By the early 1960s, Ford had carved a very specific niche for itself in the UK. Having built low cost, entry-level cars like the Anglia, in Great Britain since the 1930s, Ford had a dependable—if not somewhat stodgy—reputation for reliable, but basically bland offerings. On September 20, 1962, Ford UK launched a newly designed, entry level family car that featured unibody construction and was driven by a 1500-cc, inline 4-cylinder engine utilizing the “Kent” block developed, in 1959, for the…
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