I bought a 105E van in 1967, reg TDB444A though towards the end of 1963 year because the DVLA were still using up earlier registration numbers and the A suffix was not used until late in 1963. The van had been stored round the back of a garage for at least 12 months because the previous owner had defaulted on payment of repair work. The engine had been drained of coolant and the core plugs in the block removed to get all the liquid out. We obviously had to replace the core plugs and fit a refurbished radiator. I kept the van until early 1969 and covered 18,000 miles travelling to Wales, the Lake District and Scotland for rock climbing. I passed my driving test in the vehicle. There were climbers in our club with driving licences but no car so I had plenty of fully licenced co-drivers for trips to and from the mountain regions of the UK. I actually clocked at least 3000 miles as a learner, which made the driving test less of an ordeal as I had plenty of practice beforehand and on unfamiliar roads all over the Northern half of England.
Bought my 1st car in 1968 a 1963 Ford Anglia 997cc Blue VJV161. I hand painted it on the street with my dad … blue with a light blue roof and down the body line on the side ( Tecaloid coach paint) then put STP stickers on the bonnet and boot …. Happy memories
The Cortina 1500 gt engine had a twin choke weber carb and a water cooled alloy inlet manifold, with a 4 branch exhaust manifold, As an apprentice mechanic with a Ford main dealer 70 to 75, I fitted one to my Anglia along with a Cortina back axle, and front struts with disc brakes, Escort bubble wheel arches 10"x13 wheels on rear and 7"x13 on front back in 1974, loved that car, which now I never sold it, looking at carb and manifolds on yours its not the gt, or its been fitted with standard 1500 items at some point, it looks like a very nice car good luck with it nice video
My grandfather had one of those. It was given to him. By a friend of his. The engine had seized and my grandfather was told if he could get it running he could have it. He managed to un seize the engine and he got the car. When he died the car sat in back yard for years.
My father bought an Anglia deluxe brand new in 1960, sold to a neighbour in 1972. My second car was a 1968 Anglia estate I paid a whopping £10 for it in 1978 as a non runner, turned out to be the starter solenoid, great little car that I finally parted with in 1983. One of my many cars that I regret selling, such a simple little car to maintain & utterly reliable too!
This is how I like to see a Anglia video putting a lot of work to get it to start, reminds me when I had my Anglia here in Australia my uncle & I were a team effort doing all sorts of repairs like repairing the head and replacing the gasket etc
Thank you! I live abroad now and was visiting family hence the revival rather than a restoration (which we are currently doing) . It was a fun journey but wish I'd had more time
My first car was a 1959 Anglia that I bought for $100 in Painesville, Ohio in 1979. It had 35,000 miles on it, no rust, and cosmetically in near perfect condition but wasn't running because it needed a valve job. My Dad got one of the truck mechanic's who worked for the family business to come over and grind the valve seats while the car was parked outside in our driveway. The price for the valve job was a bottle of whiskey. This did the trick and I drove the car all through high school and sold it for a lot more than $100 after I went off to college. It was red with grey and ivory upholstery. They say you never forget your first, and I loved that little car and too this day when nostalgia kicks in, I look at the classifieds and auction sites to see if I can find another one.
To Legosaurus. Good luck in finding another "Anglebox", as they nicknamed these! Have you tried getting the Owners Club to look out for one for you? Although these are naturally rare now - I've seen ones up for sale that WERE looking for a new owner. BUT what can happen now, present generations of course haven't heard of these - so hardly anyone's actually looking for one, and they hang around when they come up for sale! If you want to give me your email address, I will pass on details, if I see one advertised.
There is a Facebook group for North American Anglia owners and if you look nationally on Facebook or Craigslist they do come up. Be prepared to pay for one in good condition though (I'm talking $15k +)
I wish I still had my Anglia. It had a 1500 motor and Gearbox from a MK1 Cortina and a Weber Carby. Also had widened wheels from a Cortina. Sadly it was sold while I was travelling overseas. Good to see these vehicles getting exposure on RU-vid.
Looks like you got a gem, there! Beautiful red interior! The upholstery on these is very decent, and looks very similar to real leather! Plus, the red interior goes with the matching red exterior stripe (or "flash")! And a 1500 engine will make this very useable, on motorways and hills! What's NOT to like! Oh, yes, and an interestingly styled interior, unlike many cars today. And one MORE thing. A colourful interior - unlike today's drab cars!
@@cardiffgiant9406 your TASTEFUL dad! These cars weren't new anymore then, but before they were acknowledged as CLASSICS by AGE, some people already knew they were something special! It's sister in the range was, of course, even called the Ford Classic! That's what I MYSELF want. (Well, an ANGLIA thrown in TOO would be nice of course!)
Handsome understated trim , white with the red flash looks great on a now rare model , I would leave it in ' oily rag ' but throughly cleaned and conserved to get no worse and more interesting as it has had a life , I have a ' 61 Mini in the same state .With the long time family provenance all the better for it .Good luck with her getting back on the road !.
I think rather than push all off that corrosion and limescale through the block before stripping the engine down I think I would try flushing a strong mixture of 50% limescale toilet cleaner 50% water through the system on tick over for a few minutes and then flush it all back out again and refill with normal coolant.
Great video love these cars ive onlny ever seen 1 in real life has my mate had 1 in his garage that he was doung up I believe this is the car from Harry potter films.
There were a couple of ways to fit front disc brakes, a kit using triumph parts, or, a bit more involved Ford Capri ( the first model) struts, with shortened springs and modifying the cross member.
Favourite in the sixties was Ford Classic front suspension which gave you discs and a load of negative camber to emulate the hot rod boys on the stock car tracks. Adding a master cylinder extension gave you more fluid because of the discs.
It has a 1500cc std engine no twin choker Webber and four branch exhaust, when i was a ford apprentice if you fitted classic 1340cc rods and crank to standard block drove like va 1500cc but the insurance could not tell visually tell the only problem was the three bearing crank
You say in the video that the strut marked on floor was off the offside front of the car, which was marked OSF. However, the nearside front was out of the car and you were working on the osf, taking it off the car. Best check if they have not been put on wrong sides, which I am not sure if they will fit??
Good looking but its not a 1500GT because they had the Weber 28-36 DCD. It has an aftermarket electronic ignition unit looks to be Mobelec Magnum type that retained the points. Lovely cars so easy to work on.
Bad shots. Show us what you are doing. Take the engine out. Great looking car, though. Very good condition. Had a drive in one in the 70's... couldn't drive (16 yo). Took a sharp bend in it at 40 mph, in second gear.. learned how to brake! Good work, guys. Get this car on the road. 👍
My first video, done more for family memories than youtube views. It was also a revival, per the title. The engine is coming out at a later date but we wanted to check it ran ok. Thanks for the comments :)
I know I'm being petty. The back plates while they were out, could have been stripped, primed and re-painted. It's just me. Must have one of the syndrome things.
Not being petty at all. We will do that eventually but we only had a few days to work on the car together so thr revival was more important than restoration. Thanks for watching.
