holbeck

Growing up there was one of these down my street. a 1.3 GL 4 door. Aged 10 you could keep your ferraris etc, what i really wanted was one of these. I absolutely loved them.
Back then they were cheap first cars (around 1990) couple of hundred quid and scrap it when the mot was up. That is assuming it hadnt dissolved already, or been crashed.
Then a strange thing happened. They vanished overnight and then slowly they started getting expensive. By the time i started driving they were not mega expensive, but just hard to find.
My route to a mk2 escort was avoid 2 door (££££££) avoid uk RHD (££££££ plus most heavily welded or rotten)
So here we have a solid LHD import 1.3GL which is being delivered next week…

 



 

 

 

 

Almost the first thing i saw

I had forgotten the Volvo 100 series had 6 digit odometer so it must be the first one? 

Deutz also had a hand in designing the Ford 1.6 diesel lump too.

I would rather have cars to go like this having both the bodies and the wheels fully driven off them. Their destiny has been fulfilled and as little waste as possible was involved. 
30 years of reliable service.

More fittys from indoors.






I wondered if it was ex GPO due to the epic pogweasling and you can just make out the ghosts of post bus lettering on the side.






Ford Escorts from either side of the Atlantic 


Well done for making the journey @juular








Tempted to go back for one of these
Loving the security sticker.


Little and large

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

I love a Sierra. 
I've never owned one, but my (80s) employer had loads in their pool car fleet.
I've always had a soft spot for the 2.0iS - It's what Ray Doyle would have been driving if 'The Professionals' were still a thing in 1985. 
 

I love a Sierra. 
I've never owned one, but my (80s) employer had loads in their pool car fleet.
I've always had a soft spot for the 2.0iS - It's what Ray Doyle would have been driving if 'The Professionals' were still a thing in 1985. 
 

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

That test result is racist against C15s. 

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

A good result @holbeck, won't take much to sort.

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

Must be the day for it.  My C15 in for MOT too.  And a result that I consider a pass.

 

Zut alors, grand succès!

The tester evidently used to work on C15's at a Citroen dealers in the Eighties and was very complimentary of @dean36014's welding - he even asked for first refusal should I ever want to sell her.