1959 Ashley 1172
Registration No. KMF 722
Photo Courtesy of Tim Neill owner - His dad shown in picture.
This Ashley 1172 first came to my attention in
December 2018
when I received a Facebook message from Tim Neill
which included 2 photo's and the following message:
Hi - I just stumbled across your intriguing FB page and was prompted to dig out these two photos of the Ashley 1172 I owned in 1963-1965 in Brighton, Sussex. One pic has my dear old Dad in it.
I can't see the registration number anywhere in your website listings - do you possible know anything about this car?
It was green when I bought (British Walking Green it was cruelly labelled) so I painted it white - with a brush!
Notable events included:
a) My wife-to-be falling out on a roundabout when the passenger door fell off (her foot luckily caught
under the steering wheel and we carried on round
with her hanging out like a pro sidecar pillion.
b) The wiring caught fire once, under the dash, a
curious green and noxious smoke ...
c) Then one of the bonnet hinge bolts failed doing
about 70mph, the bonnet dropped that side and a
few seconds later the black semi-circle of the fan
blade appeared in a slot in the GRP! Turned itself
into a circular saw.
Happy days, I loved that car. Tim Neill (UK)
I can't see the registration number anywhere in your website listings - do you possible know anything about this car?
It was green when I bought (British Walking Green it was cruelly labelled) so I painted it white - with a brush!
Notable events included:
a) My wife-to-be falling out on a roundabout when the passenger door fell off (her foot luckily caught
under the steering wheel and we carried on round
with her hanging out like a pro sidecar pillion.
b) The wiring caught fire once, under the dash, a
curious green and noxious smoke ...
c) Then one of the bonnet hinge bolts failed doing
about 70mph, the bonnet dropped that side and a
few seconds later the black semi-circle of the fan
blade appeared in a slot in the GRP! Turned itself
into a circular saw.
Happy days, I loved that car. Tim Neill (UK)
I replied telling Tim that there appeared to be no record of his Ashley anywhere, in my files, the Ashley(UK) Register or DVLA records.
I asked if he could tell me more about it's mechanical's, did he build it, if not did he know what year it was built as the Registration No. was issued in 1939 and could he supply more pictures,
to which he replied later that day.
I asked if he could tell me more about it's mechanical's, did he build it, if not did he know what year it was built as the Registration No. was issued in 1939 and could he supply more pictures,
to which he replied later that day.
Hi Ivor, thanks for your quick reply!
I'm afraid I can't add any info about the car's history. It was my first car (I was 18) and at that time I knew nothing about car mechanicals ... most of the things I did to it were to:
a) make it look prettier,
b) make it noisier and
c) repair the bits that often failed, in order to keep it running.
I think I did machine the valve guides to take double springs and I put SU carbs on it.
I took the roof off for most of the year. Oh yes, I remember the remote gear lever linkage falling apart at an embarrassing moment and having to change gear with the 'stub' sticking out of the gearbox.
Yes, they WERE happy days! Hope you're enjoying summer, Best regards, Tim
I'm afraid I can't add any info about the car's history. It was my first car (I was 18) and at that time I knew nothing about car mechanicals ... most of the things I did to it were to:
a) make it look prettier,
b) make it noisier and
c) repair the bits that often failed, in order to keep it running.
I think I did machine the valve guides to take double springs and I put SU carbs on it.
I took the roof off for most of the year. Oh yes, I remember the remote gear lever linkage falling apart at an embarrassing moment and having to change gear with the 'stub' sticking out of the gearbox.
Yes, they WERE happy days! Hope you're enjoying summer, Best regards, Tim
So if you have any information about this
Ashley 1172GT
Registration No.
KMF 722
(originally registered by Middlesex C.C. in 1939)
please email me 0n
[email protected]
or
use the contact page on this site to contact me,
so that I can update this page and
pass on the info. to Tim.
Ashley 1172GT
Registration No.
KMF 722
(originally registered by Middlesex C.C. in 1939)
please email me 0n
[email protected]
or
use the contact page on this site to contact me,
so that I can update this page and
pass on the info. to Tim.
