Ford’s Anglia knows no value boundaries

Ford’s angular Anglia is in demand. A pukka 105E is now an easy £15k and nice ones regularly sell for between £8k and £10k. Maybe it’s Harry Potter, Heartbeat or all those Goodwood St Mary’s Trophy appearances, but values of this Sixties family Ford have now overtaken Minors, Heralds, Vivas and are nibbling into MKI Cortina territory. How long before we see the £20,000 Anglia?

The benchmark for mint 105Es was set by Bonhams back in Sept 2017 when a trophy-winning, restored 1960 Deluxe made a premium-inclusive £14,950. We thought it was a fortune then. But over the last three years values of survivor-quality Anglias have tickled along very nicely. In August this year ACA achieved £9540 for a nice but not perfect ’65 Deluxe, and in November H&H knocked down a decent – but not brilliant – ’60 Deluxe for £9562. Look back five years and you can see that 105E prices have doubled. Classic & Sportscar in Yorkshire has a last-of-the-line ’68 Deluxe in Lagoon Blue, still with original paint and interior and 30,000 miles for £14,995 while Bill Postin in Warwickshire has a red ’66 Deluxe, restored from a bare ’shell for £12k. My money would be on the ’62-on Super (the 123E) with painted side stripe, all-synchro gearbox and 1197cc Cortina engine. Of the 79,000 Supers built there are only 398 left on the DVLA database. Van and estates are also in demand and nice ones make similar money to saloons. And remember that a good restoration – even on something as humble as this – is still going to relieve you of £20k to £40k. Grabbing a low mileage lovely survivor with history while you still can feels like a sensible move to me.