bicycle repairman Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 had one in 1984 my 1st car bought it off carcave its ok but not been 100 honest oh well got now have carry on,waiteing on english v5 be useing and improveing as i use it yes am worried about takeing that horrable mirrior off ProgRocker, CreepingJesus, Mrcento and 38 others 41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf892 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Nice looking thing…..proper old car Matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 And you haven't brought it round to show me? Tony, you're fired! An Anglia was one of my first cars too, in 1979, and I maintain a soft spot for them. They had ALL the style the replacement Escort never had! That looks gorgeous. Matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicycle repairman Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 cant drive till get english logbook lol looks lot better in pics but its solid eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Yeah you can, just insure it on the chassis number. That's what I did a decade ago when I brought two cars over from Cyprus and pressed them into regular use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicycle repairman Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 wow dident know eddie insure tommorror eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Sorry Eddy, you are wrong! You can insure it but it is illegal for a UK resident to drive a foreign registered car. You will probably get away with it (like you did and indeed I have done) but that does not make it legal. Nice car btw eddyramrod, Dave_Q, mk2_craig and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Lovely that. Wheels look well too. Much better than alloys. Brilliant. Quite jealous of that. Looks solid enough from what you can see in the photos. What they not been honest about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Nice looking angrybox. Where has it been living? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Isn't the car cave the Scottish dealership run by a total scumbag? Plenty of dodgy stories from the owner if that's the same one. Lovely car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglevan Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Nice, what's your plan with it? I have one, not quite standard that I have owned 15 years now. There's an Anglia owners club meet up in Wakefield this weekend if you fancy a run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 I’ve noticed with a lot of these South African Ford imports that they look very shiny but underneath there’s a lot of wob covering accident repairs. That said they’re almost certainly a better bet than years of welding back together a U.K. spec one. Plus you get some interesting specs like 3.0 Sierras etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 At first I thought the photos were from your 1984 original, it was only the Skoda that gave it away. Is that a filter or genuine 35mm developed at Boots. Dave_Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregZX Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 5 hours ago, Saabnut said: Sorry Eddy, you are wrong! You can insure it but it is illegal for a UK resident to drive a foreign registered car. You will probably get away with it (like you did and indeed I have done) but that does not make it legal. Nice car btw I noticed Pete C of Cortina City drove his British Guyana registered Cortina to the NEC in March. Quite a distance in a car still on Guyanan plates. I was wondering how he managed to do it, I take it it was illegal? bicycle repairman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicycle repairman Posted May 18, 2023 Author Share Posted May 18, 2023 police in my town or on the ball i just wait till logbook turns up eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicycle repairman Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 23 hours ago, sutty2006 said: Nice looking angrybox. Where has it been living? south africa yes bought off carcave explained what problem was got be honest he was going give me full refund but struck a deal were he gave me some money off explain later.he seemed be easy deal with, sdkrc and sutty2006 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Stick some masking tape over the letter C and it'll look like a UK reg. tooSavvy and bicycle repairman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicycle repairman Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 6:45 AM, Anglevan said: Nice, what's your plan with it? I have one, not quite standard that I have owned 15 years now. There's an Anglia owners club meet up in Wakefield this weekend if you fancy a run sounds like good day out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 I’ve looked at Car Caves offerings, unfortunately I’m not bestowed with the cash for a classic Ford but they don’t look bad value. The descriptions usually tell you if it wants a bit of welding or whatever, I mean they’re 50-60 year old cars so it’s not going to look brand new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 A staple of car cave vehicles is they always seem to be fitted with really shit wheels but I like those deep dish steelies and hub caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicycle repairman Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 still on drum brakes so sure originals that been banded looks nice got good stance On 5/18/2023 at 6:03 AM, sutty2006 said: Nice looking angrybox. Where has it been living? south africa yes bought off carcave explained what problem was got be honest he was going give me full refund but struck a deal were he gave me some money off explain later.he seemed be easy deal with, Matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 10 minutes ago, bicycle repairman said: still on drum brakes so sure originals that been banded looks nice got good stance south africa yes bought off carcave explained what problem was got be honest he was going give me full refund but struck a deal were he gave me some money off explain later.he seemed be easy deal with, Looking at them they're John Brown Wheels. The style is called Smoothie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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