'93 Mondy thread - a K reg estate *exists*

[KWhite]

1 hour ago, greengartside said:

Yes, very early one indeed. Build date of 14.1.1993.

There’s some seriously nice stuff in that yard though, lots of XR’s and there’s a Sapphire Cossie buried there too.

It's a real mix bag! XR2s/3's and Cossies that would have been worthless when parked but then run of the mill stuff, there's Mk3 Escort 3 doors, a Mk4 Estate an Orion and a Mazda 323 Estate!

[RoverFolkUs]

It's amazing to be saying the earliest MK1 Mondeos are coming up 30 years old now. 

If someone says "30 year old car" I'm thinking 1960s, not early - mid 1990's! 

Looking at one, they just don't look their age

[greengartside]

3 hours ago, egg said:

@KWhiteThanks! Haven't had a new one to add in ages. 12th oldest on my list by registration date. So deserves to be saved if it can be.

@egg Out of interest, what’s the earliest registered one in your list? I think I’ve stumbled on something rather interesting and I just wanted to see if you’ve discovered it too…

[RoverFolkUs]

I'd be interested to know the earliest surviving build date

[egg]

24 minutes ago, greengartside said:

@egg Out of interest, what’s the earliest registered one in your list? I think I’ve stumbled on something rather interesting and I just wanted to see if you’ve discovered it too…

Earliest registered is K970 FVX an Si registered on 1/2/93, which is obviously pre-launch in March.

[greengartside]

7 minutes ago, egg said:

Earliest registered is K970 FVX an Si registered on 1/2/93, which is obviously pre-launch in March.

Incredibly still around and on SORN.

The earliest one I’ve found is K411 FPU, registered as a Sierra but on Ford Etis is a Mondeo build. Build date 26.10.92, registered 4.12.92.

K411-K418 FPU are all Mondeos registered on 4.12.92. All are 1.8 LX in White and I think were all loaned to the Police for evaluation. I’ve written a list which I’m still finishing.

Here’s K809 FVX being used as a Police demonstrator.

[egg]

Great work, a try before you buy scheme to try and get the Police fleet sales.

[warren t claim]

On 5/2/2022 at 6:25 PM, greengartside said:

Incredibly still around and on SORN.

The earliest one I’ve found is K411 FPU, registered as a Sierra but on Ford Etis is a Mondeo build. Build date 26.10.92, registered 4.12.92.

K411-K418 FPU are all Mondeos registered on 4.12.92. All are 1.8 LX in White and I think were all loaned to the Police for evaluation. I’ve written a list which I’m still finishing.

Here’s K809 FVX being used as a Police demonstrator.

GLX trims. I wonder what engine was in it?

[sierraman]

5 hours ago, warren t claim said:

GLX trims. I wonder what engine was in it?

If they were going to catch anything then the 2.0 you’d hope. 

[warren t claim]

On 5/4/2022 at 9:13 AM, sierraman said:

If they were going to catch anything then the 2.0 you’d hope. 

I've had plenty of 2.0 Zetecs and even the Si wasn't really that quick.

[sierraman]

8 hours ago, warren t claim said:

I've had plenty of 2.0 Zetecs and even the Si wasn't really that quick.

Probably in the day though I guess, it would have been chasing Novas, Cavaliers etc. The 2.5 would have been better, manual though not the auto that sapped power.

[Longbridge Apologist]

Quicker than a 1.8 8v Granada!

[sierraman]

31 minutes ago, Longbridge Apologist said:

Quicker than a 1.8 8v Granada!

I’m quicker on foot than a 1.8 Granada. 

[Longbridge Apologist]

Dad had one before it was replaced with a Motor Nation sold dark blue Mondeo 1.8 GL Zetec saloon. Was like going from a pedal car to a Tesla.

[neil1971]

Spotted this on a driveway today, no photo as was driving, it's August 1993 registered, just over 66k at the last MoT in October 2021 and covered less than 20k since 2006.

[Eyersey1234]

@egg are you aware of this K plate Mondy?

 

 

[egg]

@Eyersey1234well done! A new one to me, and extremely early 4/3/93 reg (pre official launch). Must be saved.

Almost certainly the earliest remaining Ghia.

[Eyersey1234]

Just now, egg said:

@Eyersey1234well done! A new one to me, and extremely early 4/3/93 reg (re official launch). Must be saved.

Almost certainly the earliest remaining Ghia.

It came up on my Facebook feed today. Wish I was in a position to take it on

[sierraman]

I love it when people say ‘Is this worth anything?’ when they know it’s not completely worthless. What answer do they expect?

