The Autoshite holy grail is now one of us!

[Supernaut]

This sort of thing inspires me not to worry about the cosmetics of my Xantia.

 

It drives spot-on, who cares how it looks?!

 

It was great to see the Base at Shitefest, and it's still great to see it stretching its legs!

[Angrydicky]

There's another MK2 appeared in Shoebury Steve, a very tidy blue X reg. I managed to get a picture of it the other day.

 

Never seen the beige one though, definitely one to keep an eye out for!

[dollywobbler]

This sort of thing inspires me not to worry about the cosmetics of my Xantia.

 

It drives spot-on, who cares how it looks?!

 

It was great to see the Base at Shitefest, and it's still great to see it stretching its legs!

 

Likewise my 600. I was going to wash it today, but there's really not much point. The paint on the offside rear wing is bloody awful, and the entire car is COVERED in scratches, with a few dents mixed in too. Today is not the day to start stressing about cosmetics.

[Shep Shepherd]

I enjoyed seeing that old Granada pottering around Southend for very many years. It made The Volvo look like a show car

[EssDeeWon]

There's another MK2 appeared in Shoebury Steve, a very tidy blue X reg. I managed to get a picture of it the other day.

 

Never seen the beige one though, definitely one to keep an eye out for!

 

Get the pics up Dicky! I want to see this.

[Jim Bergerac]

Can we get a scan of that please ?

 

Higher res version as requested:

 

(My image host compressed it too much, trying as an attachment here so hopefully that works)

[fordperv]

^fantastic, I don't even know about modern classics magazine until earlier when I was in tesco with Mrs fp and had a flick through it

[quicksilver]

Good article but since when has it had a BLACK grille? That car is the Holy GREY Grille.

[vulgalour]

Given the positive way Cardinal Greygrille has been presented in that article, I believe we can allow them that minor faux pas.

[worldofceri]

Yes please WorldofCeri! I'll PM you.

 

No PM received thus far, but they're all packaged up and ready to go.  Is this the right address?

 

[BorniteIdentity]

No PM received thus far, but they're all packaged up and ready to go. Is this the right address?

 

Hahaha.

 

The Irish post is amazing. I can send a letter to my mate with

 

Aidan Mills

Bragan

 

And it gets there.

 

I have Richard's address if he doesn't pipe up in the next day.

[Angrydicky]

Hahaha! Whoops sorry I forgot, I'll PM you now!

[warren t claim]

 

On Merseyside there's a big market in stolen grey grilles. This poor fucker parked his 1300 base outside of Home And Bargain for less than five minutes and some twat had off with his. Here he is trying to appeal to the local scallies to return it ASAP.

[omegod]

Happily MP Terry Fields was free'd after 3 months in prison for not paying his poll tax , died in 2008 sadly

[Captain Furious]

 

This is a great look, sad to hear of its untimely demise

[egg]

A bit of a parts trawl evening, I don't have anything better to do....

 

Genuine rear shocks on the bay - I think they are the right ones for the base....just in case needed

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Genuine-Ford-Sierra-Mk1-Mk2-Sapphire-Rear-Shock-Absorbers-1982-to-1993-Nos-/322272969568?hash=item4b08f74360:g:u6UAAOSwOyJX6CWV

 

Also a steering wheel cover here, which you probably don't need! Base/L specific

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MK1-Ford-Sierra-Base-L-2-Spoke-Steering-Wheel-Hub-Cover-Emblem-NOS-/331919937176?hash=item4d47f84e98:g:8zYAAOSwbsBXl9YE

 

headlight glass

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-FORD-SIERRA-MK1-PRE-FACELIFT-SMALL-HEADLIGHT-GLASS-/302024405151?hash=item46520eb09f:g:kWAAAOxypNtSldnM

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-FORD-SIERRA-MK1-PRE-FACELIFT-SMALL-HEADLIGHT-GLASS-/302020215974?hash=item4651cec4a6:g:EyYAAOxyAs9SOGAz

 

centre console tray (base/L specific)

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MK1-MK2-Ford-Sierra-BASE-L-Centre-Console-Tray-NOS-/331870182670?hash=item4d45011d0e:g:6TAAAOSwgtJXTsxJ

 

window winder

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Sierra-Mk1-Transit-Mk3-Front-Window-Winder-GENUINE-NOS-1629472-/131833269179?hash=item1eb1e00bbb:g:aZcAAOSwQaJXTXAc

[greengartside]

Small thread resurrection, but...

 

eBay has a centre cap going for a fiver that should fit Cardinal Greygrille.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/311737232146?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[Noel Tidybeard]

according to the handbook of my gf (at the time's) moms car an pinto 1.6 needs leaded petril every 4th tank

[neil1971]

The Granada was raced at Mildenhall's all Granada meeting on 10th September, although it was still MoT'd it was pretty rotten as previous posters have mentioned, I also used to see it around in Shoebury now and again as I work in Southend

[Elstro1988]

This thread was an epic read and reminds once again why I could never sell my own 80s pov-spec base model. Everything from the Sierra's Flickr fame, the heroic joint rescue mission, heartwarming friendship tales...just, wow. 

