Thursday collection Fred

[Tubbo]

This is unusual because I think it is mostly made of chocolate 🍫 

[Missy Charm]

11 minutes ago, Tubbo said:

This is unusual because I think it is mostly made of chocolate 🍫 

An automatic Fiesta?  That's got to count as 'specialist' material, surely...  Nice thing, though, and I have always liked the ones with clear plastic grilles.  What engine is in there?  

[Split_Pin]

Ooft a MK4! I love these. I drove my mums one for 4 years until I got my own car. Great handling and comfy.

The late Hendry would have gone daft for that original west of Scotland dealer front number plate. What one is it?

[Tubbo]

1 hour ago, Missy Charm said:

An automatic Fiesta?  That's got to count as 'specialist' material, surely...  Nice thing, though, and I have always liked the ones with clear plastic grilles.  What engine is in there?  

1.25 Zetec. Luckily it’s not the 1.3 push rod 😮‍💨

[Tubbo]

Ohhh wood, I mean plastic 😆

 

[Tubbo]

29K

 

[EyesWeldedShut]

Just now, Tubbo said:

29K

 

Awsome - makes our 2013 pug on 21,000 look aged

[3VOM]

Brother used to have one, I took it to Northern Powerhouse once. Notorious for chocolate gearboxes as previously mentioned. His died because of rust and continuous minor faults especially in his case door locks.

[Missy Charm]

33 minutes ago, Tubbo said:

Ohhh wood, I mean plastic 😆

 

Is that a Ghia?  Very nice.

1.25 Zetec is a fab engine; my mother had a Fiesta so equipped, albeit manual, which was very nippy.  Totally reliable, too.  

There's nothing wrong with the 1.3 pushrod engine, I've had one.  Nothing right with it either, mind.  

[Tubbo]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Ooft a MK4! I love these. I drove my mums one for 4 years until I got my own car. Great handling and comfy.

The late Hendry would have gone daft for that original west of Scotland dealer front number plate. What one is it?

 

[grogee]

Phwoar, well bought. Best* Fiesta they ever made.

I imagine it's hilarious hustling that zingy Yamaha engine attached to a slushmatic.

You are living the Ghia dream with the "wood". I didn't know it extended to the radio too, ace. I have to stare at painted silver in my Puma.

*Little bit dissolvey though.

[Tubbo]

25 minutes ago, 3VOM said:

Brother used to have one, I took it to Northern Powerhouse once. Notorious for chocolate gearboxes as previously mentioned. His died because of rust and continuous minor faults especially in his case door locks.

Funnily enough the central locking unlocks but doesn’t lock again and all the way back I had the yellow dash light on to say I had a door open even after I pulled over and slammed them all shut including the boot 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Tubbo]

Also, are these period wheel trims or aftermarket? And does that mean that alloys were an optional extra even on the ghia trim???

 

[hairnet]

4 hours ago, 95 quid Peugeot said:

Flask wanker

Nahhh jealous of flask

[hairnet]

Rented a 98 one of them in 99for a week round Ireland

Was not treated well

They're ace - Spanish waiter tho

 

[Split_Pin]

GR8 PL8 M8

Trims aren't original and they were an option on MK4 Ghias. 

[Split_Pin]

Here are the trims

4 spoke alloys were an option. My mate's mum had one from new with those fitted. 

[Ghosty]

sweet fucking jesus there's a Fez left running with the 1.25 and CVT? those were the worst gearbox in the entire fucking universe.
my mum had a P reg Diamond White 3 door 1.25 LX CVT she bought ex-Motability at 3 years old with hardly any miles on it, less than 20k.
Purple interior...
it was fucking shit, got crashed into twice, kettled itself on the M1 on Christmas Day 2006 halfway to London in because it was overloaded (why we didn't use my dad's 190E for that trip I've no clue), and before it hit 50k the gearbox had failed THREE TIMES, the only reason we kept it was not being able to find a suitable small auto replacement, as my mum really didn't want a 6N Polo for some reason... and  when the box failed a third time she ended up with a 9N Polo. No fucker wanted to take it on PX at all, it was well known how shit they were.
 

 

[mk2_craig]

That's flipping fantastic,  early one on the N as well.

 

I was going to ask if you had proof that it wasn't 129k miles (or 239k) but then the CVT boxes apparently don't have that sort of longevity so it must be genuine. Unless the service history offers evidence to the contrary?

[Tubbo]

3 hours ago, Ghosty said:

sweet fucking jesus there's a Fez left running with the 1.25 and CVT? those were the worst gearbox in the entire fucking universe.
my mum had a P reg Diamond White 3 door 1.25 LX CVT she bought ex-Motability at 3 years old with hardly any miles on it, less than 20k.
Purple interior...
it was fucking shit, got crashed into twice, kettled itself on the M1 on Christmas Day 2006 halfway to London in because it was overloaded (why we didn't use my dad's 190E for that trip I've no clue), and before it hit 50k the gearbox had failed THREE TIMES, the only reason we kept it was not being able to find a suitable small auto replacement, as my mum really didn't want a 6N Polo for some reason... and  when the box failed a third time she ended up with a 9N Polo. No fucker wanted to take it on PX at all, it was well known how shit they were.
 

 

Yeh, it’s a true survivor with the auto box which is why I had to have it, but I also know that it could shit itself on me at any moment.  And the likelihood of me finding another auto box is zero 😨

[RoverFolkUs]

Ford made shit automatic transmissions? 

Who knew! 

[RoverFolkUs]

Mine was completely rotten in 2008, V reg sad face. 

Those were the days you could just get another one with a year's ticket for £500!

[Ben_O]

Looks exactly the same as my father in laws 1.25 CVT only his is badged as a Mazda 121

Funny, his has the same mileage..

It's soon going to be available if someone else fancies spoiling themselves 

They are quite entertaining to drive and do go surprisingly well

Good luck with it

Ben

[greengartside]

That’s a nice purchase, bonus points for a heroic journey from Scotland to Devon at some point in its life.

I had one of these in LX flavour, a very early (Nov ‘95) build, with keep fit windows before they became a standard fitment in early 1996. 

According to Ford Etis, build date on yours is 13/3/1996.

[Steve79]

I had a 3year old  P-reg 1.25lx when I was at uni, and put about 20k on it in 2years.

Went really well and decent economy but no frills, so keep fit windows, locks and steering.

But still felt luxurious compared with the N-reg Clio 1.9d rl prima I had before that.

Replaced the fiesta with a 3year old 306 1.4 vivant special edition with Aircon and 26k on it which I still miss.

 

[Tubbo]

2 hours ago, Ben_O said:

Looks exactly the same as my father in laws 1.25 CVT only his is badged as a Mazda 121

Funny, his has the same mileage..

It's soon going to be available if someone else fancies spoiling themselves 

They are quite entertaining to drive and do go surprisingly well

Good luck with it

Ben

That looks tidy, they could be sisters 😆

[Tubbo]

One of my wing mirrors is hanging off so need to replace it. My wing mirrors are currently black but looking at some photos some have white. Was this a spec thing?

 

[wuvvum]

If memory serves Ghia should have body coloured mirrors.

[trigger]

Yes they should be body coloured. 

My mum had a N reg 1.25 LX, non power steering model and I remember how woefully heavy the steering was on it but by god it was nippy, would wheel spin in 2nd easily!