I wonder if that's the same yellow one that I saw for sale up around hwy#7 and reesor rd back in the late 80's early 90's ?? .. the wheels make me think yes..
which I've been wondering if , was at one time dean steele's car (sp steele ??) as he posted a pic of being pulled over by a yellow york region malibu sometime around 80 and in the pic his was yellow too
yellow I've found seems to be a theme for these cars .. built a 1/25 one myself .. yeah it was yellow too
I have always had a sick fetish for Anglia's and Prefects.. I have always wanted to take a prefect ad weld the back door up but stretch the front door like and Anglia and remove the rear pillar.. the slant back of the prefect is cool but the front clip on an Anglia it bitchin' .. could have the best of both worlds... but very neat car you have non the less
-- Edited by Chad on Monday 20th of May 2019 12:16:20 PM
Yes, it was a 4 door, all prefects were... It has a Pop front end.. Or Anglia as they are known in N.America..... It has a lot of history, and is a little confused at the moment, having been through a lot of styles over the years.. It just needs a new identity. Plan is to just get it sorted, dial,in some reliability and enjoy it this year...
The conversion you describe above, with stretched door and one piece rear, looks a tad odd... would be better to just use a Pop body! The rear side window would just be to large.
-- Edited by Jeff66 on Thursday 23rd of May 2019 09:08:07 AM
-- Edited by Jeff66 on Thursday 23rd of May 2019 09:08:39 AM
All the electrics are now sorted and working.... Took it for a spin.. Its quick! But it don't like to stop! Found a crushed brake line. Between body and diff housing. Looks Like someone launched a little too hard and flattened it! Needs sorting, and fixing, so it does not happen again! Have to get seats in next, and some tuning and tweaking!
ive seen a few of these with the 4 rear windows filled in making a sedan delivery does it have rear disc brakes here is what ive got together so far on mine
That is a real nice rear end you have there Scotty, If you don't mind me saying!LOL! No, drums all round on mine. My cars are usually low tec....
But who knows what is in the future? How is your Pop coming along? I have trouble calling them Anglias.... Any updates on it?
nothing body related other than buying parts working on the chassis mostly its a space thing theres a project in front of it that will or should be completed this month with a prayer then we can lay out the frame ill be bringing the body in before winter if you need to borrow window /door parts to make copys i have them i parted out a prefect last summer my pop did not have anything as well so im using the prefect parts but that will be awhile
Been working on it over the weekends.... Drove it around the neighbourhood a bit..... It steers, runs, is very loud, a bit lacking in the stopping department! Going to bleed brakes and adjust next weekend.
See if that helps. The brake pedal is at a very odd angle. It does not make for easy applied pressure.
The Prefect spent the day with my son at Exotic Motorworks in Newmarket Yesterday. Now has a removable steering wheel hub, It makes it easier to get in and out, and has added some much needed length to the column. Brakes had a flush and new fluid and bleed. Steering column, and box, had all the excess play taken out! no more scary bump steer! Not a bad days work, especially as I did not do it!
Saturday, I took it into Barrie for the local cruise, Funny how many people are amazed at seeing English modified car, even more interested when they realize I am English too!
-- Edited by Jeff66 on Monday 19th of August 2019 09:56:43 AM
Seems to me that I have some old Polaroid pics of some cars I saw up there as a kid. I believe this was one of them, I think there was a yellow Willy's, a blue Hillman delivery.....as I said, I was a kid but a confirmed Piston Head already. I'll have to see if I can find them.
Got glass and dash last weekend at Jalopy Jam Up! All free. So now the work begins. I think I have found all the niggles after the 6 hour drive.
Not too bad to be honest. I will put off the period paint job till I have everything else sorted, even though (for me) it would be the easiest to do.
Seats, steering column, exhaust/headers, and wiring should pretty much sort it out. There are a few engine issues, but hopefully that is all tuning.
Been having a few motor issues..... So Have to strip it to find problem I think.... But also, half way through a 383ci stroker build. 2 are better than one I guess!
Well The motor and trans were removed a few weeks ago. Holy crap the suspension and steering were in a poor state. Done some mods on that, and now need to get the spring re done. It is very tired. Need a new steering column as well. Last week engine and trans went back in. Fired up real nice. Today I mocked up the new seat positions. Got the front back on. Tomorrow...... Finish electrics, and measure, measure, measure for some new parts.
I seem to somehow have 2 accounts on here. Sorry, It makes it a tad confusing.
Anyway, as an update. Saw a lot of problems with steering and suspension. while the motor was out. Junked the steering, then saw how bad the electrics were.
Dumped the electrics! Here we go again..... Then the dash was just such a bad thing someone had made in the past, pulled and junked, along with the gauges.
I guess you can see where this is going.
Then found a Prefect for sale with spares for a very reasonable price. That gave me a new dash, glass, window mouldings top interior header panel, and a few other odds n sods.... Then sold that car on.
The new cheater tires are now on the rear, the Mickey Thompson's never looked right.
And a few hours ordering parts online.
Dash and new gages have been made up, 3D printer helped a lot there. And the whole dash covered in black base, with Roth VooDoo Blu flake.
Now I have the task of making the new fenderwell headers fit, once that is done, the new steering column is ready to go in. Damn things!!
