Ford Anglia Buyer's Guide
The Anglia 105E is the reverse-rake-window Ford that taught a generation of Britons to drive and a later generation to watch it fly in Harry Potter. Our data holds one sold result, a 1967 Anglia Super at £10,000, and one live car, a 1967 Anglia Torino estimated at £6,500–7,500. A tidy Anglia is now a five-figure proposition, which would have astonished anyone who scrapped one in 1975.
Know your versions
The 105E (1959–1967) is the car this page covers: the 997cc overhead-valve "Kent" engine, a four-speed gearbox (Ford's first in a small British car) and that backward-sloping rear screen. The 123E Super, from 1962, brought the 1,198cc engine and better trim, and is the most usable standard car; our £10,000 result was a Super. Estate and van versions exist, the vans now rare and sought. The Torino, like our live lot, denotes the Italian-market-influenced treatments the Anglia scene knows well; period-modified cars generally trade on condition rather than being penalised. The 105E's other life, as the foundation of sixties club racing and the donor of its engine architecture to everything from Formula Ford to the Lotus Twin Cam, keeps demand and parts supply healthier than for any comparable small saloon.
What to pay
One sale: £10,000 for the 1967 Anglia Super in April 2026. The live 1967 Torino's £6,500–7,500 estimate sits below it, so on our limited evidence the honest range for a presentable car is £6,500–10,000, with our sold result showing what a good Super actually brings. We have no data for projects, vans or concours cars; historically the vans and the best restorations trade above standard saloon money, but our records have not yet tested that.
What goes wrong
Rust decides everything: front wings around the headlamps, inner wings, the strut tops (critical on a MacPherson-strut car), sills, floors, rear spring hangers and the lower rear quarters all go, and the strut tops are the structural item that separates a usable car from a shell-off project. Repair sections are available through the strong club and specialist scene, but full wings are dearer than the car's humble origins suggest. Mechanically there is almost nothing to fear: the Kent engine is as rebuildable as engines get, with parts shared across two decades of Fords and motorsport suppliers; gearboxes are durable, and brakes and suspension are simple and cheap. Watch for tired kingpin-era steering feel (actually track-rod and idler wear) and for badly done period tuning; well-executed upgrades using later Kent engines or front discs are common and accepted.
Our view
The Anglia is one of the easiest classics in Britain to own: every part findable, every job doable at home, and a club scene that has kept these cars alive since they were bangers. At our £10,000 result for a Super it is no longer impulse money, but it remains cheap for something this usable and this liked. Buy on strut tops and sills, ignore mechanical grumbles, and it will keep running indefinitely. Few cars on this site are safer places for a first-time classic buyer's money.