1956 Ford Consul

Is this Sierra really rarer?

This 33-year-old Ford Sierra Cosworth is set to fetch a cool £100k at auction because it’s claimed to be ‘the best one in the UK’ of only 500 ever made. We only have to take a look into our archives…

Re-chroming for 1956 Ford Consul

Some repair work and re-chroming required on our 1956 chrome-work. All complete and back with the owner to continue with the rebuild.

Fitting the Ford Consul Wheel Trims

Our freshly polishing wheels trims are now back on the wheels and back on the car look lovely.

Ford Consul Interior Work

Donna has fitting out our 1956 Ford Consul with brand new carpets throughout. Whilst doing so, Brian has been busy cleaning up the existing interior and securing back into position.

Cleaning up the Ford Consul door cards

Brian has been busy cleaning up the existing door cards to give them a nice, fresh, clean look ready for refit.

Polishing the Ford Consul Wheel Trims

Our Ford Consul wheel trims have now been cleaned and polished ready for refit.

Replacement tank for the Ford Consul

The replacement tank for our 1956 Ford Consul has arrived and can now be fitted to the car ready for run up.

1956 Ford Consul – now in colour

Our 1956 Ford Consul is now once again finished in the beautiful Sarum Blue finish. Mauro is busy piecing it back together with all of the refurbished bright work and components earlier removed for restoring.

Polishing parts and painting our Ford Consul

Brian and Owen have been busy this week perfecting the existing bright work for our 1956 Ford Consul ready for the rebuild to commence. Whilst the bright work has been worked on Chris has been busy next door in the…

Arrival of classic tyres

Santa’s been and delivered our assortment of classic tyres ready to be fitted on our fantastic selection of classic vehicles. Santa of course being Graeme from We Fit Any Tyres AnyWhere and the fantastic selection being: 1955 Austin Healey 100M,…

Ford Consul in paint

More images of our 1956 Ford Consul ready for space in the paint shop.

1956 Ford Consul in Primer

The body preparation of our 1956 Ford Consul is now complete and Chris has finished the week with the car in primer.

Ford Consul: Getting ready for paint

Our 1956 Ford Consul is now in the hands of painters Chris and Darren to prepare the body and components for the blue respray paint.

1956 Ford Consul – radiator blockage

The radiator of our 1956 Ford Consul is completely blocked with dirt and grime. We’ve now run water through the system to clear the lot out.

1956 Ford Consul: Body Repairs Complete

The body work repair is now complete on our 1956 Ford Consul. The corroded areas have been cut out and replaced with new metalwork. Next stage will be to get the car up and running and mechanically sound before heading…

1956 Ford Consul: Strip down and body repair

The strip down and repair of our 1956 Ford Consul is now well underway with Mauro concentrating his efforts full time on the project. Everything removed has been carefully wrapped,documented and accounted for and is now in storage awaiting refurbishing…

Stripping the Consul

Mauro has begun work this week on stripping our 1956 Ford Consul

Removing our Consul windows

The front and rear screens have now been removed from our 1956 Ford Consul in preparation for the works to start.

1956 Ford Consul Re-Paint

In our workshops today we have our 1956 Ford Consul. The floor requires attention with some welding work needing to be carried out. We will then look to prepare the body and undertake a full re-spray. Work will commence very…

Coming soon: 1956 Ford Consul

Coming in soon we have our 1956 Ford Consul for a full re-paint.