Ford Zephyr 4, Mark III review (08/05/2014)

THIS week we take a trip down memory lane in a car which will still — hopefully — resonate with many readers.

The Ford Zephyr 4, Mark III, one of the major automotive players of its day, which has its home in deepest West Cork where it is lovingly maintained and tended to by owner Richie Barry just outside Goleen. He allowed us to put it through its paces, albeit at the sort of genteel gallop befitting such a historic steed.

Built by Ford at its Dagenham plant, just east of London — no doubt by people whose number included Cork’s famed exiles, the ‘Dagenham Yanks.’