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Ford
Anglia 307E Van
Welcome
to the Anglia Van part of the site. In this area
of the site, you will find some
History, Photo's,
Models
and Books associated with the Ford Anglia
307E Van.
The 307E Anglia-shaped Thames van was
launched in June 1961. It replaced the side-valve
engined vans that had been based on the 100E Popular. There were two versions
available: the basic 5cwt and the more
"upmarket" 7cwt. The 5cwt had painted
bumpers, headlamp peaks, exterior mirrors and
radiator grill, whereas the 7cwt had all of these
items in a chromium-plated finish. Both vans were
quite basic inside, having rubber mats, a drivers
seat and no roof headlining.
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The basic price of the 5cwt van was
£369 and the 7cwt cost £399. Both of these
prices were for the van painted in primer. The
price increased by £10 if it was finished in one
of the eight standard colours. The buyer could if
he wished, add some optional extras to his van,
in the form of a hinged passenger seat, heater
and a sun visor.
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Anglia vans were available with a choice of
either a high or low compression version of the
997cc engine used in the 105E Saloon.
Aesthetically, the vans have an attractive
appearance, the Anglia front end blending well
with the boxy van body shape. Although the vans
shared some front-end panels with the Saloon, they were structurally quite
different from it. The windscreen is different
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The side doors
are a completely different shape from those of
the Saloon. They are much shorter with the
bottom curving upwards towards the rearmost edge.
This was to avoid the doors making contact with
high pavement kerbs when the van was fully
loaded. At the back of the van, two large side
hinged doors provided easy access to the generous
61 cu ft load area. This made the Anglia van
popular with large and small businesses alike and
Ford even provided sample letters for dealerships to send out to
these small businesses, extolling the virtues of
the new Van.
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From
October 1962 the 307E
became available with the 1198cc engine as fitted
to the Anglia Super and became known as the 309E. In March 1965, all models of the
van were designated Anglia, and the names
"Thames" and "Trader" were
discontinued. Production of the Anglia van came
to an end in November 1967, by which time 205,001
vans had been built. (I wonder who had that last
one ?)
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