Hello.
The family run a round is a Golf. But my other car is a 1960 Ford Anglia 105e.
The car was bought new by my Father in 1960 from Hooley's Garage in Nottingham for £668 7/6p.
It has been in the family since then coming to me in 1984. It has been a wedding car and a play car for younger family members. I only do 1 or 2 shows a year. And only 'goes out' when no salt is on the road.
The mileage now stands at 89,360 miles, which I know to be genuine. Over the years bits have been welded and changed but no searious modifications have been done other than it now is on Radial Ply tyres. The rubber mats, which rotted have just been replaced by carpet.
A picture of the engine bay shows :-
A 997cc OHC engine capable??? of pushing the car up to 76mph and give a 0-60 in 29 seconds. These days I rarely do more than 50, and for acceleration times I would use a calendar. The heater can be seen on the left of the picture and was an extra on the basic model.
I am sure some of you know that the Anglia was used to evaluate/assess the Stopping Distances as given in the Highway Code. Considering the front breaks were 8" twin leading edge (shoe) drum breaks and the rear were same size but only single leading edge things have improved condiderably.
A Wizard of a car, ask Harry Potter.
Tony.