'93 Mondy thread - The Rimini Blues Brothers

[Richard_FM]

I think I've seen a clip of her driving a Renault 5 around the time she first became famous.

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10 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

I think I've seen a clip of her driving a Renault 5 around the time she first became famous.

[georgeinabz]

Never mind that the 2 door colt lancer in the background , my 2nd car , incidentally renault 5 my 1st

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[Alan_Green]

24 minutes ago, georgeinabz said:

Never mind that the 2 door colt lancer in the background , my 2nd car , incidentally renault 5 my 1st

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Not only was my first car a Renault 5, but it was USB361T!  Same series as Di's R5.  Argyll registrations.  Made it to London somehow.

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@RobTbeing the gent that he is has arranged some new tyres for me, which should make it drive a bit nicer. Being on the spare (2003) and rears were 2008 😮

[sierraman]

Old rubber is never good. Should be much better in the wet as well. 

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14 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Old rubber is never good. Should be much better in the wet as well. 

yeah, I couldn't in good conscious sell a car on shit tyres.

[sierraman]

Would definitely get the inner wishbone bushes checked to make sure it’s not going to scrub the tyres off. 

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29 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Would definitely get the inner wishbone bushes checked to make sure it’s not going to scrub the tyres off. 

Yes, agreed, that would be a waste, but Rob's only using it round the doors at the mo.

[stuboy]

7 hours ago, sierraman said:

Old rubber is never good. Should be much better in the wet

too much leakage

 

[Richard_FM]

14 hours ago, egg said:

Yes that's the one, I think there's some news footage of her getting in or out of it.

[greengartside]

On 8/11/2022 at 1:25 PM, egg said:

Never seen this doc before. But at £25 won't be buying it, but features loads of early SVE and TCE K-reg cars. Rubs trousers.

You may well see it’s not on eBay any more.

Someone may* have asked for it as a Christmas present…..

[wesacosa]

there is a nice 6 page feature on the Mk1 Mondeo in this month's Classic Retro Modern Mag 

[sierraman]

Once it’s in the Classic car press these days it’s a toss up whether your money is better spent on a Hargreaves Lansdown Global Markets 2 or a 1995 Mondeo 1.8 LX. 

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Why the Contour failed in America.

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Have we had this yin?

[KWhite]

I've only ever seen one K Plate Estate which was K577 BNE. Annoyingly it scrapped a few years ago and I never managed to get a picture of it

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12 minutes ago, KWhite said:

I've only ever seen one K Plate Estate which was K577 BNE. Annoyingly it scrapped a few years ago and I never managed to get a picture of it

K plate estates are unicorns!

[KWhite]

Yep! I was reading one of my old What Car's before (August 1993) and the K Plate Ghia Estate that they tested (K535 HHK) still exists, not had an MOT since 2010.

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From 'Sitting there Rotting on a driveway group' on FB

[MorrisItalSLX]

11 hours ago, egg said:

From 'Sitting there Rotting on a driveway group' on FB

A close relative of @Slowsilver’s K plater

[greengartside]

Beat me to it! I spotted this one earlier too on faceache.

[greengartside]

On 9/11/2022 at 10:11 PM, KWhite said:

Yep! I was reading one of my old What Car's before (August 1993) and the K Plate Ghia Estate that they tested (K535 HHK) still exists, not had an MOT since 2010.

K535 HHK - build date 15.04.1993, registered  13.05.1993. Incredibly early!

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Love it.

[sierraman]

EFA... Just fitted a set of bottom arms for him, one of our mechanics fancied it to slam and stance so we did him a fantastic new deal on a £24,000 Fiesta and generously part chopped him the Mondeo in for £174.35. 🤣

[MantaGTE85]

Awesome car, an absolute credit to him! Looks like one of the last mk1 Ghias as well. Great colour.

[sierraman]

12 hours ago, MantaGTE85 said:

Awesome car, an absolute credit to him! Looks like one of the last mk1 Ghias as well. Great colour.

It’s a Verona 

[Popsicle]

I'm sure this is on your list already but thought I'd take a pic just in case.

Spotted at Morrisons in Derby, looked in really good condition.

[MantaGTE85]

18 hours ago, MantaGTE85 said:

Awesome car, an absolute credit to him! Looks like one of the last mk1 Ghias as well. Great colour.

 

5 hours ago, sierraman said:

It’s a Verona 

You are right. It is a Verona. It's in one of the two colours you could get them in. I was thinking Ghia because of the trims and front fogs. It would be a 1.8 petrol.

[MantaGTE85]

6 minutes ago, Popsicle said:

I'm sure this is on your list already but thought I'd take a pic just in case.

Spotted at Morrisons in Derby, looked in really good condition.

20/4/93 so very early. It's a 1.8 GLX, nice model. Is it still possible to buy a brand new set of those amazing pre-'96 mk1 GLX trims anymore? Nice example, very well finded!