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mooneye777


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Hello from Indiana. I got an invite from a U.S. site. For some reason it never crossed my mind to look into a U.K. site. I have a 48 Anglia and have looked for others having them, never thought to look across the pond in the Anglia capitol.

Now you guys can clear up what I have been told for years. I was told what I have is an American version, for sale in 1948 only to the U.S., 3 slots in the nose versus 2 in the U.K. version, Is this correct?

I inherited the car from my dad who owned it for 25 years, a complete mess when I got it. I tossed the chassis, and built a new one built for speed. I kept all the vintage gasser parts, the magnesium rims and moon cell, clutchflite tranny and shell, tossed the rest.

Ive also got a wicked fast street mustang with a pumped up 460 BBF, C6, all the bells and whistles. And a front engine dragster that is beyond repair and is used for a Halloween prop only. Too many parts missing, mostly fabbed together to look the part.

Also the Nitro Harley is not mine, I am the mechanic/ pit crew for it. It seems Nitro bike racing is big over there, by what ive youtubed.

Nice to be here, hope to learn some things here.
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HOLY SH!T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome mooneye, superb rides you have there.

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Hi mooneye and welcome. You have some lovely cars m8

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Hello cool cars

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Hi Mooneye, some lovley stuff you got there.
I had a V8 ford Popular until last year which is basically the same as your Anglia, the Anglia being the slightly more up market version!
After checking in my Ford reference book it seems that Anglia's had the three slot grilles and the Populars had 2 slot grilles.
most pops/anglias over here do have the 2 slot grilles though.

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You read your reference book tony??? i thought you only looked at the pictures.....biggrin

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mooneye777


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chucky wrote:

Hi Mooneye, some lovley stuff you got there.
I had a V8 ford Popular until last year which is basically the same as your Anglia, the Anglia being the slightly more up market version!
After checking in my Ford reference book it seems that Anglia's had the three slot grilles and the Populars had 2 slot grilles.
most pops/anglias over here do have the 2 slot grilles though.


Thanks for your thoughts on this Chucky. All the pics Ive seen of the 3 slots were fiberglass reproductions, not factory steel ones. One guy here in the states told me about the 3 slots being that way, because they Signified they were american sold cars. But ive only had the one person tell me this and have no actual proof other than his word on it. Hopefully someone can for possitive clear this mystery up.

 



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hi ya! and welcome
looks though you spent a lot of time on your anglia

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i like that dadburn mustang better every time i look at it.

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hello and welcome


love the dune buggy

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Hello Mooneye and wecome smile

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welcome matie xx

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mooneye777


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mark wrote:

hi ya! and welcome
looks though you spent a lot of time on your anglia



 I lived in the garage for 2 years, measuring, cutting , bending, welding, cutting back apart, welding more. Sad thing is ive never built a car from the ground up, just from my minds thoughts, since there are no patterns, blueprints, etc. for an Anglia build. I hope it all pans out and it actually drives good with its 650 horse motor. If not it will be a bad day at my house.



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Hi Joel and welcome to the madhouse!! biggrin.gif

Take a look at http://www.angliaobsolete.com/history.html

I quote:   In the spring of 1948, Ford began to import the Anglia, Prefect and Thames vans (1/4-ton and 1/2-ton versions) to the U.S. and Canada under the banner "North American Sales and Service" or N.A.S.S. They were sold at selected Ford dealers across North America right along side cars and trucks made in the states. These vehicles were modified slightly for the North American market, including making them left-hand drive, fitting the headlights with sealed beams, installing front park lights on the front fenders, fitting the larger 1172cc engine, and changing the front grille on the 1948 model Anglia and Thames to a 3-hole design - a one year only change.

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mooneye777


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Jill wrote:

Hi Joel and welcome to the madhouse!! biggrin.gif

Take a look at http://www.angliaobsolete.com/history.html

I quote:   In the spring of 1948, Ford began to import the Anglia, Prefect and Thames vans (1/4-ton and 1/2-ton versions) to the U.S. and Canada under the banner "North American Sales and Service" or N.A.S.S. They were sold at selected Ford dealers across North America right along side cars and trucks made in the states. These vehicles were modified slightly for the North American market, including making them left-hand drive, fitting the headlights with sealed beams, installing front park lights on the front fenders, fitting the larger 1172cc engine, and changing the front grille on the 1948 model Anglia and Thames to a 3-hole design - a one year only change.



 Thank You for the link JILL, very interesting reading for sure. Mine will be sporting the 460 from my mustang when its all done. And now the kicker, I am sticking a small block chevy in the Mustang for my sons 1st hot rod.



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mooneye777 wrote:

 


 Thank You for the link JILL, very interesting reading for sure. Mine will be sporting the 460 from my mustang when its all done. And now the kicker, I am sticking a small block chevy in the Mustang for my sons 1st hot rod.



Hey you know who will Like that SB Chevy Mustang Build  biggrin  COOL

 



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Hello mate and welcome........oohhhh I got me one of them!!!!!

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hallo mate and welcome

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great to see you here mooneye show them some of them awesome old school drag photo's you have

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welcome mooneye777

love the chassis work on your anglia. I would love to gasser up an austin A30 with suicide doors and flip front fitted with a 3.5 rover V8. only trouble is my pacemaker wouldn't take the welding equipment.

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hi mooneye777,welcome.im sure you'll enjoy turtlespeed.like your toys.

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Hi mooneye777 very nice rides ya got there. smile

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Mr POPular wrote:

Hello mate and welcome........oohhhh I got me one of them!!!!!


I got one too

 



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Hi joel and welcome to turtlespeed, nice selection of cars !!

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