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It is believed that the vehicle could not have been driven therefore it is suspected that it would have to have been towed or lifted from the scene."
Still in America, Sports Cars Illustrated magazine lived with an Anglia for a month and found that the new styling “excited admiration everywhere”.Rowling provided a deleted draft to the Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition for Harry and Ron's original crashing of the Ford Anglia in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. They were originally going to crash into the Great Lake instead of the Whomping Willow and encounter Merpeople for the first time. [12] J K Rowling recently revealed that the inspiration for the car, and indeed the character of Ron Weasley, was old school friend Sean Harris, who she describes as “getaway driver and foul-weather friend”. Unitary construction was adopted for the first time and the suspension evolved, with McPherson struts at the front and anti-roll bar and semi-elliptic leaf springs at the rear. This engine has a surprising amount of ‘bite’, and provided the gearbox is used the car is very brisk away from a standstill and nips through traffic in an impressive manner,” according to the road tester.
The Anglia may be long gone, but more than 2,000 examples of all shapes survive on the roads today and, thanks in part to Harry Potter, it will never be forgotten.And while Ron’s car didn’t exactly rescue the Anglia from obscurity, it did bring it to a whole new audience. Among the 896 pieces that make up the set are also the Minifigures Harry, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid and Draco as well as another sidebuild next to the hut. The set will be released for 74.99. In all, 250 models were sold in blue, and 500 in gold, out of a total production run of 1,288,956 Anglias over eight years from 1959 to 1967.
With development work on the all-new Ford Escort well under way, the ageing Anglia headed into its twilight years at the height of the Swinging Sixties. According to the rumors, the first of the new sets will be a model of the Flying Ford Anglia. The car will probably be similar to the version from the Privet Drive or Whomping Willow set shown in the picture above. In 2005, three years after Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) was released, the vehicle used in the original footages was stolen from South West Film Studios in Cornwall, presumably by a fanatic fan. In 2006, the car was found near a castle in England. [8] [9] Over in America, Motor Life magazine went so far as to say the new high-revving engine “can almost be called radical”, with its “extremely oversquare” dimensions and hollow, three-bearing crankshaft. Officers said the car could be seen from the road, and believed a Harry Potter fan or classic car enthusiast had moved it with a trailer as the car could not be driven, the BBC reported at the time.The turquoise car itself is famous around the world so it seems surrealist that it was even in Cornwall in the first place. Another stunt, as improbable as the other was indiscreet, was seen when 14 hefty lads emerged from the Anglia to demonstrate the generous capacity of its body and boot!”
The new engine, while still antiquated in concept, pumped out an improved 36bhp and propelled the Anglia to 70mph, passing 60mph in 29.4 seconds Some unbelievable things have happened in Cornwall over the years - and one of them is that one of the "flying" Ford Anglia cars used in the Harry Potter films was stolen from a local studio before reappearing, months later, on Carn Brea. In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Harry used a flying light-blue scooter to travel alongside while Ron flew the car.When the The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened in 2010, most of the invited actors arrived in the Knight Bus, but Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe arrived in the flying Ford Anglia. The Harry Potter crew had to use 16 different Ford Anglias for this scene alone. It is reported that 14 of them were destroyed. At some point between 1993 and 1998, the car may have been taken into the Room of Requirement by a member of the Hogwarts staff as a similar car appeared upside-down during the students' escape from Fiendfyre. It was presumably destroyed along with the other artefacts in the room. [10]
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