sierraman

At first I thought I’d stumbled on a pre pro but it’s just faded! 

I’ve got a few of these already but this ISO Grifo for 20p I couldn’t leave behind. Missing a door but another sourced in the Sierraman scrappy! 

I’ve got a few of these already but this ISO Grifo for 20p I couldn’t leave behind. Missing a door but another sourced in the Sierraman scrappy! 

At first I thought I’d stumbled on a pre pro but it’s just faded! 

I’ve got a few of these already but this ISO Grifo for 20p I couldn’t leave behind. Missing a door but another sourced in the Sierraman scrappy! 

The two Kwik Fit Centaur something or other tyres that were on the Sierra were probably as bad as budget tyres can get whilst the other two Good Years were probably as old as the car itself. I couldn't find the date stamp on them, so they had to be old.
At £160 for all four tyres, fitted and balanced, they make perfect sense. One tyre for my wife's Hyundai Tucson costs £190 and she needs two!

They’ll be fine. In all honesty they’ll be better than the Uniroyals that were probably fitted from new. Tyre technology has come on considerably, even the cheapest shittest tyres today will be leagues ahead of the best tyres fitted when it was new. 

Blessing in disguise, it probably had multiple micro cracks in it. Better that to happen than it disintegrate on the road, Ford seem to have this problem on their tanks after a few years. 

Blessing in disguise, it probably had multiple micro cracks in it. Better that to happen than it disintegrate on the road, Ford seem to have this problem on their tanks after a few years. 

They’ll be fine. In all honesty they’ll be better than the Uniroyals that were probably fitted from new. Tyre technology has come on considerably, even the cheapest shittest tyres today will be leagues ahead of the best tyres fitted when it was new. 

They’ll be fine. In all honesty they’ll be better than the Uniroyals that were probably fitted from new. Tyre technology has come on considerably, even the cheapest shittest tyres today will be leagues ahead of the best tyres fitted when it was new. 

Cable clutch’s were only on first 6months-year of Mondeo production. Hydraulic all the way then, they don’t tend to give problems unlike the leaking master cylinders on the Mk1 Focus, a real back breaker to access. 

I have a shit inkjet printer, I don’t think it’ll run at the resolution I’d need. Fine fit printing out tickets or whatnot but it’s like having cataracts on anything else.

I gave up on threads a while ago but I have wanted one of these cars since they were brand new, plus I think things might get interesting*. So here goes.
So far I count myself as the EIGHTH AS member who has owned this, including the chap who posted it for sale in behalf of the then owner. I think that's pretty great. I hope when I die I return as a car that goes around the country bringing joy to a whole range of different owners.

So far we've had 
Jon.k
Northernmonkey
Robson3022
Paulplom
Kiltox
83C
Schaefft 
Yours truly. 
The first didn't technically own it, he simply posted it for sale on behalf of the owner who had originally wanted to scrap it because of a pulley on the engine which had come adrift. So kudos to John.k for saving what certainly feels like a car which had plenty of life left.
In short (because it is documented elsewhere) it was owned by Westley Richards gunsmiths manufacturer in the West Midlands. It was a personal car to the directly and then used to chauffeur some very wealthy (like Arab Royalty wealthy) to and from the premises. 
After Jon.k's arm was bitten off by NorthernMonkey, it passed through varioous members' hands and gave generally good service along the way.
I promised myself I'd own it one day.

That’ll be the Daewoo! 

Feel like we need more than one pic...

Esperii?

Did a pilgrimage with my kids today

Or print on normal paper and cover the plate image with a bit of sellotape before cutting it out. The worst might be is that yellows a bit over time, either live with it (patina) or run off a new one. 

Trial and error I think you’ll find, use a ruler and adjust the scaling % of what you’re sending to the printer.
If you have a typical low-end inkjet printer and plain paper you might be disappointed
If your local library/ school / college / just stop oil activists office could a run-off a sheet using their laser printer at high DPI onto glossy paper, even better.  Then you will be Pro.

I use one of a range of custom number plate suppliers websites, screenshot the plate I have made, reduce it in MS paint or as an object in Word and there you have a free set of miniature plates in precisely the correct font 😉

That’s superb, bonus points for lack of EV charging.

Because Labour would have it all sorted out! 😂

Labour will have it all sorted out for you! 

Yes.  So you could over-fill with light oil that would then spray about and get up to the glazing and cloud the windows from the inside.
 A style later adopted by Cheech & Chong