Unknown

Ashley 1172's



Unknown Ashley 1172 - No.1

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Photo courtesy of the internet


This photo I found on the internet

It is I would say an early 1960's UK photo, unfortunately the Registration plate is out of the photo.




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Unknown Ashley 1172 - No.2

PicturePhoto courtesy of the internet

This photo is of
Jim Bishops
Ashley 1172
at Avon Park in 1990 or maybe 2009

 I would like to know what motor is under that bonnet.


If anyone knows Jim or the car please contact me.
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Unknown Ashley 1172 - No.3

PicturePhoto & text courtesy of OldClassicCars website.


In 2007/2008 News of this Ashley 1172 bodyshell came from France, with the accompanying notes:

"Hello from France ... I have a collection of English kit cars from the 50s/60's and my last acquisition is an Ashley Sportiva with Wolseley 1500cc engine and gearbox. I wish to rebuild this car, the shell looks as new and never been fitted on a chassis. The chassis seems to be near to a Bowden chassis, built for 1500cc BMC engine and gearbox (Wolseley)

Hopefully the restoration is complete by now. The car shown with removable hardtop is in fact an 1172 coupe. This example also has a Lotus badge on it.

The owner at the time was Patrice Wattine, Roubaix, in France.

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Unknown Ashley 1172 - No.4

PictureAll these 4 photo's courtesy Madmart


Ashley 1172 looking very sad and in need of a good home/restorer.


These 4 photo's come from the
Retro Rides Forum in April 2012

and Madmart,
who told us that:

  I have a Ashley kit car, its a rolling shell with V5c, its a tubular frame with a Herald 4 speed box, an adapter bell housing for a side valve Ford Popular engine, Herald rear suspension and Imp rack with two pop front beams cut to form a swing axle on the front.

The V5c states registered 1984 & manufactured 1962


Someone has modified both the front and rear end and the bonnet has a non-original bulge also.

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Unknown Ashley 1172 - No.5
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This Ashley 1172 GT was  owned by Derek Backhouse    back in the Mid 1960's.

 The photo was posted by         Derek in the
50s/60s Special Builders      Group in March 2022

 
   
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​      I asked Derek if he could supply more information but received
                  no further communications from him
           so have put the photo on this page hoping someone
             else will recognise it and tell me that they have
​                        also owned it at sometime and
​           supply a Registration Number and further information
​                so that I can add to the archive of stories..
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Unknown Ashley 1172 - No.6
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I'm really hoping that 
 R. Le Count, or a    relative come across
this article and can tell    me more about this         Ashley 1172.

  At the time it was   published in what was       probably a car magazine, he lived in Dagenham, quite near to the Ford Motor Company factory, did he maybe       work there.!!! 

​Has anyone else owned  or seen this Ashley car,
 if so where and when,   please contact me and    let me add it to my
          Registration list and tell your story so that it can become
​                   part of the Ashley Archive for all to see.
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So if you have any information about any of these
Ashley 1172's

in the UK or any other part of Europe

please email me on

Ashley.Sportiva@yahoo.com.au
or
use the contact page on this site to contact me.

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