An original Ford Anglia E494A survivor - a walkaround & drive in a classic British car of the 1950s

[@oldclassiccarUK]

*Hi, thanks for watching, please see the other vids on this channel for more old-car footage: **kzbin.info/door/KaTg9fPUvmUQi94FcnDbrg** thanks, RJ*

[@OldCarsNewVan]

So glad you had the opportunity to buy this little gem soon after. Remember £440 odd in 1952 is equivalent to about £13,000 today - it wasn’t that cheap back in the day!!!

[@elistickband]

What a gorgeous little motor. Your friend is a star for keeping it original (excluding the dust on the tail light of course). My Dad had a Pop from new(ish) and I remember as a 5 or 6 year old standing behind him as he was driving (yes children, no seatbelts!) and exhorting him to go faster, and him saying "I'm already doing 30!"

[@oldclassiccarUK]

There is a rumour that he might be parting with it due to an imminent downsizing, but I'm trying to talk him around :-)

[@blackbeauty206]

They were Christened Ford Popular Fiat sell POPS.

[@matthewgodwin3050]

What a lovely little thing to have tucked away for a sunny day. If only cars could talk. I'd love to sit down with it over a cuppa and hear it's stories.

[@davecharlton6697]

What an absolute peach of a car . Beautiful condition . Just needs to stay like it is .

[@austinswallow]

A lovely car! So much better in its original state, what a find!

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Yeah it's a real belter

[@mikaelabowen5781]

This is a blast from the past and what an utter delight to see one that hasn't been messed up. My grandparents had a Popular.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Hi thanks for watching, don't miss the other more recent vids about this Anglia 👍

[@mistifyme999]

That was really lovely to watch, brought back a few memories ..my dads first car after he passed his test was a black Ford Anglia this was in about 1964/5 , i was 5 years of age but can still remember that baker lite dashboard, the indicator was on the horn, and the pop out indicators. I recall seeing a ford Pop and really being baffled at why it was the same looking car but had smaller lights and different metal dashboard, was definitely inferior i even think i remember the registration , 282 BLF, alas, he lost his license for a speeding offence and the car was left in our garden. I used to play in it with my friends, needless to say it got a rather tatty and rusty ,after few months of neglect and abuse from me.. eventually he scrapped it and bought a Riley 1.5, which was like jumping to a Rolls Royce by comparison,, ha ha, , thanks for letting me share the memory , Anthony J

[@jackal58590]

I had a Ford Pop.Refurbished it,Then I sold it because of a house move,I believe it went to Ireland,353 Amy. Are you still out there Amy?

[@generalmassive1907]

Its nice to see one without a jag irs and a rover v8 stuffed in it 👍

[@SSGTA440]

Well....I'm looking for one....I got a 2011 Gen 3 Mopar Hemi engine and a race torkflite...I want to build a hot rod out of one of these...

[@zebedep]

What a delightful example - a throwback to a bygone era.

[@nishvar1964]

Thanks for a thoroughly enjoyable trip down memory lane I would be most interested in any more such survivor videos very entertaining thanks again

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Great, I'll see what I can arrange. If anyone's up for me popping by once normality resumes and doing a similar look-over of their cherished machine, please drop me a line

[@Johanjg2]

I have exactly the same car here in South Africa. It belonged to my granddad, and it is 100% original, struggled to find a 6 volt battery, but eventually found one.

[@johnmartin4650]

Saw lots of them when I was a boy……..liked them then , love them now . Thank you……great episode .

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks John!

[@shanehnorman]

My mum had one, same colour. I'd forgotten the Bakelite dash; that alone would fetch a good sum from a collector. It's a mark of how far engine design and manufacture has advanced that, at only 41,000 miles, this cherished survivor has already had a reconditioned unit. My 19-year-old BMW still performs exactly to the manufacturer's specs at 115,000 miles and, of course, there are several YT videos on post-millennial cars with 500,000 miles and more on the original engine, still untouched and still running just fine.

