My dad’s first car, MYW 826D. He hated driving, as he learned to drive, reluctantly, too late in life. I watched it decay and die after being sold to our neighbour; it just dissolved on his drive. It’s end was the beginning for me, though. I love old cars and now earn a most enjoyable living through old Fords. Thanks, Dad, thanks MYW 826D. Sadly now both departed but both a huge influence on my life to this day.
grew up during the 90s riding my dads anglia estate in Zimbabwe! every one knew someone who had one (although station wagons were rare) so it soon became apparent that when the country was still called Rhodesia during the 60s, that there must have been thousands of them imported as well as in southafrica too! the car had soul, it was as solid as a rock and it went everywhere...our family still talks about it to this day!
I had one. In the winter the door buttons used to freeze up - I carried a cigarette lighter to unfreeze them. When I went into an explosive building at work somebody asked me did I smoke. I said no. He didn't ask did I have matches or a lighter! I took mine from London to Newcastle on the M1 back in 1972. A beautiful simple little car.
My Grandad bought one-second hand, it was a 1964 B reg and he kept it till his death in 1994. Painted it with gloss paint from the doing up the house in the end. WHo else has a matching house and car? Amazing memories. It was ludicrously out of date by the end of the 70s but incredible in its own way.
My mum passed her test in our Ford Anglia in 1966 when I was 5 years of age. She primarily started to drive to participate in the school run shared by a group of young mums at my new school. Happy days. Going to school, being picked up and being dropped off at home by a Ford Anglia. a Hillman Imp and a Mini, depending on which mum was driving. She's 86 years of age now and has long since hung up her driving keys.
Ahh...Good memories there, the woman driving the Anglia really seemed to enjoy the car, they were good cars back then and a great classic now due to their simplicity.
I had five of these at one time. Currently driving a hotted up version with a crossflow and discs, but with a low-mileage, twin-coloured, all original one in the garage as well. Love 'em.
Watching all the videos on YT about these old Brit cars and a few Yank barges, I would never have believed I could live long enough to see them being thought off as anything desirable or ever worth more than about 50 quid - which is about what I used to pay (or less!) for them, running, taxed with MOT! It also strikes me that I have owned or driven just about every British car of the mid-late 1960s and 1970s, which is not a thought which I have previously consciously harboured! Most videos lauding stuff like the Anglia, Mini, Cortina, Austin/Morris/Wolseley/MG 1100, Austin Cambridge, Westminster, Humber Snipe, Sunbeam Rapier etc. etc. etc. would have been unimagineable back in the day. These were all such "run of the mill" cars with, as we thought then, absolutely nothing worth raving about, so ordinary and mundane were they! Of course seeing the prices they can fetch today, it would have been worth buying 100 at less than 50 quid each and storing them for 50 years! But who knew?
what a great review! I'm a bloke and whilst I have to admit to liking the top gear style stuff, I find myself captivated by your straightforward and honest style of roadtesting - you guys really need your own tv show, it will be a hit!
The Anglia 105E was my first car. The engine was U/S and I had a Gold Seal engine fitted . The gear box was positive. It was a reliable runabout but leaked and filled up with water in the back.
@womenandwheels Thank YOU so MUCH for this video - at one time here at our home in Denver,Colorado our family owned 6 English Fords - one being my first car - an 1960 Anglia - made in Degenham, England!! And YES we enjoyed the movie as much as this review and our cars!! God bless YOU Ladies!! );})) !!
This was a nice little car at that time and this lovely lady seems really enjoying driving it. I fully understand her, but not her words. Instead I bought a Toyota Corolla because it had a bigger (!) engine and an automatic gear box.
we all used to pile in my mates when we were young men just to go through the car wash cus the big fluffy spinning wheel on the car wash used to jam under the rear screen and lift the car up on the suspension pmsl
If that car is totally original and has crossply tyres that would be the reason for the steering problem you have (assuming all the ball joints and t.c.a.'s and shock absorbers are in good condition. Those old crossply tyres follow all the little ridges and bumps in the road. A good set of radials will make it drive a lot better although you may have to have a different set of wheels or have tubes put in as I cannot remember if the original wheels are suitable for tubeless tyres. Nice car :)
Standard 105E was maybe 75 mph tops, 0-60 eventually..which made them very popular as a '70s hot rod. add a cortina 1500GT engine, corsair 2000E gearbox, classic front struts and they went like hell by comparison. all bolt in swaps too
Is the car on crossply tyres? If it is then change them to modern radials and that "drifting" about you were talking about will improve dramatically. I had a Cortina MK1 on crossplys and them changed to radials... massive improvement! Crossplys tend to pick up on any imperfections in the road and their sidewalls aren't as supple making for an erratic ride.
only if it had a invisabilty booster n fly swr ahahhaha but na I like it n da lady is a great driver n very hot n pretty 2!! wish she be my driving teacher
The presenter does not seem to know to change the gears....? curious for a late middle aged lady who actually would've driven a car like this in her younger days.
