It started as a pile of car parts. Now Ford's unique orchestra made up entirely of instruments constructed from a Ford Focus, has been used in the company's latest TV ad campaign, recorded a charity track, played a gig in the Royal Albert Hall and is going on tour.

The charity song 'Six O'Clock' — intended to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) — was written by one Richard Watson and features Mike Rutherford (Genesis) playing the "clutch guitar" and Kenney Jones (The Who) playing the "wheel drums". Musicians from both The Academy of Contemporary Music in Guilford and the National Symphony Orchestra make up the other band members.

The track is downloadable from www.timesonline.co.uk/carparts and a link to the Teenage Cancer Trust allows you to make a donation.

As for the gig, band members from Travis played the Focus instruments live on stage at the Royal Albert Hall during the annual Teenage Cancer Trust gigs. Supporting the headline act — The Fratellis — Neil Primrose and Andy Dunlop from Travis, accompanied by musicians from the National Symphony Orchestra, performed two tracks including the charity single.

And now the Focus Music on the Move exhibition is touring the UK, featuring the Focus car-part instruments from the TV ad — again with the intention of raising funds for the TCT. TCT funds specialist teenage cancer units in NHS hospitals, with the aim being to give every young person with cancer access to a unit and improve survival rates — which means opening a further 14 units by 2012. TCT currently has nine units around the UK.