You are right bry, that was me driving in that 'flickr' photo in post #138, amazing what pops up on the net!! It was at the Shelley Bay srint, Wellington 2011.
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You are right bry, that was me driving in that 'flickr' photo in post #138, amazing what pops up on the net!! It was at the Shelley Bay srint, Wellington 2011.
Hi yeah yeah, can you fill us in with info about this wild and great looking Anglia, was there one or two of them ,where is it now
It was built in the mid 80's by Alex Wilson, I see hes a member here too! Built to be a reincarnation of his own car from the 60's. Runs a standard 350 chev 4 speed muncie and an 8" Ford rear end. I brought it off Alex in 2000 with a leg out of bed, enjoyed racing it non-stop for a good 8 years, it has had its wings clipped in the last while by the house and kids. Still got it though. The first one Alex tells me had the engine pulled in the 60's and was passed on to a guy from speedway. I will try to get some recent shots of the old girl up here at some stage.
thanks for the heads up yeah yeah, that car is a beast, love to see some detail photo's..nice to see you here btw
from another thread ,anybody know the history Arthur Jelly and Wade Paterson
Stayed at a friends place last weekend and this is his old Anglia that he drove occassionally and was driven most by Colin Reed. Won Auckland Car Club clubmans champs a few times and was quick.
A couple of mine the first one seems to be a popular shot.....can't recall it being that crowded at the time,
Dave Simpsons nose
The last one has "Dave Jurie, April 65" on the back. He lost it coming over the top of the hill and ended up hitting the tree in the ditch!
Wow!
Awsome thread!!
Loving all of the pics of the old anglias.
I was digging through the old family photo albums & found these pics of my dads old anglia sports sedan. It was mainly run in club level hill climbs & lap dashes.
Long story short its specs were
Light weight body
109E block 1228cc with Twin 42 webbers.
Close rato gearbox
LSD
3" lowered GT cortina front struts
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Amaroo Main Circuit 1970
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Oran Park 1960
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Amaroo Hill Climb 1969
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I use to race this in classic races (Whittakers meetings, and the old Taupo meets in winter) and hillclimbs in the early to mid 90s. Was sold to Auckland area and never seen it again.
Road registered and did Taranaki Tarmac Rally the 1st year when they rebirthed it.
Built it up from a bare shell, 1500GT non crossflow, with dellortos, 315 struts etc
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Mallory Park - the late Roger Williamson
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Murray Beadling's immaculate pinstriped Anglia was a sprint regular - Curborough.
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Targa 2005 - Papakura town centre
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Teretonga February 2005. Hate that chicken wire...
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Possiby Hamilton, WRC rally display 2006.
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Pukekohe January 2008
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Hampton Downs 2011
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Seen at the scruitineering for the final round of the FIA 2011 European Historic Rally Championship at Lloret De Mar in Spain
Managed to get this one through , got lots more ... this was Wellington when Angus & I got front row in NZ pre 65 race , great circut if you could visualize A pex,s with out the barriers ...there is a pic in the nz pre 65 sight of us in front of the big v8s lined up for race one .......... not sure how to drag it across, the sway bar was off a vauxall viva turned up side down , hooked up reeeaally good ...
I found these photos I took for Brian Friend in 1976 at the Long Drive Service Station in St Heliers.
I wonder if the car survived - it was very nicely prepared.
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A little off the track-that is my fathers old Rambler Classic there
I'm building an Anglia for historic racing up here in USA, local vintage rules mandate drum rear brakes. Anyone know which drum brake combos are suitable eg Cortina, Escort and easily adaptable.
I have had some very useful info (thanks Stewart Quertier) but still need to know if rear discs were run on Anglias back in the day ie 60s/70s, or did everyone stick to drum brakes?
we ran drum with hole drilled in drum face for easier adjustment and holes in back plate to assist cooling with ducts under car.
can not really remember any one with rear disc. Even first Escort had drum rear, alright for short distance.
Grant .......... we never had rear discs...... were not allowed to run 4 wheel discs in pre 65... I feel you dont need them either as we got these cars very light & had good front brake package , remember 70 to 80% is front brakes to stop of slow down the car , never had a brake issue even the breed van anglia Gary raced I dont remember a brake problem & these were solid front discs normally in those days DS11 pads were the go , so if you want to stop better you now have different calipers , bigger , lighter, more piston area, vented discs, better pad material etc etc , better weight transfer on to front wheels , better tyre grip the list goes on , you shuld be able to stop on a 6 pence ??? with just that combo..........I am not saying that yr idea wont work either but you might not need to go down that track........... Hope you all good up there Grant E ............. Grant S
Grant E, Grant G is on it, you can over brake a little car, and drums on rear and Capri discs on front sure worked good for us back then.
