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(Message started by: jonnycab on Jul 8^th, 2007, 11:57pm)

Title: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 8^th, 2007, 11:57pm

Look what I did today....a pair of Scorp rear speakers in my MK1 Granny....what do you think ? :)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i101/jonnycab/P7080050a.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i101/jonnycab/P7080049a.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i101/jonnycab/P7080049b.jpg

I think they look really neat & alot better looking than any after market speakers :D

Any other ideas for Scorp parts in a MK1 ? :)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by fordnut on Jul 9^th, 2007, 8:15am

really nice looking they dont look out of place at all. 8)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by Spannerdemon on Jul 9^th, 2007, 6:23pm

Very smart that. Very impressed. ;)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by Matt on Jul 9^th, 2007, 6:28pm

24v cosworth ... :P

power steering?

leather seats

the list could go on a while lol

does look nice and tidy though, do the pumis interior scorps have the black speakers to? would look better if they were the pumis colour imo

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 10^th, 2007, 2:24am

Matt, it already has power steering......."what ?" :o.....I hear you say..... Yes P/S did exist in 1977 ;)

Although the reservoir is a little crude though.....looks like a saucepan (no handle), with a metal lid held on with a wing nut 8)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by cossie_al on Jul 10^th, 2007, 9:39am

Jonny,
That looks realy good mate.
Just how I like it, no great big speakers hanging off the doors or amplifiers and things clogging up the boot }{ }{ }{
;D ;D

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by DazRSK on Jul 12^th, 2007, 6:23pm

Jonny - what's that other grill in the centre of the parcel shelf ? Is that the original speaker that Ford placed into the back of the Granny in those days ? :D

I remember my Mk1 Escort 1.3L having just the one speaker placed exactly where that grill is - god alone knows why Ford decided to place it there when every other car I remember from that period had the sole speaker under the front shelf. With it being quite a noisy car anyway, any motorway speed required volume 10 before you could hear it.

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 13^th, 2007, 12:03am

Yep, that's the original speaker (still in there).....in those days the Ghia model still only came with a mono radio :)

There's also a front speaker mounted under the dash....so driver & front seat passenger could listen to the Bay City Rollers in glorious mono as well ;D

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 13^th, 2007, 3:30am

A Scorp rear window brake light might look good in there as well....hmmm.....back down to the breakers ;D

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by mr._floppy on Jul 13^th, 2007, 10:21am

My '73 2.0lt Granny had no power streering although it was geared down and wasn't that heavy even at parking speeds. Took 4 turns lock to lock though.

Loved that car, a rust free body but at only 77K miles, the engine was completely broken.

I was gonna say a typical Dagenham Dustbin, but ( I think ) all Granadas and Consuls were German made.

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by DazRSK on Jul 13^th, 2007, 6:54pm

on 07/13/07 at 00:03:28, jonnycab wrote:

So Ford had the audacity to actually put 2 speakers in but not a stereo radio?? Disgusting!! And it was the flagship Ford!! What decade was this - the '70's ?? ;D

That would be a hell of a stereo note though if you had the sound alternating front to rear. ;D At motorway speeds, the sound would momentarily disappear from half the car, then re-appear.

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by Scorpio_Mike on Jul 13^th, 2007, 7:05pm

Don't forget, back in the 70's a radio was an optional extra in many cars - standard mono radio was only for the top of the range model ! Even then most were still manual tune and push-button was extra ! Lucky to have even one speaker if you ask me - luxury !Tell the kids of today stories like that and they won't believe you...

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by petehull on Jul 14^th, 2007, 6:16am

on 07/13/07 at 19:05:01, Scorpio_Mike wrote:

Don't forget, back in the 70's a radio was an optional extra in many cars

;D ;D

And ten or so years earlier then that a heater would be an optional extra too, just shows how lucky we are....

Pete

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by pistonbroke on Jul 14^th, 2007, 9:47pm

on 07/14/07 at 06:16:07, petehull wrote:

;D ;D

And ten or so years earlier then that a heater would be an optional extra too, just shows how lucky we are....

