Ford Corsair V4 - 1965
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- This advert was made to launch the new Ford Corsair V4. One of the slogans for the marketing campaign was "The Car That is Seen and not Heard", and this ad emphasizes the "smooth, silent" driving experience that the glamorous young couple are lucky to have as they set out for a romantic day on the beach, leaving the noisy city behind.
My parents had 2 Corsairs, when I was young, one after another V4 first then a 2000E, they loved the 2000E
Love these, a pointy front, a bit like a Ford Thunderbird. So stylish 👍
Im still driving ford corsairs beautiful cars wherever I go i get attention everybody loves them
I had three of these back in the day, and only one caught fire.
"Only one"?
A Ford Corsair was used by Lord Lucan before he vanished forever, and also Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper had two. My late grandad had a 1965 V4 that lasted until it was scrapped in 1981. More attractive than the bigger square tank Mk4 Zephyr.
that was because it's a Cortina, magic move by ford GB,but not sure what the original aim was? I once stripped out the interior of a 2000e and fitted it into 1963 Cortina dashboard and all it did'nt increase the value and it was a lot of work, no just unique!
I wonder how many of you are even old enough to have seen one of these cars let alone own one . I had three and was never disappointed
Chav Buchanan 3 lol and they rusted with black smoke pouring out the back after 1 year...
My dad bought one, a silvery blue with black vinyl roof 2000e I recall. Two weeks of total unreliability resulted in him trading it in and buying a 420G Jaguar. Last ever Ford he bought.
I was 6 years old in 1965 so I remember them well, with that distinctive front end. We didn’t have a car (not everyone did back then.) I have 5 now 😄
great camera work ,! that,s as a mufacturer you shift your metal,even when it is a Cortina delux delux!!!
My Dad had a 2000E, gold with black vinyl roof. Nice!
My father came home with one of these. His boss had several cars so it was not unusual for him to come home in a mark X Jag one day and a lotus cortina another day. The V4 Corsair was just another in the list of cars he borrowed in the 60s
One of the most beautiful cars ever built.
+David fletcher particularly the 2000E on 5 1/2 " rims and Pirelli Cinturatos, wonderful throttle response from low revs, Ford's version of a BMW to drive.
Also, the gearbox was best in class - beautiful to use.
David fletcher lol stop , your having a laugh .... they were awfuk
@@1258-Eckhart Totally agree with you Marco!
Stuck a 3.1 litre V6 in mine. Standard unit from a Capri but was overbored by 90thou. Also fitted the rad and some tubular exhaust manifolds. Ford Alpine Green it was, lovely car, wish I had it now.
My dad Had a 2000 GT he changed the oil every six months had it krypton tuned and the only problem it suffered from was clutch forks it used to eat them lol Mercury motors were a good supplier of parts back then excellent car it had over 250 thousand miles on it when it got scrapped and then came the mk2 sapphire Granada 2.8 ghia.
Great restored Corsair can be seen on the Inspector George Gently series. Love those mid 60s cars.
Love old fords all these old ads should be out on DVD or blu ray love the v4 my dad's old Capri had one.
The Essex V4 suffered from from being a cut down v6 with the same cylinder angle as the V6.
The V4 was eventually sorted into a reliable engine and continued for several years in the Transit after the Corsair was discontinued
The actual body structure of the Corsair was the same as the Cortina.
We had one of these when I was a kid. It was noisy and rusted quickly, but it did manage to tow our caravan to the south of France a couple of times for the family holiday. Reasonable reliable for its day, just a head gasket failure and a jammed starter motor in 5 years. Dad reckoned it was better than the Cortina because the metal was thicker!
I wonder why the 1964 numberplate when the V4 came out in September 1965. I remember the big car companies didn't take too much notice of relevant plates in those days.
Britain's answer to the Thunderbird :)
+moochincrawdad You should see the indicator and headlight switches inside my Ford Corsair1500! It had Thunderbirds styling on the inside too! Whether that's the '60's Ford Thunderbird or the Thunderbirds puppet series is up to you to decide! The two seem to go together anyway seeing as a late model Ford Thunderbird was used as Lady Penelope's car in the last Thunderbirds film!
sadly the V4 shaked like an earthquake and was prone to head gasket failures and the crank snapping in half lol
bloody hell, why did anyone buy the bloody thing
black dog ☠ there was millions of scrap yards back in the good old days lol my dad was underneath the bonnet or chassis more than in it lol , boy racer only joking Dada .
Agreed...the Weird thing was that the V4...got used as a substitute engine in the NSU RO 80 when people got fed up with The Wankel failures...and in the 2 Stroke SAAB as an Upgrade...???
