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.
Last edited by Yeah yeah na; 06-12-2012 at 10:10 AM.
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.
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!
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
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
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 ...
Last edited by Grant Sprague; 06-18-2013 at 03:05 AM.
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.
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?
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