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sierraman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

sierraman

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1 hour ago, goosey said:

Just don’t drive it in the rain 🤣

I feel like one knock, like a ball hitting it or a sparrow farting in a nearby tree would have an almost perfect wing made of wob falling out on the road. 

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Momentary Lapse Of Reason Rank: Citroen Ami

Momentary Lapse Of Reason

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51 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said:

Thats just good advice to all Maestro owners (he says as an ex Maestro owning family)

Cobblers, the holes in the floor let the rain back out.

😀

(ditto ex-Maestro owner)

 

grogee Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

grogee

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15 hours ago, Sir Snipes said:

You want miserable old escort vans? We got miserable old escort vans! Most of these are remarkably clean. Cleaner than the vans at work that are only a couple of years old.

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I like this ex-BT one;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226115619916

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Wow that's like a @Cavcraft wet dream

grogee Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

grogee

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14 hours ago, goosey said:

The Demonstrator that Ford sent was a nicely specced 75 the vans we ended up with were basic 55s 😒

OOI what was the difference? Just load capacity? 

goosey Rank: Renault 16

goosey

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2 minutes ago, grogee said:

OOI what was the difference? Just load capacity? 

Was 20 odd years ago but the 75 demo had cloth seats, wheel trims, better radio and I’m sure it was a 1.8 TD with an intercooler on top 

the 55s we were given were vinyl seats, no wheel trims,  basic radio and same 1.8 but non turbo 

* this was back in 2001/2002 from memory 

grogee Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

grogee

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1 hour ago, vaughant said:

Yeah that counts 🤭🤭🤭.

I'll be fair to the cossies they were quite long geared and could pull quite hard all the way up to the redline in most gears and very few in existence are totally standard, I seem to recall it was £150-200 or so from a reputable company to get a stage 1, 270bhp upgrade on the ECU, seemed rude not to for most people. Mine ran about a bar, 17 psi which was over what it came out of the factory with so I'd guess it had a little fettle here and there. 

Those V6 Granada's were as @sierraman says, 115/120 at best although the 24v version I think was actually a rapid car but it did have 200bhp or so. 

I had a few ford fair trips, quite a few absolute throbbers there but some lovely cars. 

I did go to one local rs owners club meeting once, never, ever again, what a waste of a lovely summer's evening 🤭🤭🤭.

 

I went to Ford Fair at Silverstone, 2022 maybe? 

It's pretty much as you and @sierraman described. Lots of mouthbreathers with tropical tint windscreens. 

I was there with my Puma and there were maybe 20-30 from the Puma club including Boring John who chewed my ear off about how much he'd paid for tyres. 

The whole thing was pretty depressing. The most interesting car (for me) was a fish-face Scorpio so I spoke to the owner but sadly he was a halfwit. 

There was a chance to go on the track for £££ but I did think the odds of being driven into by a mullet from Manchester were too high for my liking. 

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Supernaut Rank: Talbot Tagora

Supernaut

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1 hour ago, cort16 said:

It’s quite a weird engine choice given it was only in a handful of mostly cortinas and Granadas . I think it’s about 100bhp and mostly strangled by hopeless slush boxes so would be interesting to see what it was like in a small light manual .

Jeezo. Only 100hp from 2.3 litres? What were Ford smoking?

I retract my previous comment!

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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2 hours ago, grogee said:

Wow that's like a @Cavcraft wet dream

Just the HIAB and the crusher missing.

sierraman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

sierraman

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2 hours ago, grogee said:

I went to Ford Fair at Silverstone, 2022 maybe? 

It's pretty much as you and @sierraman described. Lots of mouthbreathers with tropical tint windscreens. 

I was there with my Puma and there were maybe 20-30 from the Puma club including Boring John who chewed my ear off about how much he'd paid for tyres. 

The whole thing was pretty depressing. The most interesting car (for me) was a fish-face Scorpio so I spoke to the owner but sadly he was a halfwit. 

There was a chance to go on the track for £££ but I did think the odds of being driven into by a mullet from Manchester were too high for my liking. 

I did see a Granada Chasseur (I think) when I went with the luggage still intact. The owner probably went home and chained it to the garage floor, it was full of n’eer do wells presumably looking for something to spirit away on a hi-ab for the next Granada meet. 

grogee Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

grogee

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4 hours ago, Momentary Lapse Of Reason said:

Cobblers, the holes in the floor let the rain back out.

😀

(ditto ex-Maestro owner)

 

Here's what happens when you leave them out in the rain

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Momentary Lapse Of Reason Rank: Citroen Ami

Momentary Lapse Of Reason

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^ Water soluble.

Supernaut Rank: Talbot Tagora

Supernaut

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A Kia Sorento which I considered as a potential replacement for the current Sorento on the farm.

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Looks good, the advert even says it has an MOT until April '26.

Except... it doesn't.

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But wait, there's more!

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It's only 14 years old and done 42k miles but I think I'll still pass, thanks.

 

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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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That's worked well then

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erf commercial vehicles | eBay UK

These used to be everywhere, quite possibly would have loaded a tank behind this at some point. I think TDG ended up being taken over by Nobrot Dressingtable.

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