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Ford
Anglia Sportsman
Welcome to the Ford Anglia
Sportsman part of the site. In this area of the
site, you will find some
Adverts, Articles, Brochures, Models and Photo's associated with the Ford Anglia
Sportsman.
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During
1961, Ford took the opportunity to introduce a
European only variant in to the Anglia family
called the Sportsman. The Sportsman was built by Ford of
Belgium, at Antwerp, was based on the 997cc
Anglia deluxe and even carried it's own Advertisements and Brochures extolling the virtues of the model
as a sporting saloon.The Ford Anglia Sportsman
was to all intents and purposes a normal Anglia
deluxe, except that the spare wheel was mounted
on the outside of the boot lid. This gave the
Anglia far more luggage space in the boot, and
was also Ford’s attempt to give the Anglia a
more up-market appearance by adopting the same
practice that was being used on luxury American
models at the time, with the fitment of
"Continental Style” spare wheel
holders.
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keeping with this more glamorous theme, large
rear chrome bumper over-riders and broad
white-wall tyres were also fitted, again
mimicking the design styles of the luxury
American market at the time. The
Sportsman also came with special chrome wheel
trims, chromed exhaust, chromed
"Sportsman" badge and a screen washer
as standard and was available in a choice of new
colours.
This
variation of the Ford Anglia Family was not
available in the UK, but several Companies saw the benefits of having
the spare wheel fitted on the outside of the boot
lid and so produced kits of varying quality for
Owners in the UK to fit to their vehicles.
Spare
wheel carrier kits were also available for the
106E in Norway for the equivalent of £8.
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An
early copy of the Ford Anglia 105E Owners
Club’s magazine, “Anglebox”
carried a sketch from a member of a spare wheel
holder. A
spare wheel carrier similar to this sketch is
presently being produced by KMJ Restorations in the UK.
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The
Ford Anglia Sportsman is quite a rare variant of
the Anglia family.
The
total number of Ford Anglia Sportsman's built is
unknown
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