Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "A Cardinal Mistake? The Ford Cardinal Compact Car Project Became The Taunus P4" video.

  1. Some 105E Anglias seemed to have made it to the US with either the 1 litre or 1.2 litre motor. Saw one on a J.F Kennedy documentary parked outside an Alabama University related to the desegregation upheavals of 62 or 63. Not sure if it was a private import or a local Ford dealers sold one. I would be interested to know more about that small Ford sales that early. Even in the late forties and early fifties the earlier flathead four Anglia was US sold. Many ended up as the bodywork for very high powered drag cars. Was it Jesse James Monster Garage that controversially destroyed a survivor Anglia by trying, unsuccessfully, to make a drag car out of it.
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  2. Seems some even smaller UK Fords may have been sold in the US , but hard to find information on them. Some 105E Anglias seemed to have made it to the US with either the 1 litre or 1.2 litre Kent engine. Saw one on a J.F Kennedy TV documentary parked outside an Alabama University related to the desegregation upheavals of 62 or 63. Not sure if it was a private import or a local Ford dealer sold one. I would be interested to know more about small Ford US sales that early. Even in the late forties and early fifties the earlier flathead four Anglia was US sold. Many ended up as the bodywork for very high powered drag cars. Was it Jesse James Monster Garage that controversially destroyed a survivor Anglia by trying, unsuccessfully, to make a drag car out of it.
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  3.  @leonb2637  a US dealer documenting the start of US Anglia sales in 1959 : https://youtube.com/shorts/D3UaqVw9xio?si=mCQhXfA9v58PPm5S
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  4. Seems to be a North American 1961 Ford Anglia ad to buy one from Ford dealers : https://youtu.be/lAzHKj0HpYA?si=chDKa1FmATVoBq7V
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  5. More on the US Anglia sales starting in 1959 : https://youtube.com/shorts/D3UaqVw9xio?si=mCQhXfA9v58PPm5S
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  6. Looked like a Plymouth Valiant. The Chrysler compact car competitor to the Falcon. Small with just a 2.8 litre slant six.
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