[@davidallum6841]

It's a joy to see this car in this state. I bought a 103e in 1974 for a fiver to hot rod. My parents decided to move to Milton Keynes from Hillingdon and my dad towed me in the Pop with his Bedford CF early one morning which was incredibly scary having only rod brakes, ( 40 miles) we got pulled over by the law but the policeman just told us to be careful as he was just finishing his shift and couldn't be bothered to write a ticket. Needless to say I never did hot rod it and it ended up in the breakers.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Interesting stuff, I find it amazing that any old car survives for decades given how many ways they could have vanished by now (rotted, scrapped, dismantled, raced etc).

[@stephengirling7859]

My older brother had a blue Anglia when i was a kid in the sixties. Can still remember the reg. DDX 644.

[@davidmckendry4491]

Love to hear the passion you have for these well preserved cars from the past. Im sure my dad said he had one of these when he passed his test. After that he had a zephyr 4 if I remember right.

[@robingray1302]

Fabulous stuff, my first motoring memory is of my Mum's E04A Anglia probably around 1957/58, easy to imagine the characteristic old car whiff inside that beautiful old survivor, it deserves a grade A listing !!!

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Glad it was of interest, yes these things should be Listed :-)

[@leonarddriller2608]

Another wonderful vehicle we in the states wish we had. Thanks for showing & driving this vehicle for us. Hope you find more of these gems.

[@Vince_uk]

What a fascinating Video, just still catching up.

[@ic08jy700]

Really admire the originality of this little beaut. I remember getting a lift from a couple of hippies when I was hitchhicking back in my youth and I was amused at the red line at the 30mph on the speedo. Also my young teacher had one this colour as she tootles back and forth to school. She lived down the road from us, so my sister and I often saw her puddling past. I guess it must have been her first foray into the motoring world back in 1965 now she was a fully fledged teacher. Motoring was a different world then.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Glad you like it, there are a few vids about the Anglia now since I took it on myself

[@leiflidholm7251]

Nice! Nostalgic! I hade one! My first!

[@andystaffyman3711]

lovely little car

[@gerardlacey9384]

She is a beauty, I restored one (rather poorly) back in the late 70s in my teens which I bought for £250,(borrowed from my Dad). God be with the days. I have an a35 now, 1955. I really enjoyed your video!, many thanks and my best wishes to you!. Gérard lacey in Ireland.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Hi Gérard, thanks for watching the video and supporting the channel!

[@georgedebruyns3805]

I had a 1951 Anglia, at age twenty-two (1968) my first car it was repainted in metallic sky blue with a wooden floor with 4 metal covered holes through which you inserted your jack and you jacked the car up while sitting inside it. I hung on it for a year and a half, then upgraded to a 1958 beetle.I do miss both of them, they were little gems.

[@robharding4028]

You can't beat the authentic classics, such as this, I'm really surprised after all these decades, that she's still in great condition.enjoyable video, Thanks for that !

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Yeah it's quite a survivor, don't miss the more recent vids about the same car too! thanks for watching

[@robharding4028]

@@oldclassiccarUK As you may have guessed, I love the old British classics, and I will get round to viewing all of them, thanks again !

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Great, thanks, more vids soon

[@anthonybroughton6670]

Wat a cracking little car. I'd love very much too see more videos I really enjoyed watching that little car

[@irsw51]

Wonderful. Many KZbin videos take me back but this one takes me further back than most. The first car I remember my Dad having was one of these. GBC 963 also Leicestershire. It was in beige, (fawn?). It would do 60 flat out. We used to go from Leicester to South Wales over the Malvern hills which wasn't the smoothest journey. This one looks more like green but perhaps that is age. Nice to see the semaphore trafficators, most had them replaced by orange flashers that looked like ear muffs. I had forgotten about those parking lights that stuck in the windows because the side lights flattened the battery. Although it was basic transport it did have wind up windows, Austins had a cube at the top of the glass to pull it down.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Glad you liked it, keep an eye on the channel for future Ford-related content!

[@paulbennell3313]

That is absolutely glorious! Are you jealous? I am!

[@allanarmstrong4333]

No because i own one aswell.👍

[@samuraifool912]

What a Gem..! Wonderful to see an Original Example. Thx for the Joy..! Cheers kim in Oz. 😎

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Please see the other videos on this car that are on the channel

[@kevinpfaff2301]

What a nice car. The paint is great. A splendid machine unmolested.