Lakshan Abeynaike when you get to around 25-30mph you are in top gear but it's still a wonderful car to drive the reason she didn't change up is probably because she ran out of gears
It's funny, most of the things that she doesn't like about new cars, i.e. chunky steering wheels and thicker pillars, are all there to reduce the risk of injury in an collision. I reckon if she was to watch a Ford Anglia smash into a tree at 60mph and, let's say, a Renault Modus smash into the same tree at the same speed, she would probably still drive the Anglia because Modus' are about as cool as sleeping with your friend's great-grandmother. Yeah.
Your babbling chipmunk voice is obscured by the stupid muzak. Did you think putting music on your video would make us admire how talented you are? Whenever anyone uses background music, it means they are lying, that's why they use background music in advertizing and drama.
It was a hard choice when we were making the video whether to go for the babbling chipmunk or stupid muzak - in the end we couldn't decide so stopped making them altogether :)
Thanks for your kind words! We're not so young any more - it's an old video now! That also explains the music, which was fashionable at the time (even though it's still a bit loud in retrospect) and we wouldn't do the same these days
Yes, sorry about that, we were young and foolish. Making the same video now if we had music at all it would probably be more contextual and certainly quieter - you live and learn. Not sure how helpful negative comments are, but it's good to have feedback nevertheless so thanks for that. We stopped making the videos in the end because we were getting quite a lot of hate and it wasn't worth the grief! They're only meant to be fun and we never even monetised them.
Yes, as I've said many times before it was a bit of a mistake, but you live and learn. And nobody actually has to watch the video of course. And nobody has to comment either, can't see the point myself, doesn't achieve anything. I lie, I have commented on other videos but only positively because I appreciate the effort people go to making them, usually for no reward.
My dad’s first car, MYW 826D. He hated driving, as he learned to drive, reluctantly, too late in life. I watched it decay and die after being sold to our neighbour; it just dissolved on his drive. It’s end was the beginning for me, though. I love old cars and now earn a most enjoyable living through old Fords. Thanks, Dad, thanks MYW 826D. Sadly now both departed but both a huge influence on my life to this day.
Ford Anglia, Great Car, had 2 of those....Happy Memories.
grew up during the 90s riding my dads anglia estate in Zimbabwe! every one knew someone who had one (although station wagons were rare) so it soon became apparent that when the country was still called Rhodesia during the 60s, that there must have been thousands of them imported as well as in southafrica too! the car had soul, it was as solid as a rock and it went everywhere...our family still talks about it to this day!
I had one. In the winter the door buttons used to freeze up - I carried a cigarette lighter to unfreeze them. When I went into an explosive building at work somebody asked me did I smoke. I said no. He didn't ask did I have matches or a lighter! I took mine from London to Newcastle on the M1 back in 1972. A beautiful simple little car.
I'm only 27 years old but would LOVE to drive one of these things. A true classic.
My Grandad bought one-second hand, it was a 1964 B reg and he kept it till his death in 1994. Painted it with gloss paint from the doing up the house in the end. WHo else has a matching house and car? Amazing memories. It was ludicrously out of date by the end of the 70s but incredible in its own way.
My mum passed her test in our Ford Anglia in 1966 when I was 5 years of age. She primarily started to drive to participate in the school run shared by a group of young mums at my new school. Happy days. Going to school, being picked up and being dropped off at home by a Ford Anglia. a Hillman Imp and a Mini, depending on which mum was driving. She's 86 years of age now and has long since hung up her driving keys.
Ahh...Good memories there, the woman driving the Anglia really seemed to enjoy the car, they were good cars back then and a great classic now due to their simplicity.
