The Reverend Bluejeans Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Sound, but no words. No idea what it's about - won't be home video, probably a Ford vid taken and narration added later. My Galaxy blue one would have come down here, E787HCK. johngarty, oldcars, davocano and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I can't work out what they're doing - rectifying faults? The Reverend Bluejeans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Yeah, that's a weird video - quite well shot and clearly done for a purpose.It looks like it's just near the end of the line, that guy is starting the engines for the first time hence the cranking. No idea why there's no bumpers, you'd think they'd want them on before moving stuff around to stop paint damage when parking. The Reverend Bluejeans and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Dagenham Fo Sho - I don't think these were made at Halewood. They're all E Maxed up, spot the dreaded Pierturd carb with the vacuum second choke capsule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davocano Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Mr. Green T-shirt plainly carries an Equity card; everyone else is wondering why there's a camera crew poncing about the place. egg and The Reverend Bluejeans 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Love the sound of those pintos cranking BorniteIdentity and The Reverend Bluejeans 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 No idea why there's no bumpers, you'd think they'd want them on before moving stuff around to stop paint damage when parking. SIde rubbing strips missing on those Saphs too, oddly. Unless... is it the only surviving footage of the top-secret bASe assembly line...? :shock: The Reverend Bluejeans and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I thought I saw a V6 in there somewhere.The rubbing strips aren't on, but later on you see the holes for them to be fitted. Clearly they've just not made it to the "dull grey plastic department". By the way - was there ever a Sapphire with grey lower body paint? There's a blue one in that vid, but I can't remember that being a thing. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 I thought I saw a V6 in there somewhere.The rubbing strips aren't on, but later on you see the holes for them to be fitted. Clearly they've just not made it to the "dull grey plastic department". By the way - was there ever a Sapphire with grey lower body paint? There's a blue one in that vid, but I can't remember that being a thing. Yes, LX and GLSi iirc. Pillock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I can't work out what they're doing - rectifying faults?That was my thought.They seem to be in various states of build and random specs with no apparent line or sense of urgency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Yes, LX and GLSi iirc.Yep, LX and GLS (depending on the model year) - also 2000E. Pillock and The Reverend Bluejeans 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I think my old Sapphire was Cologne built, 1991 Ghia - does that sound right? Doesn't quite seem 'lean' production Toyo style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 This will be stock news footage material, to cut segments from to go with whatever the story is at the time - see things like 'Built in Britain' stickers, etc. Also, imagine the black and white footage towards the end, with a freeze frame after that little handheld move, and a scroll list of text spouting out facts about car sales, strikes, redundancies etc. etc. Classic news gathering stuff, right there. Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHun58mz3vI Anyway, great Sierra footage. Miss my 1.8 LX Sapphire for just being a solid, no nonsense car, which despite being a CVH, didn't explode or anything. I know it's 99% likely to be dead, so could anyone who checks please refrain from telling me the bad news, as I don't want to know... colnerov, BorniteIdentity and oldcars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 I think my old Sapphire was Cologne built, 1991 Ghia - does that sound right? Doesn't quite seem 'lean' production Toyo style. Was it rotten at seven years old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 nice video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Anyway, great Sierra footage. Miss my 1.8 LX Sapphire for just being a solid, no non I know it's 99% likely to be dead, so could anyone who checks please refrain from telling me the bad news, as I don't want to know...How do you feel about good news about that currently MOT'ed Sierra? scdan4, Jon and oldcars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 YES! Unless it's all a cruel joke..... oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Nope, no joke - your Sierra's a survivor. Hopefully soon to be re-MOT'd and taxed for the good weather. Mercury Grey was a nice shade, for sure. oldcars, mat_the_cat and Jon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Love that video. Massive want for a 1.8l like my father had. Result that Jon's is still on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Yep, LX and GLS (depending on the model year) - also 2000E.The 2000e wasn't the basic pov spec grey lower though it was a contrasting shade of the ford colour chart e.g. moonstone blue, silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Unexpected 2000E at the train station last year; never spotted it again. Very clean. Blue and silver combo looks ver' niiiice. Faker, The Reverend Bluejeans, fordperv and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 Hmmm, not keen! The sweet spot for the Sierra was 1985/6, pre facelift with the 2.0iS, XR4x4,m the proper 2.0 Pinto with 32/36 Weber as well as stuff like the Laser II and of course the 3 door RS Cosworth. They'd sorted out the early gremlins (Kinnock Fins) but hadn't fucked with the original bodystyle. The second gen never felt as solidly put together as the last originals. The Sapphire was a backwards step really to keep the Cortina bores happy. The 2000E was the same price new as an E34 520i and everyone knew it just wasn't in the same league. Lesser Sierras were pretty good VFM. That Ford leather really is offensive as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Well I like a sapphire. Had about 20 sierras of all types and my fave was a Smokestone Black J reg 2.0 twincam Sapphire GLS. it was spotless and had a spoiler, sunroof, headlight wash etc... The business. The downside was the plate which was J---CUM (cant remember the numbers) It attracted a lot of sniggers and one day i was giving it a wash in the drive when a guy walked past and said "scrub as hard as you like mate but that cum isn't coming off" timolloyd, BorniteIdentity and stonedagain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I really, really want a sapphire. Weirdly for me, I’d love to have a high spec one in a nice colour - not a boggo in blue. They’re fetching strong money already, so there are two trains of thought. 1- convince myself they weren’t that great anyway or 2- buy one before they’re 5 figures like every other OSF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Yeah, I'm a sucker for a late one with tinted rear lights, body colour bits and the decent spec when they realised they'd got a warehouse full of electric window mechs, heated front windscreens and stuff. Something like the "reissued" XR4i (didn't it go away for a while?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Yeah, I'm a sucker for a late one with tinted rear lights, body colour bits and the decent spec when they realised they'd got a warehouse full of electric window mechs, heated front windscreens and stuff. Something like the "reissued" XR4i (didn't it go away for a while?)The only thing that lets the 91 facelift down in my opinion was the quality of the interiors, that huge plastic hood on the dash was ugly and the interior door pull handles were shite quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I think my ideal Sierra would be a mk1 estate in 2.3 Ghia flavour, ideally with those early style coloured plastic bumpers.There was a metallic red one near here until very recently which had the red tint in the bumper plastic. Glorious looking thing it was too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I nearly had a gold y plate 5 door 2.3 ghia auto for £50 when I was 15 but my mum said 1 car was enough for me, at the time I had a 1275 metro to tinker with, we did only have a 1 car driveway at the time so I can see where she was coming from, I had to wait until I was 16 to get a sierra when we moved and I had sold the metro danthecapriman and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I really, really want a sapphire. Weirdly for me, I’d love to have a high spec one in a nice colour - not a boggo in blue. They’re fetching strong money already, so there are two trains of thought. 1- convince myself they weren’t that great anyway or 2- buy one before they’re 5 figures like every other OSF. Not so valued in France... https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1406891991.htm?ca=12_s BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Ive had a lot of Sierras and Sapphires , favourites were mk1 2.3 V6s and pre facelift Saphs. So my fantasy Sierra would be an early GL Sapphire with a 2.4 V6 and 4 speed auto, in silver.This picture I found happens to be a German one with 14" steels and trims we never got on Sierras only LX Granadas, so this would be the perfect look for my 2.4 GL Sapphire. egg and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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