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Originally Posted by Arragonis
The Ford Pop was a cheap car for the UK, the only one under £100 for quite a while. Just like Ford in the US though, they tried to keep it going for arguably too long, this was still being made in the 1950s
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Its design was really showing its age at that time, but it doesn't really look bad for the time. The Citroën 2CV didn't look so much more modern, for example.
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It had quite a few compromises - the weezy sidevalve, 3 speed gearbox and solid axle suspension (the front suspension could be upgraded using a Bellamy swing axle conversion).
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It would probably fare pretty decently with the 1.1L OHV Kent engine, even with the 3-speed transmission. Regarding solid axles, it sure limited the comfort and handling at a certain point, but as long as it was still cost-effective and reliable to face some damaged roads in the post-war, it wasn't the worst setup.
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The biggest limitation was the manifold driven wipers - the fast you went, the slower they wiped 
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Vacuum-driven wipers are really quite weird, altough if it had some more accurate speed control it could be not bad at all since it would decrease the load on the electrical system...