'93 Mondy thread - clock bulb fixed (the little things)

[sierraman]

[greengartside]

Do you need any bits for a Mk1 still? A guy near mine is breaking one.

Whip Street Motors in Ipswich. Be quick though, it looks like it’ll be a cube by the weekend. 01473 832878.

[Amishtat]

1 hour ago, greengartside said:

Do you need any bits for a Mk1 still? A guy near mine is breaking one.

Whip Street Motors in Ipswich. Be quick though, it looks like it’ll be a cube by the weekend. 01473 832878.

Very possibly, but not before Foxhall or Mildenhall open up again. Good bunch of lads, dealt with them a few times. 

[Cento16v]

Here's March 1996 Top Gears view on the Mondeo 1.8 LX

[warren t claim]

On 3/25/2021 at 11:52 AM, greengartside said:

Do you need any bits for a Mk1 still? A guy near mine is breaking one.

Whip Street Motors in Ipswich. Be quick though, it looks like it’ll be a cube by the weekend. 01473 832878.

Verona?

[sierraman]

I quite liked the snazzy trim you got in the Verona. And the Scorpio wheel trims. And the soft touch badge. And the complimentary standard a/c. The paint scheme in green or purple was a thumping added bonus. 

[egg]

16 hours ago, Cento16v said:

Here's March 1996 Top Gears view on the Mondeo 1.8 LX

Nice, thanks. Can't argue with that review really, points still stand 25 years on.

[egg]

This one has been recently raided for parts to keep an M reg one alive. RIP.

 

[egg]

The 93 base mentioned up thread is now for sale, £1.5k. Looks very good indeed.

[sierraman]

Factory RS spoiler as well. 

[ProgRocker]

On 29/03/2021 at 18:51, Cento16v said:

Here's March 1996 Top Gears view on the Mondeo 1.8 LX

I remember that group road test. It included the 'new' Peugeot 406. They described the Toyota Carina E as the ideal bank robber's car because few witnesses would able to remember it.  

[egg]

As mentioned before, a chap on Facebook does an annual How Many Left analysis. Although the data has holes, it is at least consistent with itself from year to year.

Update for 2020 data.

• Taxed MK1's have fallen to 811 from 1006 last year.
• SORN'd have remained consistent at about 3300. So a large proportion of remaining cars are not on the road for one reason or another.
• In 2016 (first year his review was done) total MK1s were 6,251 and it is now 4,135. In 1996 there were 393,000 Mondeos.
• My 'special interest' 1993 cars there are 607 left (remember that includes L reg too). Only 129 of these are taxed.
• Some numbers are vanishingly small - there are 5 taxed diesel 1993 Mondeos left. Maybe 11 1993 taxed base models. Possibly 7 taxed 4x4 models in total.

[Eyersey1234]

@egg this cropped up on my Fachache feed, is it on your survivors list?  Taxed and MOTd according to the DVLA

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, Eyersey1234 said:

@egg this cropped up on my Fachache feed, is it on your survivors list?  Taxed and MOTd according to the DVLA

funnily enough I just came here to post about another K reg Mondy for @egg  from @adw1977's spotting thread

1 hour ago, adw1977 said:

387. 1993 Ford Mondeo 1.8 LX saloon

Seen in Crawley, West Sussex on 4th May.

K28 UBJ
✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 November 2021
✓ MOT Expires: 18 August 2021

Vehicle make FORD
Date of first registration 28 April 1993
Year of manufacture 1993
Cylinder capacity 1796 cc
Fuel type PETROL
Export marker No
Vehicle status Taxed
Vehicle colour BLUE

Current owner since May 2015
Mileage at last MOT: 125,978
Mileage since previous MOT: 2,195

looks like its one already on the list, but another picture cant hurt  

[Eyersey1234]

2 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

funnily enough I just came here to post about another K reg Mondy for @egg  from @adw1977's spotting thread

looks like its one already on the list, but another picture cant hurt  

Yeah I think that one is on the list. I think the K plate I posted is a previously unknown one as can't find reference to it on here 

[egg]

@Eyersey1234thanks chap, but yep, have that one owned by a Mr Moore. I believe him and his son both have one. There's got to be another 100+ to find, but needles and haystacks and all that. Must be a few locked away in garages for years with owners who bought them as their 'retirement present'.

