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Ford Cortina Mk I Testing - 1962
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- čas přidán 13. 08. 2024
- This 1962 film shows the brand new Ford Cortina Mark I - "a small car with a big difference" - being tested at the British Army's Fighting Vehicles Test Ground. The statistics reveal the car to have an acceleration of 0-60 MPH in a mighty 25 seconds. The eagle-eyed among you will spot that the car is badged "Consul 225", a name that never made it on to a production model.
i like how they put a trail of dirt in front on the back wheel for the acceleration test!!!
All the mid-range fords were labelled Consul back then. Consul Classic, Consul Capri, Consul Corsair, Consul Cortina
The acceleration figures are probably genuine given the engine was only 1198cc 53bhp.
Even the Zodiac 0-60 times were in the mid teens seconds with its whopping 106 bhp!
People tend to forget how under powered cars of old were in comparison to modern vehicles.
Just as good - considering how under powered the brakes were;-)
Cars now are too fast too many of them and almost none are made by a British company. This was 55 years ago for God's sake
Actually no.... only 48.5 BHP..:lol!
It's a graphic reminder of how far car design has come, modern cars weigh nearly twice as much, accelerate twice as fast, brake twice as quickly and use vastly less fuel and emit far lower emissions while requiring far less maintenance and lasting far longer. I love these old videos but we have come an awful long way.
I can remember the car I passed my driving test in my dads Austin 1300 it struggled to reach 70 mph the car I own now you struggle to keep you driving license it just tick over at 70 mph
Love these old motor heritage films,
I owned a MK1 in the early 70s EOP 268D Beautiful ride!
@H HOUR HOTEL 😁😁lol.depending on how many young Dores one had.We had 3 half dores 2 side dores 1 back Dore and several swing dores!
One of my neighbours has a B reg called Henry, used to belong to his dad and is much cherished.
Love. Sadly I remember my Dad coming home with one the first estate versions! Interesting fuel consumption and that 0 to 60 time, 25 seconds!!
They were very tail happy. I had an engine crane in my boot which kept it more stable but put little dinks in the metal as it slid around during enthusiastic cornering! G800 radials helped. Like all fords of that era the engine was knackered after 70,000 miles. Put a recon one in but it was an uphill battle- gearbox bearings dampers and of course rust on the front struts. Was it an old car? No it was a 1965 and I bought it in 1970. Can you imagine if modern cars were clapped out and rusty after 5 years??? And they were all the same. Nice drivers car though and really good heaters/ventilation for the first time. Still think they are good looking with rclever tail lights.
They were very tail happy and unsafe cornering at high speed (if youcan call 85 km per hr high speed). We kids use to take ours for a joy ride when our parente were asleep.
Had one of these Cortinas in 1964. Purchased it three months before getting married, so started married life with a brand new Cortina.
Bloody mate you had some dosh !
I purchased one Consul Cortina (second hand) & used for 12yrs. The car was very dependable.
I should add it did have a hot piper cam and probably had a very worn engine when I bought it for a about £200. It did go very well considering what was around in those days.
Hi king Fritter, off the top of my head around the mid to late 1970's. The Cortina was a 1966 model. I know for a fact the guy who bought it off me for £300 wrote it off soon after when he drove up to Scotland. I timed the 0 - 60 in 10 seconds which seemed really fast compared with my previous car which was a clapped out 1961 850 mini. I wish I had it now as you can do so much to the Mk 1 model.
Very nice, I had it before my second car the 1973 Opel Kadett.
I had a 64 model. A great car.
I had a Mk 1 GT Cortina which did 0 - 60 in 10 seconds. the twin choke weber was an excellent carb. Unfortunately the top struts rusted as they did in those days. However I rate the car very highly considering the technology at the time. I wish I had kept it and renovated it.
That bow tie steering wheel had a touch of class. The dampers were pretty well shot after a few years and you wouldn't want to push a Cortina or Anglia like that without new ones, pity they rusted so quickly but British cars had virtually zero protection back then.
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Yup, the majority were on the scrap heap before ten years / 100,000 miles. Back then going 'round the clock' was a big achievement. These heretige films are great, but they do highlight how incredibly well developed the car is now.
You can see why it was such a great rally car, the Cortina was an icon of the motor industry. a brilliant car considering it was 1962 !
1200cc pre-xflo Kent 3 main bearing engine was a disaster, engine oils of the time didn't help but big end bearings wore out unacceptably quickly.
1500 had 5 main bearings and didn't suffer same issues.
I had a 63 version, in 67 and 68. Got me from point A to point B on many occasions, but there were memorable exceptions. When I've said it had good fuel economy and was quite roomy, I've said it all, as to praises. If you compare its body lines, but not proportions, to the contemporary Rambler American, you see they have a lot in common.
A mate of mine had a mk I which was written off in a slow-speed prang with a mk II mini. What a rust-bucket. I had an early mkII (new body with the 1500cc running gear from the mk I ) that was just as bad. Happy days. :-)
The great thing about the cortina is that you’d have to drive like a mainiac in order to drive at the speed limit
40+ ago aged 16 got my BOU 653B bench seats , have another tomorrow to replace my euro box.
What is it with 0 to 60? Who cares who wins the race to the next traffic light?
Nick Jervis My thoughts exactly
Three years later and they were already full of rust!
