I spent this morning sorting through a lot of the junk (also known as 'stuff that might be useful in the future!) in the workshop today and I realised just how lucky I got with my Anglia. It came to me from a guy less than 1 mile away who'd been storing it in his garage since 1979 and it's almost entirely rust free (pretty much unheard of over here). After losing some enthusiasm recently (too many other things making demands on my time) I'm feeling stoked and ready to start work on this thing as soon as I get back from my trip to California. I've had a few different ideas about how to build her and I managed to lay my hands on a '38 Fordson front beam complete with brakes and stub axles and new kingpins/bushes. Much stronger than the original Anglia stuff - ideal for a gasser. So...here's the question: Traditional gasser or fenderless and very very low? All opinions welcome (and I'll end up building it my own way anyhow but, it's good to hear others' views) The next one is my buddy Paul's Popular - destined to become a period style oval racer!
Full fendered, plenty of tire out back, pie-cutters up front, and moderately low stance. What a cool car.
here are a couple of my old anglia..... high and low so to speak..... that car looks real solid.... the pretty penny car started out like that....just not as solid... brandon
Viralto, you have done well to find one in such good cond. Here's a pic of mine, found it about 20 yrs. ago. Here's a pic of it when I bought it.
Hey there fellow Folk Festival-er... I've a Fred Flintstone Pop like that! Too poor to build up a stockcar though - there's some serious money engines in the ones we saw at the Hayride! I have an E83W axle for a project of my own. You can fit Model B spindles straight on by the way. Haven't any E83W rear axles do you?
Hey there fellow Folk Festival-er... Hey Phil! Great to meet you the other day - apologies for accosting you like that! I've a Fred Flintstone Pop like that! Too poor to build up a stockcar though - there's some serious money engines in the ones we saw at the Hayride! Yeah - I keep telling Paul that he should be concentrating on going as fast as possible in a straight line but the boy won't listen: he's dead set on going round and round in circles... I have an E83W axle for a project of my own. You can fit Model B spindles straight on by the way. Haven't any E83W rear axles do you? I'm pretty sure that the matching rear axle is still my buddy Chris' lockup. Let me check and I'll find out. I'm flying off on Tuesday but I should be able to find out/hook you up with him before then.
The wheelbase is stretched 12" to help the "handling" a little. The fenders didn't fit very well anymore. It's got a pretty stout bigblock in it with a 400 hp nitrous system on it and I'm getting too old to drive it sideways down the strip now. I got the idea from a picture on the back of an old Anglia News. Same basic concept, but the picture was from the early 60's. Any way, it is what it is. Larry T BTW the "project" has ET's on it now.
Well, they just don't look right to my eye without fenders. Mine is lower in the nose and kinda hunkered down, but we don't dare lower it too much as we drive it all over. That's an option to the 'nose bleed' Gasser stance (not sayin' that's bad, just not for me on this one).
I like the gasser look. But if I was building one for myself, for the street, I think I would opt for an IFS and some sensibly wide rear tires. Gassers are built to go straight. And with a short wheelbase they are tricky to drive on the track, much less the road. Saw one get loose once going up a driveway curb cut and it did a 180 in less than ten feet. The one in the picture passed me on US 67 using up all of the speed limit and the Arkansas State Police "tolerance" plus some. Seemed to be doing OK. But I would not do it. What are you planning to run engine wise?
Here's my '55 I don't think it'll be a gasser, thinking a hot four banger and a 5 speed... Maybe a Ford 8.8 rear from a 5.0 stang.. Gonna figure out some discs for up front as well... Maybe some Buick Headlight trim. Some other tailights...
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