The fourth-generation model from the 1960s was in a different league from the staid designs that had come before: this was a squat, two door coupé designed and built in the UK, and it’s a car that has always been ripe for modifying.

At the Anglia’s heart would be a fresh alloy YB turbocharged 2.2 litre Cosworth engine with nitrous; all the ancillaries that would be required just couldn’t be packaged in the existing layout, so he completely stripped the car back and started around a bespoke space-frame. Also elongated the wheelbase by two inches to increase stability and help with optimising weight distribution.

The stock 2.0 litre alloy block Cosworth YB have 2.2 stroket kit with an RS500 eight injector setup. It’s on Pectel P6 management, with an anti-lag system and NOS tank, and sits low and to the rear of the bay, plus it’s offset to the right so the ball-bearing T4 turbo. A massive filter sits under the bonnet scoop to feed the engine’s appetite for air. The 570hp is matched by an almost equal number of foot-pounds of torque.

The Anglia’s gearbox is an upgraded Elite Evo 2 6-speed sequential with Geartronics flat shift, controlled via a Geartronics paddle-shift through an AP Racing twin-plate clutch, Quarter Master 10-inch quick-change ratio limited slip diff and Elite driveshafts with GKN couplings.

The braking and suspension is all race-spec: Group A rear uprights with 300mm AP Racing floating discs and 4-pot callipers at the rear, bespoke uprights with Group A 365mm floating discs and 6-pots at the front. Öhlins adjustable shocks (from within the car) with remote reservoirs are mounted inboard all around, utilising custom-built pushrod cantilevers and twin wishbones.

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