Minimad5 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 My old man used to smoke around in a few Granadas. Recall changing the interior out on my 'summer holidays' , as his was poverty spec' and we scored a full leather interior from the scrap yard for £100. Shall be watching this thread with interest, and if you're flogging it, pop us a P.M, as being an Auto my old man might want to relive his youth* trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny69 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Just catching up with the forum so only just spotted this. These were properly LUXE back in the day. I can’t remember why my dad had one as a hire car but the interior was well up there with the big Mercs back then. Quite enjoyed floating round London in that thing. I haven’t seen one for years though, can’t be a lot of them left now. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 That’s some epic arch repair work... I need to take inspiration from this thread when my next project lands and just crack on rather than dithering and leaving it for ages. I could only dream of getting an arch repair that good! LightBulbFun and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Top work on this, loving the hot 90s zeckutive barge action on here at the minute. You need to get this and the Robt/egg brown Senator together! egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Agree with the OP's, excellent job on that arch. It will slow down any further deterioration whilst making it look super tidy. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Outstanding work Earl Triggington. Dunno why you're justifying not fitting a whole arch, that's a perfectly decent repair and if it gets the car on the road quicker, you can enjoy it quicker. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 I managed to get the wheels back on this afternoon and pulled it outside, the offside looks great! It still needs the wheels painting and lots of polishing etc. I then turned it around, got the nearside jacked up and hit it with the wire wheel. Oh bollocks. Needs a patch on the inner arch and the outer is worse than the other side so not sure what the next course of action is at the moment. Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovorsche Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Found still boxed in my garage, Locking petrol cap : FORD: Granada (83>89) with keys. Let me know if you have a use for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 I've been pretty quiet on here of late but I've still be chipping away on the granny, last week a mate came round and welded up the inner arch and part of the arch which meant I could crack back on again, unfortunately I didn't get many photos though! I got some before photos of the holes, imagine them with a plate over them now, oh and a new rear shock absorber as they were shagged out! (£35 for a pair of gas Delphi ones of eBay which i thought was cheap enough) Now I'm not going to admit it's perfect but it's still a damn sight better than it was, I rubbed though in a few spots back to bare metal so had to recover again with some etch primer hence the grey bits. Then today I got the white bits painted, tomorrows plan is to finish the sill, I've primed and stone chipped it all, it's just ready now for the top coat of grey now and then I need to waxoyl and underseal it all and mop and polish the car, after that paint the wheels (I've got the new Toyo tyres now) sort the brakes and a few other mechanical bits out and then hopefully it's ready for the mot! Dick Longbridge, Mrs6C, RoadworkUK and 37 others 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Nice work , you did okay with the rust not too bad for an old ford . trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 tis coming on well trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Fantastic job on the rear arches there. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Huzzah! trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Loving this. The totally irony of the Mk3 Granada being probably one of the best Fords built in the past 40yrs and yet being worth pennies puzzles me. One of my father's pals was in to his Granadas big style back in the day and had a Pre launch invite to our local dealer as he was running a fully loaded late Ghia x Mk2. Knowing that I loved my cars he took myself and my dad along with him. I've still got all the glossy premium printed pre launch pack literature. He ordered a brand new Scorpio on the spot. Had it the first day they came out - one of the very first on a B plate. He loved it so much he kept it for over decade - to be replaced it with a facelift frog faced Scorpio in the late 90s. Yout doing a cracking job on this - looking forward to seeing it fully mopped! ? ? Skizzer, egg, Burnside and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_al_granvia Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 great work mate, coming on fine trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 I spent some time this afternoon doing a bit more on this, got the grey paint on now, I'm not super happy as I slightly cocked up the height of the grey on the rear arch dog leg, it should have been more inline with the plastic side panel but it's hardly the end of the world, the grey isn't excatly the right colour either but I think I'm being a bit over fussy. I need to work out how to get that yellow paint of the plastic trim, hopefully a magic eraser will help?. I also ran the mop over the side with some 3m Fast Cut Plus which has really brought the shine back too, so still lots to do but it's certainly looking better for it. Mr Laurence, Vince70, mercedade and 31 others 33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 They say older big cars look small next to newer smoll ones, but that Granada looks bloody massive compared to the Fiat 500 behind it. GeordieInExile, jumpingjehovahs, Three Speed and 23 others 7 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Properly superb work here, Trig. All kinds of envious here. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Fantastic stuff. trigger and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 White really suits these I think - likewise the Sierra - but in that case only if it's a post facelift car with the smoked rear lights. Don't think I've ever actually driven a Granny of this generation...the earlier one yes because a mate had one, and quite a few of the godawful ugly later ones as we had a fair few of those through the garage. I remember them actually being quite nice driving cars...just could never bring myself to buy one with those looks! This generation though, proper dignified looking luxobarge which looks like it should be rubbing shoulders with Renault 25s, 7-Series Beemers, Citroen CXs and Xms, Vauxhall Senators, E-Class Mercs and surprising the odd Jaguar driver on the M6... That's really nicely specced it looks and will look gorgeous once it's finished... wuvvum, Skizzer, trigger and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Excellent and very rapid progress in the classic Trigger style! If you ever fancy a trip to Wales spending half an afternoon restoring my whole fleet to show standard, do let me know, chief trigger and Tickman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 Just finished waxoyling it all (which is a shit job) and drove it outside to wash it. Dan302, dome, wuvvum and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Has it dissolved yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevebrookman Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Looking very good, I had a c reg Ghia 2.8 auto. I found it a little sluggish. Friend much later had a 2.9 which was much, much better than my 2.8. What a find!! steve trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan302 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Looks bloody smart! trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Bridgagap and fillered arches - that brings back memories! Looks really clean and tidy to be fair, and excellent that you saved the old girl from likely heading to the oval of doom. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 That looks ace. I remember that the company organised a hire car once for three of us to go to a meeting near Chester. I got to drive the white Granada back. As it was winter, so therefore dark and cold, I didn't bother taking my high vis coat off when we got back to it at the other end of the car park. Fuck me did it slow down the traffic on the M62 on our way back to Lincolnshire!! Brodders, stonedagain, beko1987 and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted September 27, 2019 Author Share Posted September 27, 2019 A little more work done, at long last the alloys are now painted, I'm not super happy with them but considering how corroded they were and I'm only doing it with rattle cans they will do, ideally I should have removed the tyres first but I don't live near the garage I use anymore and didn't have time to go there, I have got a new set of tyres for them to fit. I also filled the washer bottle yesterday only for all the contents to flood my garage floor, after a right faff I got the bumper off to access the bottle. From what I can make the headlight washer pump was as rotten as a pear and it's either swollen and split the bottle or the bottle was split before and been leaking on the pump, either way I've ordered a new genuine Ford one of eBay for £14.50 and ended up using some KB weld to plug the hole up, Hopefully that will work. Other jobs have been to finishing the mopping and make a start with the hand polish, I've reglued the rear headlining back too with moderate success, if it's stays up it will be a bonus (don't look too closely mind). And I've fitted a dealer sticker for my local Ford dealers from DMB who sold the car to the last owner back in 1992. Skizzer, danthecapriman, balford and 30 others 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Excellent work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 The Mk3 2.9's drive really nicely. Such lovely cars, the best that Ford ever did I think. Braddon81 and trigger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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