Ford - A Brief History

British production of Ford cars began in the 1910's at Trafford Park, Manchester, with the American designed Ford Model T, and a little later on the Model A being constructed there. Up until the early 1920's the Model T was the Britain's best selling car. All car production was moved to a new factory in Dagenham, Essex in 1932, and in the 1960's a further factory was built in Halewood, Liverpool. The first actual British Ford model to be built was the Y Series 8 hp saloon. Two further models - the Eight & Ten were made before the Second World War, which were then after the war revived, suitably updated and renamed the Prefect and Anglia. In 1947 production of the V8 Pilot began and this used an American designed V8 engine, but production of this model was short and it was discontinued in 1951. Further wholly British Fords were produced during the 1950's including the Consul, Zephyr and Zodiac. These of course were revised and updated and the Mark 2 versions arrived in 1956, the Mk3 in 1962, and Mk 4 in 1966, although the Consul became the Zephyr 4 with the introduction of the Mark 3. Other smaller cars included the Popular, Prefect and Anglia100E with the all-new Anglia 105E, which featured an inwardly sloping rear window arriving in 1959. In the 1962 Ford's famous Cortina was introduced, and 1968/9 saw the arrival of the now legendary Escort and Capri.

Anglia 105E & 123E

Cortina Mk 1

Cortina Mk II

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