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Practice makes Prefect
The two-door Ford in your great shot for The Way Were of New Eltham in 1960 (Classic Car Weekly, 15 March) is not in fact a two-door Prefect as stated.
All Prefects dating from 1939 to 1949 had drop-down boot lids and were fitted with an alligator-type bonnet similar to that of the bigger V8 Pilot.
The car in question is a Ford 7Y 8hp Deluxe hence the spare wheel cover – the standard had an exposed wheel. This model and its 10hp 7W sister were in production from 1937 to 1939 and neither of those models were continued after the war.
One final note is that the name Prefect – meaning the top of its class – was the first Ford in the UK and in the United States to be given a name.
Up until then all Ford models were just given letters, Model T, Model A and of course the first small Ford out of Dagenham, the 8hp Model Y.
Thanks John – very well spotted! We would also like to thank all of the small Ford fans who wrote in to point this one out to us – and our apologies for mistaking it for the later model in the printed piece – Ed.
Aston optimism
The letter regarding Aston Martin ownership from Adrian Essen (CCW, 15 March) reminded me of the old story that goes something like this… the definition of an optimist is the man (or woman) who thinks that he or she can afford to run a secondhand Aston.
Never fails to make me chuckle. Most owners think that the enjoyment they get out of their car offsets any expenses.
As last week’s CCW showed, you can spend a lot on a classic Aston before y