Pete

Does anybody else remember having to manually squeeze something to squirt water at the windscreen :-[ }{

Dave

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by Scorpio_Mike on Jul 14^th, 2007, 9:51pm

on 07/14/07 at 21:47:02, pistonbroke wrote:

Does anybody else remember having to manually squeeze something to squirt water at the windscreen :-[ }{
Dave

Yes ! My very first car, an old 1973 Sunbeam Rapier fastback my father gave me when I was 16 ( it was his - head gasket had gone and he couldn't be bothered to get it fixed ). It had a 'push to squirt' thing which was also the wiper switch - I soon converted it to electric pump operated by using a wiper motor switch from a laster Hillman Hunter.

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by TiberiuS on Jul 14^th, 2007, 11:52pm

When I was a kid, my aunt had a base model 1982 Fiesta Popular...950cc, beige PVC interior, one of the few Fiestas and Sierras made in 'Rio Brown' (the colour they discontinued a year later, apparently after people dubbed it nuts* :-/)

One of the last cars to have a foot operated windscreen wash, also had one of the old style metal number plates with the plastic letters stuck on, no radio, no fog lights and no rear seatbelts...

,,,but I thought it was really chic back then, sounded almost like a 2 stroke but had loads of character ;)

* Censored ::) Add 4 letter word starting with S in there..

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 15^th, 2007, 12:31am

Regarding rear seat belts...

The seat belts that can be seen running over the rear seats aren't standard.

Some MK1's had rear seat belts (mine didn't), but they were the slack kind which were top-bolted to the rear pillars.

Mine has the rear pillar screw holes for those seat belts, but I decided to fit brand new after market inertia belts at £40.00 each (came with thick plates for mounting behind rear seat)....they seemed like a safer option for the littl'uns baby seat ;)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by TiberiuS on Jul 15^th, 2007, 12:41am

Jonny, is that an auto?

How do you find the 3 speed trans on the road?

Nice motah, I love the old skool Fords :)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 15^th, 2007, 12:44am

Yup, it's Auto....& as for the three speed trans....not ecomonical over 70mph....no overdrive, so revs keep going up :)......still got plenty of guts though ;D

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by TiberiuS on Jul 15^th, 2007, 12:56am

LOL ;D

Asking because I'm being nagged about getting the Capri hauled out of the garage, was thinking how it'd compare to the Scorp as a driver, with the Ford C3 and the old 4 pot Pinto lump in there :-/

I remember it used to do 20-22 to the gallon in town, used to rev to 3200rpm with the auto choke on cold mornings and the autobox survived being emptied twice at the roundabout on the A406 at Barking in rush hour..I was seriously thinking a couple of years back about dropping an Essex into it, our Venetian Red 3.0 Ghia was great.

But I have a lot of fond memories of it, cuts too deep to think about letting it go. I know I should but I remember the day back in April 1990 (I was all of 6 years old at the time ::)) when I went with my old man to pick it up from a place called 'Priory Cars' on the Barking Road...

It's been around for so long and means so much in sentimental ways that I can't let it go but I know I should.. :-/

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 15^th, 2007, 1:18am

I had a 2.0 Capri Ghia before I bought the Granny in '97 & I loved it...soooo fast, even for a 2.0....went like s**t off a shovel ;)

Had a 4 speed rod box in it that was fantastic...until it started playing up. The quote I had to replace the rods was astronomical (I was skint)...so picked up a 5 speed Sierra box for a song & threw that in, but it was never the same :(

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by DazRSK on Jul 16^th, 2007, 6:44pm

on 07/14/07 at 23:52:43, TiberiuS wrote:

One of the last cars to have a foot operated windscreen wash, also had one of the old style metal number plates with the plastic letters stuck on, no radio, no fog lights and no rear seatbelts...
.

I have only had 2 cars with the pump washer. The Mk1 Escort had one on the floor, beside the clutch pedal that you foot pumped.

