Re: Anglia 105E from Ford of England -- MAC'S PACK "MY 1st CAR STORY"

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Subject: Re: Anglia 105E from Ford of England

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John McCann

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Date Posted: 11:31:10 11/09/06 Thu
In reply to: WHV 's message, "Anglia 105E from Ford of England" on 07:41:16 04/19/05 Tue

>Back in high school, a friend of mine had a 1961
>Anglia from England, 997cc 4-banger, 4-speed manual
>and a 4.11 rear end stock. It also weighed in at 1600
>lbs, a real "flyweight flyer." I bought it from him in
>1971, rebuilt it and painted it up a bit, and commuted
>to high school in it my senion year 1972. I graduated
>in May-72 and in June I started racing it at the old
>Green Valley Raceway in Ft. Worth Texas. That year I
>won 5 trophies beating VW's and other foreign cars.
>Later in college, I cut out the floor, firewall and
>front end, cut-off the front body work and put in a
>rectangular tube frame in preparation for installing a
>Small Block Chevy. That's where the project ended with
>no funds to complete it. In 1974 after joining the
>U.S. Coast Guard, my dad got rid of the little
>"eyesore" and I never saw it again. In fact, I have
>only seen one other 105E Anglia since then. If I had
>the opportunity to get another one, I'd sell my
>present race car and finish the original project with
>the SBC. Very unique vehicle indeed!
>WHV
WHV, I have a picture of a couple of Anglia's with 426 Hemi's in them on my picture site in one of the Veteran's car show albums. http://community.webshots.com/user/metralla2 check them out, they are towards the end of the show in one of the last albums labeled veterans car show.
John

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