[@daichicarlton4674]

Absolutely beautiful. That art deco dash is a work of art.

[@markharrisllb]

What a beauty, it’s in amazing condition. Restoration is often brilliant, but no matter how good it is it can't beat original. My mother's closest friend for a good sixty years bought a new Anglia in the 60s of the shape we all know. She took me for a ride in it when she got it and somehow I managed to break the door before the car had done 50 miles. The last time I was in a Ford Pop it was driven by a certain Fred West in the early 70s. I remember my father always carrying a parking light, and a stick in heated rear window. I'm not great at mechanical stuff but how you describe everything it didn’t matter. Thank you for making it all understandable, a great video.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@FenderTele]

I showed this to my father as his first car was a 1949 Pop that cost him £ 17 in 1962 the owner wanted £20. After a haggle the price went down by £3. Dad is now approaching 76 and this took him back to July 1962.His first comment was back then nobody wanted them as the 1960s dawned. It was the ideal car for a teenager making a few quid a week!

[@crashbox7130]

Nice old Ford. Registered exactly 20 years after my 1932 Morris Minor.

[@colinwellman9480]

In the 50's my friends Dad had one and I had many trips in it. He kept it until the Austin A30 came out and then sold it and bought the Austin. He always said that Ford offered a lot of car for the money but their technology lagged behind the times. He put a recon engine in the Ford as the valve guides were worn out (40000 miles) and it was very cheap to fit in a recon engine in those days.

[@carlpassarellirealtor2671]

I have never seen an Anglia that has not been on a quarter mile strip. Very cool original example.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Ha yes fortunately this one has survived such a fate!!!!!! :-)

[@petersquires2100]

The first car I ever owned in 1966. I have no recollection of how old it was but I picked it up for £10.00, and the insurance was just over £20. It was identical in every way to the one in your video except that a previous owner had fitted huge RR headlamps possible to make up for the weak output of the originals. Getting up Shooters Hill in S London was always a big problem for these three geared motors and quite often my mates would have to get out and take a leisurely walk alongside it to the top. It got me from Charlton to Bromley where I worked for almost a year before it finally gave up the ghost and was sold for scrap for just 10 bob I think. Still good value for a years motoring though. Thanks for the video.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for sharing those memories!

[@hakaningvarlindstrom656]

What a nice video, and what a gem. I am trying to get a 1950 e494a 10hp on the road again and love the simplicity of the car. Hope to show it here on KZbin in a near future. Thank for the video, it gives me well needed inspiration

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Good luck with your restoration!

[@Sig220Euro]

Thanks for this video. I've shared it to my Dad who has one that is a basket case. He and his brother got it when he was 18 so that's about 52 years ago. He's finally starting to work on it. It was tore apart decades ago and many components were scavenged or lost to the years but he has all the body and panels and his hopes are to build it to a bit of a hot rod. So looking for an aluminum chassis, mild built Ford 302 (5.0L) and a narrowed ford 9" rear end and to go with a solid front axle set up similar to the old 60's style gasser style. We don't get to see all originals like this on our side of the pond so this is an amazing look especially for me since I never saw the car when it was all together in one piece. One thing I don't recall is whether his has the right drive or if it had been converted to left hand drive.

[@nouvalari]

Nice to see you treat the doors with respect. I cant stand people who slam the doors. True classics are hard to find like this.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Even more so when it's someone else's car!!! Another thing I dislike is people dropping bonnets to close them (on a car with a flat bonnet, not like the Anglia's), even people who should know better do it.

[@jmccracken491]

What a wonderful automobile. Biden in a barn for 52 years great. The little cat is a gem. Hello from West Virginia USA

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Hi to you too!

[@riccardoscavo8485]

The decrepit senile is in the WH. Should've Biden in a barn, the world would be a better place to live in. Hope you enjoyed our English countryside

[@richardwhite7336]

Biden in a barn, Trump in a tree house!

[@riccardoscavo8485]

@@richardwhite7336 Nothing wrong with a bit of humour. That's the spirit. Stay safe

[@richardwhite7336]

@@riccardoscavo8485 absolutely, best wishes!

