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janspeed
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Your First FORD
« on: Mar 22nd, 2006, 9:11am » |
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What was your first FORD.
Mine was a 1.6 Mk V Cortina then got on to the Capri`s.
What was your first Ford?
Jay
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Baz
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #1 on: Mar 22nd, 2006, 9:23am » |
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Ford Granada 2.0 MKI Auto when I was 19!! moved onto to own a 1968 Corsair, Scorpio MKIII 4x4, Cortina Crusader 2.0 Auto (With power steering!!) and my 2 S Reg Cossies!
The above was also interspused with a Renault 16, a 1460cc Racing Mini, numerous company cars and a few vans too!!
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Dave
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #2 on: Mar 22nd, 2006, 9:41am » |
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1996 Ultima 24v Saloon at 19. Insurance cheaper than a left hand drive 1.3 1983 Polo 
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janspeed
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #3 on: Mar 22nd, 2006, 9:51am » |
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;Ok Baz.
The guy who used to advertise "Everest" who was he.
All i can remember, he was a big guy, a proper characer, and a Northerner. Like us. eeby gum
Jay
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #4 on: Mar 22nd, 2006, 9:54am » |
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Only ever had Fords! My first car was mk2 Onion 1.6 (now in the scrapheap in the sky) when i was nearly 17, then a 1.8 Sierra at 17 1/2 (which was i sold a month later and the new owner wrote it off the next day  ), then a '96 Escort with a rev happy 1.8 td engine, got my first scorp when i was 18 and a bit as a project (still going!!), sold the escort and got my current td Scorpio, and finally... the cossie i bought for rallying in a few weeks back to complete the line up. Quite a few cars in 3 years
Matt
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Paul B
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #5 on: Mar 22nd, 2006, 11:08am » |
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on Mar 22nd, 2006, 9:51am, janspeed wrote:The guy who used to advertise "Everest" who was he.
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What, Ted Moult ? 
Ford man through & through here too.
MK3 Cortina 2.0XL first 'tina XL
Then another, but a GT 'tina GT
Then a 2.9 (12v) Granada Scorpio Granny
Now this one Ultima
Only my vans for work have been non-Ford WH0'5 PCB ?
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mr._floppy
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #6 on: Mar 22nd, 2006, 12:33pm » |
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1979 Ford Cortina lV, it remains the "newest" car I've ever bought !
Bought it in 1982 when it was 3 years old, £2190. By 1986 it was a rust bucket with only 60K on the clock.
It seems we were prepared to accept poor value for money back then, with a 7 year old car failing an MOT on serious corrosion.
Good Old Days ? 
I think Not
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VSBlue
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #7 on: Mar 22nd, 2006, 1:46pm » |
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Only had a few Fords! My first car was Ford
blue Granada 2.8 v6 ghia x MKII
gold 1981 sierra 2.3 ghia
then gold 1991 Sierra sapphire 1.8
then a black1986 sierra xr 4x4 2.8 v6 very quick car
then blue1988 Granada 2.0L mk3
then blue 1991 Granada 2.0 ghia twin cam mk3
then a white1996 mondeo 2.5 si v6 ex police car very
fast but not that big
my last ford i have now is you got it
silver/blue 1996 scorpio 2.9i v6
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #8 on: Mar 22nd, 2006, 5:41pm » |
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Consul 2.5 v6 manual in sebring red (just needed a white strip down the side) with no power steering and vinyl seats - "lovely" on those hot and cold days  
Starsky
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So nearly said "goodbye" but now Scorpio will see another day, alongside the replacement! eek!
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andyjones
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #9 on: Mar 22nd, 2006, 8:08pm » |
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same as " your first car " post as they are all fords . mk 1 1600 gt capri, mk 2 rs mexico, mk 2 rs2000, rs1600i, capri 2.8i, seirra cosworth, granada scorpio and the white one to the left of this post
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stevelufc
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first ford was a mk3 1.6 l cortina estate followed by a 1.6l mk4 estate then a mk5 2.o gl saloon then 1.6 sierra hatch, 2.o ghia estate sierra, mk2 2.8 gl granada saloon, mk3 2.9 ghia hatch, then another 2.9 ghia hatch then the 2.9 ultima saloon. don't know what next maybe the cossie 
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bertie
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wow memories eh !
In 1984 when I passed my driving test, my dad bought me a Ford Cortina Mk4 1.6 L
I ran that for a year then bought a Cortina 1.6 GL MK5, which I replaced with a 2.1 pinto running twin 40s ha ha through 1.6 runninng gear!!!!
When I was 20, I bought a Ford Capri 2.0 Ghia in silver. Nice and comfy car.
I inherited quite a bit of wonga when I was 21, so splashed out on a Ford Capri 2.8 injection. Blue over silver, god I loved that car. The year was 1988, I met the love of my life, now the wife.
I also ran a Bedford CF van 2.3, for fun, no real reason.
I part x'd the capri for a 1 year old Ford Sierra Sapphire 2.0 Ghia auto. Lovely car. Had it a year, and some oink nicked it. So I ran a mini ?? 850 until the insurance coughed up and bought a Rover 825 Sterling, because on the test drive at 110, it changed down into 3rd on kickdown !!!