[egg]

Yeah, well since March this car has really been neglected, just the way life goes sometimes. Anyway, #job1 for 2021....new rear washer seal.

I happened on the OEM part on eBay for £2.40 posted, arrived next day (today)

the old one was extremely deteriorated

You have to pull off this plastic piece to access the other side, this is dangerous - crispy 28 year old clipped on plastic.

No problems, reveals the connector, jump in the boot to remove...

Yes the old one was dead....

Anyway, job's a good'un all back together, no leaks so far...despite being a slightly tigher fit as you can probably see, so connector pipe doesn't push in quite as far.

[Eyersey1234]

On 6/8/2021 at 2:34 PM, egg said:

@Eyersey1234thanks chap, but yep, have that one owned by a Mr Moore. I believe him and his son both have one. There's got to be another 100+ to find, but needles and haystacks and all that. Must be a few locked away in garages for years with owners who bought them as their 'retirement present'.

No problem, I didn't know if you knew about that one or not. I'll keep an eye out for any other K plate Mondys. 

[egg]

Steve Saxty has published this on his Facebook page - all credit to him - I need to get his book secret Fords:

Quote

I just started researching the CDW27 Mondeo this week for "Secret Fords" Vol Two. Here's a story I didn't know about the Contour, the North American version was designed late in the day. Here's the first Mondeo (bottom) a full-sized fibreglass model – the Contour (top) had a modified lower rear window and roof top look sleeker.  I drove many of these in the US but never realized why Americans shunned it because of rear headroom – I'd wrongly assumed it was the same as the European car!

[adw1977]

On 13/06/2021 at 19:26, egg said:

Steve Saxty has published this on his Facebook page - all credit to him - I need to get his book secret Fords:

His Capri book is excellent.  I've asked my other half to get me the Secret Fords book for my birthday next month.

[Spottedlaurel]

@egg Do you have K176 YBV on your list? https://flic.kr/p/2m6DWwG

[egg]

@Spottedlaurel, no I don't, now added, 1.6 LX, July 1993 registered - no MOT on the system at all! So been sat a very long time...Thank you.

[egg]

I found another K reg. Well, just the bumper listed on ebay sadly :-(. No MOT since 2008.

[davocano]

EDIT: Beaten to it by @Spottedlaurel

Seen in June 2021 by Neil https://www.flickr.com/people/64507381@N07/

 

[egg]

A month later, another rubber part replacement #job2. I bought this OEM NOS boot seal last year...

The old one came off easily, and obviously originally it was glued on in some way. However, I had no intention of gluing the new one.

A few blebs needed Vactan

Pushed the new seal on as best I could, obviously not quite well enough

But since the lockdown energy levels are low, even though I didn't knowingly have Covid, and I wasn't going to start again, so trimmed it and inevitably took a little too much off, but it's ok.

I think it's overall a positive result, the new rubber looks....err...more proud ooh err missus, and the boot seems to shut with a nice little thud. Time will tell if it makes winter fogging up any better and water ingress, but it's worth a go. Will be careful when I load up for the tip now!

MOT booked for later in the month.

[sierraman]

I think the fogging up is just factory standard on those Mondeos, every one I’ve had has done it. 

[egg]

#job3 Since I've had the car, it has been peppered with these little orange marks (examples highlighted), either some deeply embedded tree sap or similar, or possibly a spray can knocked over in a garage or something.

I bought this Autobright fine clay bar kit from eBay, and it has been pretty effective at removing them. Much more to do though, so file this as ongoing.

First time I have ever used one, and it's easy enough as long as you keep it wet wet wet.

[sierraman]

I’ve just dented mine this morning on a bin. 

[egg]

Sorry to hear!

I'm continuing on cosmetics, started using Polytrol on the side strips. I have had good results with that product on other external plastics around the house and cars. Hand painted so might suffer from slight giffer 'paint' runs.

 

[Eyersey1234]

14 hours ago, egg said:

Sorry to hear!

I'm continuing on cosmetics, started using Polytrol on the side strips. I have had good results with that product on other external plastics around the house and cars. Hand painted so might suffer from slight giffer 'paint' runs.

 

Phoooaaarrrr