 

The road trips to locations that haven't changed since the Sierra's heyday......and yes people can lob hate but a car like this is much more likely to be part of people's memories than the halo models, and how many have come up to you and said 'my dad/uncle/mum had one' or spent hours in the back of a Sierra as a kid (my father ran 2 estates as company cars)? I know Cossies have their idiotic stans (yes that's pop culture lingo...it exists in car circles too, the We Love 1980s Cars group on Facebook can be a facepalm-fest sometimes 'mate nothings faster than a cossie' etc) but you can't deny the Sierra is a modern classic. A bit of street scenery that evokes 1990s sitcoms and dramas and something we took for granted. It's why I still drive a pushrod Nova!

 

I noticed that one of you took it to a garage in Gamlingay which is my neck of the woods (Cambridge). This now means I have to go and visit the holy grail sometime.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

In my recently unearthed treasure trove of brochures and magazines I've discovered a launch brochure for the Sierra- Man and Machine In Perfect Harmony.

Interestingly it refers to non-estate car Sierras as saloons which is a tad confusing, anyway the brochure is a little dog-eared and damp, so really should be with the Base.

If someone wants to pm me an address for whoever the current custodian is, I'll stick it in the post, probably with an appropriate Ford Cars all model catalogue too, as I seem to have most of them .

[BorniteIdentity]

I noticed that one of you took it to a garage in Gamlingay which is my neck of the woods (Cambridge). This now means I have to go and visit the holy grail sometime.

Hey! That's me.  I'm just outside Cambourne if you fancy a mug of builders and a mint viscount at some stage?

 

In my recently unearthed treasure trove of brochures and magazines I've discovered a launch brochure for the Sierra- Man and Machine In Perfect Harmony.

Interestingly it refers to non-estate car Sierras as saloons which is a tad confusing, anyway the brochure is a little dog-eared and damp, so really should be with the Base.

If someone wants to pm me an address for whoever the current custodian is, I'll stick it in the post, probably with an appropriate Ford Cars all model catalogue too, as I seem to have most of them .

Car will be back with me at the end of this week after a 4 month sabattical with AngryDicky.  I'll PM my address over, as it's a massively generous offer and gesture.  Thanks a million.

[Elstro1988]

Hey! That's me.  I'm just outside Cambourne if you fancy a mug of builders and a mint viscount at some stage?

 

Car will be back with me at the end of this week after a 4 month sabattical with AngryDicky.  I'll PM my address over, as it's a massively generous offer and gesture.  Thanks a million.

 

OK I will take you up on that....meeting a fellow AS'er and seeing the Grail in the metal? Sounds like a day out to me. I can drive up in my own 80s base model.

[fordperv]

^ you could have a base off and see which has the most mingebag spec

[Angrydicky]

When Mr Identity gets home from work he'll have a surprise in the shape of the world's most knackered Sierra waiting for him on his driveway!

 

I'm going to miss the old bus. It's been a very faithful servant to me - I've averaged 1000 miles a month in the time I've had it and it's never let me down. 

 

Just one amusing anecdote to add.

 

I have somehow managed to land myself a job working alongside Barrett of this parish at a well-regarded old car magazine in Sussex. I'm currently working part time, two days a week with possible future potential for more hours. Anyway, the magazine arranged a B&B for me so I could stay overnight rather than drive home then back again in the morning, along the horrible M25 at rush hour. So, this 'B&B' turned out to be a posh Surrey golf club hotel. Parked the Sierra in the car park and switched the interior light on while I got my things together to take into the hotel. You can see where this is going...

 

Come the morning, I opened the car, got in, turned the key and CLUNK. Shit, I thought as I flicked the interior light back to courtesy! Bear in mind this was 8:45, I had 15 minutes to get into the office and didn't have a set of jump leads with me. There were also quite a few wealthy looking golfers milling around, some standing on the edge of the green, propping up their trolleys and showing off their fetching jumpers. There was nothing for it. I managed to push the car backwards and up the slight incline in the car park, before rolling it back down and trying to get enough momentum for a bump start. When I lifted the clutch up for the second time and it lurched into life, my feelings of despair turned to sheer joy and amusement at the look on the faces of the golfers who were watching me!

 

Despite getting lost, I actually made it into the office before anyone else did

[r.welfare]

Great news on the new gig!

[BorniteIdentity]

So pleased to have "Emma" home it's unreal. The distinctive smell, the bamboo effect steering wheel cover and dirty great dent in the door really have been missed.

Hibernation is top of the agenda... hence the sell up of other cars. We are a little concerned that the head gasket might want replacing, but with other jobs like the belts and thermostat needing attention it might just be that a few of us need to attack it.

Any offers of help in Cambridge? It'd be good to save on labour if possible...but there is a massive ford anorak in the next village who runs a garage.

[Angrydicky]

Would be brilliant if someone could chuck a compression tester at it and confirm or deny the HG theory!

 

I'm thinking more and more that it's just a clogged up cooling system, but if it is the head gasket, it's not the end of the world on that engine.

[trigger]

Congratulations on the new job Dicky! I'm just wondering if David Lloyd Mckinney would look at the car, he's got a garage in Cambridge and has looked at a few autoshiters cars over the years, i can't remember this forum name now though, Felly Magic should know it though.

[Angrydicky]

Daverapid?