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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: jereboam on 16 September 2008, 20:36:43
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I haven't seen one for ages - where did they all go?
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See more of the Cosworths now than the normal ones, guess there all dying off :(
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Most of them have been transformed into kit cars haven't they?
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I did see one around Leicester in was Red and looked like New but thats it.
I remember at the end of last year seeing this thing on one of the sky chanals all abot the Sierra covering the range and the amount of money that they put into putting the car into production
Did not move from the tv for the full hour.
Took me back to being at school and mates dad dropping them off in them and thinking .....wow. :y
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I did see one around Leicester in was Red and looked like New but thats it.
I remember at the end of last year seeing this thing on one of the sky chanals all abot the Sierra covering the range and the amount of money that they put into putting the car into production
Did not move from the tv for the full hour.
Took me back to being at school and mates dad dropping them off in them and thinking .....wow. :y
That'll be the rust then .... they've all probably gone to the great Iron Oxide repository in the sky .... :)
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My little trip on sunday moring I saw one, also a cortina as well. Not seen one of those for quite a while.
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There are 2 or 3 in sunny Cornwall that I see on a regular basis. One is a silver hatchback and the other 2 are both sapphires. They are a dying breed.
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I have spotted a very tatty saloon the other day and spotted a 2.0 Ghia for sale a while back and thought at the time I should buy that as there are not many about now. I think these have all disapeared as they are usually run until they fail an MOT and then are just scrapped.
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Many cars seem to be dissapering.
Calibras
Cavaliers
Sierras, even the early Mondeos
All Rovers...
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just found a nice 1 for you
prob more like this about the scrap yards
(http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr264/nickandann123/ford.jpg)
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Occasionally see the odd J/K reg Sierra about - but Mk3 Cavaliers are a rare sight these days.
I guess once the first £200 bill comes in (MoT time, usually), they get weighed in. With places offering minimum £80/£100 per car...makes economic sense.
Most of the old stuff is only kept if its a Cosworth/XR/GSi etc..
Shockingly, a lot of early Rover x14's about...
Have noticed a lot of late 190E Mercs (J/K/L) around for some reason. but generally speaking there's still a lot of pre-cat (H/J/K) cars about, then a gap till P/R reg's. Must be those early cat'd ones with £400 MoT bills..
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Many cars seem to be dissapering.
Calibras
Cavaliers
Sierras, even the early Mondeos
All Rovers...
Strangely, many old cars are still around.
VWs
BMWs
Audis.
All of the above due to galvanised bodies.
Diesel PUGs. Due to a million mile durability. I still don't understand why they aren't an oily engine surrounded by a plie of rust.
The only old fFords that are worth the TLC it takes are the good ones.
Here's one or two...
(http://www.bandit127.com/oof_stuff/images/img8.jpg)
(http://www.bandit127.com/oof_stuff/images/index.4.jpg)
(Posted this one before, but I couldn't resist it again :)
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i saw a j reg 4x4 ghia estate on the school run. Looked in decent enough nick
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a guy next door has one an old one lol bloody horn alarm keeps going off
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There is a Sierra owners club.
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Many cars seem to be dissapering.
Calibras
Cavaliers
Sierras, even the early Mondeos
All Rovers...
Strangely, many old cars are still around.
VWs
BMWs
Audis.
All of the above due to galvanised bodies.
Diesel PUGs. Due to a million mile durability. I still don't understand why they aren't an oily engine surrounded by a plie of rust.
The only old fFords that are worth the TLC it takes are the good ones.
Here's one or two...
