This car was displayed on the
stand of the 'Five Stars - Ford Mk1 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 6-cylinder inline 2,262cc 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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