[@davidkiss3948]

One of your best videos yet........ although I may be a little biased, thanks for making it.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Only ever possible with your assistance, thanks 😀👍

[@chrismercer2487]

She is gorgeous it's great to see a car all in its glory and un touched

[@jagvette1]

I'm sure you are aware but the vacuum tank wipers were a pain , the slower you got the slower they got :). I am a great proponent of restoration but I do agree with you in this case, BUT I would still love to see your Talbot fully restored. By the way glad to hear you call them "door panels" not that stupid 'door cards', yuk. we used to travel from Streatham to Poole ( 130 miles) and it took us all day with a stop for a picnic, recently I drove from one side of America to the other (roughly 4000 miles) in 5 days and I was taking it easy, how times have changed.

[@malcolmturton9779]

I think it was a case of the faster you went the slower the wipers went, I remember having to lift off the accelerator to get them to work. Fabulous old car though, it's one year younger than me but in much better condition :-)

[@garymees3686]

You’re absolutely correct my memory failed me for a moment

[@malcolmturton9779]

@@garymees3686 Haha, no problem. It's normally my memory that lets me down. I do remember one old car that my dad had (probably a Standard 10 or a Jowett Bradford) where the wipers didn't work but it did have a little lever inside the windscreen that could be flicked back and forth to make them work, it was my job to do that, my arm used to ache terribly !!! Oh the joys of early cars,

[@nickb5391]

re-wipers, the more effort you put on the engine they slowed down i.e going up a hill, soon as throttle off they went fast

[@richardwhite7336]

The colour is 'Bristol fawn' I think about six colours were available, so much nicer then black. The floor matting is still available but is hard to find, think it's called Harbury.

[@andrewfayers9147]

Hardura

[@richardwhite7336]

@@andrewfayers9147 damn predictive text!

[@christopherbutler7588]

Great video we went on holiday all the way from Chichester to Lincoln in the 1960s and beleve it or not we stopped at a AA box for a break on the new M1 and had some lunch 😀. It took my dad all day to get to Lincoln at a Average speed 35mph. Great memories.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Ha great story, another world wasn't it!! thanks for watching, don't miss the other Anglia vids that I published more recent to this one

[@christopherbutler7588]

@@oldclassiccarUK yes it was a good time to grow up and you had to make your own fun .not like know all the kids have Mobile phones. We had to Use the Phone at a corner of the road.

[@mikeparrysatwat]

Stunning car.....I really enjoyed that

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Pleased that you liked it, keep an eye on the channel as I hope to feature other original oldies

[@jackjacko8706]

My first car as a teenager 60 years ago. I never thought they would ever become collectible. Regretfully not designed for a teenagers first car. Lol. Only consolation was that it taught me the inner workings of motor vehicles from engines to an expert on their gearboxes. First attempt to stop them jumping out of second gear , was to braze the circlip to the shaft , to stop it slipping out of its groove. Next successful attempt was to replace selector spring from a Ford Pilot’s. If screwed in too much it would jam it in gear. So by finding that sweet spot, and brazing a small rod bent up along side the gear stick. Procedure , put in second to get up a long hill, push rod up to tighten selected spring. Pull down, then change into top once breasted the hill. Also had leather straps around back axle housing, borrowed from my fathers suitcase , to hold the body from rolling when cornering hard. Borrowed the idea from a Humber Super Snipe. lol.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Ha another world compared to today eh! great memories

[@robinfeasey3839]

i have one of these almost exactly the same. lovely video

[@PaulinesPastimes]

Just lovely. The dashboard is wonderful 😊👍✨

[@johnhetherington8830]

very nice I love the dash knobs wheel I remember thanks

[@kevinwilding7825]

One thing that you didn't mention during your tour around this delightful little survivor car was the interior 'smell' that only a period vehicle can provide. You know, that particular odour that was so disliked as a child but is now revered as a rather nostalgic adult! ☺

[@oldclassiccarUK]

True, a mix of Rexine, old glue, and oil/petrol fumes for added variety

[@nickybritain4900]

I have two front brake drums with bearings for a Ford of this age, or maybe earlier, in my shed if anyone is interested. Also two for, I think, an Austin, 1930’s or 40’s maybe.

