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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe - The Giant of Dagenham

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Created on April 20, 2023

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Paul Krüger

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - with two-tone paintwork as standard, here in "Ermine White" and "Lime Green"

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - with two-tone paintwork as standard, here in "Ermine White" and "Lime Green"

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - American-inspired rear end. The recess around the license plate echoes the radiator grille

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - simple but pleasing front. German Fords were much more fashionable at the end of the fifties

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - as a "lowline" model with a low roof, it appears somewhat more elongated

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - Plain goes first: Zephyr and Zodiac had an Aston Martin-style radiator grille that included the indicators

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - from 1959 the lamp rings were chrome-plated

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - modernized rear with a hint of fin

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - modernized rear with a hint of fin

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - from 1959 the rear light was round, the blinker slightly larger and more "rear-finned"

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - The rear roof finish is very similar to its US sibling

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - Tiny "Ford of Britain" emblem on the C-pillar

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - Wheel trim rings were standard on the luxury model

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - Proud reference to the British mother on the front fender

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - Sharp-edged lettering. The "3" has lost its upper arc over the decades

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - No connection under this number: the number 375 had no meaning

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - No connection under this number: the number 375 had no meaning

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - spacious interior. Practical: there is an additional open storage compartment under the glove box

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - spacious rear seat bench, naturally with ashtray

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - Front bench seat with folding center armrest

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - Oscar for ergonomics: Ford's life-size manikin helped to dimension the interior

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - Hupring as a luxury item: the normal Consul had to make do without it

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - lettering above the glove compartment

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - Priorities: Heating and radio had to be paid for separately. The cigarette lighter was standard on board

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - Trapezoidal speedometer with slight exaggeration. The limit is 80 miles (129 km) per hour

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - pretty, with stars and large red center but slightly Soviet-looking emblem in the steering wheel hub

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - 1.7-liter four-cylinder engine with 60 hp

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Ford Consul 375 de Luxe (1961) - spare wheel in the 566-liter trunk, which is not very space-efficient

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Ford Consul (1950) - unmistakably inspired by the American '49 model

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Ford Consul Convertible (1950) - folding top and roller roof in one

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Ford Consul (1958) - for the modern philosopher on the move

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Ford Consul (1958) - in a factory photo in a rural setting

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Ford Consul de Luxe (1958) - with center armrest, make-up mirror and coat hooks as standard

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Ford Consul (1956) - View of the interior at the Geneva Motor Show

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Ford Consul Farnham Estate Car (1957) - estate car produced in small series

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Ford Consul Convertible (1957) - Cabriolet version with sturdy windshield frame

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Ford Consul Diesel (1958) - in Goodwood

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Ford Consul (1960) - "Lowline" model with lowered roof and extended rear end

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Ford Consul (1960) - predecessor of the Consul 315

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Ford Zephyr (1958) - with six-cylinder engine and new face - Geneva Motor Show 1958

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Ford Zephyr Convertible (1961) - open version, built from 1957

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Ford Zodiac (1961) - the Zodiac was the luxury version of the Zephyr, but only differed from the Zephyr Six in terms of equipment, not technology.

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Ford Zodiac - meticulous detail retouches - Geneva Motor Show 1959

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Ford Zodiac (1960) - with two-tone paintwork

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Ford Consul (1956) - This drawing shows how much the Consul Mark II has grown compared to its predecessor

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Summary

Eight centimetres wider and 20 centimetres longer than its predecessor: even as a four-cylinder Consul, the largest English Ford was a handsome car. As the Zephyr or Zodiac, it even went one better. As an article has already been dedicated to the six-cylinder model, this article presents the second Consul generation with the registration 204E and shows a late "Lowline" model in the picture, accompanied as usual by plenty of historical images and text material as well as three sales brochures from the time.

This article contains the following chapters

Longer and wider with a touch of the exotic
Performance-enhanced for a show career
More luxurious, lower, safer
The day the music died (again)

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Not only in Germany, but also in Great Britain, the USA was the great stylistic role model after the Second World War - at least in automotive engineering. When the British Ford subsidiary wanted to modernize its model range at the beginning of the 1950s, which was still exclusively equipped with free-standing fenders, it not only took its cue from the brand new 1949 US models, but also had its designer George Walker reduce his own design to European dimensions. With 14 inches less wheelbase (100 instead of 114) and an exterior length reduced by the same amount, this was certainly no easy task, so that the shape of the new Ford perhaps looked a little too similar to the Ponton that gave it its name.

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