1963 Ashley Sportiva
Registration No. 877 DWX
In the midst of the UK's second 2020 Covid-19 lockdown on Friday 13th November of all days
I received an email for Mike Ford re-his late Father's 1963 Ashley Sportiva.
Hello, I thought you maybe interested in my late fathers old car.
We no longer have this car but my late father owned the car in the mid-60’s about 1968?
I hope these images are of help to you
Kind regards
Mike (Ford)
Sheffield, England
PS. Dad lived in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.
We no longer have this car but my late father owned the car in the mid-60’s about 1968?
I hope these images are of help to you
Kind regards
Mike (Ford)
Sheffield, England
PS. Dad lived in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.
I checked my records for the Registration Number but I had no record of it, a check of the DVLA database also showed no record so it probably didn't make it onto the mid 1970's electronic changeover.
A check on the UK Vehicle Registration listing indicates that the car was originally registered at the
West Riding of Yorkshire C.C. in April 1963, so a new car registration, not an old Donor car.
After I replied to Mike he sent a few more details for me:
Hello again Ivor,
I’m glad you find the images of interest, dads name was Richard Ford. He used to buy ‘unusual' cars, he
had all sorts, a Daimler, Railton, the other red car
you spotted in his garage... he even bought home a White beach buggy one day!
He didn’t build any of the cars, he bought them and usually ‘cheap’ and as projects! He was a college principal by day and a ‘car tinkerer’ by night, sometimes working in his double garage until the early hours or before if he banged his balding head into a car bonnet once again! (I can relate to that).
He was a delightful and very clever man and he is missed by myself and family.
If I think of anything else I’ll pass it on to you
Kind regards
Mike
The photo of the other red car I spotted in his
garage I've shown below.
garage I've shown below.
It looks a bit like a Rochdale although the rear looks wrong, I asked around and it is a Rochdale GT but it has raised a question as it has a boot lid whereas the original Rochdale GT’s didn’t.
Maybe Richard modified it and fitted a boot lid, Richard Ford's GT is unknown by the Rochdale archivist, and a bit like me they are old school petrol heads and like to collect as much info. as possible
for their files.
So if any of you have owned it or you modified the rear end of the Rochdale GT around the 1960's please let me know and I can pass on the details.
Also if you have any information about this
Ashley Sportiva - Mk2
Registration No.
877 DWX
(originally registered by West Riding of Yorkshire C.C. in April 1963)
please email me 0n
[email protected]
or
use the contact page on this site to contact me.