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

[MantaGTE85]

Thanks for the memory! I think I remember owning a copy of that Car Choice magazine. Didn't the cover feature a 4 year old  XJ40 up for £7995, or something? 

[neil1971]

It's this one, April 1993, only got a handful of these and not seen the XJ40 one but they had an XJ-S on the front of the January 1994 issue.

 

[MantaGTE85]

Nice. It was so long ago, I think I had the May 1993 issue, that came with the Cheap Fast Cars supplement that I read to death. The problem pages (Sticky Fingers?) were a fun read. Also, I can't believe how quickly all these cars depreciated compared to now. 

[MantaGTE85]

I can't make out the mileage reading where it shows the Mondeo's dials on the top of page 15, but I'm trying to work out if Car Choice borrowed K23FMC for test BEFORE or AFTER Autocar used it for driving 12,000 miles to Japan and back in one week. Sorry, l'm nuts like that. I've just found out it's also a 1.6 not a 1.8.

[egg]

I think us shiters would all take a slightly used Sierra Chasseur pintosaurus special (some late ones did have a pinto, I forget) over a new Mondeo in 93!

[brownnova]

Assume this being for sale is well known by aficionados of this thread 

[MantaGTE85]

9 hours ago, egg said:

I think us shiters would all take a slightly used Sierra Chasseur pintosaurus special (some late ones did have a pinto, I forget) over a new Mondeo in 93!

Indeed. The mk2(b) Chasseur was a nice looking car with its GLS alloys and rear spoiler. I would have chosen the Sapphire version in Tasman Blue. Also, for about 3 months after the Mondeo came out, Ford dealers were still trying to shift unsold examples of the Azura edition. They were something like 9 grand each. Petrol versions were also running Pintos. And with compulsory cat converters post-J-reg, the performance on these would have been very interesting. I know my old CVH-engined pre-facelift K reg Escort 1.4 LX certainly was!

[D.E]

9 hours ago, egg said:

I think us shiters would all take a slightly used Sierra Chasseur pintosaurus special (some late ones did have a pinto, I forget) over a new Mondeo in 93!

More-than-slighty used Cortina Mk V would have been the shiter's choice in '93, I think!

[EyesWeldedShut]

9 hours ago, egg said:

I think us shiters would all take a slightly used Sierra Chasseur pintosaurus special (some late ones did have a pinto, I forget) over a new Mondeo in 93!

I spotted a rather immaculate Sierra 4x4 on a K plate locally on Friday in the giffer queue for the local tip, not seen it around before, it was mint. 
When that 4x4  was new I was, indeed, shite motoring in a 1978 2.0 GL  Cortina estate  (gold paint, everything else was brown) £400 plus a new battery and a clutch - ran that for a year and it never went wrong - never did find out why the bellhousing was cracked? 
Flogged it for what I paid for it - happy days.

[neil1971]

On 3/19/2023 at 12:03 PM, MantaGTE85 said:

I can't make out the mileage reading where it shows the Mondeo's dials on the top of page 15, but I'm trying to work out if Car Choice borrowed K23FMC for test BEFORE or AFTER Autocar used it for driving 12,000 miles to Japan and back in one week. Sorry, l'm nuts like that. I've just found out it's also a 1.6 not a 1.8.

It's such a small picture in the article that even a close up isn't really readable unfortunately. Looks like either it's in the hundreds or 30k but wouldn't have thought a test car would have 30k on it even after a 12k trip!

[warren t claim]

On 3/17/2023 at 5:33 PM, Missy Charm said:

Certain Mark Ones with bigger engines had a truly freakish exhaust arrangement with two silencer boxes at the rear of the car.  The exhaust pipe fed the one on the nearside, which was connected to the one on the offside by means of a transverse link pipe.  The offside silencer box then fed the tailpipe, which allowed exit of the exhaust gases.  

I had trouble with the exhaust on my old Mondeo, so got to see underneath once!  Said arrangement was in place under there.  God knows why, it must be one of the oddest exhaust pipe designs fitted to a production car.  

The car in the photo has a broken exhaust hanger, which is allowing the flow reverse and silencer feed box to hang beneath the bumper.  

The 1.6 and 1.8 had an exhaust that exited on the different side to the 2.0.

[GregZX]

On 3/8/2023 at 11:44 PM, warren t claim said:

I'm pretty sure most Y (and 51 plate) Mk2s were V6 models flogged off cheap to the police.

