The Ford 7W is a 2- and 4-door saloon, tourer from Ford, built from 1937 to 1938, when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together. Under the bonnet: 1.2 L Ford Sidevalve engine.
Where it came from
The Ford 7W Ten is a car built by Ford UK between 1937 and 1938. The car was an updated version of the Model C Ten with the same 1172 cc engine and three-speed gearbox, and used the same transverse leaf front and rear suspension.
The chassis now featured a stiffer braced design, and the brakes were mechanical and bought in from Girling. The 7W Ten body style, available in both two- and four-door configurations and the first small English Ford model with an externally accessed luggage compartment, was the precursor to the first model to carry the 'Prefect' badge in 1939 (albeit in four-door form only) and which ran to 1953 as models E93A and E493A. 41,665 7Ws were built.
Under the skin
Power comes from 1.2 L Ford Sidevalve engine. It weighs 1790 lb. The wheelbase is 82 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Ford Model C Ten; its successor was the Ford Prefect; assembly was at Ford Dagenham, United Kingdom. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Volkswagen Beetle, the Lincoln Continental, the Chevrolet Suburban — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Ford catalogue sit the Ford 021C and the Ford Escort.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Ford 7W has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.