Classical cars, including the history of the great classical automobiles
February 8th, 2008

English Ford Woody Wins Our Heart in Scottsdale

English Ford Woody

If there's one thing I like about the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction it's the company's ability to attract the unexpected. For example, I never thought I'd see a 1956 English Ford Squire Woody Wagon but there it was, under one of the canvas roofs behind the stadium-size auction tent, looking smart and friendly with its fire-engine red paint job. Frankly I couldn't recall English Ford wagons of this type ever being imported to North America until I thought back a long way and remembered various Anglias and even Prefects making it to our shores. In fact I briefly owned one of those Prefects, given to me by a cousin when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. Technically it's a Thames (Ford of Britain's truck division) but is based on the Anglia sedan. This baby was restored 500 miles ago, came with sliding side windows, buckets, and an all-new interior. The 4-cylinder engine has been rebuilt and moderately modified, inasmuch as the window sticker indicated twin SU carburetors and a sports cam. It sold for $15,000, a most reasonable sum for a little red charmer.


by admin | Posted in Auctions, British Cars | 3 Comments » |

3 Comments »

Comment by John Dunlap
  • Phil, Thanks for showing this. I never saw one before or knew of their existance. I owned a 1957 Anglia 2dr. I was a nice car and cute as hell, esp. when compared to VW’s.

    John at Skunkpoint

    February 9, 2008 @ 10:46 am
  • Comment by roy
  • my dad’s first car. where can i buy one? roy

    February 21, 2010 @ 1:51 am
  • Comment by roy
  • my dad’s first car. where can i buy one? his was reg no JRS 31 and cost £40 in 1963. i wonder if it still alive? is there a uk club? i am a keen collector of about 14 cars at present but would like to build another shed and collect more. roy

    February 21, 2010 @ 1:53 am
  • RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

    Leave a comment














    Powered by Wordpress using the theme bbv1