(http://www.bandit127.com/oof_stuff/images/img8.jpg)
(http://www.bandit127.com/oof_stuff/images/index.4.jpg)
(Posted this one before, but I couldn't resist it again :)
Nice looking MK1 Lotus Cortina in the bottom piccy :y
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On somewhat of a diffrent note a guy up the road had when i was a kid....yes a long time ago a Rover 3500 sdi i loved that car would walk past it every day and just loved all the ilghts and buttons to press .. :D :D
Looked like this bad boy
http://www.carandclassic.com/car/C51933
that the one ::)
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i remember having a sd1 with my dad when i had passed my test just before i turned 18
that was a 3.5 v8
loadsa power untill the gearbox went
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On somewhat of a diffrent note a guy up the road had when i was a kid....yes a long time ago a Rover 3500 sdi i loved that car would walk past it every day and just loved all the ilghts and buttons to press .. :D :D
Looked like this bad boy
http://www.twinlakespark.co.uk/index2.htm.
Looked like a pirate :p
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i aint saying what my second car was
i wouldn't want you all falling off your computer chairs
lol
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The 1st V8 that i saw since coming to the UK from the US.
sorry long day
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go on
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it was a seat marbella i had for about a month and fort it would be funny to pull the handbrake round a corner in the snow and put it into a brick wall totaly wrote the whole thing off and took some of the wall with it
then i went and made a big mistake of buying a nissan sunny coupe
then moved on to a 406 which i had for years
then a reanult espace which is still sitting on my drive dead lol
and now the omega.
im gonna keep this 1 for a while now as its the best 1 ive had so far
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Had 2 Sierra's, one 2.0 twincam carb Saph and an 1800 CVH hatch. The Saph was wicked, really fast and went sideways really well! The hatch was pap, wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding and was a lovely faded red. Rare now due to tin worm, never take the rear lights out a Sierra, there won't be anything to bolt them back on to! :y
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On yes recall the Marbella and i had a 406 for one of my old jobs. Then a few other car and 4 Omega over my time
1 m reg cd 2.0i
2 r reg cd 2.5
3 r reg elite 3.0
4 02 elite 3.2 looking to keep this as long as i can love it just have to get rocker gasket and oil cooler done and back on the road. :y
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this pic is in brunomegav6's post in the gallery. looks like a late sierra in the background!? not so sure about its exhaust though...
(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/884/image0203wi2.jpg)
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is that a big lump of concrete holding the near side of the car up while the whole exhaust seems to be hanging off
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also looks like there might be 2 people under the front of it
see what you think
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also looks like there might be 2 people under the front of it
see what you think
hahahahahaha!!!
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Well, a bit of Sierra lives on in my kit car. Gearbox and diff (actually, the diff was from a Granada Cosworth 24v). Oh, and the rear brake calipers.
It's odd because the mechanicals were totally bomb proof, IME. Just not the kind of car that gets cherished, I guess. Neither is the mondeo TBH. Most K series Rovers will have HGF'd by now, and that's the final nail in the coffin if you're not handy with the spanners. I had a '91 214 that I had from less than 20K and, despite being pretty well pampered, it was a wreck by the time I sold it with just over 100k.
What surprises me is that there are so many Mark III, IV and V Escorts still running around. Always thought they were the least inspiring cars in existence.
Kevin
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Well, a bit of Sierra lives on in my kit car. Gearbox and diff (actually, the diff was from a Granada Cosworth 24v). Oh, and the rear brake calipers.
It's odd because the mechanicals were totally bomb proof, IME. Just not the kind of car that gets cherished, I guess. Neither is the mondeo TBH. Most K series Rovers will have HGF'd by now, and that's the final nail in the coffin if you're not handy with the spanners. I had a '91 214 that I had from less than 20K and, despite being pretty well pampered, it was a wreck by the time I sold it with just over 100k.
What surprises me is that there are so many Mark III, IV and V Escorts still running around. Always thought they were the least inspiring cars in existence.
Kevin
My neighbour's kit car is (theoretically) based on a Sierra - mainly the back axle. He tried to build one using more bits - engine, gearbox and other bits, but it was a disaster - he gave up and bought a different kit which uses a motor cycle engine and gearbox - no reverse.
There's loads of old Peugeots round here - my son's got a J-reg 205 Diesel - I've spent a lot of money on it, and it goes brilliantly (not counting the crappy gear-change - the last one was rubbish as well). There's also loads of original Minis and MGBs about, too. And I saw a Capri a couple of days ago. But no Sierras.
