Ford 100E
1953–1962 · Anglia · Prefect · Popular · Escort · Squire · 107E
The first small Ford with hydraulic brakes and 12 volts — and the one the rod-braked Popular was sold alongside for six years.
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About the Ford 100E
The 100E is the break. Out goes the separate chassis for unitary construction; out go the transverse leaf springs for MacPherson struts at the front and seven-leaf semi-elliptics at the rear; out go the rod brakes for Girling hydraulics; and out goes 6 volts for 12. The engine looks like the old one and is not: same 1172cc bore and stroke, but a redesign putting power up twenty per cent to 36bhp at 4,500rpm, and a water pump where the earlier cars were thermosiphon. Three speeds, synchromesh on second and top, centre floor change, with the semi-automatic “Manumatic” on the options list. One fuse in the whole car, and it is for the indicators. The family: Anglia 100E two-door, October 1953 to 1959, 345,841; Prefect 100E four-door, January 1954 to 1959, 100,554; Escort estate in Anglia trim 1955–61, 33,131; Squire estate in Prefect trim 1955–59; Thames 300E van July 1954 to April 1961, 196,885; Popular 100E October 1959 to June 1962, 126,115; and Prefect 107E October 1959 to 1961, 38,154.
Two things on this page will save a customer money. The first is the brakes: there are three different Girling systems across the run — 7in drums early, 8in from January 1955, and a modified 8in from October 1957. Front is two leading shoes, rear single leading shoe, handbrake on the rear only. Ask for the chassis number before you order 100E shoes. The second is the 107E Prefect, which is two cars at once: the body is 100E and the running gear is 105E — 997cc overhead-valve Kent, four-speed box, 8in hydraulic drums, MacPherson front, semi-elliptic rear. Order body rubber as a 100E and mechanical parts as a 105E Anglia and you will be right. And the one everybody trips over: the rod-braked, 6-volt Popular 103E stayed on sale beside this car until 1959.
Ford 100E — specification & changes within the model
- Brakes — three systems, not one
- Girling hydraulic. 7in drums early · 8in from January 1955 · a modified 8in from October 1957. Two leading shoes at the front, single leading shoe at the rear, handbrake on the rear only. The chassis number decides.
- Electrics
- 12 volt, POSITIVE earth. Three independent sources agree, which is rare on this subject. Easily converted to negative if you want to, but it left the factory positive.
- The 103E trap
- A 1958 Ford Popular is a 103E: rod brakes, 6 volts. A 1958 Ford Anglia is a 100E: hydraulic, 12 volts. They were sold side by side for six years. Never order by year on this pair.
- Prefect 107E — body 100E, mechanicals 105E
- The 100E four-door shell with the 997cc OHV Kent and the four-speed gearbox from the 105E Anglia, and 8in hydraulic drums. 38,154 built, Oct 1959 – 1961. Order rubber as a 100E and running gear as a 105E.
- Engine
- 1172cc side-valve, 36bhp at 4,500rpm, 2.5 × 3.64in, CR 7.0:1, with a water pump. A pre-1953 side-valve part is not a 100E part — few specifications are identical between the two series.
- Suspension
- MacPherson struts front, low-periodicity coils on double-acting telescopic dampers with an anti-roll torsion bar; seven-leaf semi-elliptic rear with double-acting dampers.
- Popular 100E
- The de-trimmed Anglia, October 1959 to June 1962, 126,115 built. Hydraulic, 8in drums all round. £494 in 1960. Not to be confused with the 103E of the same name.
- Thames 300E
- Shares the shell and engine with the Escort and Squire estates. 5cwt 139,267 · 7cwt Standard 10,056 · 7cwt Deluxe 47,562. Replaced by the 105E-based Thames 307E in June 1961.