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[mab01uk]

Something a bit different?.....a barn find project below from the old days!

 

The car is a "one off" special built in 1970 from a 1955 ford pop using its chassis and side valve engine. It was used for 2 years then stored.

http://www.ebay.co.u...d-/321616690332

 

[Cooperman]

Ohmygawd, it looks horrible  .

[RedRuby]

Hmmm, even with a restoration the angles on that bonnet will always make it look like it's hit a wall at speed.

[mini-auto]

My first car was a Grey 1952 Ford Anglia E494A, it had a sidevale engine pumping out a massive 8hp via a 3 speed gearbox, cable & rod operated brakes, bakelite dash & no heater.

Sold it to some bloke in an XR3i some time in the 80's, looked on the internet on a .gov site a little while back & it was orange & sporting a V8 !!

 

The Pop was the Anglia's big brother sharing the same body/chassis but with the mighty 10hp engine.

 

There's a lot of work gone into that car, most people would have been going down the Rover V8 with Jag back axle route back then in the 70's.

[Ben_O]

I was cycling through the photos and a bit of sick came up when i saw the front end shot. 

[sonikk4]

So on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being beyond awful and 10 being scared for life by hideous monstrosities then that abomination is at least a 14,      

[mab01uk]

My first car was a Grey 1952 Ford Anglia E494A, it had a sidevale engine pumping out a massive 8hp via a 3 speed gearbox, cable & rod operated brakes, bakelite dash & no heater.

Sold it to some bloke in an XR3i some time in the 80's, looked on the internet on a .gov site a little while back & it was orange & sporting a V8 !!

 

The Pop was the Anglia's big brother sharing the same body/chassis but with the mighty 10hp engine.

 

There's a lot of work gone into that car, most people would have been going down the Rover V8 with Jag back axle route back then in the 70's.

 

Something like this Ford Pop?

Micky Bray built the famous Ford Pop - 'Pinball Wizard' below in the 1970's a regular at Custom Car and Rod shows of the era. He was also later a Mini Se7en Racer (pic below) and shared his first race Mini with my late brother Steve Bell for a couple of seasons........Micky sadly died from cancer in 2006.

Some more pics of Pinball Wizard here:
http://www.rodsnsods...ll-wizard-42136





 

[mini-auto]

Yes, that's the kind of thing, interesting site. 

 

Saw mine advertised on a postcard in a newsagents window, didn't need ebay/Internet back then.

 

I was a hard up engineering student stacking shelves part-time in Tesco's so mine never got it's V8 while I owned it.

 

American Graffiti has a lot to answer for !

[Mini Manannán]

And I thought of one of these, my Granny had one!

 

[mab01uk]

And I thought of one of these, my Granny had one!

 

 

These 100E versions of the Pop came after the 'sit up & beg' Ford Pop but I think there was some overlap in the production years because Ford continued selling the old E93A model shape in basic form at a much lower price for some time in the late 1950's early 60's.......there was also the Ford Prefect, Anglia, variants, etc.

 

Many years later the 'Popular' name was resurrected on the most basic versions of the Ford Escort, etc.

Edited by mab01uk, 18 December 2014 - 12:51 PM.

[Mini Manannán]

I wish I'd been more on the ball 10 years ago when my step-grandad died, I'd have had that car now, it was absolutely mint with about 10K miles on it 

[Cooperman]

I passed my driving test in 1960 in a Ford 100E.

The 100E gained the 997 OHV engine & 4-speed gearbox in 1960 as fitted to the then-new 105E Anglia and enabled the 100E to continue in production for a while. Now, that 997 engine grew into the 1200, 1340 and later the 1500 GT and Lotus-Cortina engines, so, in theory, those engines would go straight in. A 1500 Cortina GT engine would look virtually standard and with up-rated suspension and Classic 1340 disc brakes would make a great little car. I think the higher ratio GT diff would fit as well. Outwardly the only differences would be the slightly wider wheels (4.5J x 13 would be good) and a 1.875" diameter exhaust pipe. That would give a Mk.1 Cooper 'S' a run for its money and it would be eligible for historic rallies as it would have only 'period modifications' available in the period. A basically decent 100E can be bought for around £2000.

[MaxAndPaddy]

Something a bit different?.....a barn find project below from the old days!

 

The car is a "one off" special built in 1970 from a 1955 ford pop using its chassis and side valve engine. It was used for 2 years then stored.

http://www.ebay.co.u...d-/321616690332

 

 

I'm guessing they put it in the barn hoping no one would find it

[mab01uk]

I passed my driving test in 1960 in a Ford 100E.

The 100E gained the 997 OHV engine & 4-speed gearbox in 1960 as fitted to the then-new 105E Anglia and enabled the 100E to continue in production for a while. Now, that 997 engine grew into the 1200, 1340 and later the 1500 GT and Lotus-Cortina engines, so, in theory, those engines would go straight in. A 1500 Cortina GT engine would look virtually standard and with up-rated suspension and Classic 1340 disc brakes would make a great little car. I think the higher ratio GT diff would fit as well. Outwardly the only differences would be the slightly wider wheels (4.5J x 13 would be good) and a 1.875" diameter exhaust pipe. That would give a Mk.1 Cooper 'S' a run for its money and it would be eligible for historic rallies as it would have only 'period modifications' available in the period. A basically decent 100E can be bought for around £2000.

 

 

Seen at the Goodwood Revival 2010 - St Mary's Trophy - complete with AA badge

Edited by mab01uk, 18 December 2014 - 11:14 PM.

[Cooperman]

Any idea what the spec. is?