News...
February 2012: We had a Club stand at the Footman James Ford Show and Great Western Autojumble show on 11 & 12 February. Pictures are up on our Flickr site - see http://www.flickr.com/photos/fccoc/sets/72157629267471079/.
Thanks to: Andrew Mulchay (1964 Capri , custom Maroon and white); Ashley Hawken (1963 Classic 2D Goodwood Green); Stephen Wickham (1962 Consul Capri , Monaco Red) all of whom put a lot of effort into the show.April 2012: Provisional date for the Club Meeting & Autojumble at Great Leighs in Essex is Sunday April 29.
July 2012: Can we get 51 cars for the 51st anniversary at Gaydon in July? More to follow.
December 2011: 2011 was the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Classic & Capri in 1961. We had great turnouts at two events in 2011 - Great Leighs in April and Gaydon in July with over 50 cars participating. A superb 50th anniversary poster is still available (illustrated below) - email tracey@fccoc.org.uk for detail of how to order.
11-13 November 2011: We had a superb stand at the NEC show on November 11-13 . See our Flickr photo site for more details - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fccoc/sets/72157628116125078/
24 July 2011: We had around 44 cars at the Gaydon Rally on 24th July. Pictures are now on our Photostream (see http://www.flickr.com/photos/fccoc/). There are also some great pictures on the Facebook site. Some came in convoys including the groups from Brighton & Stoke. A fantastic day all round.18
September 2011: Club
Meeting &
Autojumble,
Chaseside, Great Leighs, Essex, CM3 1NL. 10.30am - 3pm. See Google Maps location.
May 2011: See June 2011 issue of Classic Ford magazine for superb article on Chris Turnbull's Consul Classic.
April 2011: Around 35 Classic's & Capri's attended our first 50th anniversary event. It was held at Great Leighs in Essex and was a great success with lovely weather, great food (as always), spares & panels for sale from Larry and a good choice of autojumble. For pictures see our Flickr page - a link can be found on the gallery page. Next stop - Gaydon in July.
March 2011: The club had a stand at the new Manchester Show for the weekend of 26 & 27 March. The cars are owned by, Classic- Paul Beckett, Grey Capri- by his dad John and the Green Capri by Ian Ingham
Full-size pictures can be seen on our Flickr site: 
April 2011: Sunday April 17th. 50th Anniversary Club Meeting & Autojumble, Chaseside, Great Leighs, Essex, CM3 1NL. 11am - 3pm. See Google Maps location. Please try & bring your car to this event as we hope to get 50 Classics & Capri's together to celebrate the anniversary. Refreshments will be available.
February 2011: Classic Car Buyer ran a two page article on the Great Western Autojumble show in their Feb 23 edition and 10radio.org broadcast an interview with our team in the Taunton area after the show.
February 2011 - new spares item: Handbrake lever dust cover . See spares page.
February 2011: We had a Club stand at the Great Western Autojumble in Shepton Mallett on Saturday & Sunday 12th & 13th February, 2011 celebrating 100 years of Ford. The cars are owned by Darrell Luxton and Ashley Hawken.
November 2010: Read about the club stand at NEC 2010 and see pictures. See the dedicated page NEC 2010. We had a Club stand over 3 days, November 12th 13th & 14th. We had 3 cars on stand, 116e 2dr Classic, 109e Capri & 116e Capri GT.
October 2010: Top Mounts - a newly remanufactured batch is now available an exchange basis. Cost is £75 + £75 deposit on old unit.
Sunday
26 September 2010: Club Meeting & Autojumble,
Chaseside, Great Leighs, Essex, CM3 1NL. 11am - 3pm.
September 2010: Rear jacking points are now back in stock - see panels page for prices.
July 2010: Top Mounts have been tested and manufacturing has been given the go-ahead. We are having about 30 units manufactured. these will be available to members on an exchange basis.
Sunday 25 July 2010: Old Ford Rally at Gaydon - see http://events.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk/events_2010_old_ford.html. There will be a club stand at this event.
June 2010: New Bonnet closing rubber stops are now in stock - see spares page.
June 2010: Spares news - the first samples of our remanufactured Top Mounts are being tested and initial results are promising. We hope to have them for sale in a few weeks time.
Sunday 4th July 2010: Scottish Ford day at Strathallan Games Park, Bridge of Allan, near Stirling 09:00 to 17:00
April 2010: Next year is the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Consul Classic & Consul Capri. Watch this page for news of special events in 2011.
Sunday 18 April 2010: Club autojumble - venue is: Chaseside, Great Leighs, Essex, CM3 1NL. 11am - 3pm
Some of the cars at Great Leighs on 18 April
March 2010: See excellent Consul Capri buyers guide in April issue of Retroford Magazine- http://www.retrofordmagazine.co.uk/
February 2010: See the new March issue of Practical Classics for a 5-page article on Derek Mills' brilliant 4-door Classic restoration
December 2009: New to this site - a new Gallery page showing photos of members cars. If you would like to add your photos to this site please email them to: gallery@fccoc.org.uk
December 2009: See Classic Car Weekly 9 December - did one of The Beatles own a Ford Classic? Apparently Paul McCartney did own a 4-door, Goodwood-Green Classic in 1962? The registration number was 809 BYA
October 2009: New Discussion Board launched 'Classic Chat' (external site) - http://www.classic-chat.co.uk/
October 2009: See latest issue of RetroFord for review of stunning Consul Classic.
Sunday September 27 2009: Club Meeting & Autojumble, Chaseside, Great Leighs, Essex, CM3 1NL. 11am - 3pm.
July 2009: See Buyer's Guide in August issue of Practical Classics - excellent article.
June 2009: See the movie Telstar http://www.telstarthemovie.co.uk/ featuring a red Consul Capri! Released on DVD at end of September 2009!
March
2009: See the Facebook group "Ford Classic and
Consul Capri Owners". Contact Jason Paul by sending a
Facebook message at http://www.facebook.com/jason.j.paul
or email: jase70@btinternet.com
