A 1955 Ford Consul Convertible MK 1 Size:L: 100 x 80cm seated and in civic costume

seated and in civic costume showing robe and hat

Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum Tsarskoye Selo

6-1 27th July 1975

and was the forerunner of the modern cars

A 1955 Ford Consul Convertible MK 1 Size:L: 100 x 80cm seated and in civic costumeA 1955 Ford Consul Convertible MK 1. The first post war cars from Dagenham were almost identical to pre war models, but the 1951 'Five Star Car' Consul Zephyr range was revolutionary. With American styled unitary bodies scaled down for European markets, the cars featured new independent front suspension by Earle MacPherson. Convertibles, which accounted for less than 2% of production, were developed by Carbodies of Coventry in 1953. Both the Consul