And a Hillman Revenger which had a strange affair as switches go. You had (I guess you would call) 2 "arms" which came out either side of the steering column just behind the steering wheel. At the end of each arm was a round switch that you rotated - lights on one side and wipers on the other. You had to push the wiper switch / knob / whatever for the washers - but not to operate electronically. Oh no. What you pushed is what you got. Very strange affair!!

Did you know - more accidents were caused by people exerting so much pressure on the washer pump in those days and, in doing so, losing control of the car. ;D Honest - it's a fact. ;D ;)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by TiberiuS on Jul 16^th, 2007, 7:21pm

It was fairly swift as I remember, even with the autobox. But, my old man never liked either of his Mk3's as much as his Mk2, I don't think he thought anything ever touched his Lotus Tina.

It really needs the back end sorting out where it got shunted, a bit of surface rust on the boot lid from where the garage has leaked. But other than that it's great..at least the Waxoyl kept the inner wings and door posts free from the worm, paint on the rest of the car is still mint, albeit covered in a decade of dirt..

Engine seems to be seized when I tried a spanner on it (last started in 1998 :-X), electrics are falling apart, but still totally stock and only 50k on the clock (37,500 when he bought it in 1990, he had the engine rebuilt at 40k). So, it'd need a total mechanical and electrical rebuild, new suspension, brakes etc :-/

When I went to the DVLA for the records, it was one of 5 ordered in December 1982 by Mothercare of all people. Delivered 2nd Jan '83, I've got the bill of sale etc here from a dealer in Enfield. Car is Diamond white with a kind of blue Daimler colour interior. Of course, by that time the 3.0 was gone, the 2.0 was the top end Ghia. Then the Ghia was dropped a couple of months after ours was built, replaced with the Laser...

I cringe when I see some of the Capris now but this one still looks very sober ;D

One of those things, I'm forever weighing it up in my mind..on one hand I'm into the Jags now as project cars and if I could get another it'd be another Jag, on the other hand it's got a lot of history to it and seems to be quite unique, wouldn't want to see it go to scrap or become a banger racer or something if I let it go..

Ahhh... :-/

EDIT: Straying quite far from your topic now :-[

The speakers in the Granny look great, what about courtesy and footwell lamps etc... ;D

Have you got an interior shot of the dash etc?

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by TiberiuS on Jul 16^th, 2007, 7:29pm

on 07/16/07 at 18:44:08, DazRSK wrote:

I have only had 2 cars with the pump washer. The Mk1 Escort had one on the floor, beside the clutch pedal that you foot pumped.

Yup, on the floor beside the clutch...

No clutch control instructor, not if you want clean windows... :-/

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by pat on Jul 16^th, 2007, 8:42pm

I had a Morris Oxford MO that had a thing you squeezed to wash the windscreen.

It was called a washing up liquid bottle... }{

I also wish I had a tenner for every after market heater I have fitted on the old upright Ford Pops. They were driven by a wheel that ran off the back of the fan belt.

That was what you CALLED high tech!

Eat your hearts out you OBD experts. ;D ;D

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by Tompion on Jul 17^th, 2007, 12:49am

From Halfords 1955 catalogue

http://i.imgur.com/CXTrvDK.jpg

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 18^th, 2007, 10:09am

Tiberious wrote "Have you got an interior shot of the dash etc?"

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i101/jonnycab/P5060020.jpg

........... :)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by Baz on Jul 18^th, 2007, 10:30am

"Watch out guv he's got a shooter!!"

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 18^th, 2007, 10:42am

on 07/18/07 at 10:30:06, Baz wrote:

"Watch out guv he's got a shooter!!"

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I suppose it does look as though they've pulled up sharp & jumped out....leaving the doors open, in hot pursuit of villains ;D

Is that why Regan kept saying "Shut It !" all the time.....because the doors were always left wide open }{ }{

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by DazRSK on Jul 18^th, 2007, 6:17pm

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That does look the bis, Jonny. They are smashing looking cars - the interior in yours looks excellent.

It's such a shame that nice ones are hard to come by. The V6 Essex in them sounds great and they are a perfectly liveable car today.