I sold the van to fund my obsession with Rover SD1s, and bought a C reg 2.6 VDP and built a 3.9 V8 to go in it. I then was given by an elderly neighbour, a Rover SD1 2.6 VDP on E reg, with 11000 miles on, at 75, he was hanging up his driving gloves. He had owned it from new.
I then bought a 6 month old Ford Scorpio 2.3 Ghia in 1997 and still have that car today, along with a Ford Scorpio 2.3 Ultima estate, Ford Fiesta RS1800, Ford Fiesta XR2i, (with a 2.0 zetec mondeo engine in), and the E reg Rover SD1.
Thank heavens for Admiral multicar policy, all 4 of my cars are on the road, the Rover is in long term storage.
And the wife, I have just bought her a Fiesta ST150, brand new in red. Shes Ford through and through as well.
Looking through my photo album, I have also had K reg Mondeo 2.0 Ghia
Granada estate GLX K reg
Granada Scorpio eastate J reg
Granada saloon 2.0 H reg
a couple of Mk3 fiestas, bought and sold and a Mk1 Capri.
Ohh not forgatting Pugsley, Pugeot 206cc 2.0 SE 02 plate bought for last summer to pose with roof down, now p/x'd for St150.
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Kjetil S
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #12 on: Mar 22nd, 2006, 9:43pm » |
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Been all Ford's for my short car history.
First car was a 1987 2.4 V6 Granada Scorpio, which I got for free from my dad. Had that one until I "parked" it slightly off the road one winter. That wrecked the steering and front suspension, and the cost of fixing was higher than the car's value.
I then got the 1995 2.0 16v Scorpio Saloon, which I drive now.
Wonder what car I'll get to replace the Scorpio when that time comes, as I have a strong preference to rear wheel drive, and european Fords doesn't come with RWD any more.
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #13 on: Mar 22nd, 2006, 9:48pm » |
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My first motor was a 1.1 fiesta, did the boy racer thing with a body kit and loud pipe and painted it what I thought at the time was a cool shade of yellow looking back it was probably bloody awfull.
Got a job as a trainee mechanic and one of the guys helped me fit a 1.6cvh with twin 45 webbers 1 weak later banana shaped around a tree
Should have listened to that old mechanic who said "what about the brakes son"
Got an orion and salvaged the good parts and guess what There was some yellow paint left over so it got put on.
Next came a carlton 3.0gsi at 20 years old £1750 insurance
I once got stopped and the first thing out of the coppers mouth was does your dad know your out in his car?
I replied no officer
I had to sit in the back of his car while he whent over mine with a fine toothed comb
When he eventualy did a vehicle check and asked me my name and d.o.b he got very frustrated and said why didnt I say it was my car when I asked
To which I pionted out the fact he asked if my dad was aware I was out in his car not who's car was I driving.
Got watched for months after that.
Had a few bikes after that and then came the best car I ever owned my saphie cosworth which got nicked
Messed around with a few inferior motors for a while
Then came the second best motor I ever had and you only get one guess what that is
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Geoff_W
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #14 on: Mar 22nd, 2006, 10:27pm » |
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Learnt in a Mk1 Cortina and Mk1 Escort, poles apart.
First I owned was a Mk1 Capri 1600 XL Tawny metallic lovely colour and so much Dynaglaze polish if you dropped a duster on the middle of the roof it would slide off.
Then a Mk2 Cortina 1300 (dont ask)
Then a company Mk3 Escort, followed by a MkV Cortina 1600 Ghia then a 2 litre Sierra Estate Ghia
Mk 3 2.0GL Granada Hatch and now my Scorp the last two have been real pleasures but the Scorp has probably given me more £££££££pain than the Granada. However it is the best drive so far just done Southampton to Castleford in a gentle 5.5 hours and still fresh as a daisy
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #15 on: Mar 23rd, 2006, 1:04am » |
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Anybody had a model 'T' I can't be the only old fart on here ...Kimi...
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paulscorp
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Well I started out getting ripped right off with a mk2 escort saloon which had to be scrapped just after i bought it lol then bought a mk2 escort estate in a lovely fetching (i've just thrown up last nights vindaloo) beige, did some funny things to that one i can tell you like putting uprated leaf springs on it so it sat up at the back end, don't as k me why? ? ? ?
Then came the 1st mk4, 2 door red cortina but sadly that got written off (ahem)
After that it was a blue mk4, 2 door, which, like bertie, i stuck a 2.1 pinto in, with a nice set of twin webers.
Then the sierra xr4x4 2.8i in diamond white, lovely car, wish i still had it and of course up to date with the scorps
regards
Paul
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Matt
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #17 on: Mar 23rd, 2006, 7:15pm » |
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my first ford is my 24v cossie 
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #18 on: Mar 23rd, 2006, 8:53pm » |
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ford capri,classic car!
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Re: Your First FORD
« Reply #19 on: Mar 25th, 2006, 7:34am » |
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am i the only oldie here i had two ford 100e,s three speed side valve with air operated windscreen wipers that stoped if you went up a hill!! mind you never made it up many hills so it was not much of a problem !!!
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