Yes they were. My parents got a Cortina that was assembled in Amsterdam. The Dutch gave them some after market rust prevention kit. (Dinitrol or so?) The smells were horrible but it worked very well. 100,000 almost flawless miles within 5 years, and we've seen the cars for many more years in the hands of its second buyer.
The MkII though was of most horrible quality (meaning the square-boxed Cortina)
So is a Ford Ka.
not really just where the front suspension leg was bolted to the rest was about average for the period
MK2 somw would Rust terribly If you was an unlucky buyer ho bought a "strike" car i think it was around 1969 to 70? many cars here left out in the open when the strike was over they just finished them off n painted them hey where rust boxes
We hated our Cortina Mk1 Estate as kids especially the damp morning push-start calls, but it did manage 11 years life with a lot of Isopon and filler work and occasional MoT welding. It mechanically suffered no more than needing a fully reconditioned engine, the occasional clutch, a new diff, propshaft bearing replacement and another cracked cylinder head repair, so in hindsight the Ford gearbox was clearly very good indeed and must have escaped the attentions of the Value Engineering Department.
I love the pre facelift cortinas the music is good too is it out on cd ?
CAMPBELL NUTTING It's likely stock music from one of the British Production Library music houses of the UK, such as DeWolfe, Hudson, KPM, or Chappell, which were not produced for public consumption. That is to say, no, it's likely not available.
Both are by johnny/John scott and the first one is 'no speed limit' and the second is 'hundred miles an hour'
@@padraigodonnell6081 thank you I've been wondering for years 🙂
@@campbellnutting3663 FOLLOW THE LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION.
ha ha iv got the exsacly the same car love it what a gem
Love this i have a 1966 airflow 0-60mph in more like 8 seconds :o)
The music was painful. What were they thinking ?
eurouc They were thinking they needed a stock theme or two from the DeWolfe, KPM, or Chappell Library... and that's what they got.
They probably searched for themes with tags like "exciting" or "uptempo" or "jazzy, modern sound"... that's how they tended to label them.
Unfortunately, I'm not able to identify the themes, but I can tell that's what they are.
You just don't know how to swing, man. Like, hitch up your Yak cart, and trundle on back to Squaresville, dig?
@@QuadMochaMatti Awakening, man. You're really groovy in a far out kind of way.
It was par for the course back then.. You have to remember that this is heading on for 60 years ago.
That's remarkable fuel economy for a car of that era!
Seven people don't like classic jazz
The MK1 was so easy to nick you never had to buy one.
A trait common in cars up to the late 80's and sometimes beyond
First car B reg MK1 Column change ,bench seats, can I have another one please...
+Mike Waite I hadn't realised that column change was an option at one time on the Cortina. I remember some Cortinas, like my friend's dad's, had a very long unwieldy angled gear lever which emerged from the floor under the dashboard, just behind the bulkhead, whereas most (even very early pre-Aeroflow Consul Cortinas with the solid arm for indicators, sticking out of the steering column) had the lever emerging further back just in front of the seats, in the position that most cars have the lever these days. The only column change I remember was on the automatic - certainly on my dad's 1967 Corsair and I think also on the Cortina.
Was the position of the gear lever determined by model or could you choose the position for any model?
@@Mortimer50145 I think it depends on whether bench seat at front was specified. No matter what spec though ,Cortinas have loads of character, practicality & style which NO modern car could ever equal.
Wouldent stamping on the clutch as well as the brake in emergency stop been test Fail??
It would save the embarrassment of stalling the car in gear if you brought the car to a complete halt. Why would pressing the clutch in addition to the brake be regarded as something which was so bad that it would be a test failure? I'd regard *not* doing it as reason for failure.
It's the correct way to do it. In an emergency stop the engine braking would become a flywheel effect and actually not stop as quickly as instantly declutching.
The music reminds me the first movies of James Bond.
Drive your own Ford Cortina Mk 1 at classic car days co uk. Self-Drive 1964 Ford Cortina Mk1 1500 Super.
Back in the days when an emergency stop involved depressing BOTH the brake and clutch pedals together! Lol
So how do YOU do it?
Sir Ron Norris the proper way.
@@cJ-cr8gp Serious question j c - what is the proper way nowadays? You see, I drive a Morgan and I still heel-and-toe, match engine revs and use engine-braking. I only use the brakes to come to a stop (emergency or not) or avoidance of others. Now I know these are skills that have largely been lost - so how should I emergency brake without stalling the car?
Sir Ron Norris I think you know the answer. During an emergency stop of a manual car only the footbrake should initially be used. Cadence braking should subsequently be adapted if the wheels have stopped rotating due to the road surface or excessive pressure. By leaving the clutch engaged at this stage you are assisting the resistance from the driving wheels or wheel. The skill then is to depress the clutch pedal immediately before the car comes to a stop in order to prevent the engine from stalling. It takes practice.
@@cJ-cr8gp Bullshit.
You wore a suit to the toilet in the '60s.
@H HOUR HOTEL 😁lol
1:08 It lays tire if you put sand under it LOL
this "small car" is a now a mondeo...so not so small anymore!
But then, neither is the average person.
@@PhilOsGarage but then, it 4 wheels not 2
Suits ? Lotus version still turns heads.
Indeed, and fetches vast sums at auction. I suppose it's nearest 'modern' equivalent is the Sierra cosworth, which is also fetching insane money now - into 6 figures for mint RS500's. I can't see any variation of the mondeo beibg so coveted.
Why are the technicians wearing suits and ties?
i has 1car but5door
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