57 Consul V12 Hot Rod.
Jason Lancaster and Paul Garton United Kingdom.
I’m Jason Lancaster, I’m 21 years old. The first time I saw
a hot rod was in the film "American Graffiti" after that I was hooked
I had to have one.
I even made a piston gear knob like the one in the
film but unlike the film I put it in a bright yellow 1965 Ford Anglia! (well I
was only fourteen at the time).
After that nothing really progressed until a year ago when
my cousin Dave Holmes (Holmsey or H as he’s known) rang me up and asked if I
wanted to go to the hot rod drags at Shake Pear county (Avon park as it used to
be) I think he just wanted to use my car but I went anyway. After I went and
saw what the hot rod scene had to offer I just had to have one so as soon as I
got back I started looking.
It was not long before I found one in North Wales, which
was not that far from where I live in the lake district. When I got there the
car was parked in a heated shed. The first thing I saw when he opened the door
was the boot lid with a big shiny V12 badge on it, but when he started it up
that was it I had to have it, the sound was amazing!
The car was not quite complete it had no interior and the
engine bay was in a bit of a state with leaking gaskets and perished hoses, but
I soon sorted them out. When I got the car home it took a little longer than it
would if it was a V8, but hey that’s the price you pay for a V12.
The
car is a V12 1957 Ford Consul low line, the engine is a fuel injected 5.3 V12
Jaguar out of the XJS with a three speed auto box with a Hurst ratchet shifter.
It also has the back axle out of the XJS with a limited slip diff. The front
axle is off a Ford Granada, the car runs on 8 ½” slotmags on the back and 7”
wide slotmags on the front.
It
has two 3” side pipes, with only one silencer in each one which makes the car
very loud! (you need earplugs when going to shows as my friends can vouch
for!).
Above: Independant Jag rear
suspension with limited slip diff.
Above: the car retains the Consul
bumpers, wheel arches and basic body chrome .
Above: "Two lane
blacktop" with top coat look
Above: 2 door conversion and
internal roll cage.
Above: Hurst shifter
and cloth covered bucket seats.
Above: V12 fuel injected engine
with braced strut tower to firewall points.
Above: Granada front end and
heavy duty radiator.
Above: Custom wood grain dash and
collapsible steering column for safety.
Above: Clean flat panels with
spinners on the wheel centres.
Dear I say if looks almost 55
Chev like at the front?