SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO GO FASTER

Let’s be honest about this. The Anglia built up more motorsport successes than anyone had ever hoped that it would — not only in saloon car racing, but in the rough-and-tumble of International rallies. So the next time that anyone tells you that front-wheel-drive was needed in the 1960s, remind them that the cars could usually beat the Mini Cooper S on the race track, and could keep going on rallies where their opposition often broke down..

The racing Anglias

The original overhead valve-engined Anglia 105E started within weeks, when John Young’s Superspeed car appeared at a Boxing Day Brands Hatch meet, finishing third in a saloon car race. It made more noise than its performance suggested, because according to Autosport’s report of the race: ‘The only difference between this car’s exhaust note and that of the V16 BRM is that the Ford is rather noisier ....’

For Ford,