This is like the one I used to own, not this particular version, mine was 3 Litres in black with tail fins at the rear, otherwise the same car and same interior extremely comfortable car and quiet with a lazy 3 speed automatic slush box on it. Very thirsty it was as well, doing about 24 to the gallon and during the oil crisis in 1973 when petrol was rationed, I reluctantly had to sell it as it was impossible to use it for commuting to work in it with the amount of petrol I was allowed at the time. This is a 1965 model, mine was a 1964 one.

 

 

My second car was an Austin 1300 in dark green, I bought it for £365 from a family who were emigrating to Australia the next day so were desperate to sell it.

 

Sold it 3 years later for £350, depreciation of £5 per year isn't bad!!!

 

1 hour ago, Graham Butcher said:

This is like the one I used to own, not this particular version, mine was 3 Litres in black with tail fins at the rear, otherwise the same car and same interior extremely comfortable car and quiet with a lazy 3 speed automatic slush box on it. Very thirsty it was as well, doing about 24 to the gallon and during the oil crisis in 1973 when petrol was rationed, I reluctantly had to sell it as it was impossible to use it for commuting to work in it with the amount of petrol I was allowed at the time. This is a 1965 model, mine was a 1964 one.

 

 

 

Just now, Sad555 said:

 

Was it ever rationed ? I had the vouchers but I don’t think I ever had to use them ???

16 minutes ago, Sad555 said:

Was it ever rationed ? I had the vouchers but I don’t think I ever had to use them ???

You know, I'm not quite sure, but I wasn't going to risk it, I was young and dumb as they say. I knew if it ever came to it, I'd never be able to shift it, or use it, so I thought I'd better strike before it was too late and brought out the ultimate car for such times if it was going to be rationed. When I moved into the house, the previous owner had left an Isetta in the garage in pieces. So I set about restoring it, god enough for my use, small easy to park cheap to tax and run did about 50-60 mph and around 80mpg. It was very noisy though and bouncy 

Edited 6 September, 20232 yr by Graham Butcher

Blimey - four posts and our old family cars pop up already...   I remember as a kid we had two of those Austins - an 1100 in bark blue almost black that was followed by a 1300 in dark green almost black (subsequently followed by an Allegro...)

 

And my parents had a BMW Isetta bubble car when they first got married (my grandfather wouldn't let them have a moped or motorbike but the Isetta with twin rear wheels passed his test as OK) - pull handle start, no reverse etc. and they regularly got four people in it!

I had a 105e ,kept the vouchers for years,I think the were issued in alphbetical order but by the time I got mine it was all over,not that I could afford to run it anyway😆

15 minutes ago, skomaz said:

And my parents had a BMW Isetta bubble car when they first got married (my grandfather wouldn't let them have a moped or motorbike but the Isetta with twin rear wheels passed his test as OK) - pull handle start, no reverse etc. and they regularly got four people in it!

Pull handle start, it was an older model then, mine had electric start, 4 speed box with reverse, positive luxury. I got 4 in mine at times, me, the wife and 2 young kids, plus my dog who used to lay on the engine cover. It was a good job the gear lever was protruding from the left side of the cabin though.

18 minutes ago, Sad555 said:

I had a 105e ,kept the vouchers for years,I think the were issued in alphbetical order but by the time I got mine it was all over,not that I could afford to run it anyway😆

Oh gosh, yeah, they took the market by storm with reverse angle rear window which was closely followed by its big brother the Ford Classic.

5 minutes ago, Graham Butcher said:

Oh gosh, yeah, they took the market by storm with reverse angle rear window which was closely followed by its big brother the Ford Classic.

Wow, I'm pretty sure I've never seen one of those - the 105E was very popular in NZ, my cousin used to race one, and there was even a Jag-engined one regularly raced as a stock car at Te Marua. 

Edited 6 September, 20232 yr by Warrior193
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2 minutes ago, Warrior193 said:

Wow, I'm pretty sure I've never seen on of those - the 105E was very popular in NZ, my cousin used to race one, and there was even a Jag-engined one regularly raced as a stock car at Te Marua. 

 

Anglia? My dad had one of those. 1600 I think it was. He told me he put a diff from a lower powered model in and said he could almost pop a wheelie at the traffic lights.

