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1954 Ford Popular “323 YUA”
A 1954 Ford “Pop” Popular 2-door, “sit-up-and-beg” compact saloon, [103E], painted in black sits atop a two-car transporter on property belonging to the famous Mathewson family auction house in Thornton-Le-Dale, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, U.K. The car has an age-related six-character black plate - “323 YUA”, which was first registered in May 2010, indicating that this rust-free RHD car may in fact be an import from overseas, such as Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa. Or perhaps it is a restored example, which was re-registered using a six-character plate? The badges on the front grille are of an old-style AA badge, and two badges from the Ford Popular registry, and the Ford sidevalve owners club.
The 1953-’59 Ford Popular 103E was the basic budget entry-level buy for postwar austerity Britain. The car sold for under £400 (roughly £9,050 adjusted in today’s money), and some years later the “Pop” became a homegrown favourite for British hot rodders.
1954 Ford Popular “323 YUA”
A 1954 Ford “Pop” Popular 2-door, “sit-up-and-beg” compact saloon, [103E], painted in black sits atop a two-car transporter on property belonging to the famous Mathewson family auction house in Thornton-Le-Dale, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, U.K. The car has an age-related six-character black plate - “323 YUA”, which was first registered in May 2010, indicating that this rust-free RHD car may in fact be an import from overseas, such as Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa. Or perhaps it is a restored example, which was re-registered using a six-character plate? The badges on the front grille are of an old-style AA badge, and two badges from the Ford Popular registry, and the Ford sidevalve owners club.
The 1953-’59 Ford Popular 103E was the basic budget entry-level buy for postwar austerity Britain. The car sold for under £400 (roughly £9,050 adjusted in today’s money), and some years later the “Pop” became a homegrown favourite for British hot rodders.