1959 Ashley 1172
Registration AST 207
All Photo's courtesy of Chris the owner
This car was owned by Chris Moseley and he mentioned he had owned it in the early 1960's,
when telling me he
was the new owner of Ashley 1172
Rego. YWU 777
(see on this website)
It's an Ashley 1172
on a 1939 Ford chassis.
Registration number AST207
when telling me he
was the new owner of Ashley 1172
Rego. YWU 777
(see on this website)
It's an Ashley 1172
on a 1939 Ford chassis.
Registration number AST207
October 2013
I asked Chris for more details and this is what he emailed me:
The photo's I have attached are four of AST207 which I owned in about 1959 before I joined the army.
AST207 was built in or near Leicester on a 1939 Ford Tourer and when the builder was called up for National Service the car ended up at my uncles garage in Liecester.
I bought it from him for £125 and had it for maybe two years till I joined the army at the beginning of 1962.
My father scrapped the car about a year later.
Before that I owned an Ashley 750 shell on an old Morris Minor from the 1930's but I never had that one on the road and have no details or photo's of it.
I asked Chris for more details and this is what he emailed me:
The photo's I have attached are four of AST207 which I owned in about 1959 before I joined the army.
AST207 was built in or near Leicester on a 1939 Ford Tourer and when the builder was called up for National Service the car ended up at my uncles garage in Liecester.
I bought it from him for £125 and had it for maybe two years till I joined the army at the beginning of 1962.
My father scrapped the car about a year later.
Before that I owned an Ashley 750 shell on an old Morris Minor from the 1930's but I never had that one on the road and have no details or photo's of it.
I have not found any Current DLVA Registration Information so must assume it is not registered, I guess Chris's Dad scrapped it good and it was never rescued, but if anyone remembers it send me an email and let me know so I can add it here.
The car bodyshell was coloured British Racing Green and the original builder used a flat metal edged windscreen that to my eye's looks completely out of place, I guess Chris did too as he appears to have removed it when he had used the car.
In December 2013 I was emailed some photo's of a Red 1961 Ashley 1172 with what looks like an identical flat windscreen.
Was it the same screen reused or was it a windscreen from some earlier year production touring car that both Ashley builders had by chance used all those years earlier.
A question that we will never know unless someone can name the type of screen ??? Let me know if you can, see below how too.
A question that we will never know unless someone can name the type of screen ??? Let me know if you can, see below how too.
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If you owned or have any information about this
Ashley 1172 car
Registration No.
AST 207
(originally registered by Inverness County Council in 1959)
please email me on
[email protected]
or
use the contact page on this site to contact me
As I would like to have more information about the car and make contact with any owners.