This car was displayed on the stand of the Five Stars - Ford MkI Consul Zephyr Zodiac Owners Club at the Northern Classic Car Show at the G-Mex Exhibition Centre in Manchester in August 1990.
It's a 1956 Ford Zephyr Zodiac with a 2,262cc Straight-6 engine, and was also referred to as a Ford Zodiac MkI after the Zodiac MkII was introduced later in 1956. The brochure of the event said this about the car:
'The stand this year celebrates the 1953 win of the Marque in that year's Monte Carlo Rally. Our car is owned by Andy Davies of Chorley, and won Best Car on our annual Manchester to Southport run.'
This is obviously not the actual car that won the 1953 Monte Carlo Rally - that was registration number VHK 194, and was driven by Maurice Gatsonides with Peter Worledge as his navigator (the rally number was 365 though). The DVLA say that KRJ 735 still exists and has only recently been re-taxed for another year.
Maurice Gatsonides, by the way, is much better known as the inventor of the 'Gatso' speed camera.
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