Here's Jonny's Anglia, it's a 1967 car which he bought in 2001. It came with a race prepared 1700 with twin Webers, 60's style bucket seats and mini steering wheel with Union Jack centre. This was all fitted some time ago as it also had drum brakes all round and its original gearbox in good old-time fashion. Jonny quickly swapped the brakes to discs (yes he filled his pants a few times) changed the 'box to a close ratio jobbie, added some numbers to the doors, then drove it every day up to 2002. He decided to tidy it up a bit and ended up doing the sills and floor, most of which rotted out in the short time it lived outside. Drove it about for another year, then last year started a complete makeover.

Ok I admit it , typing this in third party is hard work. Back to reality I think...

Started with a new engine, this time a full race 1800 which is in there now and I've just made up a twin box exhaust which is tucked up underneath nicely. Last week started to repair the bodywork which has practically rotted away since I've owned the car and it has lived outside. Now I've got the garage I can actually do work without the rain ruining my efforts. It's gone a lot more rusty than I expected but I'm getting handy with the welder so soon it'll be ready for the paint shop.

Here she is. I've got some nice rust-free doors to put on which will save me a lot of time and I'm going to swap the wings for fibreglass ones, save rusting away another good pair. The doors are blue and the wings will be white. The bootlid, well who knows what colour that will be...

Wheels are white Lotus 13" rims with 175/55 Dunlop tyres. I havent decided if I like the profile of these but the 185/55 has become near impossible to get. The Dunlop is used on the old Mini so it's a popular size.

At the back I had some 7-leaf springs springs made up and got the shocks modified by Leda who did all that stuff back in the day. At the front it's got Escort struts with Leda inserts, adjustable spring platforms and 190lb springs. The strut tops have eccentric mounts to bring the angles back in. I have poly bushes to fit but have been putting it off haven't got around to it yet.

Here's the engine, looks pretty small in there, but boy does it go. Car weighs about 750Kg and the engine should be good for 150hp. Haven't had it rolling-roaded yet, so the jetting and timing isn't yet set. This one is an 1800cc pre-crossflow Ford with full race head, forged accralite pistons, Kent 244 cam and twin 40 Webers. It's got electronic ignition (goodbye points) inside the modified distributor. The flywheel is a much lightened affair with a heavy duty clutch. Gearbox is a close ratio 2000E. Exhaust is a 4-into-1 race manifold feeding a twin box system which runs down the centre of the car.

There's my dash, retro or what! Peep mirror is actually quite useful.

And here's my Corbeau buckets. I'm swapping these out for original matching vinyl seats as they're a bit wide for the car, plus I want to add to the sleeper style. I might even put on an original steering wheel.

The rest of the interior is going to be original style. I have reflective space mat to lay on the floor to keep the noise and heat down which will be topped with either black or dark red carpet.

Paint-wise I'm going to keep it as it is in red with the 69's on the doors. I put them on there to hide some rusty bubbles (hey you can't see them) but it gives the car so much character I think they will go back on. I'd quite like to get them painted on then laquered over. That's a long time off though, got to paint it first.