Stick it on eBay and whoever turns up first with the money. 

[stuboy]

13 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said:

@egg are you aware of this K plate Mondy?

 

 

just read that... 1992 and needs saving

[egg]

Another one for the list off the road since 2014.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154995510014?hash=item241673cafe:g:4wUAAOSw2LpigQzV

[greengartside]

On 5/13/2022 at 7:07 PM, Eyersey1234 said:

@egg are you aware of this K plate Mondy?

 

 

Another SVE! Lovely!

[egg]

19 minutes ago, greengartside said:

Another SVE! Lovely!

Your comment reminded me to search for SVE chat on this thread - and found that I don't have 329 KVE on my list (Green GLX registered 2/3/93).

I think I have 62 now on my list of K reg cars that still exist. Just in case, here is at least all the numbers so if I'm hit by an Invacar tomorrow it's there for posterity.

should just add...

476 TKL is actually now on J13 JOK

379 KVF is on K18 GLX

NIW 7979 is now on a BMW - so not sure if that one still exists @LightBulbFunwould you be able to find out please?

Also 2 or 3 of the above are being bangered or are donor cars, but shell still exists afaik.
 

[LightBulbFun]

20 minutes ago, egg said:

NIW 7979 is now on a BMW - so not sure if that one still exists @LightBulbFunwould you be able to find out please?

do we have a VIN number for that one? if so I can look it up and tell ya what plate it currently wears  

[egg]

3 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

do we have a VIN number for that one? if so I can look it up and tell ya what plate it currently wears  

sadly not, but @greengartsidemay be able to get it from Etis if he still has access?

[LightBulbFun]

Just now, egg said:

sadly not, but @greengartsidemay be able to get it from Etis if he still has access?

sadly I can only tell you what plates a given vehicle has worn, but I cant tell you what vehicles a given plate has been assigned too

(the only slight exception to this is when a plate is put on retention or hidden behind a private plate, I can tell you the last vehicle it was on, but as NIW7979 has already been put onto to a BMW this trick does not work)

It would be worth recording the VINs of all known surviving cars just to be on the safe side incase anything like this happens again

[greengartside]

17 hours ago, egg said:

sadly not, but @greengartsidemay be able to get it from Etis if he still has access?

Still got the access. VIN is WF0AXXGBBAPU69418. Build date 23.2.93.

[LightBulbFun]

awesome! means I can do this! 

 

looks like its still in NI and so was issued a current NI (County Tyrone/Omagh) plate YHZ5208 when sadly robbed of its original plate NIW7979 (County Londonderry / Coleraine issue)

thankfully the Mondy is still taxed and MOT'ed,  so at least it was not just robbed of its plate and then scrapped as I have sadly seen a few times

 

[egg]

@LightBulbFunthanks very much, good to know it is still out there - maybe the only 'k reg' Mondeo in NI? Who knows! Seeing as we still only know of 60 odd nationally, it's not impossible.

[LightBulbFun]

10 hours ago, egg said:

@LightBulbFunthanks very much, good to know it is still out there - maybe the only 'k reg' Mondeo in NI? Who knows! Seeing as we still only know of 60 odd nationally, it's not impossible.

I imagine there may be a few, I certainly uncovered a few NI registered ones when I did the K reg Estate bash, so I imagine there would be a fair saloons as well  

the ever reliable* How many left reports 115 Taxed and 492 SORN'ed for 1993, so  you have not done too badly with the 60 you have found so far given only a sub set of those on How many left would be K prefix

(as a side note, there is one "Mondeo" down as made in 1989 thats still taxed, I wonder what that one actually is LOL, clearly someone entered the wrong model code on the DVLA computer when registering that one LOL)

 

I wonder if it might be worth doing a FOI request to the DVLA?  "please tell me how many Ford Mondeo's of all types registered before the 1st of August 1993, (broken down by trim level/model type) are still tax or SORN as of this FOI, separated into separate lists for vehicles that are still taxed, and a separate list for SORNed vehicles"

that way you know exactly what your still looking for, as it will filter out all the L prefix and later cars

I have seen something like this done in my research of the DVLA,  in one of the FOI's I looked at, I found a list of all the lambretta's registered with the DVLA and arranged by body type, year of manufacture and engine size

(theres exactly 1 thats registered as a snow plough amusingly LOL)

FOIR6424 Attachment.xlsx

so they can definitely do something like this for Mondeo's I imagine