Got some photos of build Grant
Hey Rod , still got plenty of piks to add, ANGLIAS ETC managed to get a few through, got plenty of hill climb piks since a teen etc then some of the fiat 128 days with Steve E , the mustangs etc ...... any way we have got time on our side .... mind you time seems to run away even faster than racing cars lol..... had a great weekend at Taupo with the boys ........ caught up with Angus & Johnny the rest were on a mission oh how thing change .........use to be more fun Im sure $$$$$$$$$ takes over
Hi Grant S. and Rod, tried a couple of times to post replies but keeps timing out and blocking the post, must have been too long. I will try grafting a separate Word document next time, otherwise frustrating to keep losing the content!
Grant & Rod, I’ll be sticking with the rear drums thanks again for your comments.
I have a sad Mk1 Cortina GT in the shop, probably use some of the parts for the Anglia - rear brakes and front struts. Bob Homewood passed on some excellent info about using Datsun alloy drums too. Right now I’m building a rotisserie to make it easier to clean up the body, scrape all the goop off and weld panels and brackets in place. Also converting from LHD to RHD, should give a number of small benefits including more room for the headers and a weight transfer (or non-transfer) advantage for the driver position, most of the tracks here run anti-clockwise.
I think I had forgotten how bloody small 105Es are! It is a real task to fit a modern seat in place between the tunnel and door plus allow for the roll cage. I am being particularly fussy here as I have had numerous concussions over the years and the more recent ones have taken longer to recover from. So I’m trying to build in as much insurance structurally as possible.
Regarding engines, the vintage class I am hoping to compete in dictates minimum body weight equals engine capacity eg 1500cc + 1500lb, I had initially planned on using a 1650 but the extra 150 pounds weight would cancel out the extra horse power I think plus I can easily get the Anglia to 1500lb.
Once I get really rolling on this project I will post pics with updates. The program is really behind schedule, the US east coast storms over summer caused major flooding in the factory which has been mostly un-useable since late May! Probably take another couple of months to get back to normal. The builders and roof repair guys have been chuffed to see an Anglia in the flesh, only other opportunities were in the Harry Potter flicks, that’s how rare they are in this neck of the woods.
Hi Lee some shots of the setup on my Anglia Capri struts and brakes drilled backing plate falcon dual master with booster
Does anyone know if the Dave Simpson twin cam Anglia is still around?
I was told by one of my spies it is in Wellington area.......[. I was going to build a rep] as I am sure its our old car .... time is the factor at present , this car went from Dave to Frank to Ernie & so on not 100 %
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Mick Hill's "Janglia" - fitted with jaguar power. Mick went on to produce some of the best UK Super Saloons, including V8 Capri, V8 VW and V8 Skoda.
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The late Roger Williamson who was to tragically lose his life in a firey F1 crash, when sponsored by Bernard "Tom" Wheatcroft.
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A local NSCC stalwart in his immaculate, pin striped Anglia at Curborough - Murray Beadling.
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I was at Timaru back in the 60s, working as a mechanic (OK gofer) for Bryan Faloon, saw your brother Gary's chop top Anglia, very impressed so when I got back to home base of Levin hack-sawed 12cm out of the roof height of my ex Ross Atkins 105E.Quote:
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Can't recall the exact year but remember meeting Bert Hawthorn there in one of his rare race meetings down under.
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I'm sure someone will correct me if Im wrong but Im sure the photos are of it sitting in the paddock in or near Rolleston near christchurchQuote:
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This Anglia Fastback was on trademe about 5 years ago.
These are the same pics from the ad.
It was under $2k, took a long time to sell- as usual, people complaining of rust instead of seeing what it actually was.
About the same time was also Anglia -not a Fastback-with 289 went for $1950.
This Anglia in the British Special Saloons and Modsports series is a little different from what I used to trundle around in.
Pix from Motorsport Magazine. Oct. 2014.
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Hyndman's Anglia in 1969
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Good one Ken .... love the green Anglia ....my first Anglia was an E93a....... I had just turned 15 Dad found it on a farm in Hampton close to Moeraki our family weekend retreat we visited when there was no motor racing , the little ford popular was running on 3 cylinders had green leather seats [factory] & was in need of a paint job to boot I had been saving for years .. $150.00 came from mowing lawns [cash paid] I was so proud of It [the car] ,I tell you it went as fast backwards as it did forwards provided the road was icy enough & the hand brake was adjusted ..lol..... & the story goes on : ask the Dunns & Parmenters ...from Timaru they have better stories lol
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Was that a Palmer & Doak car? ^^^^^ not many hot Anglia's had GT badges as they were deemed a bit over the top!
Rascal............ Gary had this little car not long after his model A lol, I remember him racing it at a club event Ruapuna ...... I have a pik soon to put up of my first 105E up the same hill[ have to say my car was quicker [oppppps sorry big bro he he ] Craigmore was our play ground ......below the hill [south of Timaru] is a beautiful Golf course.......and a little further is a couple of rivers we use to swim in .........beautiful place on planet earth
Arrive at Craigmore, throw everything out of the car including rear and LF seat along with muffler and leave it all with the girlfriend and picnic lunch. 50 -60 cars and 5 runs at the hill then everything back into the Anglias and down to the river below the hill for a few beers and a swim to get rid of the dust before heading home. Great days weren't they Sprague the younger one.Quote:
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