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The father (Mr. Holgate) of a schoolmate worked for Reynolds,the Ford dealership in Dagenham. One Saturday morning a brand new Corsair V4 pulled up outside our house and my mate and his Dad got out. Mr. Holgate locked the car and came in for a cup of tea and a chat about the brand new model. At this time Dad's chariot was a 1960 MKII Ford Zephyr, so Mr Holgate invited Dad to have a look around and sit in the shiny new Corsair. This Dad did, unlocking the car with the key to his Zephyr. Mr. Holgate was amazed. He thought it was a fluke, but after demonstrating that it worked several times he accepted that Ford's security measures weren't quite up to scratch. Fortunately for Mr Holgate, Dad's ignition key didn't work in the Corsair. Apparently Ford only used a small number of different locks on their vehicles, so the chances of the keys from a Ford Anglia or Zephyr fitting a Transit, for example, were pretty good. However, after a number of surreptitious experiments, we discovered Dad's key to the door of the Zephyr fitted just about every Ford car or van that we tried it in.
Dad sold the Zephyr to a young Police Constable.
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