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    Ford Anglia 1959-1967 (105E)

    The Ford Anglia is a small family car which was designed and manufactured by Ford UK. It is related to the Ford Prefect and the later Ford Popular. The Anglia name was applied to various models between 1939 and 1967. A total of 1,594,486 Anglias were produced. It was replaced by the Ford Escort.

    Anglia 105E (1959–67)
    The fourth Anglia model, the 105E, was introduced in 1959. Its American-influenced styling included a sweeping nose line, and on deluxe versions, a full-width slanted chrome grille in between prominent "eye" headlamps. (Basic Anglias featured a narrower, painted grille). Its smoothly sloped line there looked more like a 1950s Studebaker (or even early Ford Thunderbird) than the more aggressive-looking late-'50s American Fords, possibly because its British designers used wind-tunnel testing and streamlining[citation. Like late-'50s Lincolns and Mercurys (and later the Citroën Ami of France and the Consul Classic), the car sported a backward-slanted rear window (so that it would remain clear in rain, according to contemporary marketing claims). In fact, this look was imported from the 1958 Lincoln Continental, where it had been the accidental result of a design specification for an electrically opening (breezeway) rear window. It had muted tailfins, much toned-down from its American counterparts. An estate car joined the saloon in the line-up in September 1961. The instrument panel had a red light for the generator and a green one for the oil pressure.

    The new styling was joined by something the smaller Fords had been needing for some time: a new engine – a 997 cc overhead valve (OHV) straight four with an oversquare cylinder bore that became known as the "Kent". Acceleration from rest was still sluggish, but it was much improved from earlier cars. Also new for British Fords was a four-speed manual gearbox with synchromesh on the top three forward ratios: this was replaced by an all-synchromesh box in September 1962 (on 1198 powered cars). The notoriously feeble vacuum-powered windscreen wipers of earlier Anglias were replaced with more conventional windscreen wipers powered by their own electric motor. The Macpherson-strut independent front suspension used on the 100E was retained.

    In October 1962, 24-year-old twins Tony and Michael Brookes and a group of friends took an Anglia 105E fitted with the £13 Ford Performance Kit to Montlhéry Autodrome near Paris and captured six International Class G World Records averaging 83.47 mph (134.33 km/h). These were 4, 5, 6 and 7 days and nights and 15,000 and 20,000 km (9,300 and 12,400 mi). The Anglia's strength and durability meant only tyre changes were required.

    The car's commercial success has subsequently been overshadowed by the even greater sales achieved by the Cortina: in 1960, when 191,752 Anglias left Ford's Dagenham plant in the 105E's first full production year, it set a new production-volume record for the Ford Motor Company. From October 1963, production continued at Ford's new Halewood plant at Merseyside alongside the newly introduced Corsair models. The Anglia Super introduced in September 1962 for the 1963 model year shared the longer stroke 1198 cc version of the Ford Kent 997 cc engine of the newly introduced Ford Cortina. The Anglia Super was distinguished by its painted contrasting-coloured side stripe.

    A new Anglia saloon tested by the British Motor magazine in 1959 had a top speed of 73.8 mph (118.8 km/h) and could accelerate from 0–60 mph (97 km/h) in 26.9 seconds. A fuel consumption of 41.2 miles per imperial gallon (6.86 L/100 km; 34.3 mpg‑US) was recorded. The test car cost £610 including taxes of £180.

    The old 100E Anglia became the new 100E Popular and the four-door Prefect bodyshell remained available as the new Ford Prefect (107E) which had all 105E running gear, including engine and brakes, while the 100E Escort and Squire remained available, unchanged. In 1961 the Escort and Squire were replaced by the 105E Anglia estate. The 100E delivery van also gave way to a new vehicle based on the 105E. Identical to the Anglia 105E back to the B post, the rest of the vehicle was entirely new.

    In South Africa, the Anglia's popularity came late. Sales really took off in early 1966, with the local introduction of the Anglia Super, and 1967 was the car's best year, with a ninth place in overall automobile registrations. Production actually continued longer in South Africa than anywhere else; it was built alongside the Escort from remaining stock until at least the end of 1968.

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    the same car harry potter used to fly to the hogwart!

    imo its really nice looking car, i would like to own one right now (but not for the every-day use)
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    Quote Originally Posted by dydzi
    the same car harry potter used to fly to the hogwart!
    No, its the same car Vyvyan Basterd used to drive lol

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    So THIS is the famous Harry Potter car...

    Nice. For the Movie lol.

    Looks a bit cramped in there, doesn' it?
    Matt, would appreciate the specs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by spi-ti-tout
    So THIS is the famous Harry Potter car...

    Nice. For the Movie lol.

    Looks a bit cramped in there, doesn' it?
    Typical size for the mid 50s to 60s cars in Britain.
    Steel was in short supply for a LONG time after WW2, so we got "used to" small cars.
    It was not to bad inside actually. I had 2 brothers and a sister and I remember ALL of us going on holiday in it
    The revolution the Mini brought was to have about the same interior space as the Anglia and Viva for 2/3rds of the exterior size
    Matt, would appreciate the specs.
    This is the one we had ANGLIA105E.CO.UK

    and as I'm sure everyone has come to expect us Brits turned them into rally and racing machines and you STILL see them out winning events TODAY ( post-historic ones though )

    Posing .....


    Racing ..... at Bathurst


    and at Donnington in 2003
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    Rallying ....



    ... and some even 'rodding .....



    BUT cover your eyes ... look what the AUSSIES did ....

    ... it's official Australians INVENTED 'rice'

    recommend you go to these sites for more info the anglia-models one is excellent
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    Nice little cars.

    Talking about hot rods, a guy near me owns an Anglia, but not as we know it.

    He has installed massive rear-tyres and some sort of American V8 under the bonnet. It looks the part, and at the same time, a tad ridiculous. It is in a truely revolting creamy colour. I'll try to get some pics, but I don't know where this guy parks it.

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    They're extremely common in pre-65 racing at Manfeild in NZ. In fact they make up the majority of the field.

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    Ford Anglia, two more, including Potter's car itself (1024x768)
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    My Fathers First Car.

    How quaint.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine
    BUT cover your eyes ... look what the AUSSIES did ....
    How does this add up?
    http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31695
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    Ford Anglia #4
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    two racers.
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    Two rally cars from recent event in Ireland.
    THe blue one is mate from up North who ran it in Barbados rally (vid in forum)and is soon off for another event in the caribean

    Images are courtesy of KG Rally Pics and many more great classic rally cars in action at his site ... Tyrone Stages Davagh 2011
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