bentwaters81tfw Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I'm going for a Marcos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) Not that i was trying to cheat or anything but i googled the reg and i ended up at a Budapest bus company.... Edit: It reminds me of one that Diana Rigg or Patrick Macnee drove in The Avengers but it's not an Elan..... Edited January 23, 2019 by Vince1159 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastcat Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) Fairthorpe? Or maybe a Buckler. Dave Edited January 23, 2019 by Fastcat Afterthought 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 There was a GRP body you could buy to put on a Ford Pop chassis? Fairthorpe could be a good guess though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Kudos to Pete in Lincs: it was indeed a Ford Sidevalve special, and until a couple of years ago I'd never seen another one. It was an EB 60 Sports, and this is what it should look like: So yes, Fairthorpe, Marcos and all the others were along the right lines. 👍 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 That Anglia in the background's gorgeous.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 10 minutes ago, Vince1159 said: That Anglia in the background's gorgeous.... Indeed: I'll see if I took any photos. I also have a few more scrapper photos to come. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Sabrejet said: EB 60 Sports, Did some googling having never heard of them, my first though was they'd have been more show than go but reading this account of owning one, they had some go as well. Those wheels crack me up though, you'd have difficulty finding anything to fit them at the local go faster emporium. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 11 hours ago, Vince1159 said: That Anglia in the background's gorgeous.... You see a Karmann Ghia park by the side of an Anglia and say the Anglia's gorgeous! Has the world gone mad (well yes I know it has, but I just said it for effect). The design of the Anglia is just wrong, and by the look on it's 'face', it knows it. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 The Ford Anglia was (still is...) a thing of beauty. My dad had a '63 Anglia in black and grey in about 1965. Red interior, ribbon speedo. Truly marvellous. We loved that little car. Went everywhere in it. Cheers, Alan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 So, do I win an Anglia then? My first car was an Anglia. It cost a hundred quid. It went faster because we replaced the rotted out boot floor with GRP! With Ford Classic struts & discs, Koni shocks on the rear, it cornered on rails! It eventually got traded in for a '72 Escort. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 12 hours ago, Gorby said: The design of the Anglia is just wrong, and by the look on it's 'face', it knows it. I agree with Alan R it's a thing of beauty,the face does remind me of a guppy but who cares they were brilliant.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) OK so I think this is yer lot for now: First off a split-screen Morris Minor which sat by the road in Turbary Park, Bournemouth for years, gradually losing bits. I think they built a house on it! Then, looking like a Humber Hawk but actually a Series I or II Super Snipe, somewhere in Kent but I honestly cannot even recall the car, let alone where it was! Then a really rather nice Sunbeam Tiger, which sat in an overgrown next to the railway line near Whitstable back in the '80s: letters through the letterbox failed to get a reply to my "please sell it to me!" pleas... And another from Tite's at Lyons Gate in Dorset: Morris 8 Series E: And a similar pre/post-war family saloon: Vauxhall 10 that was in a sort-of scrap bit at Manston, Kent next to a garage: And not the best shot, but quite a rare car to see in a scrappy: Triumph Renown in among the other cars which start with 'T' at a scrapyard (name escapes me) at Newtown, Bournemouth/Poole. EDIT: I assumed they were Toyotas but I note that they are Datsuns, back when Nissans were Datsuns. And finally another "what is it?". I'll leave it a few days before revealing the answer - if no-one gets it first! This sat on the roof of a cafe/restaurant near Ringwood for many years up to probably the 1990s. Some do survive and at least one is raced too. Never seen one on the road either. Edited January 24, 2019 by Sabrejet 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastcat Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Is it a Mistral? Seems to have a lot of German design cues from BMW and Mercedes whatever it is. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 37 minutes ago, Fastcat said: Is it a Mistral? Seems to have a lot of German design cues from BMW and Mercedes whatever it is. Dave Ooh nice: not quite but I do agree: very Mercedes-like wheel-arch treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 7 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: Ford Classic struts & discs I built up an Angular van with this set up 40+ years ago, I had great fun in that & also learnt a lot about cars & other things with it. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roginoz Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Angular ? Sounds interesting. What sort of angles ? right, pent, quad, ............? Anyone seen me coat ?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 They were always referred to as Ford Angulars among my friends, as much a play on words as for the conflicting angles they seemed to be burdened with. Imho, the van & station wagon were much better proportioned. Steve. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 hour ago, stevehnz said: They were always referred to as Ford Angulars among my friends, as much a play on words as for the conflicting angles they seemed to be burdened with. Imho, the van & station wagon were much better proportioned. Steve. Yes named 'Angular' here too - as well as Angleboxes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.e.charles Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/22/2019 at 7:08 PM, paul178 said: So what was the answer "don't quote the entire post"? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastcat Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) Tornado Typhoon I reckon.😎 Nice one here: Link Dave Edited January 25, 2019 by Fastcat Finger problem 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 One thing about the Anglebox, you could paint it in any colour combination, and it still looked right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 27 minutes ago, bentwaters81tfw said: it still looked right. Well, as good as it was going to. Don't worry. I'm quite fond of them in their own way. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 3 hours ago, Fastcat said: Tornado Typhoon I reckon.😎 Nice one here: Link Dave AND THE WINNER IS!!!!! Correct @Fastcat. Looks like a nice starting point for a modern engine/mechanicals on an attractive sports car. Or maybe a Lotus twin cam, Corsair close-ratio gearbox, um... what for a back axle? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastcat Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Looks like a neat little car and far better without the hardtop. Some of these little kit cars are real gems. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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