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{{Dialogue a-b-a-b|Arthur|But the things our lot has taking to enchanting, you wouldn't believe...|Molly|LIKE CARS, FOR INSTANCE?|C-Cars, Molly dear?|Yes, Arthur, cars. Imagine a wizard buying a rusty old car and telling his wife all he wanted to do with it was take it apart to see how it worked, while really he was enchanting it to make it ''fly''.|Exchange between Arthur and Molly Weasley|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
  
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{{Dialogue a-b-a-b|Arthur|But the things our lot have taken to enchanting, you wouldn't believe —|Molly|LIKE CARS, FOR INSTANCE?|C-Cars, Molly dear?|Yes, Arthur, cars. Imagine a wizard buying a rusty old car and telling his wife all he wanted to do with it was take it apart to see how it worked, while ''really'' he was enchanting it to make it ''fly''.|Exchange between Arthur and Molly Weasley|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
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The '''Flying Ford Anglia''' was a light blue [[Wikipedia:Ford Anglia#Anglia 105E (1959–1968)|Ford Anglia 105E Deluxe]] that was modified by [[Arthur Weasley]] to be able to [[Flying Charm|fly]], as well as become [[Disillusionment Charm|invisible]]. It was also [[Undetectable Extension Charm|modified]] so that it could fit eight people, six trunks, two [[owl]]s, and a [[Peter Pettigrew|rat]] comfortably. It also either doesn't run on petrol, or it can never run out of petrol, as it was still running after being in the [[Forbidden Forest]] on its own for several months.
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The '''Flying Ford Anglia''' was a light blue {{w|Ford Anglia#Anglia 105E (1959–1968)|Ford Anglia 105E Deluxe}} that was [[Charm|enchanted]] by [[Arthur Weasley]] to [[Flight|fly]],<ref name="COS3">{{COS|B|3}}</ref> as well as to become [[Invisibility|invisible]], with the use of a specially installed device called an [[Invisibility Booster]]. It was also [[Extension Charm|modified]] so that it could fit ten people, six trunks, two [[owl]]s, and a [[Peter Pettigrew|rat]] comfortably.<ref name="COS5"/>
   
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==History==
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===Flight between Little Whinging and the Burrow===
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===Flight to The Burrow (1985)===
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[[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] invited [[Jacob's sibling]] to spend [[Christmas]] at [[The Burrow]], but the [[Hogwarts Express]] was blocked due to a blizzard caused inadvertently by Jacob's sibling. [[Charles Weasley|Charlie Weasley]] arrived at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] in the car and prepared to send them to The Burrow, but [[Merula Snyde]], regretting her decision of spending Christmas alone and wanting Jacob's sibling and the Weasleys to stay at Hogwarts, took a part from the car and it stopped working. She eventually gave the part back, and they flew to The Burrow together to celebrate Christmas.<ref name="HM2">{{HM|2|Christmas at the Burrow}}</ref>
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{{Quote|Your sons flew that enchanted car of yours to [[Surrey]] and back last night.|Molly Weasley|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
  
   
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===Flight to The Burrow (1992)===
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The Flying Ford Anglia was used in the summer of [[1992]] by [[Fred Weasley|Fred]], [[George Weasley|George]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] to rescue [[Harry Potter]], who was locked up in his room at the [[Dursley family|Dursleys']] and had been unable to receive any [[Owl post|mail]] from the Wizarding community as a result of [[Dobby]]'s attempts to protect him. When they arrived at [[4 Privet Drive]], the Weasley boys pulled the car up to Harry's window, alerting him to their presence, after which they proceeded to pull off the bars on Harry's window and help him retrieve his things. As they were returning to [[The Burrow]], Harry was worried that his friends would get in trouble for using the car due to the [[Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery|Reasonable Restriction for Underage Magic]], but as they did not place the spell upon the car and were "only borrowing it, "it "[didn't] count."
 
