this time i'm saving a scrappage victim for sale!!

[FredTransit]

Volksy, do you want to go in on this? Can rope Eor in on it too. Would be an ideal guzzler for a jaunt accross the channel to Le Mans next year. When discussing the idea of going to Le Mans with Eor i think the idea was to buy a car that would use more petrol going there than we paid for the car, so this looks a great idea. And we would look uber cool. Is not the estate i am after but is LOADS cooler.

You are going to bring it back aren't you?

[HillmanImp]

Of course, its not a drive it and leave it. I could happily cruise about in that forever.A car is for life, not just for jaunts accross the channel. With whatever we get i will probably end up keeping it as i cant help myself get attached to cars.I remember being in floods of tears when my parents took back the burnt orange Marina coupe loan car whilst their Sunbeam was being repaired when i was a kid.

[FredTransit]

That's alright then, it's just the bit about costing more in petrol to get there and not mentioning driving back

[Volksy]

Aye could be a possibility, I'll see you tonight at K&K's Cocktail Party, so will chat with you about it then. You know I'm sold on it anyway, given my preference for waft-o-matic luxobarges!And Fred, It would defo be returning from wherever it was taken, we do these trips properly, with a return ticket and everything!

[FredTransit]

Good, I know that now, it's just some of the charity banger rallies encourage you to scrap the cars, and I wasn't sure if that was the kind of thing you are planning.

[HillmanImp]

This is not a charity job, we are just planning on going to Le Mans and quite fancy going there in style. Need something classy and large to carry us and the camping equipment. My GT6 is not in the frame for this.

[FredTransit]

Fair enough, sounds like a plan. Sounds like you need a van too, shame you missed the Mk2 minibus.....

[fiatdaft]

so picked it up today!

 

a gallon of petrol and a set of jump leads later it was driving onto the beaver tail!

 

 

got it to my mates yard and had a better look,

 

will need a good wash,but its complete apart from a spare wheel,still sits on its trx alloys with metric tyres, will get it up on the 2 post lift and have a better look underneath .

 

has some shiny bits,throttle cable,brake flexi and complete exhaust.also seems to have air operated monroe shockers work from a valve in the boot.

 

ignition lock has the remains of a broken key in it so thats fecked.

 

elec windows ,seat heaters and aircon not playing the game so far.

 

paints a bit flat in places,valances are a bit scabby,worse bit on the outside is this.

 

 

the rest looks like this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i think the brake servo is fu*ked though as it wiring out white smoke for a while,no brake pedal and the master cylinder is empty!

 

worst bit so far on the body is the spare wheelwell,but a fairly easy repair to do it right i suppose.

 

 

 

shows 43k but i would assume 143k but the engine is super quite!

 

cheers scott

[FredTransit]

Not too bad. I could be wrong (and I will check for you) but I think the steering barrel is prob the same as the Mk2 transit, I have several spares if anybody needs them. ould be the same with the servo, but I seem to remember it's a bit deeper. Still, we have Mk3 transit servos on a couple of ours, and they work fine, so a scorpio/Mk3 granny one will prob fit too, if you follow that pattern.As it has a tow bar, check the boot seam, that's where ours had gone, could have towed something waaay too heavy. For this reason we removed the tow bar, to avoid future temptation.With the brakes sorted, I bet that would test.

[fiatdaft]

cheers fred,might give you a shout,did you have a lot of servo failures?also do you know of any decent granada forums?

[FredTransit]

I have heard that Granada Scorpio Online is harder to get into than here I am still waiting for my confirmation! You could try Old Skool Ford, I haven't put it on there yet cos there are a few banger vandals on there. Trigger has his own forum for Grannys, but I have already put it on there! :DServos don't fail that often (on the transit, fine so far on me granny) but we have scrapped a couple of trannies recently and they had good servos/masters.

[fiatdaft]

i was thinking more of parts sources,just incase i keep it!

[FredTransit]

you know you want to.....

[Milford Cubicle]

It's no Fuego... Only kidding, nice save. It looks like it's been hastily MOT'd to qualify for scrappage.

[FredTransit]

it didn't get that far mate.....

[Milford Cubicle]

That'll teach me to only read the thread title, it's a bit like those Daily Mail headlines which bear no relation to the story beneath them.

[trigger]

Trigger has his own forum for Grannys, but I have already put it on there! .

Who me?

[FredTransit]

Sorry must be another Trigger, the one I know has a transit and a Mk2 sport.

 

http://fordgranadamk2.forumotion.com/forum.htm

[CortinaDave]

Where did the Fuego end up by the way? I've been keeping an eye on upullit but no sign of it as yet.. unless they sent it straight to crush!

 

I noticed they have this now though, with the scrappage guff sprawled all over it

 

 

[danthecapriman]

Very well done for saving that. Why the hell anyone would trade one in for a cheapo boring modern is beyond me!I would much rather see scrappage cars go to the banger track then get traded in like this. Scrappage is nothing but a total waste of good cars.At least banger racers get some enjoyment from it!I would definatly have that if you were closer, im at the opposite end of the country though! It would sit nicely next to my estate.It doesnt look that bad at all in the pics, just a bit grubby. Check the A posts for rot, particularly from inside the front wings. Check the front inner wing tops, you can often see the rot coming out from under the outer wings from the engine bay. The sills, especially at their rear end, near the rear wheel go, look underneath in the same place at the rear end of the inner sill too. Mine had gone badly in all these places and others!If I were you Id definatly keep it, they drive very well, really comfortable cars. I wouldnt be without one now.

[fiatdaft]

the fuego went to co-parti would prefer to pass on the granada,as i would like a 323i e21.so all those abusive folk in the previous fuego post,time to step up to the mark and put your money where your mouth is.

[Owain-328i]

What a fantastic save that is! Lovely looking car too!!Id wager easiest way to solve the spare wheel well is to cut all that out looks poorly done, and try to find a good one on a scrapper to cut out and weld into this one.Top save.

[trigger]

Sorry must be another Trigger, the one I know has a transit and a Mk2 sport.http://fordgranadamk2.forumotion.com/forum.htm

I wish that was me, That Mk 2 Sport is stunning!

[FredTransit]

Innit though?

[Lankytim]

Seem to be alot of those Rover P6's gone down the pan thanks to scrappage. Trading in classics to scrap is a total abuse of the scheme anyway. Unless you do 10k a year in your moggy monor.

[Split_Pin]

Looks alright that does So is it a fixer-upper to sell on or are you offering it as-is?I was looking out for it yesterday, as I was up Tolsta Crescent looking at a few houses for sale.

[Pete-M]

It it's got inner wings, sills and a decent 2.8i I'll definately be interested. I've had about 20 of these and properly love 'em.

[fiatdaft]

pete i will check those areas closely,but bit of a glance when i picked it up it looked ok,my mate who is storing the car has a 2 post lift ,so first chance i get it will be up on it.6 inches of snow outside and christmas will cause a wee delay however!you do know how far away i am though?

[Pete-M]

Yup, I know how far away you are. Miles.I'm rather fond of the old 2.8is though - wouldn't give the carb ones garage space.

[fiatdaft]

will give it a good lookover as soon as i get the chance pete.iain,you'll need to look a bit further,the granny is stored in kincardine,so not at my place,but i do have a snowy c.p.t.c. here.