ford pop(anglia)

[poprodder]

hi,
this is my ford pop hot rod.
runnin a boxed chassis with extra x-membersand chassis rails.
front pop beam axle has been moved to front end of chassis and mounted suicide style.
rear axle is a volvo mounted on coil overs and ladder bars, with a panhard rod for sideways location.
front brakes are ford sierra vented discs, rear are also discs(standard volvo) homemade pedal box etc with a sierra servo and m/cylinder.
engine is rover v8, from a p6 rover 3500s.
gearbox is from same vehicle, a 4 speed manual, with a shortened gear selecter.
engine fitted as standard apart from chrome valve covers on adapter plates, and edelbrock 500 4 barrel carb with edelbrock performer inlet manifold.
cooled by a heavy duty sierra radiator.
front sheet metal on car is from a ford prefect(prepop!?!)
wheels are 15" rears (on wide five pattern) wide white x-plys, fronts are 15" again on w/w x-plys. will be ss cragars with ww x-plys
interior will be plain and simple.minor seats, plain door cards,rubber mat floor etc.
colour to be **** brown(satin)
i think thats enough for now.
cheers poprodder.

 

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i've another set of steels that i can fit and fit rear wings, also got an independant front which i could fit with front wings.

 

[poprodder]

rears are of me old vauxhall(gm)vx, fronts i've bought s/h from nsra board(uk) £40 each, (£163 plus vat each new!!!)

6x15 and 4.5x15 560 and 760 x 15 wide wide x-plys.

 

[poprodder]

gearbox arrived , put into utility room so i'm popular........not!!!

its a zf4hp22, which is a 4speed auto. lots of swapping parts to get it to fit but its all nuts and bolts.

 

[poprodder]

not touched the car for a while, trying to get it home as its lived in the in-laws garage for far to long, needs to be on the road this summer.
cheers chris.

 

[Gastrick]

Good job so far. Get back to work. There are several folks here that have Pops/anglias, myself included. Bob W also has one.

Here's a photo of mine.

 

[clipper]

poprodder great job ! Looks to me that your a real creative chap. What year range rover did the engine come from? It looks very buick-ish. Is there any differences with american engine? keep up the good work and keep us posted on progress. (PS dont worry bout the utility room, they get over it)

 

[Bonehead]

Looks good so far. I like the work you have done, it is going to be fun.

 

[poprodder]

cheers guys,
the engine is outa rover p6 3500s (a 70's motor) based on buick 216ci(i think!!!)
trans is from a jag, bell housing from a range rover.

 

[cycledog]

That's gonna be fun to drive. Hope ya get it on the road soon.

 

[HOT40ROD]

whats that Grill from? It looks different.

 

[50Ford]

Looks sweet! keep up the good work.