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I reckon we've MOT'd about 4 in the last year , most recent was a J reg 2.0 4x4 , failed on rot on the sills/ floor . Don't think it's been back yet so maybe he scrapped it , or he's a slow welder . If I remember rightly the others failed on welding too , but they were repaired so must be around still I should think.
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Well, a bit of Sierra lives on in my kit car. Gearbox and diff (actually, the diff was from a Granada Cosworth 24v). Oh, and the rear brake calipers.
It's odd because the mechanicals were totally bomb proof, IME. Just not the kind of car that gets cherished, I guess. Neither is the mondeo TBH. Most K series Rovers will have HGF'd by now, and that's the final nail in the coffin if you're not handy with the spanners. I had a '91 214 that I had from less than 20K and, despite being pretty well pampered, it was a wreck by the time I sold it with just over 100k.
What surprises me is that there are so many Mark III, IV and V Escorts still running around. Always thought they were the least inspiring cars in existence.
Kevin
The rather engines wern't.....really underperforming smokey noisey, ratlly things.
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but with the average age of a sierra owner being 98 i dont think to many of them will be able to switch a computer on let alone log into an owners club
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Well, a bit of Sierra lives on in my kit car. Gearbox and diff (actually, the diff was from a Granada Cosworth 24v). Oh, and the rear brake calipers.
It's odd because the mechanicals were totally bomb proof, IME. Just not the kind of car that gets cherished, I guess. Neither is the mondeo TBH. Most K series Rovers will have HGF'd by now, and that's the final nail in the coffin if you're not handy with the spanners. I had a '91 214 that I had from less than 20K and, despite being pretty well pampered, it was a wreck by the time I sold it with just over 100k.
What surprises me is that there are so many Mark III, IV and V Escorts still running around. Always thought they were the least inspiring cars in existence.
Kevin
The rather engines wern't.....really underperforming smokey noisey, ratlly things.
Engines weren't the jellymould's strong point, I must admit. The Pinto was decades past its' sell by date when the Sierra was even launched, yet soldiered on for ages. The CVH probably wasn't as bad as everyone thinks but tragically couldn't survive the level of neglect that Ford customers were accustomed to dealing out to their vehicles, and wasn't overly powerful for a large car. The DOHC was better in that respect and reasonably durable but no ball of fire and the V6s felt woefully asthmatic.
The only option if you wanted reasonable performance was the Cosworth IMHO. Although other engines didn't offer bad performance on paper, for the time, they always felt gutless because they were torquey, low-revving engines.
Kevin
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Granadas - bigger jellymould
A few years ago another worker here had a Granada - within a year of age of mine, we were both doing silly mileage and so had our cars converted to company vehicles.
My car at the time was a Carlton 2.0GLi and it was interesting to compare.
The Carlton had the SOHC engine, but was a nicer engine. Rear brakes were less hassle.
Surbjit had compression issues with his DOHC engine, and he resorted to gunge to boost compression, we both took our cars back after 18 months, Surbjit for a different job and me to PX for my first Omega.
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Well, a bit of Sierra lives on in my kit car. Gearbox and diff (actually, the diff was from a Granada Cosworth 24v). Oh, and the rear brake calipers.
It's odd because the mechanicals were totally bomb proof, IME. Just not the kind of car that gets cherished, I guess. Neither is the mondeo TBH. Most K series Rovers will have HGF'd by now, and that's the final nail in the coffin if you're not handy with the spanners. I had a '91 214 that I had from less than 20K and, despite being pretty well pampered, it was a wreck by the time I sold it with just over 100k.
What surprises me is that there are so many Mark III, IV and V Escorts still running around. Always thought they were the least inspiring cars in existence.
Kevin
The rather engines wern't.....really underperforming smokey noisey, ratlly things.