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{{Dialogue a-b|Molly Weasley|Your sons flew that car to Harry’s house and back last night! What have you got to say about that, eh?|Arthur Weasley|Did you really? Did it go all right? I — I mean, that — that was very wrong, boys — very wrong indeed....|Molly Weasley informing her husband Arthur about their son's use of his flying car|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
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Upon their Return to [[the Burrow]], [[Molly Weasley|Mrs. Weasley]] was furious with her sons for taking the car but placed no blame on Harry. The next morning, at breakfast, Mrs Weasley told [[Arthur Weasley|Mr. Weasley]] what the boys had done, and, startled, he began to ask how it went before hastily switching to a reprimand at a look from his wife. He tried to excuse the car by referring to a loophole in the [[law regarding ownership of charmed objects]], but Molly noted that he was the one who had written that law.
  
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[[File:B2C3M2 Flying Ford Anglia above the clouds.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Fred, George, and Ron Weasley flying to the Burrow after rescuing Harry Potter from 4 Privet Drive]]
   
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The Flying Ford Anglia was used on [[3 August]] [[1992]] by [[Fred Weasley|Fred]], [[George Weasley|George]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] to rescue Harry Potter, who was locked up in his [[Smallest Bedroom|room]] at the [[Dursley family|Dursleys']] and had been unable to receive any [[Owl Postal Service|mail]] from the [[Wizarding world|Wizarding community]] as a result of [[Dobby]]'s attempts to protect him. When they arrived at [[4 Privet Drive]], the Weasley boys pulled the car up to Harry's window, alerting him to their presence, after which they proceeded to pull off the bars on Harry's window and help him retrieve his things. As they were returning to [[the Burrow]], Harry was worried that his friends would get in trouble for using the car due to the [[Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery|Reasonable Restriction for Underage Magic]], but as they did not place the spell upon the car and were only borrowing it, it didn't count.<ref name="COS3">{{COS|B|3}}</ref>
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===Last Flight===
  
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[[File:Ford Angela and Hogwarts Express.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The Flying Ford Anglia and the [[Hogwarts Express]].]]
  
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Upon their return to the Burrow, [[Molly Weasley|Mrs Weasley]] was furious with her sons for taking the car but placed no blame on Harry. The next morning, at breakfast, Mrs Weasley told [[Arthur Weasley|Mr Weasley]] what the boys had done, and, startled, he began to ask how it went before hastily switching to a reprimand at a look from his wife. He tried to excuse the car by referring to a loophole in the [[law regarding ownership of charmed objects]], but Molly noted that he wrote that law intentionally making sure that there was a loophole which legally allows him to charm Muggle objects.<ref name="COS3"/>
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At the start of their [[1992–1993 school year|second year]], Harry and Ron used the enchanted car to get to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] when the entrance to Platform 9¾ was sealed by Dobby, in another attempt to protect Harry by preventing his return to school. Ron was worried that his parents might not be able to get back through, so they used the car to fly to Hogwarts. Just as they arrived on school grounds, the car began to break down and they ended up crashing into the [[Whomping Willow]]. [[Severus Snape|Professor Snape]] informed them that their journey was "seen by no less than seven Muggles" and that if it had been up to him he would have had them on the train back to London the very same night. The car, after having unloaded everything and everyone in it, drove off into the Forbidden Forest, where it later saved Harry, Ron, and [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]]'s dog, [[Fang]], from [[Aragog]]'s [[Forbidden Forest Acromantula colony|family]]. Considering it did all of this on its own, the enchantment placed on the car apparently gave it some level of sentience. Arthur was fined 50 [[Galleon]]s for bewitching the car illegally.
  