[@paulhines5687]

Gosh, I was born 1952, Dad and Mum brought me home from hospital, in his 1936 Model Y ,Ford 8 Deluxe 4door. Black reg. CLT 899. With pre war wireless. He bought her brand new. Kept it until 1969. But used other cars, often similar to this lovely car, he had a 1172 cc Prefect 4door 1952 ,he gave me I took 2 tests in her and failed also! Both cars were as brand new ,immaculate ,Dad thought me about cars when he worked on them. Many a Sunday helping take an engine out no haust used shear legs and ropes. Lapping in the valves! Decoking the head. Adjusting the cable brakes Cor ! Those useless vacuam wipers! 6v electrics, no water pump, thermo syphen ! jacking up on the bumper irons. Looking back ,very very primative ,slow used to roll on corners going to fast ,I nearly rolled my Prefect. But lovely old simple cars. That clip brought back lovely memories .Thank you.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

I'm really pleased that the Anglia has brought out so many viewers' memories, thanks for sharing them

[@timbrookes3699]

With ref to your video of Humber cars. It would seem that the large pre and post war bigHumber limousines, they were all calledPullmans, unless you had one without the central privacy glass, which were called Imperials. The big Humbers used during the war ( ie by Churchill) were called Pullmans, although the car used by Montgomery were staff car spec, with bigger wheels and higher ride height and of course camouflage paint. The bodies were built by Thrupp and Maberly and were known as “Razor Edge”. These were followed by the more rounded design, with the fared in headlamps and looking very much like a big Super Snipe. Churchill had a very modern push button radio fitted to the rear compartment together with a split heater system for driver and passenger

[@steveaustin6467]

beautiful, and a great insight

[@samuraifool912]

Amazing story of a lovely example..!! All that History to it..! 😎

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@glpilpi6209]

Dad had a fawn coloured 49 Anglia in the mid 50s with those features .

[@brucecar100]

Nice video and yes I'm of the same opinion keeping it as it came from the factory is the way to go. Only there's nothing in rules to say you can't keep it clean and polished, that paint would cut in fairly good it would look so much nicer, it would not take anything away from it.

[@allanarmstrong4333]

Nice car, i own a 1959 103e pop. In lovely condition. Nice and simple to work on. 👍

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for watching, yes they don't come much simpler. More news on the Anglia soon

[@indikasenevirathne6653]

ive one in sri lanka...very help full your videos..thank u

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Glad you liked it!

[@AbdurrahmanWajah]

❤❤My first car.

[@routmaster38]

No radio,no heater..happy days with my similar 1936 Ford Y type Popular also prone to breaking half shafts and jumping 2nd gears.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

I've always liked the look of the Model Y

[@trevordeane3940]

A really nice original car with character.

[@mattharnden2936]

Really enjoyed this video! Thank you for producing it. Can we have more reviews of some pre-war cars?

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Pleased you liked it, if I can find people with suitable cars I'll definitely do a few more vids

[@mattharnden2936]

@@oldclassiccarUK maybe you can let viewers know which county you are in? Then owners can put you in touch with the owners clubs. For myself this would be the Pre-war Austin 7 Club or the Triple-M Owners Club (MG) 👍

[@deislegyipsy8429]

That is a beutifull car majestic and amazing my dad has th 53 pop but unforchanatly it's just a shell at the moment he as all the parts apart from the rolling shacie and the front grill and bonit you have a peace of history right there beutifull car mate

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Hope your dad manages to piece it all back together again

[@lawrencegatt4515]

We love ❤️ your wonderful video’s in Oz 🇦🇺

[@keithfowler2013]

I remember my uncle's driving these when I was a boy. Lovely memories. No heaters and lots of blankets if my memory serves me well ??

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Yes creature comforts are few and far between, people were tougher back then mind!!!!!! thanks for watching

[@andyjchapman09]

Brilliant video, excellently narrated, superb detail. A learning curve. Many thanks

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for the feedback, appreciated :-)

[@seankennedy5502]

Lovely little car !👍

[@nickb5391]

Pop also had a single wiper at the top of the screen & a 'T bar' to open the boot

[@jackjacko8706]

Side note to my previous comment. Could understand my mother’s wrath, when she found me dismantling the gearbox on the kitchen table. I thought I was being thoughtful by using her best ironing blankets, to protect the table top. Lol.

