DIOCCUSA: Oddly Angled Anglia (A Flipped Ford)

"Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available" (whoistheleader2) 01/17/2020 at 15:51 • Filed to: DIOCCUSA, Old Car City USA, Oppositelock, Morning Oppo, Abandoned, Anglia, Ford Anglia

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This is back at the top since only 50 people saw it and I put marginal effort in.

By this time in my adventure !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , my good camera had run out of batteries. Hence the potato pics of one of the more remarkable residents of the junkyard. This is the only Ford Anglia I have ever seen; the strangely shaped little sedan from good old England did not sell well in America.

Ouch, is my hand that unsteady?

The Anglia’s most remarkable feature, its reverse raked rear windshield, gave the rear passengers of this otherwise small coupe ample headroom as well as an unmistakable character. Unfortunately, only the frog eyed front of the Ford can be seen clearly here.

The jaunty angle this example sits at made photography difficult, but I managed to get a shot of the interior. I never knew the inside was just as quirky as the exterior! Look how well those large trapezoidal openings work for the gauges and the (missing) glove compartment!

As you can see, this particular Anglia is too far gone to bring back (looking at you, David Tracy), but what caught my eye in this picture was the strange little wagon it rests on. Oppo, can you identify this little family hauler? This incomplete badge was on the back of it, and I could find no other inscriptions. If it helps, this was in the imports section. So what’s your guess?

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/17/2020 at 11:12

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It looks like the badge on that wagon may have been a Triumph badge, so that’s a start at least. Triumph did make a few wagons...

fintail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/17/2020 at 11:23

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I love the Anglia 105E, such fun funky styling. I remember seeing a couple in the area when I was young (80s-90s, west coast). When I was learning to drive, a green one popped up in town for something like $600, and I was all over it. It looked very sound, but the floors were gone, and my dad said “no way”.

As was posted, the Triumph was sold here simply as the “Estate Wagon”, also sold as “Triumph 10" in sedan form, I believe.  Related to the Standard 10.

Cé hé sin > Jim Spanfeller 01/17/2020 at 12:22

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Looks like the one on the left, given that it’s certainly not a Herald.

Just Jeepin' > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/17/2020 at 12:45

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Jim Spanfeller > Cé hé sin 01/17/2020 at 13:35

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That’s what I’m guessing, too. I included the picture of the Herald because I wasn’t sure if they ever made a four-door version, but I think you’re right, it’s the one on the left.

Jim Spanfeller > fintail 01/17/2020 at 15:58

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I’ve always wanted an Anglia painted to look like the one in the Harry Potter books...

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/17/2020 at 16:02

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These things enjoyed a long sec ond life in New Zealand motorsport , as being the cheapest, smallest, lightest R WD car with an engine bay big enough to cram a V8 into. They dominated “ run what ya brung” classes both on tarmac and gravel until P60 Toyota S tarlets started getti ng old enough to turn into low cost racecars. There’s still a good number of them thrashing round the amateur racing fraternity.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 01/17/2020 at 16:05

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What a sight those must be. And very twitchy to drive, I imagine.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 01/17/2020 at 16:05

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What a sight those must be. And very twitchy to drive, I imagine.

Chariotoflove > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/17/2020 at 16:15

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Poor thing, look what those spiders did.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/17/2020 at 16:16

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Meh, traction is so over-rated. As a sticker I once saw on the back window of an RS Escort put it “if I’m not looking out of this window, I haven’t lost control”

fintail > Jim Spanfeller 01/17/2020 at 20:12

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That movie probably increased demand tenfold.

I have a few in Matchbox form, like this:

Jim Spanfeller > fintail 01/17/2020 at 20:14

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I  think it’s cool that J.K. Rowling chose such an interesting and unusual car. It really works well in the setting, too.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > fintail 01/18/2020 at 09:06

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I highly approve of this.