I known of this car as long as I can remember.It was a local drag car that has been a drag car sence the late 60`s.It has had ford,Dodge as well as Chevy running gear in it over the years. It is a 1948 Anglia that has a custom built frame and roll cage.4 link with coilovers, 9 inch rearend with strange 31 spline axles as well as a home built front axles.It is for sale but I don`t know if it is worth the money.Guy want $4000 Canadian for it.Body is ruff around the rear fenders and has no rear fenders but has a new front clip. The owner add 7 and 1/2 inch to the body(this would have to be changed).car has no motor or trans.Comes with wheels and tires,gages,4 core custom built rad as well as a fibergl*** seat.You could say it is a roller.The car was a street car so it has a Registration You think it might be worth 3 grand???
Whats his address and phone# ,Nuff said lol HELL YA its worth that- to me , but ya never know about these things ,sometimes they are worth bongo bucks ,the next zilch, not an easy task legthening or shortening a body -any body
IF it did not have the section added........YES........most definately...... With the piece......close call...........for me anyway......I am too tall, too fat and too old for a Anglia g***er.......
The section was added to meet the nhra minimal wheelbase rule.The prefect 4dr could run in the g*** cl***es because they were 4 inches longer than the anglia.That car is not worth 4 grand,the rear fenders are hard to find & expensive unless you go with gl***,someone cut off the flange that the fenders bolted to.this car is a good drag car but not a good street ride canidate as there are alot of anglias still out there,I p***ed up a nice original car about a year ago for 2000.00
That section will be removed.Problem is that the 4 link bars are long and the car sits way too low.So the owner was tring to make more room by making the car longer.I am tall too but there must be away around this problem. fitzee
Well said but one problem!!I`m in Newfoundland.there is NO good cars around here.Life of a car around here is 15 years.I live in the rust belt.It can cost us up to $2000 just to get a car here not including the cost of the Car. fitzee
I agree 4 g's would be a stretch but a 3 g offer would be a good deal IMO , that extra G would gop along way towards fixing the wheel wells, nothing wrong w gl*** rear fenders IMO at least they are already radiused in most of them i have seen in 'gl***,got some pics from a guy up canada way who had some Anglia's for sale earlier this fall , check G***er madness back posts OH! here it is in Lasalle Que.- Julian @514 366 6088
Sounds pricey. I forget his name but there is a guy who exports angila cars and bits to the states, I'll dig through my mags and see if it has any details if you want ?
think it might be worth 3 grand??? I don't think it's worth $3k. It'll be a ton of work to unscrew what's been screwed up. You're sayin' even the ch***is won't be right. That means cuttin' it up. My experience has been that it's harder to redo what someone else has done, if it doesn't meet your taste or specs, than to start fresh and do it YOUR way the first time through. This isn't the only Anglia in the world!!!! And it probably isn't the only one on your island. I'd keep lookin'.
Does it really matter what WE think? If you want it, buy it and go nuts on it...But since you asked, I don't think I'd do it, unless I decided I liked the 4" splice in it (and I'm just weird enough to like that - maybe). Otherwise, I wouldn't to pay that much money for the privilege of doin' all that work, just to get it back to where you can finally START making it into the Anglia of your dreams. Having said that, it's still really cool any time an old survivor comes out of hiding - thanks for sharing it with us. Interesting car.....
I disagree with you. It does matter what we think!. That's the reason why Fitzee made the post!! He wants some advice/input to help him make a decision on a possible $3k purchase. We're giving it to him. He'll sort through our replies to his question and make up his mind based on that! Fitzee, please let me know if I'm wrong.
Thats exacly why we post these things , so's not to get screwed or in over our heads ,I find the opposite to be true- unfinished projects have been my boon and have done very well buying them, alot of the hard work done and change what i don't like , I'm not seeing that ch***is as a problem lot of good parts there,fine tuning and modifying to suit you is part of the deal ,I wish my Austin had those parts, but hey, I know of NO anglia's for sale anywhere near me in any condition, so maybe its a local thing,its all according what you really want and what you can REALLY do,
Your not wrong.I am up in the air with this car.Yes I want it, No I don`t want to pay 4 grand for it,really don`t want to pay 3 grand for it eather! But I like to have input into a project like this.I have been coming to hambs for a few years now and have found some great advice from alot of you guys.I find when your head is in the clowds it is good to hear what others think of your ideas.My biggest problem with not getting this car is that I known of this car for some time(25-30 years) and this car is the reason I want one.I seen this same car racing back in the early 80`s and felt it was the coolest ride around and sence then I have always want one.I do have another Anglia,well the remains of one.Pics below show a Anglia I found in the woods and dragged home 3 years ago.I am thinking of bring in a front clip and rear fenders and restoring that car.But the red car is in much better shape and has a front clip.So as you can see I`m up in the air on what to do.