You can almost imagine 1975 all over again with Carter and Regan sliding the car all over the place. I don't suppose, Jonny, you ever treat it to a bit of "Sweeney" style driving, do you ? To see one of them come sliding round a corner at high speed would be a spectacle.

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by TiberiuS on Jul 18^th, 2007, 9:46pm

I like that, a lot. Those door cappings look class.

Is that a resto job or original? Looks mint...tell me you don't park it outside ;D

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 19^th, 2007, 1:38am

Bruce....It's a recent restoration job (this year), but it's an original 30 year old+ interior.

My old interior was looking a bit shabby....sun damaged back seat (dried out & torn all the way across the top), ripped drivers seat, sun damaged dash (cracked vinyl), carpet had oil in it that wouldn't come out, the rear parcel shelf was sun damaged with speaker holes in it the size of dustbin lids ::)....the whole interior also had a damp musty smell because of various water leaks over the years.

Since I bought the car in 1997, I'd been wanting to sort out the interior but never got around to it...time/money etc.

But last October I spotted a beige velour interior, identical to mine (what's the chances ?) on Ebay. The guy was in Chelmsford (only 15 miles away), so went to have a look at it first. I couldn't believe it...it had been dry stored in a lock-up for a few years & apart from being a bit grubby, it looked almost immaculate...no rips, nasty stains, smells etc...just a couple of bits of seat piping that looked a little worn...none the less, a hundred times better than mine was.

Anyway in the end I was the only bidder & got it for £80 (starting price)...seats, carpet, dash, door cards, parcel shelf, everything really apart from the gear stick console....so a bit of a bargain I reckon ;)....I'd be kicking myself now if I hadn't got it :)

Cleaned it all up nicely with my Bissel & stuck it all in....& there you have it ;D

Oh.... & the steering wheel is new as well. It's from a MK1 3.0S....looks & feels much better than the standard steering wheel, which was bigger with a thinner hand grip (finger nail marks in my palms are now a thing of the past)......A steal at just £25 off Ebay ;)

It is parked outside (don't have a garage) all year round...but I've got a good breathable cover, so that keeps the elements at bay & have one of those moisture traps in the car as well. But it's still taking it's toll as parts of the paintwork are starting to bubble up in places & the Rear N/S wheel arch needs a bit of attention.
It would be nice to garage/store it somewhere over the winter months, but I've yet to find anywhere nearby :(

DasRSK...I'm not sure whereabouts you are in the country. But if you're in South Essex, then name a street that you know & I'll gladly come & 'Sweeney' it around the corner for you ;) ;D

Sorry if I've babbled on a bit, but I do like to talk about my Granny....does it notice ? ;D

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by TiberiuS on Jul 19^th, 2007, 3:43am

Does it notice? Never ;D

Got a breathable cover on the Jag, no room in the garage, filled with floorboards and joists still...it doesn't even go out in the rain, at least the cover keeps the rain and bird crap off.

Some bubbles on the rear pass. side arch which need sorting, but that's all...apparently they left the panel sealer off in 1995, that year is known for rusty rear arches ::)

Honest, after the way the Capri has survived, I'm big on Waxoyl...it's been in a damp garage since November 1996 and on the whole it's still nearly mint, no rust on the arches or sills, just some surface stuff on the bottom edge of the bootlid where the outside wall lets water in. It was restored in June '95 to better than new condition, but it's still lasted well...apart from the damage on the rear, clean the decade of dirt off and it'd still look better than some 5 year old cars.

Maybe one of these days it'll live again, I've still got a soft spot for it :)

The Granny looks great ;)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 19^th, 2007, 3:49am

Any pics of the Carpi Bruce ?

