Dear Robert,

Very interesting article on English Fords. It brought back pleasant memories of my cousin-by-marriage who drove English Fords throughout the 1950s and early 1960s.

My cousin, who was of English heritage but born and raised in the USA, purchased his English Fords through a local dealer, Beikirch Ford in Avon, NY. The English Fords were equipped with the steering wheel and foot controls on the left side per American norm. I remember the right-hand side of the dashboard had a little cut-out on the bottom where the steering column would have fit.

In the '50s I know my cousin had both the Anglia and the Zephyr models. He would trade his cars about every two years. The last English Ford my cousin had was a 1960 Anglia in solid Black. With the coming of the Ford Falcon my cousin Sid switched to that car in which to make his 50-mile round-trip daily commute to his engineering job at Rochester's Eastman Kodak Co.

Thank you for reminding me of a time when life was simpler and in many ways better.

Terry Proctor
Livonia, NY