Great car, cute little lady !!! 👍👍👍👍
I had five of these at one time. Currently driving a hotted up version with a crossflow and discs, but with a low-mileage, twin-coloured, all original one in the garage as well. Love 'em.
Very well presented and honest!
Had one in the stock car circuit. My favorite was the Lotus version. Love them.
I learnt to drive in one of these, bought it for 35 quid had a years trouble free running and sold it for 50. Couldn't say the same thing nowadays !!
An excellent video, and oh so refreshing.
Watching all the videos on YT about these old Brit cars and a few Yank barges, I would never have believed I could live long enough to see them being thought off as anything desirable or ever worth more than about 50 quid - which is about what I used to pay (or less!) for them, running, taxed with MOT!
It also strikes me that I have owned or driven just about every British car of the mid-late 1960s and 1970s, which is not a thought which I have previously consciously harboured!
Most videos lauding stuff like the Anglia, Mini, Cortina, Austin/Morris/Wolseley/MG 1100, Austin Cambridge, Westminster, Humber Snipe, Sunbeam Rapier etc. etc. etc. would have been unimagineable back in the day. These were all such "run of the mill" cars with, as we thought then, absolutely nothing worth raving about, so ordinary and mundane were they!
Of course seeing the prices they can fetch today, it would have been worth buying 100 at less than 50 quid each and storing them for 50 years!
But who knew?
Excellent video! (The presenter is gorgeous too)
Ideal car to drive in a sunny afternoon.....
what a great review! I'm a bloke and whilst I have to admit to liking the top gear style stuff, I find myself captivated by your straightforward and honest style of roadtesting - you guys really need your own tv show, it will be a hit!
So sorry about the music! I was young and foolish - it would be different now...
Misty eyed to see such a sweet little 60's Britcar in such good nick.
My first car was a ford Anglia, don’t think I was that excited about it!
The Anglia 105E was my first car. The engine was U/S and I had a Gold Seal engine fitted . The gear box was positive. It was a reliable runabout but leaked and filled up with water in the back.
HOW COOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!
My fist car was an 1960 Ford Anglia - I paid $120 for it - I was 16 yrs old - I MISS my little car!! );})) !!
Great review and great video!
My first car. Would love to own another one.
If You get the chance to Buy one, go for it, I had 2 of them.
I love the steering wheel the size of a Dustbin Lid.
I guess in those days without power steering the steering needed to be Big for the leverage.
I had a 1966 Super Anglia. 1200 cc white with red flash and roof and black interior. Thought I was the dogs b......s! HLV 444D
love your review
Why do all have to play that racket so we can hardly hear you ?
@womenandwheels Thank YOU so MUCH for this video - at one time here at our home in Denver,Colorado our family owned 6 English Fords - one being my first car - an 1960 Anglia - made in Degenham, England!! And YES we enjoyed the movie as much as this review and our cars!! God bless YOU Ladies!! );})) !!
This was a nice little car at that time and this lovely lady seems really enjoying driving it. I fully understand her, but not her words. Instead I bought a Toyota Corolla because it had a bigger (!) engine and an automatic gear box.
Do it again mate.........but this time without the noise drowning out whatever it was she said !!!!.
My dad had one. I didn't want him to pick me up from school in it !
THANK YOU!
we all used to pile in my mates when we were young men just to go through the car wash cus the big fluffy spinning wheel on the car wash used to jam under the rear screen and lift the car up on the suspension pmsl
Great car, Anglia.!
I raced a 105e at Ipwich speedway back in 1972-1973
ita cute car i have been waching this alot of times its the best video about it
My dads first car in white, with the spareweel mounted on the back bumper.
Never saw one of those again.
that would be the sportsman edition
If that car is totally original and has crossply tyres that would be the reason for the steering problem you have (assuming all the ball joints and t.c.a.'s and shock absorbers are in good condition. Those old crossply tyres follow all the little ridges and bumps in the road. A good set of radials will make it drive a lot better although you may have to have a different set of wheels or have tubes put in as I cannot remember if the original wheels are suitable for tubeless tyres.
Nice car :)
I’d love to see this lady cranking this old beauty on a cold morning
You couldn't 'crank' it - there was no provision for a 'crank' handle.
Standard 105E was maybe 75 mph tops, 0-60 eventually..which made them very popular as a '70s hot rod. add a cortina 1500GT engine, corsair 2000E gearbox, classic front struts and they went like hell by comparison. all bolt in swaps too
Cheap simple 40mpg 85mph easy to park.Perfect.
