Mk 1 Ford Consul

This is a photogrpah of my mother Marlene Fletcher as she was then which we believe was taken by my dad in the late 1950's.

Mum is shown leaning on dad's Mk1 Ford Consul, a car which dad talked about on a number of occasions. This photograph is taken at the end of Fern Villas, Flinton Street, Kingston upon Hull and mum's house and garden fence at 11 Flinton Street are clearly shown over her left shoulder. This Ford Consul was apparently an import we believe from Hong Kong and dad told me it had a bell which sounded when the car reached 70 MPH. Dad tried and tried to find this 'annoying' bell but he couldn't find it anywhere.


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The Mk1 Ford Consul was produced between 1951 and 1956 and boasted a monocoque construction with MacPherson front suspension units. The UK Specification vehicle was produced with a 3 speed column shift gearbox and a 1508cc 4 cylinder engine producing 48bhp and a top speed of 70 - 80 MPH. The fact that dad's Consul would go much faster than this (confirmed by Tom who drove it) and that it was imported and had the mystery bell makes me believe it had a different powertrain configuration from the normal production model.