In memory of Club Founder and President
Dave Debenham

ABOUT US

The owners club caters for all types of MkII Consul’s, Zephyr’s and Zodiac’s. Condition and originality isn’t an issue and all owners and non-owners are welcome to join. The club members are only too willing to share their knowledge and enthusiasm with anyone that wants information whether it be technical, historical or for mere friendly conversation. There is a Mk11 Forum, also the club has a spare parts section with body panels, rubbers, mechanical, chrome, regalia etc on offer.  

There is an annual Mk11 weekender. It is very well attended, and it’s a great occasion for meeting fellow enthusiasts and sample the owner’s club experience with lots of other cars. Entertainment is usually on offer as well as camping facilities.

Club member figures at the moment are a healthy 600. Should you wish to join the club there is a link to the online form to join the Club along with options to pay online. By joining you will have access to the aforementioned spares, you will have access to the Club Members pages of this website and receive a monthly magazine packed with articles, for sale notices and all things Mk11.

The following is a little history of the club from its original founder…..

How the Club was formed by Dave Debenham

Although I owned a Mk11 Consul Convertible, I joined the Mk1 O/C. (of which I’m still a member) & went on a run to Brighton with them, in 1976, on that run was a chap called Ken Titchmarsh, who also had a Convertible Mk11, & another chap called Rod Charmers who had a Zoddy, we got talking & decided to form a club for Mk11’s, but as it turned out neither of them were interested in forming the club, so yours truly started it off by placing an Ad in Exchange & Mart asking for anyone interested to contact me. I received 18 replies

Thus aided by Dave Berry the original Sec. of the Mk1 Owners Club, who now lives in Australia. I went onto form the First Club for the Ford Mk11 models in August 1977, aided by my late wife Wendy. (In those days we ran the club on our own, except for Dick Smith as treasurer, (and still is) thus we were Sec/Editor/Mem Sec/Etc

I sent my 1st “Newsletter” out in Sept of that year, (this was just a single page typed sheet back then) and we got the 18 to join as members!   By the time I handed the job over in about 1992 we had 1124. I have retained the post of Honorary President since then.

 Now 16 years later, I’ve been asked back to the post of Secretary & hoping to build those numbers back up, with the help of the Committee members, and you the Members.

I went onto own the convertible for over 20 years. My biggest achievement, apart from maybe the club, must be in getting 114 Mk11’s together on our own Brighton run in 1982.