[@RoyCousins]

A lovely "oily rag" condition car. My grandfather had several black Popular 103E's when I was a small boy (jumping up and down on the red rexine rear seat). Not a seatbelt to be seen in those days.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Yes one time these and the Pops were everywhere

[@jimbrown5587]

Jim Brown. I have a Ford Prefect 1953 E943A which is more or less in original condition, including the paintwork (with 1100 miles on the odometer) and the original engine which has only over 13000 miles on the odometer. I purchased it some 34 years ago and have been all over UK in it with my family. It is still has 6 volt electrics however I recently put on electronic ignition as the original was not too reliable. I have a great deal of information about Ford sidevalves including some advertising material collected over the time. My son and I drove down to Dagenham for the Ford Sidevalve Club meeting in 1992 where we awarded the long distance trophy. I intend to sell the car this year as I am no longer able tp use it although it[ has been my standby car for many years and is still.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Sounds like an excellent example!

[@michaeltutty1540]

Very, very interesting indeed. I have never seen an Anglia of this vintage here in Canada. Ma's first car was a 54 Hillman Minx, which would likely have been in the market competing with Anglia. She only kept it 4 years, then traded it for a new 58 Vauxhall Velox. She should have kept the Minx, as it was by far the better car. The Minx was quite dependable, and surprisingly resistant to rust and rot. It was showing now rust after 4 of our winters. The Vauxhall was in holes after only 2! I do love these old English motors, as some of our eccentric neighbours also had them. A 59 Zodiac, a late 50s Morris Minor, and a 59 Vauxhall Super come to mind. My first car was almost a 67 Austin Cambridge, but the rot was by far too advanced to be saved.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

I've always liked the look of the early 1950s Minxes, the interiors always seem to really look smart, even on a rough example

[@weaton25]

I had a ford Prefect more or less the deluxe version of this car as my first car this was in the 1960s it was in perfect condition it was a great car as long as you only wanted to go in a straight line corners needed to be taken slowly so got fed up with that and got a Vauxhall Cresta worlds apart in comfort and performance hard to think that the two cars where made almost at the same time give or take a couple of years. that is a nice car to keep in the garage and look at you would not want to actually drive it.

[@frglee]

I was offered a 1960 Ford Pop 103e in the early 80s by my dad, a used car dealer, who had taken it in part exchange. It was in good condition, low mileage, no rust, serviced etc and he offered it to me for a few hundred pounds. I regret now that I didn't buy it.

[@jairoribeiro9982]

Andei muito num desses que pertencia ao meu tio, irmão do meu pai.Ele faz parte das minhas recordações de infância nos anos 60.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for watching!

[@kenwiley7895]

Awesome video! I have an identical one!

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Excellent! thanks for watching, there are plenty of more recent videos on here of the same car now that it's with us

[@dennisrobinson7587]

Wonderful old car

[@johnwigley9561]

My first car at age 17 in 1966 was a 1951 Anglia, which I bought from a lecturer at 'tech for £10. As said, these cars were of little value at the time. My first year's insurance with the Co op was £15 3s. 9d. (£15.19), so I was on the road for £25, but that did represent five week's wages as an apprentice! Having only very recently passed my test on an almost new A40 driving school car, driving the Ford was like learning all over again! Oh, and second gear jumped out on the overrun ...

[@2mallyb]

all old Fords did that lol !

[@blackspot646]

My first car was a 1949 example bought in 1965 for the princely sum of £7/10/- (£7.50). Black, sound body, used huge amounts of oil and left a balck smoke trail, Could just about creep up to 50 mph although above 40 it used to weave alarmingly. But it wa unstoppable! Sold it 4 months later for £25!

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Great memories, this vid has brought up lots of stories from people who owned these years ago which is fantastic to read

[@rogerbeddow325]

Hi I owned this car and only sold it last year I can fill some history in for you

[@joebrudenell9490]

I’m not sure if you can help. My dad has a 1938 (I think) maybe 39 Ford prefect rag top tourer, he’s had it since 1971 and has been sat since. Do you know anywhere to sauce panels for it ?

