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06/06/2020 9:17 am
PICS The new big Fords have arrived
The Second World War had ended but a few years earlier, and Britain's car industry was beginning to adopt the new design styles which had already seen light of day in the USA in the first couple of years of the 1940s. The Standard Vanguard and its new Packardish styling had already hit the streets in the late 40s. In 1951, Ford entered the fray with the Consul and Zephyr appeared with a design echoing that of the late 40s an early designs of the US Ford. Now Lansdowne have at long produced the Mk.I Consul we have all three Mk.Is represented in the Lansdowne range, although the Zephyr is either a convertible. I did convert the rally Zephyr in to a street car with a repaint in Canterbury Green and the addition of the correct interior. So here they are, the first big Fords of the post-War era, courtesy of Lansdowne Models; the Mk.I Consul, Zephyr Six and Zephyr Zodiac.
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06/06/2020 9:23 am
Lovely trio!!
The best, the two tone Zephyr Zodiac...
Keko Romero Sánchez
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06/06/2020 10:21 am
The new big Fords have arrived
I remember that the Mk I Zephyr was longer than the Consul, because of it's 6-cyl engine. The difference was 5 inches.
I like the new Lansdwone Consul (as I do the existing Zodiac) and I understand the efficiency reasons, but at the last picture you can see that all models have the same length. A bit disappointing... but, I'm gonna get the Consul anyway!
06/06/2020 11:02 am
Mike wrote, "The Standard Vanguard and its new Packardish styling..." and I had to know what he meant. Of course, I'm just not that familiar with the Standard Vanguard. So I did a little web search. Results:
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And from the rear?
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Okay, Mike, I'm in agreement with your "Packardish" explanation. I have a hunch I'm one of a select (?) few who admire this particular period of Packard styling. Wonder about the availability of the Standard Vanguard? Hmmmmm....
06/06/2020 12:12 pm
Indeed I never noticed, but it could be a younger brother
Topic starter
06/06/2020 1:54 pm
Standard Vanguards have been available in model form David from the earIy post war Dinky Toy to the more recent models by my Spa Croft Models and Kenna Models, but both no longer available.
06/06/2020 2:28 pm
Mike, there was also an interesting Tri-ang Minic version produced at the ...
same time as the Dinky Toys. This was made in the new space age material - plastic.
Chris
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
06/06/2020 2:54 pm
Definitely smaller
06/06/2020 11:39 pm
You are looking at 30 years difference here Joop...
The original Lansdowne Zodiac was produced in the early 90s and has worn very well considering the advances in model accuracy. The Consul is a completely new master produced in a CAD format so rather then it being over-scale I would suggest that the Zodiac is slightly under-scale. The three still display well together.
07/06/2020 1:08 am
David, I'm crazy about this styling from Packard!
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07/06/2020 3:03 am
PIC.I wasn't aware of that one Chris.
I never took much interest in Minic when I was a lad. They didn't look as good as Dinkys, and I didn't like the big hole in the side. Here's a photo.
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