A little bit more on what is a Consul/Zephyr /Zodiac - from memory as usual:
The Mark Is were boxy in appearance with rounded rear finlets, similar in
appearance to an early 50s US Ford. Chrome-plated iron crank, I believe.
The Mark IIs were good-looking with small rear fins. A convertible was
offered, plus some pretty wild paint - a pinky-orange colour for instance.
The Mk II was the best one in my view, and very popular with a wide range of
users. They then got worse.
The Mark III was the "Z Car" UK TV viewers will recognise. They had really
big and vulgar tail fins. I think they dropped the Consul for this version:
There were Zephyr 4 (single headlamp, one-piece grille), Zephyr 6 (twin
headlamp, divided grille, cf Pontiac) and Zodiac (twin headlamp, one-piece
grille). This was a move down market after the Mk II.
The Mark IV was worse still, in appearance! It was also owed nothing to
European styling, with a massive square flat-topped bonnet (with no grille
at all!) containing a comparatively small V6 3.0 Essex. There were single
and twin headlamp versions, no Consuls, and possibly no Zephyrs (?). There
may have been 1.7/2.0 V4 Essex versions as well (Zephyrs?). These would have
been appalling to drive as well as horrendous to behold, but the Zodiac,
which we had as a pool car, was actually great fun to drive, in a
squirt/wallow/squirt sort of way. The nadir in Ford of Britain large cars,
strictly bookies and pimps (sorry, sir, you had one, too?! ... and other
discerning owners, of course, a greatly underrated car, in my view, honest).
The Ford of Germany 17/20Ms were better cars, and fortunately Ford of
Britain and Ford of Germany got together for the next large car - the
Granada, which saw the return of the Consul name and the ignominious
dropping of the Zephyr/Zodiac name, This would be about 1972.
Paul.
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