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Hi, sounds like a rare survivor, not sure about panels - are they beyond repair? maybe email me direct at [e-mail] be easier than here

[@dwansbo]

I remember in the early 60s my dad borrowed one of these from a friend while his Anglia was in the garage. We had to stop at the side of the road to light a fire to burn the oil off the sparkplugs to cure a misfire. He started the engine with the handle, jumped in behind the wheel to get going before it stalled. In his haste he slammed the door which then fell off into the middle of the road. My mother was horrified with embarrassment!!

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Ha what great memories to have, don't miss the starting handle video that's also on here!!!! :-)

[@dwansbo]

@@oldclassiccarUK watched it already. When I left school I went to work for the Lister agents in Dublin. As the majority of the engines were hand start I have plenty of experience and some funny tales to tell about starting handles. And some near misses too!

[@stone_me6849]

My first car was a Ford Anglia, not Pop, just like this one. Another difference to the Pop is the chrome surround to the bonnet side grilles. I think the engine was a sidevalve 998cc unit. (The later 105E Anglia was an overhead 997cc.) I got 62.5 mph downhill out of mine - very scary! For the Pop, you could fit an Aquaplane? (might have the wrong name!) supercharger.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Yes the Anglia was 933cc, the Pop 1172cc. Aquaplane supplied all manner of tuning bits, I think the superchargers were Shorrock

[@frankb5603]

When this car was manufactured it was quite normal to lay your car up for the winter. The Insurance Company would suspend cover apart from fire and theft and allow the appropriate credit at next renewal date. From memory I recall an 80% credit on your premium was allowed. I bet this Anglia was laid up for the winter hence the lack of rust.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Quite possibly, plus it was laid up in the early 60s when the owner gave up trying to pass his driving test!

[@johnbellamy6449]

my dad had a 1952 austin a70. as a child i would help him or should i say watch him do an oil change. he would empty the old oil down the bottom of the garden.no thought of pollution it would seem in 1950s.

[@picnz1]

SURVIVOR CAR!!

[@stevem3605]

Great car and a great presentation. One question what’s going for a “poodle “ mean. No sarcasm just curious. Thanks for the video.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Hi, glad you found it of interest, "pootle down the lanes" is just another way of saying leisurely drive, amble along in no great rush etc etc

[@davemiller6893]

I'm sure I could smell the interior whist watching this video, wonderful. Question, my dad had an Anglia but it had the spare wheel on the rear. What model would that be? Thanks for posting.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

That could have been a pre-war E04A Anglia (www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/ford-e04a.htm), they had rear-mounted spares I think

[@coling7819]

There was an earlier model which was the shape of a V8 Pilot but smaller it was Model C E I’m sure that had the spare on the boot lid but covered .

[@oldclassiccarUK]

@@coling7819 Yes pre-war there was the Model C, then the Model CX, very neat looking little cars

[@rogerbeddow325]

I owned this car and only sold it last year if you need any info

[@ollivuorilehto9080]

Nice original motor car.

[@garysmith1156]

a awesome car I love it dose it smell lovely inside ?

[@oldclassiccarUK]

It doesn't have leather so you don't get the full olde-worlde smell of some other old cars, but the heady mix of interior trim and faint oil fumes gives it a period feel

[@Rick-FordGPW]

100% agree must be left untouched 👍

[@lennyh500]

Perfect patina, oily rag preservation. 🙂

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

Note the grille. A thermosyphon cooling system. I e no water pump I opine.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Correct, thermosyphon

[@worldtours3820]

Amazed to see Ace plates are so old.They're very popular in Ireland for classic cars on 'ZV' plates although some people just pop on silver/black French typeface plates because our EU plates use the French type narrow characters because we can have up to 10 characters on a plate like 88 WW 122222 (YY CC NNNNNN)

[@Gregorio-d3q]

Can't beat the sound of a V8 Ford!

[@normanmunns4743]

Originality is best unlike Triggers broom ( 25 years old with 4 new handles and 3 new heads )

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Agreed, thanks for watching Norman (also see the more recent vids on this same car if you haven't already)