In order to add some glamour to the ford range a convertible version of both the consul and zephyr became available in 1951 all consul and zephyr convertible bodies were built by carbodies in coventry and finished by ford a special 3 position convertible hood was standard equipment and could be semi power operated. Welcome to the original ford consul zephyr zodiac face book page if you want to join this group you will have to respond in the affirmative that means say yes to the two questions you. Ford consul zephyr and zodiac tells the complete story of a vitally important range of ford family cars from 1950 when the first of these entirely new cars was introduced and for more than twenty years after that the range set engineering styling and marketing standards that fords rivals always struggled to match. In 1956 the mk1 consul zephyr and zodiac were all restyled to a new family look born was the all new mk11 the straight 6 cylinder engine was retuned and had a capacity of 2553 cc 156 cu in with power output correspondingly raised to 86 bhp the wheelbase was increased by 3 inches to 107 inches and the width increased to 69 inches 1800 mm