Rod Ends
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| posted on 8/8/23 at 03:49 PM |
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BUILD YOUR OWN CAR (1963)
Love the locost engine hoist
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Prof_Cook
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| posted on 8/8/23 at 04:58 PM |
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Many thanks for posting - surprised the lifters weren't more nervous lifting the engine over that immaculate bodywork!
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JAG
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| posted on 9/8/23 at 09:33 AM |
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What a great video! The beginnings of the British Kitcar industry!
Thanks for posting.
All to save the cost of the VAT - a great little dodge that we are thankfull for 
My Dad used to talk about how he and his mates used to build cars on a Ford chassis with an 1172cc engine back in the 1950's. I can't recall
which standard production car they used to buy to get the chassis but his photographs show a finished car that looks very like the car in that Pathe
video. Kind-of a smaller, lighter E-Type looking car.
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Justin
Who is this super hero? Sarge? ...No.
Rosemary, the telephone operator? ...No.
Penry, the mild-mannered janitor? ...Could be!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 9/8/23 at 11:52 AM |
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Those will be based the later 50's Anglia's and Prefects, those mechanics are much too modern compared to my car 
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JAG
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| posted on 9/8/23 at 01:39 PM |
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Mr Whippy has it about right. There are some interesting sites out there describing the cars built around the Ford Ladder chassis and 1172cc side
valve engine and a mighty 30bhp
Dad's pictures show something like the cars on this page: www.fordspecials.co.uk
[Edited on 9/8/23 by JAG]
Justin
Who is this super hero? Sarge? ...No.
Rosemary, the telephone operator? ...No.
Penry, the mild-mannered janitor? ...Could be!
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pewe
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| posted on 11/8/23 at 02:49 PM |
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More likely E93A's which, because of its separate chassis, spawned lots of glass-fibre specials.
100E's were a unitary body.
I had mates who would run E93A's until the engine blew, then simply take a spare engine out of the boot a the roadside and swap them over.
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