'93 Mondy thread - The Rimini Blues Brothers

[warren t claim]

On 10/11/2024 at 15:28, egg said:

Sierraman will know more, but they don't have the best reputation, but I think it's more from an age perspective - and autos are fairly thin among the survivors. 

I think that my Mk2 auto was the longest lived Mondeo on my fleet. It survived at least five years after I sold it.

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The 3 door estate made it to the NEC (not my pic - owner's).

[neil72]

On 10/11/2024 at 15:34, beko1987 said:

As an aside I think N plates rank as the lowest spotted of all the plates I've ever seen. Tons of M, tons of P, r & s but few N's. Did something funny go on that year? 

Agreed, here's an N reg that i snapped was back in 2017, now scrapped i think and the local N reg Estate outside a hoarders house, i think this disappeared during COVID

 

[sierraman]

I don’t know, the earlier 1993-4 ones seemed better made than the later ones. The diesels will always be thin on the ground as they were mostly worked to death. 

[egg]

Cool sticker bro

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305943929111

[sierraman]

17 hours ago, egg said:

Cool sticker bro

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305943929111

I had one of those stuck to a bookcase as a kid. 😂 Lifelong sad bastard! 

[egg]

No December rest for mine this year. Speedo cable getting noisy, that's what I think it is anyway! On a tip run.

[stuboy]

23 hours ago, egg said:

Cool sticker bro

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305943929111

did u buy it?

[stuboy]

On 28/11/2024 at 15:58, neil72 said:

Agreed, here's an N reg that i snapped was back in 2017, now scrapped i think and the local N reg Estate outside a hoarders house, i think this disappeared during COVID

 

sad too see how long its sat as with the wheels turning white...

[stuboy]

On 28/11/2024 at 15:20, egg said:

The 3 door estate made it to the NEC (not my pic - owner's).

aint he been making this a while?

[egg]

28 minutes ago, stuboy said:

aint he been making this a while?

years apparently. Nice to actually see it in paint, not sure if it's drivable!

[egg]

13 hours ago, stuboy said:

did u buy it?

ah no, money's a bit tight!

[Marshall2810]

Currently in discussion with the owner of this turd of a late mk1 on a P plate. Unsurprisingly didn't get a bid on ebay with no ticket and it's a proper shed. I've mentioned £300 as a bit of a punt to save it as I really like the estates but not autos and he seemed interested. Done no miles since it's last test and might be genuine giffer. It's down in London area (Harrow)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/375807570866?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=O0JwpbfuQWu&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=q0u7CbdYTNC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[egg]

Probably worse ways of spending £300!

No utter MOT horrors, other than what you'd expect really, and I imagine this is a tough sell 3 weeks before Christmas.

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Good though liqueur has peeled on most panels 

[sierraman]

Competing against banger racers for that imo. 

[egg]

That knackered dizzle I think we have had before is still around too.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186827191045

[warren t claim]

3 hours ago, Marshall2810 said:

Currently in discussion with the owner of this turd of a late mk1 on a P plate. Unsurprisingly didn't get a bid on ebay with no ticket and it's a proper shed. I've mentioned £300 as a bit of a punt to save it as I really like the estates but not autos and he seemed interested. Done no miles since it's last test and might be genuine giffer. It's down in London area (Harrow)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/375807570866?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=O0JwpbfuQWu&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=q0u7CbdYTNC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

I can honestly say that I've never seen an auto that didn't have the 2.0 engine. Not just in real life but also listed on the salvage sites I used to scour over everyday back in the mid 2000s. I can't imagine that it'd be either cheap or easy to get a replacement exhaust for a 1.8 auto estate in 2024 as even 20 years ago a replacement pipe for a 2.0 auto cost over twice as much as the manual equivalent. 

[warren t claim]

28 minutes ago, egg said:

That knackered dizzle I think we have had before is still around too.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186827191045

In my earlier posts on here I'd mentioned the occasional phone call out of the blue I would sometimes get back in 2002 that started with the line "Hi Warren, I've got a Mondeo diesel for sale for £1250 with a few months plate left. Do you want to buy it? I need it gone by next Monday."

This is a 100% nailed on example of what the car looked like.

 

[warren t claim]

3 minutes ago, warren t claim said:

In my earlier posts on here I'd mentioned the occasional phone call out of the blue I would sometimes get back in 2002 that started with the line "Hi Warren, I've got a Mondeo diesel for sale for £1250 with a few months plate left. Do you want to buy it? I need it gone by next Monday."

This is a 100% nailed on example of what the car looked like.

 

 

OMG now THAT takes me back!

[Marshall2810]

40 minutes ago, egg said:

That knackered dizzle I think we have had before is still around too.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186827191045

Like 👍 

[Marshall2810]

1 hour ago, egg said:

That knackered dizzle I think we have had before is still around too.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186827191045

This guy lives up to his name...

Especially the bit about doing a full resto 😂 

 

[egg]

KYD Mondo still for sale....

[sierraman]

8 hours ago, egg said:

KYD Mondo still for sale....

What platform is that on? Facebook?

[egg]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

What platform is that on? Facebook?

ah yes, in one of the Mondeo groups.

[egg]

Some Christmas Cheer - bloke remembering my car from its first life in Littlehampton..

[warren t claim]

What's the difference between Ash Black and Panther Black? 

[egg]

Christmas present for mine was new wiper blades. Can't help but feel it's like getting a Master System when it wants a Mega Drive.

[egg]

2 hours ago, warren t claim said:

What's the difference between Ash Black and Panther Black? 

Good question, my '93 'launch' brochure just has 'black' with no fancy name.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, warren t claim said:

What's the difference between Ash Black and Panther Black? 

I'll bite. I don't know, what is the difference between Ash Black and Panther Black? 😀

[stuboy]

2 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Panther Black? 😀

panther black was pearlescent