My dad had a 2000 automatic surely the most mismatched mating of engine and gearbox of all time it was far to undergeared would only top out at about 85 but the kick down acceleration was something else for a car of that time the tall 2000e manual gearbox as they called it calmed things down a lot it was such a good gearbox it was paired with many more powerful engines on the customising scene back in the day
I can't agree with the comments about the engine. I've had six Corsairs - inlines and V's - saloons, estates, and a Crayford.
The Crayford was the most unstable/skittish car I've ever had (although I put up with all its idiosyncrasies because of what it was) but the 2000E I had was the best car I have ever owned. It was the only car I've had that i would go out in with nowhere to go just because i enjoyed driving it so much. I took it up to 146,000 on it's original engine and would buy another one in a heartbeat.
Sadly now though the prices have gone through the roof and my days of lying under cars welding chassis and floorpans up are behind me.
I'd rather buy one with its issues sorted as a rough one would be a money pit.
£500 for a wing these days if you can find one!
I bought my first Corsair - a 1963 column change 1500 deluxe - off a dealer forecourt for £325!
Happy days at 19 yrs old - a good job, single, and 4 cars legally on the road.
Corsair, Cortina 1500GT, Riley Elf, and 2 door Escort Mk1 1300xl.
I'd have about 15 grand now if I had them to sell!
How times have changed.
Scrapyard Saturdays to strip all the bits off the other Fords.
Arrive with basic tools in big cantilever toolbox.
Leave with a couple of quid's worth of paid for parts but a toolbox full of switches, trim pieces, and anything else that would fit.
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I'd love to see one of these with an american Ford 289 c.i. small block V-8 in it.... : )
That V4 would have overheated long before they got to the beach.
Good engine 2000 one anyway
I always thought the Corsair was a strange model for Ford. Really it's just a Cortina with a different shell and a V4! My Dad had one in the early 70s, can't recall the version, but it was a 1700 I think? He was almost killed in it when he was hit by a drunk driver almost head on, on his way back from work one night. The steering wheel came up and back, hit him in the chest, broke ribs and his sternum, his left knee cap was almost torn off by the diecast lower dashboard, and his right leg was broken when pushed back by deformation of the right side body structure and pedals being forced back. He was in a bad way and had to be cut out from the wreckage. He was off work for about 6 or 7 months and his left leg was never the same. I went to see the wreckage and it was horrendous to look at, you would not have thought it possible for the driver to survive. No wonder so many people died in car accidents back then, the cars were death traps.
Had a 1.5 li line and a 1.7 v4 in my time,loved them-the British Ford Thunderbird ?
My dad was a fan similarly, same two models, then a G plated 2000 but not the GT. Think colours were, in order a solid light green, 5hen a dark green then a metallic Fern Green. Perhaps had a thing about Green. When the Corsairs weren’t made anymore he had Daytona Yellow Mk3 Cortina XL
Yes this was my first car when I was 17 in 1982 My mother was horrified when I had to have it towed home after paying $800 for it. Sold it to Mechanic eventually and the drive shaft fell on the road while he was driving it😆
Pity the film ended,it was getting juicy too....
Yeah I thought he was gonna give her one
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Yes, I loved the way she stripped down to a bikini.....I need to do that sometime.....
When they came back from their swim sea salt had rotted Cosair to nothing but a pile of rust........
Sadly the early V4 engine was a right bag of spanners
The V4 engine also found its way into the Ford Transit
And early Ford Capris
The Corsair to have would be a Crayford convertible!!
Obviously the Advertising Standards Agency did not exist then. In the first 2 years of its life the Corsair was fitted with an inline 4 cylinder, 5 bearing version of the Kent engine, which was very smooth, quiet and reliable. Then Ford decided to fit this V4 abomination instead. V4s are inherently out of balance, so it was fitted with a balance shaft parallel to the crankshaft, driven off the crankshaft by a plastic gear wheel, which used to wear out rapidly. This shaft was supposed to stop the engine shaking about like a jelly by countering the out of balance forces, but it wasn't great, and the car felt rough to drive. It was nowhere near as smooth or reliable as the 5 bearing Kent, and it made no sense because the Kent engine remained in production for many more years, being last used in the Ford Ka in the early 2000s.
Replevideo Yes the V4 ruined it , it affected sales as well. It was a great looking car and very roomy too.
Sometimes a 6 week waiting list in the inline engine years.Ford was caught on the hoof as it had designed capacity for the Cortina, but they could relax when the V4 came out.
I use to own on of these, called it a rover because noway on Gods earth would it drive in a state line
The traffic certainly was lighter in those days ; especially on the beach , ( just before her ' tide ' flowed out ! ). Still , the women were women , then , and he wasn't offered a body of metal-studs and green pictures with which to run into paradise.
What I am getting from this ad is that the Corsair had four horsepower?
I bet the sea was bloody cold
They both look like new born calfs ,running into a field of hay.