Engines weren't the jellymould's strong point, I must admit. The Pinto was decades past its' sell by date when the Sierra was even launched, yet soldiered on for ages. The CVH probably wasn't as bad as everyone thinks but tragically couldn't survive the level of neglect that Ford customers were accustomed to dealing out to their vehicles, and wasn't overly powerful for a large car. The DOHC was better in that respect and reasonably durable but no ball of fire and the V6s felt woefully asthmatic.
The only option if you wanted reasonable performance was the Cosworth IMHO. Although other engines didn't offer bad performance on paper, for the time, they always felt gutless because they were torquey, low-revving engines.
Kevin
reminds me of the Cavalier advert for the 1.3 same power as 1.6 Sierra
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Well, a bit of Sierra lives on in my kit car. Gearbox and diff (actually, the diff was from a Granada Cosworth 24v). Oh, and the rear brake calipers.
It's odd because the mechanicals were totally bomb proof, IME. Just not the kind of car that gets cherished, I guess. Neither is the mondeo TBH. Most K series Rovers will have HGF'd by now, and that's the final nail in the coffin if you're not handy with the spanners. I had a '91 214 that I had from less than 20K and, despite being pretty well pampered, it was a wreck by the time I sold it with just over 100k.
What surprises me is that there are so many Mark III, IV and V Escorts still running around. Always thought they were the least inspiring cars in existence.
Kevin
The rather engines wern't.....really underperforming smokey noisey, ratlly things.
Engines weren't the jellymould's strong point, I must admit. The Pinto was decades past its' sell by date when the Sierra was even launched, yet soldiered on for ages. The CVH probably wasn't as bad as everyone thinks but tragically couldn't survive the level of neglect that Ford customers were accustomed to dealing out to their vehicles, and wasn't overly powerful for a large car. The DOHC was better in that respect and reasonably durable but no ball of fire and the V6s felt woefully asthmatic.
The only option if you wanted reasonable performance was the Cosworth IMHO. Although other engines didn't offer bad performance on paper, for the time, they always felt gutless because they were torquey, low-revving engines.
Kevin
reminds me of the Cavalier advert for the 1.3 same power as 1.6 Sierra
.. and to think they sold the Sierra with a 1.3 Pinto. Power to weight ratio of the engine alone would have been miserable, let alone when you add the rest of the car. ;D
Kevin
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Well, a bit of Sierra lives on in my kit car. Gearbox and diff (actually, the diff was from a Granada Cosworth 24v). Oh, and the rear brake calipers.
It's odd because the mechanicals were totally bomb proof, IME. Just not the kind of car that gets cherished, I guess. Neither is the mondeo TBH. Most K series Rovers will have HGF'd by now, and that's the final nail in the coffin if you're not handy with the spanners. I had a '91 214 that I had from less than 20K and, despite being pretty well pampered, it was a wreck by the time I sold it with just over 100k.
What surprises me is that there are so many Mark III, IV and V Escorts still running around. Always thought they were the least inspiring cars in existence.
Kevin
The rather engines wern't.....really underperforming smokey noisey, ratlly things.
Engines weren't the jellymould's strong point, I must admit. The Pinto was decades past its' sell by date when the Sierra was even launched, yet soldiered on for ages. The CVH probably wasn't as bad as everyone thinks but tragically couldn't survive the level of neglect that Ford customers were accustomed to dealing out to their vehicles, and wasn't overly powerful for a large car. The DOHC was better in that respect and reasonably durable but no ball of fire and the V6s felt woefully asthmatic.
The only option if you wanted reasonable performance was the Cosworth IMHO. Although other engines didn't offer bad performance on paper, for the time, they always felt gutless because they were torquey, low-revving engines.
