If you lift the bonnet, on the near side scuttle, there should be two tags. One is the Briggs body number, the other which will start TC/???/XX will be the paint code.
Not all Anglias have the three bar grill and kidney shaped dash. Only up to 1957. They also have a smaller rear window. 1958 on, have the two dial dash, mesh type grill, and the larger rear screen. The most obvious difference between an Anglia and a Pop (externally) are the rear lights. The Pop has the three round ones.
That car is a 100e Prefect. Four doors and a sidevalve engine. Later Prefects with an OHV engine were 107e's. All the two doors are either Anglias, or Populars, and all had sidevalve engines.
That is defo a 3 rail 4 speed. Do you know what Cortina it came out of? It may have 2000e ratios, you'l have to make a couple of markers (cardboard will do) put one on the output shaft, and one on the input. Put it in 1st gear and turn the input just short of 3 turns, and you should get 1 turn on the output. If you don't get a full turn then it's not a 2000e gearset in there.
Well. It seems I'm English today not European, I've got my identity back. Now we need a campaign to get all those number plates off with euro flags on them, and replace them with Union Jacks, George crosses, Welsh Dragons etc.
Just a little thought on this one, if this is how business associates are treated, is there any reason to think customers are treated any differently? I know what I think, and I also know that there are alternate cam grinders and parts suppliers out there.
Yes, and when you get the ones that start "Hello am I speaking to the householder" I always reply "No I'm just round here sha***ng his missus" It goes very quiet then and they put the phone down.
This is sad news. I've met Neil a few times, and he's always been helpful. What I do know is that there's one company now, that I won't be buying any parts from in the future !!!