American other than the ownership of the company.
Designed engineered and manufactured in Europe for European consumers.
Stupid vacuum wipers! Go to overtake something, push on the accelerator and the wipers stop mid-wipe, couldn't see a thing.
Qa
FORD is not british the company originated in america
What boy would cry if their dad won't buy a car he suggest and wanted? That's fucked up!
Ford was /is /never a British car.
Vauxhall was US from 1925, as it was taken over by general motors.
FFS.
They were both subsidiaries of American of auto manufacturers but were designed engineered and manufactured for European consumers.
They had little to nothing in common with American cars.
@@williamegler8771 the profits they made , especially with ford returned to Detroit.
I'm sure Detroit is not in the UK.
When ford stopped making profits in the UK, they quickly left.
US companies, with their bottomless pit of advertising budgets (aka propaganda) did much to sell the myths of " it's a nice little British car"
It seems you swallowed their snake oil.
The vauxhall velox was such an ugly looking car, bulky bulbous looking.driver hitting the post,with his fist to get the trafficator to work,priceless.
British car are the worse.
Serge.california i
So is your grammar.
mk2 zephyr/zodiac's are easily the nicest sounding car england produced back then! i love mine, love the american style too.
I agree ....the 2553 cc inline six cylinder zephyr zodiac motor sounded wonderful
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