Kevin
reminds me of the Cavalier advert for the 1.3 same power as 1.6 Sierra
.. and to think they sold the Sierra with a 1.3 Pinto. Power to weight ratio of the engine alone would have been miserable, let alone when you add the rest of the car. ;D
Kevin
I knew someone with one - flat out everywhere - ended up with a 1.6 whe the 1.3 blew
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i had a sierra
ran really well but i killed it (didnt tighten oil filter properly after a change)
than a mondeo. had that for 8 years. And it was bomb proof. i did 120k in it, serviced twice. I no its awful but hey.... although the last MOT i had on it cost 600 quid. paid that then the engine went kaput. another 600 quid on a 12 year old car was silly
I had a mk2 cav as a first car. Loved that, was a 1.6 IIRC and powerfull. killed that aswell... HGF i think
funnily my omega cost 800 quid to MOT a week after i got it. Yeah mine was a bit of a dud and is a shed but i love it
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Saw a nice Cossie today :y
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My step daughter had a mk 2 Fiesta 950 Popular Plus. but wanted something a little quicker. Everyone does the xr2 1600 cvh and i wanted something a bit different.
XR2 Suspension in Panhard rod
XR2 Brakes with drilled
1800 CVH hmmmm same block ....NOT
1600 BV Head
single 45 DCOE
2" bore Pipe
XR2 5 speed box
wasn't an easy conversion but it did fly.
sump bolts to block were spaces differently
Oil pump was different and oil pickupwouldn't fit the pump i had to use
Rear Crank Seal retainer was bolted in a differet place so had to re drill the Xr2 1 for the sump gasket seal.
A lot of work and a lot of Fun afterwards
100mph in 5th, drop a cog and watch the front lift.
very light at 130mph
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The 1800 CVH is crap in Sierra form, but is a good basis for an engine upgrade. It'd work with a later 1.6 head, but the early/EFI heads make for a low compression, if well breathing engine. It's one of those that i've built as a turbo engine...C/R drops to about 8.2:1
1.8 i-CVH (to give it its proper name) was basically the American 1.9 block, just not bored out so much - hence quite different from the UK CVH engine of the time. There are a few quirks to that block to say the least - water pump being one of them - plus it uses a different profile cambelt. It's a half-zetec; same 88mm stroke, block height, sump bolt spacing, etc...as you found out, JueV6!
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I know a few people who have started out with the 1.8 CVH and then wished they had the 1.6 come tuning time. Those extra 200 CC are a royal PITA. ;D
Might as well use a 2.0 Zetec. same amount of trouble for a lot more grunt. :D
Kevin
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The block is good - its just the head which is terrible, hence swap to a lean burn 1.6 head...
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My next door neighbour has got a H reg Sierra estate. It is used everyday but mainly for local trips. Bodywork looks reasonable considering he rarely cleans it. ;)
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I saw a white D-reg RS500 yesterday. It looked well tidy. The whale tale was awesome!
Pretty sure it was genuine as well as the windows looked right.
I thought 'sweet' and the mrs thought 'yuk'. ;D
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Shockingly, a lot of early Rover x14's about...
Have noticed a lot of late 190E Mercs (J/K/L) around for some reason. but generally speaking there's still a lot of pre-cat (H/J/K) cars about, then a gap till P/R reg's. Must be those early cat'd ones with £400 MoT bills..
zillions of ancient square 200 rovers & mercs still doing the rounds. Early 1.4 k-series isn't anywhere near as prone to HGF as the later cars (which seem to be evaporating?!) and they are pretty rust proof, the mercs were just built like sodding tanks!
still see the odd beetle, morris minor & MGB
I saw a young guy in a black primered manta the other day and I've been thinking- why do I never see any a classic vauxhalls/opels? No enthusiast following? :( I see loads of old vauxhalls up to about L-reg but NOTHING older?
Found this thread searching for a omega fix in case you're wondering why I dug it up! ;)
Oh and in answer to the thread- I believe they do sierra banger racing days which is why they're all gone!
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theres a bloke round the corner from us has a black xr4i, he's has it from new 1990, still going strong,
but right enough not as many anymore :(
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an hour ago, one towing another
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nearly every day , one close neighbour have ;D
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Many cars seem to be dissapering.
Calibras
Cavaliers
Sierras, even the early Mondeos
All Rovers...