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On [[1 September]] [[1992]], the Weasley family and their things piled into the magically expanded interior for the ride to [[King's Cross Station]] to catch the [[Hogwarts Express]].<ref name="COS5">{{COS|B|5}}</ref>
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===Flight to Hogwarts===
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{{Dialogue a-b-a-b-a-b|Harry Potter|I think we’d better go and wait by the car. We’re attracting too much atten —|Ron Weasley|Harry! The car!|What about it?|We can fly the car to Hogwarts!|But I thought —|We’re stuck, right? And we’ve got to get to school, haven’t we? And even underage wizards are allowed to use magic if it’s a real emergency, section nineteen or something of the Restriction of Thingy —|Ron persuading Harry to use the Flying Ford Anglia to get to Hogwarts|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
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[[File:HogwartsCastle_WB_F2_HogwartsCastleAndFlyingFordAnglia_Illust_100615_Land.jpg|250px|thumb|Driving the Flying Ford Anglia to Hogwarts and into the [[Whomping Willow]]]]
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At the start of their second year, Harry and Ron used the enchanted car to get to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] when the entrance to [[Platform Nine and Three-Quarters|Platform 9¾]] was sealed by [[Dobby]], in another attempt to protect Harry by preventing his return to school. [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] was worried that his parents might not be able to get back through, so they used the car to fly to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]. Just as they arrived on school grounds, the car began to break down and they ended up crashing into the Whomping Willow. The car, after having unloaded everything and everyone in it, drove off into the [[Forbidden Forest]]. [[Severus Snape|Professor Snape]] informed them that their journey was "seen by no less than seven [[Non-magic people|Muggle]]s" and that if it had been up to him he would have had them on the train back to London the very same night. [[Minerva McGonagall]] was however in charge of their discipline as she was [[Head of Gryffindor House]], and gave them both detention.<ref name="COS5"/>
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Arthur Weasley faced an inquiry at work following this incident.<ref name="COS6">{{COS|B|6}}</ref> By [[Christmas]], the ''[[Daily Prophet]]'' reported that he was fined fifty [[Galleon|Galleons]] for bewitching the Muggle car.<ref name="COS12">{{COS|B|12}}</ref>
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Near the end of the [[1992–1993 school year|school year]], on [[24 May]] [[1993]], the car turned up and saved Harry, Ron, and [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]]'s dog, [[Fang]], from [[Aragog]]'s [[Forbidden Forest Acromantula colony|family]]. After depositing them outside the forest, it reversed back into it and disappeared from view.<ref name="COS15">{{COS|B|15}}</ref>
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In the [[21st century]], the car was still there in the Forbidden Forest.<ref>{{MA}}</ref>
   
 
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[[File:Car.JPG|thumb|200px|The Flying Ford Anglia]]
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[[File:AngliaWizardingWorld.JPG|200px|thumb|Ford Anglia replica at {{WWHP}}, near the entrance to Dragon Challenge]]
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[[File:FlyingFordAngliaWU.png|200px|thumb|The Flying Ford Anglia as seen in {{WU}}]]
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[[File:AngliaWizardingWorld.JPG|thumb|200px|Ford Anglia replica at [[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]], near the entrance to Dragon Challenge]]
  
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{{Quote|My secondary school, Wyedean, where I went when I was eleven, was the place I met Sean Harris, to whom Chamber of Secrets is dedicated and who owned the original Ford Anglia. He was the first of my friends to learn to drive and that turquoise and white car meant FREEDOM and no more having to ask my father to give me lifts, which is the worst thing about living in the countryside when you are a teenager. Some of the happiest memories of my teenage years involve zooming off into the darkness in Sean’s car.|J.K.Rowling about her youth|J. K. Rowling's official site}}
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*[[J. K. Rowling]] said in [[1999]] that it was supposed to reappear in a future book,<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/0999-barnesnoble-staff.htm Barnes & Noble chat transcript, Barnes&Noble.com, September 8, 1999]</ref> but eventually discarded the idea.
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*[[J. K. Rowling]] said in [[1999]] that it was supposed to reappear in a future book. It is unknown what became of this.<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/0999-barnesnoble-staff.htm Barnes & Noble chat transcript, Barnes&Noble.com, September 8, 1999]</ref>
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*In a deleted scene from the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Ron says that the Forbidden Forest has turned the car wild.
  