Sadly the V4 engine was noisy, unreliable and overheating was a common event. Should have stayed with the 1500 unit that they had in the previous model.
+The1965Zephyr I've just bought a 1500 model from 1964. The engine seems to be ok but I can't really test it as it's a bit like Fred Flintstones car at the moment...no floor but good for running about in!
The1965Zephyr Yes that V4 shook and heaved , the previous 1500 engine was much smoother. I think it contributed to fading sales as it ruined the vehicle and gave it a poor reputation for reliability .
Had a 67 2000E , great car, never gave me much trouble over the 4 yrs l owned it
V4 got sorted out after a couple of years however it was never going to be smooth or economical but gave good service in the Transit better than the early Pinto that replaced it or Vauxhall-Bedford slant 4
My goodness! I like the way the woman stripped down to a bikini.....
WAS that a bikini, Jane? Hmm...
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I had the 1600GT. Terrible car. It started shaking itself to bits coming up the M1. I got off and managed to get it to Macclesfield before the gearbox and propshaft blew with oil coming up through the gearbox housing. Cost me a fortune. Not a patch on the 61 Ford Consul I had previously.
They didn't make a '1600GT' version.
B reg is 1964
Aug '63 through Jul '64
@@AndrewDavidWest My understanding from my late Father was that originally the reg year ran from Jan to Dec. However the motor trade didn't like this and said no-one wanted to buy new cars in the winter, so the government changed it on the E plate, so it ran from Jan 67 to Aug 67 and that's why it's quite rare to get a classic car with a E reg number.
Better looking that the sad rebadged Nissan Bluebird that Ford Australia sold as the Ford Corsair in the 1990s
Nothing wrong with the v4 engine just maintain them properly
So good that manufacturers still use them today? No, of course not.
If a v4 was such a good idea then in today's quest for space in small cars manufacturers would have used them but they definitely do not, why not?
A v4 is an inherently unbalanced engine, a stupid idea to say the least, that is why manufacturers today do not build them.
@@MrGoogelaar Well sometimes you have to think outside the science (The Titanic was built by scientific principals) - these engines had character. .The "slant" 4 found in Vauxhalls of the time was supposed to be the most balanced of a 4 cylinder config..but these were just as 'rough'.
@@Witheredgoogie The only character the Ford V4 had was blown head gaskets, failed timing gears that wrecked the valves and damaged engine bearings, the shaft that drove the oil pump worn away prematurely and caused oil starvation and hence damaged bearings.
Apart from these problems and the vibrations the costs to use a V4 was considerably higher than that of an inline engine. Of course the mentioned problems were not all because it was a V4 but of other bad design etc. In short, quite a horrible engine.
@@MrGoogelaar Well they are all problems that a modern day BMW might suffer from and have done LOL .. a good one would certainly out last a Kent crossflow which was tired and ready to push up daisies at around 70K ..I had a Consul (Granada) V4 which had been a taxi, that old girl just soldiered on, god knows how many miles it had done, it's old pudding of gearbox, the Ford C4 autobox gave up before it did.. and probably would have still been going with a Borg Warner box..
@@Witheredgoogie A modern day BMW is not the epitome of reliability so let us not go there.
Obviously you might find stories of a V4 here and there that was more reliable than the majority but it is too anecdotal to help the reputation of the engines.
During the engine's life various improvements were made to try and sort the problems out, changes to the fibre timing gear and the oil pump shaft improved matters somewhat but the higher costs and vibrations of a v4 compared to an inline 4 were still major drawbacks, the v4 offered nothing more (exept being shorter) than an inline 4 and while plagued with problems that the inline did not have was part of its demise.
Are you aware that Ford actually had two different V4 engines, a German built and a British built one? The German built engine was also used by Saab to replace their two stroke engines.
Always wear driving gloves while smoking !
Bizarre
Driving gloves! Does anyone still use them?
Ahh I get it , owning a ford gets the women to take their clothes off ..I must get me one !!
My Mums step dad had one . He had a new motor each time they visited so long term reliability never really figured.
I do recall those v4s sounded awful. The transits of the time got the same engine I think and they sounded no better there.
the V4 versions would not start once the engine was warm. and serious rusting problems.
What are you talking about?...of course they started when hot.
The only thing about the v4 especially in the zephyr Mark 4 they used to suffer from fuel vapour in hot weather and the engine would be starved of fuel and you had to pump the fuel up by hand as my father had to do many a time in hot weather in traffic in the zephyr but we never had any trouble with the Corsair
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Awful bonnet fit!
This has to be the stupidest car commercial in the history of advertising. Eh, well, it's surely *reaaaaaaaly* close to "top (dis)honors" in that category, if it can't lay outright claim to being the worst.
V4 worst engine Ford ever made sounded like a piano being smashed up
No, that was the CVH.