Ford 100e info

[DodgeRover]

Err who can tell me about these? My wife saw one the other day and was really taken by it. Sadly my knowledge is limited to the 105e back axle, a cross flow and uprights from something I can't remember being popular modifications a long while ago....

[mercrocker]

Viva uprights IIRC. Sidevalve Owners Club a good place to browse.....

https://www.fsoc.co.uk/

[59Impala]

Or www.ford100e.org loads of info on there. The Prefect 107E was made for a couple of years with the Anglia 105E 997cc engine so the bulkhead doesn't need cutting to get a later Ford engine in, the original 100E with the wheezy 1172cc sidevalve and three speed box doesn't have the room to put in a later engine without extensive surgery. Plus they had a torque tube to the weedy rear axle hence the use of a 105E one assuming you can find one these days. As far as I can recall the best struts for a modified one are either Escort or Capri, think someone does a kit to do that. A standard 100E is okay but they don't like going too far over 60-ish and the three speed has strange ratios so you have to wind the engine up to keep momentum. They have the useless vacuum wipers too.

[Asimo]

Aren’t they rather thirsty? 25mpg with 2cv performance. Extremely simple vehicles, If Ford could leave it out, then they did so.

Helping Dad fix Mum’s 100E as a teenager is probably part of why I prefer simple vehicles.

Of courseyou want one.

[DodgeRover]

Thirsty doesn't bother me ill just chuck LPG on it, I daily a van that does 12mpg on a bad day...