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Ford Anglia Sportsman -1959

Ford Anglia 105E

In the 1960s, it was difficult to think of a car that was more ‘British’ than the Ford Anglia, even if the fourth and final generation of this family car derived several of its characteristics from the United States. The downward sloping bonnet, the finned rear end and a touch of chrome on the luxury version turned the Anglia 105 E into an American-style car in miniature. The icing on the cake was the backwards sloping rear window, copied from the Lincoln, which according to Ford kept it free from rain, mud splashes and other air-borne nastiness. This pleasing general shape concealed a lacklustre four-cylinder engine of just 997 cc. As a result, the Anglia was more of a snail than a wasp, with a maximum speed of 118 kilometres per hour, reached very slowly with the throttle pressed hard to the floor. However, the small Ford was popular and economical to run, resulting in the building of more than a million cars between 1959 and 1967, when it was superseded by the Escort. A standard Anglia cost just 600 pounds. For an additional 21 pounds, you could get an Anglia Deluxe with extra chrome and a lockable glove compartment. Heating was also optional. The Anglia Sportsman was identical to the Deluxe, apart from the spare wheel, which was mounted prominently on the boot, and a windscreen washer. This not-sosporty Sportsman was made in Antwerp and was intended exclusively for the European market, much to the annoyance of many Brits, who were required to buy a Continental Kit if they wanted to upgrade their standard Anglia into a Sportsman.

The Anglia in the Mahy collection was one of the very first made in 1959. Apart from a little dust and grime, it is almost as good as it was when it first stood in Hans Mahy’s showroom. Hans opened his Auto Ganda garage in Ledeberg in 1961, as a Ford dealer. Since then, much water has flowed under the bridge and the glory days of the Anglia are long gone. In fact, the once popular ‘Brit’ had become little more than a vague memory, until that popularity was revived by writer J.K. Rowling. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Ron Weasley rescues his magician friend from his terrible aunt and uncle’s house in a gleaming sky-blue Ford Anglia! This magic version can fly, has room for eight people, six suitcases, two owls and a rat. What doesn’t it have? It doesn’t have a windscreen washer like the Sportsman!

997 cc
4 Cylinder
40 pk

Expo : Mahy, a family of cars - The Barnfind Collection
07/07/2023 - 03/09/2029

Autoworld
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Brussels - Belgium
August 2023

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