Don't think I've ever seen a Y or 51 reg MK2 in the wild. Only Y and 51 MK3s. I love late registered cars though like the T plate ZX that does exist somewhere.

[warren t claim]

21 minutes ago, GregZX said:

Don't think I've ever seen a Y or 51 reg MK2 in the wild. Only Y and 51 MK3s. I love late registered cars though like the T plate ZX that does exist somewhere.

I had a Y plate Mk2 LX diesel.

[egg]

Mine is 30 this week, well it was built in Genk 30 years ago this week.

Have a pic from Dungeness in 2017.

[KWhite]

My GLX was registered 30 years ago on Sunday (26/03/1993)

[N19]

L-reg Mk1 saloon seen at the traffic lights at half 10 last night - was a bit surprised as I imagined most of them would be giffer/enthusiast owned! And then when pondering it today, same spot, a T-reg silver saloon mk2. Clearly the traffic lights at Barnet Church are some sort of spawn portal for early Mondeos.

[JakeT]

 Sad end for this one.

 

 

 

[egg]

Good grief, I wondered if it was the stolen base for a moment there (given this is Hampshire and car was stolen from Winchester), but this has body coloured bumpers

[LightBulbFun]

3 hours ago, egg said:

Good grief, I wondered if it was the stolen base for a moment there (given this is Hampshire and car was stolen from Winchester), but this has body coloured bumpers

came here to  post about this one/check if it was the stolen car, however you have embedded the Facebook links rather then upload the pictures directly to Autoshite, so I cant see them anymore, however, glad to hear it does not sound like the same car, but still poor Mondeo! 

On 06/03/2023 at 15:57, egg said:

From Facebook: Unfortunately my beautiful mk1 Mondeo was stolen from a car park in Winchester at some point over the last few days. The only evidence left in situ was broken glass on both sides of the parking space, suggesting that the lovely individuals smashed both front windows. I’ve done all I can with Police and the car park owner thinks there is a good chance of CCTV footage, so fingers crossed. 

I dont think people quite realise facebook image links expire! so when pinching images off facebook please make sure to upload them directly to the forum, tbh I just do this for all images regardless of where they are from, you never know when the external link/sever you pinched them from will go down

[egg]

The guy with the stolen Mondeo has been on to the police this morning after I posted this on Facebook and tagged him, doesn't appear to be his (as has a sunroof), but if this is another stolen Mondeo may be the same culprit(s), given similar location. I mean who is using a legit Mondeo MK1 as a 'getaway' car in 2023?!

[sierraman]

The 1.8 couldn’t catch a cold these days. 🤣 Were the police following on foot? 

[RoverFolkUs]

Another one gone.

[MantaGTE85]

That's sad. Colour-coded bumpers came in on February 1994 so this is one of the very last black-top bumper ones. It would have made a good candidate for a marathon paint correction/detailing project, which would've made it good again. Interior looked alright for its mileage, just dirty but at least it was complete and original.

[egg]

New K-reg alert via Facebook, May 93 LX (1.6)

[egg]

never rely on the internet, pic is old and car scrapped, sad face.

[egg]

Just in case I get hit by a routemaster tomorrow, here is the list of MOT'd K reg cars last time I updated (it's been a while, I don't have much energy for DVLA bashing!), list of non MOT'd cars is about another 46. 779 NMK has been scrapped.

 

BTW, the FoI request last year said there were 35 taxed K reg Mondeos - so this is a pretty good list!

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, MantaGTE85 said:

That's sad. Colour-coded bumpers came in on February 1994 so this is one of the very last black-top bumper ones. It would have made a good candidate for a marathon paint correction/detailing project, which would've made it good again. Interior looked alright for its mileage, just dirty but at least it was complete and original.

It looks like it would want a load of work, better off weighing it in or racing it and taking the good bits off to save a better one. 

[MantaGTE85]

On 16/02/2021 at 15:50, greengartside said:

K143 NYJ has been called to rest.

Now at E3 Autos at Glastonbury.

This couldn't have been scrapped. It's showing as still on SORN, so it must still exist.

[greengartside]

It may well have not had the certificate of destruction issued in which case it would still be on SORN. A few breakers yards still do this.

[egg]

Paul Walton's touring car replica has been stolen - it's based on a base....

edit: being recovered, phew. Dumped not far away.