You Don't ?? [bigsmile1]Quote:
Originally Posted by DieselLSE
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You Don't ?? [bigsmile1]Quote:
Originally Posted by DieselLSE
I was tricked by a mate of mine who drove a pajero. I thought to myself: I'll do a Clarkson "'cause I drive a land rover!" and then I found out. I do own a spare P38 right now too [bighmmm]
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Possibly, but I certainly don't remember it - Prefect utes, but I do not remember the Popular, although checking with Wikipedia, it seems that it was sold here.Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
As you now agree, what was shown was undoubtedly an Anglia, not a Prefect.
I never had anything to do with either of them, but I remember the Prefect because it had similar styling to the larger and far less common Austin 16 that my father bought (S/H) in 1953, and I remember describing it to schoolfriends as similar looking to the common Prefect.
If I recall correctly, the Prefect had 4 doors, the Anglia had 2. The Ford in the pic has 2 doors.Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
I believe the Popular lacked running boards, a second windscreen wiper and other such extravagants, supplied on the Prefect and Anglia.
You're right Ron, the Prefect was basically a four door Anglia, the Popular was a pov-pac Anglia.
Very droll….[smilebigeye] My old Defect was a ‘54 100E. The mate who I ended up swapping it for the SI went on to collect a few Roots Group cars and an Armstrong of some type. He still occasionally drives my old 100E.Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
In today’s terms the Popular was the poverty pack option
As far as I can find out, the Popular sedan was not sold in Australia, only the ute. And yes, the Anglia was a downmarket Prefect, with (I think) only the two door sold here.
The other interesting picture I have found looking for more information on this is just how different these Ford Britain models were for Australia - reflecting that these were substantially Australian made except for the engine and drive train - not sure about the chassis. The big innovation made by GMH at this time was building engines, axles, and gearboxes here and making a model that had no overseas equivalent. (But it was not an Australian design, it was a 1942 Chevrolet that did not go into production due to the war, and was considered too small for the USA in 1946. Hartnett's Australian design was vetoed by Detroit.)