Strangely, many old cars are still around.
VWs
BMWs
Audis.
All of the above due to galvanised bodies.
Diesel PUGs. Due to a million mile durability. I still don't understand why they aren't an oily engine surrounded by a plie of rust.
The only old fFords that are worth the TLC it takes are the good ones.
Here's one or two...
(http://www.bandit127.com/oof_stuff/images/img8.jpg)
(http://www.bandit127.com/oof_stuff/images/index.4.jpg)
(Posted this one before, but I couldn't resist it again :)
Brilliant Bandit!! :y :y :y
That Lotus Mk1 Cortina is the one I want in my garage, along with a Cortina Mk2 1600E!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :D ;)
Please may I win the lottery!! 8-) 8-) ;)
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Judging by the number of early Mondeos I see going around with taped up bumpers, I reckon many will be gone from the road soon! ::) ;)
As for the Sierra, I believe the jelly has now finally disintegrated, and good riddance ::) ::) ;)
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Seen one about an hour ago on the way home from collage. It was a faded grey piece of cr*p with the fart cannon exhaust option ;D
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wish that was still around :)
(http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii388/bobthorpe-bucket/2000.jpg)
:y
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Ex g/f had a sapphire --- but haven't seen her or it for a few years now ---- the way she drove it's likely to be written off by now !!!!
Getting all wistful now .. she had the six pack stomach I have never managed to achieve (Never will now either !) !!!!
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Had a Sierra for quite a while,hated the bloody thing.
parked it oppisite our house with a for sale sign on,next to a beetle which was also for sale,a few days later the Beetle burst into flames and torched the sierra as well,Mrs was quite upset,I thought it was hilarious. :)
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Had a Sierra for quite a while,hated the bloody thing.
parked it oppisite our house with a for sale sign on,next to a beetle which was also for sale,a few days later the Beetle burst into flames and torched the sierra as well,Mrs was quite upset,I thought it was hilarious. :)
Hope you got rid of any incriminating evidence !!!! ::)
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The bloke who owned the Beetle was showing a prospective buyer what a good little runner it was when it went up,he initially seemed to think that he wasnt rsponsible for what happened to my Sierra.We had a little "chat" and he came round to my way of thinking. kerching! :)
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Many cars seem to be dissapering.
Calibras
Cavaliers
Sierras, even the early Mondeos
All Rovers...
Strangely, many old cars are still around.
VWs
BMWs
Audis.
All of the above due to galvanised bodies.
Diesel PUGs. Due to a million mile durability. I still don't understand why they aren't an oily engine surrounded by a plie of rust.
The only old fFords that are worth the TLC it takes are the good ones.
Here's one or two...
(http://www.bandit127.com/oof_stuff/images/img8.jpg)
(http://www.bandit127.com/oof_stuff/images/index.4.jpg)
(Posted this one before, but I couldn't resist it again :)
Brilliant Bandit!! :y :y :y
That Lotus Mk1 Cortina is the one I want in my garage, along with a Cortina Mk2 1600E!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :D ;)
Please may I win the lottery!! 8-) 8-) ;)
Good choice, for a girl.............. ;D ;D ;D
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Cracking old motors, but avoid the 1.8 cvh (Coarse, Vibratory & Harsh), the barrels used to wear oval with high miles giving loss of compression. 15 odd years ago scrappies had run out of 1.8 cvh's, they all limped a taxi on for another year or so.
Never had a cossie or an RS 500 thingy but had a few old Sierras as a single Dad with no money & still got a 51,000 mile Cortina which jump starts the Beastie even after being sat for a month. Got another 20 yrs in it as a collectors car & already outlived most of what we're all driving today.
I love my old Fords & always will. 8-)
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Cracking old motors, but avoid the 1.8 cvh (Coarse, Vibratory & Harsh), the barrels used to wear oval with high miles giving loss of compression. 15 odd years ago scrappies had run out of 1.8 cvh's, they all limped a taxi on for another year or so.