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*In a deleted scene from {{COS|FA}}, Ron says that the Forbidden Forest has turned the car wild. He made a similar statement in the book.
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*The vehicle used in the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|film]] was stolen from {{wplink|South West Film Studios}} in [[Cornwall]], in 2005.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4384244.stm</ref>
  
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*The Anglia appears as a set, along with the Hogwarts Express, in {{LEGO|D}}.
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*Also, in the film adaptation of ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'', the car's registration plate is 7990 TD. However, on the cover of one edition of the book, the plate can be seen to start with "H". On other publicity material the registration was shown as HOW 777. In ''[[Pottermore]]'', however, the Ford Anglia's license plate number is COS 207. This last one may be a reference to the book [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]], as the car rescues Harry and Ron on page 207 in the UK edition.
  
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*In 2005, three years after {{COS|F}} was released, the vehicle used in the original footages was stolen from {{w|South West Film Studios}} in [[Cornwall]], presumably by a fanatic fan. In 2006, the car was found near a castle in England.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1518803/Harry-Potters-stolen-flying-car-comes-in-to-land.html</ref><ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4384244.stm</ref>
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*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'', Harry used a flying light-blue scooter to travel alongside while Ron flew the car.
  
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*A car of same colour and model appeared in the background of the motorcycle chase scene in 2008's [[Wikipedia:Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull|''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'']]. This makes it an anachronism, as the movie is set in 1957 and the Anglia 105E was released two years later.
  
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{{Quote|Sean was the first of my friends to pass his driving test and he had this old Ford Anglia — claptop Ford Anglia turquoise, some white, which is now quite famous as the car that the Weasleys drive — I was obviously going to give the Weasleys Sean’s old car. And that car was freedom to us. My heart still lifts when I see an old Ford Anglia, which is a bit sad…He was the coolest man in school, he had a turquoise Ford Anglia, and you were pretty cutting edge, I think.|Sean Harris's Ford Anglia|Harry Potter and Me}}
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*[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]] sells a battery operated toy version of the car.
  
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*Before the release of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' there had been strong rumours that it would return in it, however, these proved false.
  
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**In {{COS|FA}}, it is "7990 TD".
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**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.<ref name="LEGOY2">{{LEGO|Y2}} - {{see image|File:Car fire.png}}</ref>
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**On the cover of one edition<!-- which edition? --> of the book, the plate can be seen to start with "H".
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**On {{PM}}, it is "COS 207".
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***It may be a reference to the book {{COS}}, as the car rescues Harry and Ron on page 207 in the UK edition.
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**On the cover of {{COS|IE}}, it is "HOW 782D".
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**In {{HM}}, it is "930 TRS".
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**In {{HPWA}}, it is "HOW 777".
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*In {{LEGO|Y1}}, Harry used a flying light-blue scooter to travel alongside while Ron flew the car.
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*A car of same colour and model appeared in the background of the motorcycle chase scene in 2008's ''{{w|Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull}}''. This makes it an anachronism, as the movie is set in 1957 and the Anglia 105E was released two years later.
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*{{WWHP}} sells a battery operated toy version of the car.
 
*Despite being referred to as a "1959" model, the Anglia 105E was not launched until October of that year and would be considered a 1960 model under most standards, except the UK where it would be known as a 1959 Model. Details on the Weasleys' car peg it as 1963 or earlier.
  
*Despite being referred to as a "1959" model, the Anglia 105E was not launched until October of that year and would be considered a 1960 model under most standards, except the UK where it would be known as a 1959 Model. Details on the Weasleys' car peg it as 1963 or earlier.
 
