Ford Anglia equivalent

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 5525

Lisa wrote:

>As for the Ford Anglia...does it have an equivalent American counterpart and
>name?  I saw a Hot Wheels size car that looked something like it but it was
>a 1955 Ford Crown Victoria.  I know that Fords of the same make and model
>have different names in England.  Like the Ford Fiesta or Escort was called
>the Ford Prefect (like Arthur Dent's Friend) in England.  Any idea about
>this, Neil?  I'm not a car buff but if there is an equivalent, I'd buy one.

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I have to confess that I'm not a car buff either - I just pretend to be a
car, which is much less eccentric in my opinion.  

As far as I can tell the Ford Crown Victoria is a fairly modern car and
unrelated to the Ford Anglia.  I don't think there's an American name for
the Ford Anglia, but it could be "roller skate".  There seem to be two
types: the original Ford Anglia 101E (100E) was in production until the
early 60s and has a small, boxy body with rounded wings.  In the late 1950s,
a new body was designed and the Ford Anglia 105E was born: that was the more
familiar model with the pointy rear wings.  Ford continued to make the
previous Ford Anglia design until 1962, but renamed it the Ford Popular once
the 105E had been unleashed.  (In case you're all stunned by my insight into
British motoring history, be assured that I looked all this up).  

I recall with some discomfort that the Ford Anglia 105E was once voted "the
ugliest car ever", but as I always say, it's what's on the inside that
counts, and in Arthur's customised Ford Anglia there's a heck of a lot on
the inside, not to mention an extra knob or two.      

If anyone still awake is interested in the two-tone Lledo model car that
Nick mentioned in a previous post, below is a link to what I *guess* is a
picture of it.  Unfortunately, it's a model police car (and I'm old enough
to remember seeing these threatening law-enforcement vehicles on the roads),
but you could snap off the police bits and give it a coat of turquoise paint
and no one would be any the wiser.  

http://www.ragbone.com/shop/catalogue/lledo/vanguards/lancsanglia.html

PS.  Lisa, please post your pictures - I'd love to see them and I'm sure
others would.

Neil


            Flying-Ford-Anglia

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   "Then, dented, scratched and steaming, 
   the car rumbled off into the darkness, 
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