P.S.....Wax oil is great....brushed about 3mm thick of the stuff on the underneath of the Granny about 6 years ago & it's not rotted at all......maybe a good idea to smother the paintwork in vaseline next winter ?.... ;D

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by TiberiuS on Jul 19^th, 2007, 6:12pm

I've got some from when it was restored and some after it was shunted which were from the insurance claim, I'll see if I can find a couple of decent ones and scan them in :)

It's in a bit of a sorry state at the moment, tyres have rotted and it's sitting on those castor dolly things so I can move it around...but it's only mechanics, the car is there overall and complete too. I was looking on eBay and parts seem really cheap now, I want to keep it stock visually but it badly needs new (better) brakes etc, still thinking about junking the Pinto engine for something beefier but it is a simple engine and I'm no experienced mechanic to the level of implanting engines, don't have the tools either :-/. Interior is still good, just needs a good clean...the seats will need refoaming but not a big deal. Biggest problem at the mo is that the car's garaged back in London and I can't get there often enough to work on it, it'll need work (slave wheels, brakes etc) just to get it fit to be trailered up here.

How much are you selling the Granny for? ;D

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 20^th, 2007, 3:59am

on 07/19/07 at 18:12:38, TiberiuS wrote:

How much are you selling the Granny for? ;D

In my best mouse hand-writing........

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i101/jonnycab/P5060024NotFS.jpg

........ ;D

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by Scorpio_Mike on Jul 20^th, 2007, 10:11am

Are you sure you've 'blinged' the front end up enough ?

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 20^th, 2007, 12:29pm

......Tastefully 'blinged' though don't you think ? ;D

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by DazRSK on Jul 20^th, 2007, 2:26pm

on 07/19/07 at 01:38:34, jonnycab wrote:

DasRSK...I'm not sure whereabouts you are in the country. But if you're in South Essex, then name a street that you know & I'll gladly come & 'Sweeney' it around the corner for you ;) ;D

Sorry if I've babbled on a bit, but I do like to talk about my Granny....does it notice ? ;D

He he - just my luck. I live just north of Braintree.

Seriously though - they are a stunner and it's no wonder you talk a lot about it - they are just so rare today. A mate of mine had a coupe ghia on an N plate. He had this car about 15-17 years ago and the Essex meet of the Granada owners club was at the Spread Eagle pub in Margaretting, Essex. We all used to go along - even back then, nice Mk1s were getting thin. Like most Fords, unfortunately, they were treated so unhealthily in the young fleet / company car years, so many became ratbags.

What's with the double Ford badge then, Jonny ? I don't ever remember Ford badging their cars quite like that ? ;D With the size of those, compared to the oval today, definitely tells you the make quite clearly. And I guess the boot has 2 badges as well ? ;D

Strange - from a 1st glance at that picture, there is a striking resemblance to the Opel Commodore of the same era. Whoops...might have offended...I'll get my hat and go.

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 20^th, 2007, 2:55pm

No offence taken mate ;)

I put the double Ford badge on there 'cos I thought it kinda makes it all look symetrical, but now I'm not to sure that it looks all that great :-/

One of the Ford badges is coming off soon though, 'cos I've just found a nice chrome 'Granada' lettering badge in my big box of odds & sods.... :).....just so everyone knows that it isn't an Opel Commadore ;)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by Ultima2300 on Jul 20^th, 2007, 7:29pm

I had an Opel Commadore 2.8 Coupe in the early Eighties...hadn't notice the similarity 'til you pointed it out ;D

It was the coolest looking thing, but no-one could sort out the fuel injection when it packed up ::)

Give me your Granada anytime.

Geoff

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by petehull on Jul 20^th, 2007, 9:25pm

Back in about 1975 I worked in a scrap yard (Willinghams of Hull) for about a year, it was at the time when taxi drivers were buying all the spares of grannies and consuls, we would get a car in at say 10am, and by 12.30 it would be stripped to the shell, they used to cue up for the bits, we used to put the car on four barrels and literally burn everything off.....

As i read this post I wonder if this is why they are getting so rare, maybe I should buy one.....

Pete

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 21^st, 2007, 8:52pm

Hi Pete...

.....http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-Granada-Consul-Mk1-3-Litre-Manual_W0QQitemZ190132717034QQihZ009QQcategoryZ29755QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Happy bidding ;) ;D

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by petehull on Jul 21^st, 2007, 9:34pm

Yeh JC
looks nice doesn't it, oh for the space to keep it.
Don't know why people take photos of cars they are selling in the dark though.... ???