*The car was Rupert Grint's favourite prop from the series.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3FP-nmkFL0 "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Press Conference] on YouTube</ref>
  
*The car was Rupert Grint's favourite prop from the series.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3FP-nmkFL0 "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Press Conference] on YouTube</ref>
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*When the {{WWHP}} 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.
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*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]'', in the level "Fiendfyre Frenzy", the car is upside-down on the first part when you are escaping from the [[Fire|flames]], and you have to lift it up and use it as a bridge. It is presumably destroyed along with the other artifacts in the Room of Hidden Things.<ref>[[:File:Car fire.png|See this image.]]</ref>
  
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*The {{w|SCP Foundation}} collaborative fiction project features [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3470 SCP-3470] ("Harry Potter's Revenge"), a predatory organism which resembles this car, except that it cannot fly and has a permanently attached "driver". The driver's left hand has two human eyes in its palm, which SCP-3470 always shows to its victims before attacking.
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*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 {{COS}}. They were originally going to crash into the [[Great Lake]] instead of the Whomping Willow and encounter [[Merpeople]] for the first time.<ref>{{WW|the-great-lake}}</ref>
   
 
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{1st}}
  
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
  
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Latest revision as of 11:55, 14 April 2024

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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery & Harry Potter: Magic Awakened.
As such, spoilers will be present within the article.

Arthur: "But the things our lot have taken to enchanting, you wouldn't believe —"
Molly: "LIKE CARS, FOR INSTANCE?"
Arthur: "C-Cars, Molly dear?"
Molly: "Yes, Arthur, cars. Imagine a wizard buying a rusty old car and telling his wife all he wanted to do with it was take it apart to see how it worked, while really he was enchanting it to make it fly."
— Exchange between Arthur and Molly Weasley[src]

The Flying Ford Anglia was a light blue Ford Anglia 105E Deluxe that was enchanted by Arthur Weasley to fly,[2] as well as to become invisible, with the use of a specially installed device called an Invisibility Booster. It was also modified so that it could fit ten people, six trunks, two owls, and a rat comfortably.[1]

History

Flight to The Burrow (1985)

Bill Weasley invited Jacob's sibling to spend Christmas at The Burrow, but the Hogwarts Express was blocked due to a blizzard caused inadvertently by Jacob's sibling. Charlie Weasley arrived at Hogwarts in the car and prepared to send them to The Burrow, but Merula Snyde, regretting her decision of spending Christmas alone and wanting Jacob's sibling and the Weasleys to stay at Hogwarts, took a part from the car and it stopped working. She eventually gave the part back, and they flew to The Burrow together to celebrate Christmas.[3]

Flight to The Burrow (1992)

Molly Weasley: "Your sons flew that car to Harry’s house and back last night! What have you got to say about that, eh?"
Arthur Weasley: "Did you really? Did it go all right? I — I mean, that — that was very wrong, boys — very wrong indeed...."
— Molly Weasley informing her husband Arthur about their son's use of his flying car[src]
B2C3M2 Flying Ford Anglia above the clouds

Fred, George, and Ron Weasley flying to the Burrow after rescuing Harry Potter from 4 Privet Drive

The Flying Ford Anglia was used on 3 August 1992 by Fred, George, and Ron Weasley to rescue Harry Potter, who was locked up in his room at the Dursleys' and had been unable to receive any mail from the Wizarding community as a result of Dobby's attempts to protect him. When they arrived at 4 Privet Drive, the Weasley boys pulled the car up to Harry's window, alerting him to their presence, after which they proceeded to pull off the bars on Harry's window and help him retrieve his things. As they were returning to the Burrow, Harry was worried that his friends would get in trouble for using the car due to the Reasonable Restriction for Underage Magic, but as they did not place the spell upon the car and were only borrowing it, it didn't count.[2]

Upon their return to the Burrow, Mrs Weasley was furious with her sons for taking the car but placed no blame on Harry. The next morning, at breakfast, Mrs Weasley told Mr Weasley what the boys had done, and, startled, he began to ask how it went before hastily switching to a reprimand at a look from his wife. He tried to excuse the car by referring to a loophole in the law regarding ownership of charmed objects, but Molly noted that he wrote that law intentionally making sure that there was a loophole which legally allows him to charm Muggle objects.[2]