@sturdle The crossflow came out later, very similar, 1600GT fits easily into an Anglia and you don't get left behind all the time!
Music too loud.
I agree, the music is to loud. It's drowning out what the lady is saying.
My first car was a 1966 105e
I had mine up to 87 mph once, but it's possible the speedo wasn't entirely accurate.
Down hill with the wind behind you? I had one and that's about the only way you'd achieve anything north of about 70
Can it fly?
Its my mission to own one.
Is the car on crossply tyres? If it is then change them to modern radials and that "drifting" about you were talking about will improve dramatically. I had a Cortina MK1 on crossplys and them changed to radials... massive improvement! Crossplys tend to pick up on any imperfections in the road and their sidewalls aren't as supple making for an erratic ride.
Music too loud for the dialogue.
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BMC competition with the Triumph Herald and Austin A40.
It was a 'FORD' Anglia - there was no comparison with any BMC vehicle.
my granddad had one he said they last for ever
I couldnt hear either.
They were too busy with their trick camera shots to worry about that.
Then it starts flying..
Good information from the owner, but the backing music is irritating & loud! Why was it necessary?
You forgot to say it was nippy.
can it fly
Funnily enough it doesn't fly, but the drive feels just as exhilarating!
Does yolur car fly?
Paul Harmer well attach flying circuit and maybe a flux capacitor.
Major fault with all modern cars, the windscreen pillars in the name of safety are so thick that they are a hazard due to the blind spot they create
CAN I HAVE YOUR CAR PLEASE ? SHE'S BEAUTIFUL X
@sturdle
nope
Interested In modified anglias with V8 engines
Nooriedien Dollie
Always.
If you want precise handling youd have to go for the morris minor, Ive owned both and the minor is leaps ahead in reliability and driveability
only if it had a invisabilty booster n fly swr ahahhaha but na I like it n da lady is a great driver n very hot n pretty 2!! wish she be my driving teacher
Is that English?
The presenter does not seem to know to change the gears....? curious for a late middle aged lady who actually would've driven a car like this in her younger days.
Lakshan Abeynaike when you get to around 25-30mph you are in top gear but it's still a wonderful car to drive the reason she didn't change up is probably because she ran out of gears
Does it fly? Lol
Harry Potter flaying car
It's funny, most of the things that she doesn't like about new cars, i.e. chunky steering wheels and thicker pillars, are all there to reduce the risk of injury in an collision. I reckon if she was to watch a Ford Anglia smash into a tree at 60mph and, let's say, a Renault Modus smash into the same tree at the same speed, she would probably still drive the Anglia because Modus' are about as cool as sleeping with your friend's great-grandmother. Yeah.
And I thought they only came in three colours, Black, White, and Grey. Lets face it
most cars from that period only came in those colours.
Could do without the awful music. Can barely hear the dialogue.
Your babbling chipmunk voice is obscured by the stupid muzak. Did you think putting music on your video would make us admire how talented you are? Whenever anyone uses background music, it means they are lying, that's why they use background music in advertizing and drama.
It was a hard choice when we were making the video whether to go for the babbling chipmunk or stupid muzak - in the end we couldn't decide so stopped making them altogether :)
A chatty young lady and I could tell every word she said but I do not like music when people are giving out information.
Thanks for your kind words! We're not so young any more - it's an old video now! That also explains the music, which was fashionable at the time (even though it's still a bit loud in retrospect) and we wouldn't do the same these days
Anglia means England in Hebrew.
Why the crap music?
Thanks for the positive feedback. I put the music in to irritate people.
Would have been much better without the horrible music.
Yes, sorry about that, we were young and foolish. Making the same video now if we had music at all it would probably be more contextual and certainly quieter - you live and learn. Not sure how helpful negative comments are, but it's good to have feedback nevertheless so thanks for that. We stopped making the videos in the end because we were getting quite a lot of hate and it wasn't worth the grief! They're only meant to be fun and we never even monetised them.
Turn off the bloody ' music'. So annoying.
Hate the music. Couldn't watch.
Yes, as I've said many times before it was a bit of a mistake, but you live and learn. And nobody actually has to watch the video of course. And nobody has to comment either, can't see the point myself, doesn't achieve anything. I lie, I have commented on other videos but only positively because I appreciate the effort people go to making them, usually for no reward.