Consul 375

[Johnspex]

In about 1962 my Dad had a Consul. It was 2 tone black and grey . I'm sure it was YXL 892.
It was a standard or possibly deluxe.

I'm watching a film on TPTV with a Consul in it. It has a chrome half-rim horn push. I think that means it was a 375.

My question is- where does 375 come from? It carried over to the mini Thunderbird Consul Classic but what does it mean?

[Touring442]

It means nothing - it was just a gimmicky name to denote the better spec Consul with front discs and some Zephyr type trim.

[Touring442]

Also the 1961 Ford Classic was the Consul Classic 315.

[Johnspex]

Touring442 said:

Also the 1961 Ford Classic was the Consul Classic 315.

Oh yes. I remember now.

[Johnspex]

[quote=Touring442]It means nothing - it was just a gimmicky name to denote the better spec Consul with front discs and some Zephyr type trim. [/quo




Front discs? Really? Blimey.

[Alpinweiss]

Of course it wasn't just the Consul that got mysterious numbers, there were the others like the "Prefect 100E" or "Anglia 105E"...

[2xChevrons]

Alpinweiss said:

Of course it wasn't just the Consul that got mysterious numbers, there were the others like the "Prefect 100E" or "Anglia 105E"...

That's slightly different; those were Ford of Britain's actual product codes for the cars, equivalent to Mercedes W-codes, BMC ADO numbers, Vauxhall Type-letters and so on. They generally progressed upwards through time as the model range developed.

The Consul 375 was, as already said, just a marketing term due to a (largely American) fashion for numerical model designations. At the same time Ford in the US was offering the likes of the Custom 300 and the Fairline 500. In both cases there was a basic version of each of those models and then a better-equipped version with the number after the name.

[Johnspex]

Just three numbers that read well together then.


Better than a Consul seventeen sixty eight one hundred and thirty four I suppose.


Thanks all.

Don't see what's wrong with Super and deluxe myself.

[Riley Blue]

At least Ford gave it a name - I drive a Riley One-Point-Five...

[Johnspex]

I got it all wrong anyway.

The Consul 375 was what the whole range was called near the end of production.
I thought it was a trim level but according to an auction listing I saw from 2015 it's just the model name.

The one I saw in a black and white film starring Jack Warner must have been a Super or Deluxe depending on which was the superior trim. Chrome horn ring! Doesn't get better than that.

[lowdrag]

Strangely I saw the film last night. It's called Jigsaw.

[Lily the Pink]

My first car was my dad's old Consul 375 ("lowline" I think). Three on the tree left a lovely wide bench seat for romancing.