Never had a cossie or an RS 500 thingy but had a few old Sierras as a single Dad with no money & still got a 51,000 mile Cortina which jump starts the Beastie even after being sat for a month. Got another 20 yrs in it as a collectors car & already outlived most of what we're all driving today.
I love my old Fords & always will. 8-)
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A pensioner on my parents road had a mint y-reg 2.3ltr cream one owned from new. He recently got rid of it for a civic
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A very early one & a high spec for it's day. Do you know what happened to it? ::)
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but with the average age of a sierra owner being 98 i dont think to many of them will be able to switch a computer on let alone log into an owners club
Dont believe there all old codgers mate.. ;D
Had several years with sierra"s and the owners forum was as popular as this place is....very active and helpfull.
Still say my 2.0 sallys were quicker than my 2.0 Omega"s....handled better as well. ;)
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Saw a K reg Sapphire in East Leake on my way home last night.
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Many cars seem to be dissapering.
Calibras
Cavaliers
Sierras, even the early Mondeos
All Rovers...
Strangely, many old cars are still around.
VWs
BMWs
Audis.
All of the above due to galvanised bodies.
Diesel PUGs. Due to a million mile durability. I still don't understand why they aren't an oily engine surrounded by a plie of rust.
The only old fFords that are worth the TLC it takes are the good ones.
Here's one or two...
(http://www.bandit127.com/oof_stuff/images/img8.jpg)
(http://www.bandit127.com/oof_stuff/images/index.4.jpg)
(Posted this one before, but I couldn't resist it again :)
Brilliant Bandit!! :y :y :y
That Lotus Mk1 Cortina is the one I want in my garage, along with a Cortina Mk2 1600E!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :D ;)
Please may I win the lottery!! 8-) 8-) ;)
Good choice, for a girl.............. ;D ;D ;D
Cheeky Mike!! ::) ::) :D ;)
I should have added along with these two Cortina's: a Lotus Carlton, a 24V Senator, a 1960 Pink Cadillac, a V8 (yes, I'll get it built!) Omega, a Bentley (Red Label Engine) Arnage and a Mini Cooper purely for fun! :-* :-* :-* :-* :D :D ;)
But never, never, ever a Ford Sierra "Jelly Mould" in any shape or form!! ::) ::) ::)
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My Boy Racer mate has a Sierra Saphire Cosworth! Very fast machine!
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There are a couple kicking about round here, a cossie and red hatchback, guys had it since nearly new. I had a really interesting car in for mot last month though not a sierra, it was a mk2 capri with a cossie engine in it, guy had performance ford magazine on the seat and there it was in it, it was running about 300bhp, beautiful car.
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An L reg one 2.0l lx in red only this morning-and i couldnt see any rust!!Must be a rarety because I bothered to notice its spec! Used to have a sierra saphire myself a few years back.
jerry
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does a p-reg sierra pickup count as a sierra?
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does a p-reg sierra pickup count as a sierra?
P100 :) So much potential if you can find a good one... :y :y :y
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I saw only a few weeks back an extremely tidy 1984 A reg sierra estate parked a few miles away and spent a bit too much time gawping at it!
the square headlamps looked strange the more i looked at it!
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Still got mine, Black Sapphire, Its De Badged with its 310 Bhp lump. Last of the RWD Cossies. :y
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I followed a silver 1.8 LX Sierra Sapphire about two weeks ago, south bound just after J28 & i said to Liz i'd not seen one for a long time. Hopefully it'll be even longer till i see the next one :P
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I had a 1.8CVH Sapphire for my first car. 10 days later it was written off by UNDERsteering into a kerb and bending the steering, suspension and even where it all mounts to the chassis.
The Nova I had afterwards felt more spacious as it didn't have the Sierra's vast transmission tunnel.
Is it me or was the Sierra the only car in that class where the Saloon was more popular than the hatch?
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I saw one yesterday, a Saphirre 2000E no less.
I'd have one of those, nice twin cam 8V engine, leather etc.
I'll get my coat! ;D