Actually, I agree, Mike. In fact, I made my living for a few years, working at a shop here that took on all the projects that the other shops p***ed on - that kept food on my table, but also kept me shaking my head at the money spent on projects that just weren't worth doing. My point was, only the owner can make the call: is it worth it? It depends on where the owner is coming from - what their motivation is, what their budget is, parts availability, and so on...Next time I get to a point of flipping the coin to decide wether or not to pursue some project, I'll probably post something just like this, to get some feedback from people who've already been there before me - one of my favorite parts of the HAMB. I just didn't know what this guys priorities are - it all depends on that.....
Ah Fitzee - we both posted at the same time. Well now......Maybe you could combine the best of the two cars into one? Now I know your motivation - that red car had a big impact on you. I'd LOVE to have one of the cars that inspired me to get into this stuff - even some parts off one of those cars would be magic to me. But those are MY priorities - I'm a romantic that way, so those are the things that are important to ME...Maybe it'd be worth the money to use the sheetmetal and ch***is components off the red car that you need to finish YOUR car? You'd have some leftovers to hoard or sell, too...
Fitzee...are you ****ing nuts? THAT car is a local legend. I watched it run an 11 sec quarter 15 years ago, even with a missed 3rd shift and a coast to the end. Would have been in the low 10's easy if Pud had only swapped it to an auto so he could concentrate on DRIVING the witch and keep it between the lanes...in street trim minus mufflers BTW! Pud used it as a street car with full race setup and a single gl*** seat...his 4 spd shifter was between his legs even though he was seated in the left location. Home fabbed ladder bars...roll cage...narrowed 9"...dropped front axle...built 440 Mopar with a tunnel ram and center squirt Holleys...home fabbed headers...wheelie bars...housing floaters...geezzz he built it ALL and it kicked ***! It's called commitment to your hobby...and its what made "Strictly Street C.C." what it was and ultimately closed it down once the street racing scene was ended as the Argentia strip reopened...mostly by the owner of THAT cars hard and determined work, as you know. The hard core street element then switched over to track and only now, 15 years later, are tough, no excuses "street" cars showing up again as guys realize street is where its at. Pud was building a moly round tube frame for it...does he still have the original frame he had or is it gone? The original frame was a mess that he inherited from its earlier incarnation as a strip only hatchet job, during the first version of strip out in Argentia. All the work he did on it was excellent but he was always sorry he went with that original frame as a time saver. It was straight and strong...but very heavy. I'd replace the originally cobbled frame with rec tube, shorten the "race only" lengthened body (must have been for the Moly ch***is!) and reuse as much of the original Puddicombe fabricated stuff as possible. Fab some big gl*** fenders like the ones Pud ran and toss in a set of soft HUGE street tires. That car looked way better without the too common major narrowing of the rear axle and that alone probably saved his scrawney *** a couple of times when she got sideways on him up at Patty's Pond on those late nites 15 - 18 years ago... You have a chance to resurrect automotive history here. We don't get a chance to do that very often up this way do we? Grab it man, and save it from those who would Street Rod it or cut it up for the mechanical parts! You KNOW you want too... 8^ )
Bill you gone and done it!!! how in the hell am I going to turn it down now!!You telling stories like that.other then what you see in the pics it has a 4 link and coilovers as well as a set of stranged axles.I keep adding up what I think it is worth and 3 grand is on the high side of what it is worth.Don`t know if Pud will let it go for that!! fitzee
As a kid there were maybe two or three cars that stood out.One was this Anglia.One was a 32 Ford,Hackerbill now has!! and the other was a t bucket in which I now own.Bill you know iF I get Puds car your 32 is next!! I`ll own them all then.LOL
After talking with you and seeing the pictures, i feel that $3000 is more than anyone else locally will offer for a car that has been *******ized. Yes it has history, but so what. The section in the body is nothing short of nasty! Pud may have had a fast anglia but that doesnt make the price considering it is a roller. However, only a select few around here can make that car anything to look at. Yes fitz you are one of the few, but $3000 is the most i'd pay for the car. Then it would be a g***er project for sure!
Fitzee, I can relate to wanting a car that made an impression on you years ago. Now that I know you have another body I say buy it! Take the rear quarters from your parts body and rebuild this car you wanted 30 years ago. Some cars are worth more than the market price. There are special cars that have made a positive impression and need to be saved.
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