Ford Consul Mk I Crash and Burn.

Poor old Mk I Consul meets its end when some thugs run her into a tree and set her on fire. From the British TV series called The Baron. More details follow this link. http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/baron.htm Also follow this link to find out about these cars. http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/fordzephyrzodiacconsul/

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[rustyfender]

what show is this from, i wanna see it all?

[ZephyrMk1]

Hi .. This clip was taken from a British TV series called The Baron from the 1960's. You can now buy the complete box set. Plenty of info if you do a google search.

[Ronniethefish]

Yes indeed in those days the widely held opinion was that the next thing would always be better, and by the '60s a Mk1 Consul just didn't have a value. In reality we have sunk down into a grey poridge of all similar electronic controlled junk where the only reason to buy a particular car over another seems to be to get the cheapest, and designs from the '40 to '70s now stand out as true classics. As a good friend recently commented, 'as a society, we didn't realise when we had peaked'. How true.

[ukbarton]

I had one of the same model. This was during during the late 1960's and it had about seven previous owners. It was built like a tank. We used to visit air shows and six of us would sit on the roof without denting it.

[NCruizer]

My family has driven german and british fords since the 30's, the first one we ever had was a V3000SSM nazi truck from ford werke AG (ford germany) and we have been happy with them and have never been bothered with them. Unlike my dad who once both a 10 year old pontiac wich we later wrecked and made a brazier out of it. ugly overdimensioned american trash

[leebeelee123]

pento the cortina is betta

[Efferpheasants]

The Ford was old then ,dates from around 1951 and was just as ugly

( depending on opinion)as anything being knocked out by Ford in America at the time.

[pentogram23]

I love that Buick Riviera 1965 wow..dont make em like that any more....compared to that ugly plan British car....

[hellin9000]

Oh wow! My father had an exact one of these, from 1960 to 1991, It was the 1300th car registered in Greece. I grew up in that car and it was my first solo drive when I was 14 back in 1980. So many memories brought back (even the blown tire !!!!)

Thank you ZephyrMk1 !!!!

[Witheredgoogie]

Amongst petrolheads this programme would be called 'a weepie'. Very sad!