Ford VHK Press cars

[robt100]

Also found this shot from the same event, had 2 very early mk1s there too. White JPS at the front. And the lime/black mk2 near the back is converted to wheelchair user controls, done at home on his driveway!

[danthecapriman]

11 hours ago, robt100 said:

Also found this shot from the same event, had 2 very early mk1s there too. White JPS at the front. And the lime/black mk2 near the back is converted to wheelchair user controls, done at home on his driveway!

Silver mk3 has not parked straight!😆

[warren t claim]

On a similar subject, what info is there out there for the Ford PNO registered press cars? They used to crop up on TV almost as often as the VHK cars. Here's a couple from the 1978 Famous Five TV series.

[warren t claim]

[warren t claim]

And just to get the thread back on track...

That's super early for a 1.3 Fiesta.

[sheffcortinacentre]

1 hour ago, warren t claim said:

On a similar subject, what info is there out there for the Ford PNO registered press cars? They used to crop up on TV almost as often as the VHK cars. Here's a couple from the 1978 Famous Five TV series.

To best of my knowledge non of the pno or vhk cortinas survive one of the nhk's does but has been in private storage over 30 years.

[sierraman]

11 hours ago, warren t claim said:

And just to get the thread back on track...

That's super early for a 1.3 Fiesta.

My dad had an S plate Fiesta, I think R was the very very first ones. 

[bunglebus]

13 hours ago, warren t claim said:

I spotted a PNO MK1 Fiesta in Basildon years ago when there were quite a lot of MK1S about, but R reg cars were unusual even then. 

One I should have enquired about at the time

[danthecapriman]

9 hours ago, sierraman said:

My dad had an S plate Fiesta, I think R was the very very first ones. 

Someone I used to work with had an R plate Fiesta. He’d had it years. Apparently it was a 957 originally but he upgraded it to an 1100 with a good engine from a written off later car.

It looked a bit odd seeing a mk1 with the R registration.

[warren t claim]

The 1300 Fiesta wasnt available at launch hence S plate being early for a 1300. 

[Spottedlaurel]

On 14/06/2014 at 16:33, trigger said:

 

VHK 469S was a more basic model.

Whilst having a sort-out today I stumbled across this one on the front cover of Popular Motoring, September 1978:

Not on DVLA, if a genuine plate presumably it didn't make it far into the 1980s (if at all). Maybe crashed, or used to rechell a racer?

[sheffcortinacentre]

Probably gen.