Mk1 Consul V6 Ratrod

Veemax · May 7, 2023

A Mate is selling this Consul, He lives In Newark notts but the Car is at mine Nr Boston lincs for viewing, PM me for his Number?, below is his description of the car.

56 ford consul rat rod tough and tatty

I had this car 20 years ago and was great back then. I bought it back after finding it in a field in Lincolnshire with weeds growing in the foot well missing glass and rotting away. Plan was to repair it drive it and eventually build a race frame and pro street it. I got as far as the repair and drive but I've bought a pro street hotrod now so I don't have to spend years building it.

What I've done to get it to this stage is as follows.. get ready 🙄

Rear axle is ford 105e English. It's had LSD new diff and crown wheel and pinion, seals and rear spring hangers and poly bushes.

Alloy fuel tank in the boot and new fuel line

Electric fuel pump

Engine is 1977 Granada cologne v6 and is a great little Engine. Had head gaskets and top end seals done along with lapped in valves and new valve stem seals. Water pump accuspark dizzy leads plugs and coil are brand new this spring.

Alloy rad for Mustang V8 fitted with trans cooler and electric fan

Front suspension was a mess 🤢 death trap in fact. So went through the MK2 escort legs and new ball joints new anti roll bar poly bushes and Capri steering rack rebuilt professionally because the track rods actually came out of the rack when turning left

Gearbox is ford c3 auto freshened up and new flex plate and torque converter too it drives great going through the gears with positive changes and pulls really well

Prop is purpose made Wilson propshaft 2 years old

Welding was an matter of its own. I won't bore you too much with the bodges I found underneath.

The car has plenty of rust left which I personally think is cool and always turns heads. However where it needs strength it's been welded up and is tough. It's had both sills outer inner and webs replaced and some of the floor too. A few stiffening plates and outriggers have been replaced as well. I didn't go mad on the floor as I planned on cutting it out to make way for a chassis but I replaced a lot of it where necessary

Replaced rear screen and new rubber. There's a rubber in the boot for the front screen

Last year and the year before it was in regular use and often daily during the summer months

I took the time over the winter to upgrade the ignition system and a couple of bits of maintenance on the engine

It's now running again and sounds great keeps cool and good oil pressure and charging as well 👍 video was taken today for this advert

It needs more setting up though the timing is perfect but it idles a little rough so it's just the carb to set up. I'd personally replace the pierburg carb with a Webber to simplify the tuning and reliability. It runs and revs clean but when put into gear it cuts out. Should be a little job as everything else has been done and a few hours and a few quid will have it driving as good as ever. I'm out of time for now I'm working away and moving house so this car has had it's attention from me and needs a tiny bit of work and get out and about in it

Things that don't work are Speedo, I was going to get one of those GPS Speedos from tinterweb they're pretty good. Temp gauge wants wiring back up indicators work mostly but flasher unit is playing up a bit.

Doors bonnet and boot have rust but I like it so left it alone. After all it's only replaceable panels 🤷🏻‍♂️

So you won't have any fun trying to drive it home as it's going to cut out every time you come to a stop. If it wasn't for that I'd say you can drive it absolutely anywhere and it would make it.

This car wants trailering away for that reason only.