2 minutes ago, Warrior193 said:

Wow, I'm pretty sure I've never seen on of those - the 105E was very popular in NZ, my cousin used to race one, and there was even a Jag-engined one regularly raced as a stock car at Te Marua. 

Was it the same as the UK model, only I know that many NZ and OZ models were different in some ways?

2 minutes ago, Graham Butcher said:

Was it the same as the UK model, only I know that many NZ and OZ models were different in some ways?

Generally, apart from the GM Holdens and the Ford Falcons, NZ just imported English models - My first car was an Austin A40 Cambridge - identical to the A50, apart from the smaller engine.  

The std Anglia 105e we’re 997 or 1200 in the uk

Edited 6 September, 20232 yr by Sad555

26 minutes ago, Graham Butcher said:

Oh gosh, yeah, they took the market by storm with reverse angle rear window which was closely followed by its big brother the Ford Classic.

 

2 minutes ago, Sad555 said:

 

There was the classic and the early capri about the same time,I think one or both had the far better 5 bearing 1500 cc engine.but they both looked similar to the anglia 105e

Edited 6 September, 20232 yr by Sad555

Classic and capri

23 minutes ago, Sad555 said:

There was the classic and the early capri about the same time,I think one or both had the far better 5 bearing 1500 cc engine.but they both looked similar to the anglia 105e

Yeah, the Capri is the red car next to the Classic.

Edited 6 September, 20232 yr by Graham Butcher

Dare I mention prior to this I had the 100 E side valve😎

Consul Classic and Consul Capri were both overengineered and Ford lost money on every one produced, great to own though and my favorite Fords.
 

Their range at the time was ridiculous, they had the 105E Anglia that sold like hot cakes, the MK1 Tincorner equally a best seller, higher up the range were the Zephyrs and Zodiacs so what drugs were they on to have designed and sold the Consul Classic, Consul Capri and Consul Corsair (AKA the Ford Pubic) all 4 seater Cortina competitors at the same time? 

 

I could see some logic with the 2 door Coupé styled Consul Capri but it was ahead of its time, a few years later they did indeed create a new niche market with the MK1 Capri.

11 minutes ago, Sad555 said:

Dare I mention prior to this I had the 100 E side valve😎

You may and happens to be the car that I learnt to drive in and take my driving test in. God they had those awful vacuum windscreen wipers, dam things would almost stop when pulling hard, like going up hill, and they would go berserk on the way downhill. 😎

 

Many drivers today don't know how lucky they are with modern cars.

Edited 6 September, 20232 yr by Graham Butcher

Yep I owned a Corsair and a cortina,no radio,or electric windows,hot plastic seats in summer,freezing in winter and fairy liquid in the windscreen wash but the memories live on😆

13 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Consul Classic and Consul Capri were both overengineered and Ford lost money on every one produced, great to own though and my favorite Fords.
 

Their range at the time was ridiculous, they had the 105E Anglia that sold like hot cakes, the MK1 Tincorner equally a best seller, higher up the range were the Zephyrs and Zodiacs so what drugs were they on to have designed and sold the Consul Classic, Consul Capri and Consul Corsair (AKA the Ford Pubic) all 4 seater Cortina competitors at the same time? 

 

I could see some logic with the 2 door Coupé styled Consul Capri but it was ahead of its time, a few years later they did indeed create a new niche market with the MK1 Capri.

 Mk1 Tincorner, I presume you mean the Mk1 Cortina like this one? This was the car I brought after the BMW Isetta, same colour as this example as well, immaculate condition apart a little old lady owned it before and the dammed thing would not go faster than 45mph. The garage I got it from had to fit a new engine to cure the problem, but before that they chucked everything apart from the kitchen sink at it, but nothing worked until the engine swap.

Arh yes the Corsair, remember it well with the toggle indicator switches and it also had some of the best dashboard warning lights I ever saw, like the indicator warning lights in the car were IIRC arcs of green in the top of the temperature and fuel gauges and was powered by a V4 engine.

Edited 6 September, 20232 yr by Graham Butcher

Been there. Engine went in the Corsair(piston rings went causing crank case compression) px for a full refurb engine £25 and later transferred to the cortina,had it for years,didn’t use any oil and was very reliable (but a bit rusty underneath) happy days, when I sold it nobody wanted a mk1 so the person buying I gave a 6 months guarantee on the engine,he never came back😇

Edited 7 September, 20232 yr by Sad555