On 1 September 1992, the Weasley family and their things piled into the magically expanded interior for the ride to King's Cross Station to catch the Hogwarts Express.[1]

Flight to Hogwarts

Harry Potter: "I think we’d better go and wait by the car. We’re attracting too much atten —"
Ron Weasley: "Harry! The car!"
Harry Potter: "What about it?"
Ron Weasley: "We can fly the car to Hogwarts!"
Harry Potter: "But I thought —"
Ron Weasley: "We’re stuck, right? And we’ve got to get to school, haven’t we? And even underage wizards are allowed to use magic if it’s a real emergency, section nineteen or something of the Restriction of Thingy —"
— Ron persuading Harry to use the Flying Ford Anglia to get to Hogwarts[src]
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Driving the Flying Ford Anglia to Hogwarts and into the Whomping Willow

At the start of their second year, Harry and Ron used the enchanted car to get to Hogwarts when the entrance to Platform 9¾ was sealed by Dobby, in another attempt to protect Harry by preventing his return to school. Ron was worried that his parents might not be able to get back through, so they used the car to fly to Hogwarts. Just as they arrived on school grounds, the car began to break down and they ended up crashing into the Whomping Willow. The car, after having unloaded everything and everyone in it, drove off into the Forbidden Forest. Professor Snape informed them that their journey was "seen by no less than seven Muggles" and that if it had been up to him he would have had them on the train back to London the very same night. Minerva McGonagall was however in charge of their discipline as she was Head of Gryffindor House, and gave them both detention.[1]

Arthur Weasley faced an inquiry at work following this incident.[4] By Christmas, the Daily Prophet reported that he was fined fifty Galleons for bewitching the Muggle car.[5]

Later

Near the end of the school year, on 24 May 1993, the car turned up and saved Harry, Ron, and Hagrid's dog, Fang, from Aragog's family. After depositing them outside the forest, it reversed back into it and disappeared from view.[6]

In the 21st century, the car was still there in the Forbidden Forest.[7]

Behind the scenes

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Ford Anglia replica at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, near the entrance to Dragon Challenge

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The Flying Ford Anglia as seen in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

"My secondary school, Wyedean, where I went when I was eleven, was the place I met Sean Harris, to whom Chamber of Secrets is dedicated and who owned the original Ford Anglia. He was the first of my friends to learn to drive and that turquoise and white car meant FREEDOM and no more having to ask my father to give me lifts, which is the worst thing about living in the countryside when you are a teenager. Some of the happiest memories of my teenage years involve zooming off into the darkness in Sean’s car."
— J.K.Rowling about her youth[src]
"Sean was the first of my friends to pass his driving test and he had this old Ford Anglia — claptop Ford Anglia turquoise, some white, which is now quite famous as the car that the Weasleys drive — I was obviously going to give the Weasleys Sean’s old car. And that car was freedom to us. My heart still lifts when I see an old Ford Anglia, which is a bit sad…He was the coolest man in school, he had a turquoise Ford Anglia, and you were pretty cutting edge, I think."
— Sean Harris's Ford Anglia[src]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 5 (The Whomping Willow)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 3 (The Burrow)
  3. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, "Christmas at the Burrow" Achievement
  4. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 6 (Gilderoy Lockhart)
  5. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 12 (The Polyjuice Potion)
  6. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 15 (Aragog)
  7. ↑ Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
  8. ↑ Barnes & Noble chat transcript, Barnes&Noble.com, September 8, 1999
  9. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1518803/Harry-Potters-stolen-flying-car-comes-in-to-land.html
  10. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4384244.stm
  11. ↑ LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 - (see this image)
  12. ↑ "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Press Conference on YouTube
  13. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "The Great Lake" at Wizarding World
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