Pete

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by fordnut on Jul 21^st, 2007, 10:03pm

very very nice..i used to have a poster on my bedroom wall of the mk1 in white aaahhhh the memories ..now wheres my flares and my old Alvin Stardust records 8)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by RichardMS on Jul 22^nd, 2007, 11:13am

Reminds me of my Fathers 3lt coupe he used to own :)
Wish I had that one now.

http://usera.imagecave.com/RichardMS/Granada/Mk1%203.0Coupe.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/RichardMS/Granada/Mk1%203.0%20Coupe.jpg

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 12:48am

Nice Coupe :).....looking at the caravan in the background, I take it these pictures were taken a good few years ago....when the Granny was almost new ? ;)

Do you ever wonder if the car is still alive today ? :)
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Update....It appears the car was last on the road in 1990 according to the DVLA vehicle check.

Oh well....another one bites the dust :)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by RichardMS on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 10:55am

Late 70's as far as I remember, Shame it may not be about these days but you never know, may be dry stored somewhere waiting to be found, or am I just being optomistic ;D

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by DazRSK on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 6:29pm

That coupe is exactly the same colour as my mate's old car - and the same reg letter. That one is a ghia, isn't it ?

I cannot remember the remainder of the plate on my mate's car but wouldn't it be wierd if it was the same one. To be honest, that would be such a long shot and a too smaller world - whilst you hardly see any today, it wasn't as if Ford sold only a couple of these. They were big sellers in their day - for what they were and their cost.

Like yours, Jonny, it seems amazing how modern they look - that coupe does not look like a 1974 vehicle. The big headlamps with the wrap-around indicators. The raked back windscreen with the single piece front door windows. Look at the Manta and Monza 10 years later - just a few cosmetic updates but hardly worlds away from the Mk1.

Ford were way ahead of their time in those days!!

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by RichardMS on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 7:04pm

Yes it was a Ghia, Would be a small world if it was the same car.

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by TiberiuS on Jul 25^th, 2007, 6:58pm

Managed to dig out a couple of photos of the Capri :).

Took them with the cheapo 35mm I had back then so not very clear...both photos circa mid 1995. They don't do the car justice...it was mint. Got some taken with my old man's Olympus gear from after it was smashed, can't find them at the moment.

Checked a few of our old cars on the DVLA, I always hoped to come accross the Mk2 he used to own back in the day...alas, the last time it was taxed was December 1990, not long after he sold it :'(

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l89/TiberiuS1250/CNXsized1.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l89/TiberiuS1250/CNXsized2.jpg

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 26^th, 2007, 12:28am

Nice Capri Bruce & the exact same model I had, but mine was metallic gun metal grey :)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by TiberiuS on Jul 26^th, 2007, 12:57am

I love the Jags for the power and handling, at 22 it makes for a great sleeper car....but I still think about the Capri, it has something about it which nothing else has, it holds a lot of fond memories too, I'd rather bury it under the patio than see it go the the bailer ::)

If I resurrect it again I'd keep it stock, years back I wanted to Cartel bodykit it and put 17" rims on but as I'm getting older it looks good as it is, the old skool 14" alloys really suit it, don't think I'd change it from how it looks in the pics :).

I even toyed with getting a Jag AJ16 lump and dropping it in, it would be dynamite with a 400nm engine in...but that just makes it into a lump, a bit of a thing in classic terms I guess :-/. A Jag's a Jag, a different creature entirely...I need to remember that ::)

So, it stays bog standard except for better brakes and a few subtle mechanical tweaks....dropping a 24v+MT75 in was ok to think about but I think I'll keep the simple old Pinto lump, should be fairly easy to restore it I hope :).

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 26^th, 2007, 2:03am

Keeping it standard is always a good idea. A standard classic car is always worth more than a modified one when coming to sell it.

My Granny is pretty standard, apart from the boot spoiler (on there when I bought it), Scorp speakers & a few other personalised bits & bobs....but I've no intention of selling it in the foreseeable future. To me, it's almost like a full size airfix model....a hobby that I do in my spare time ;)

P.S....I had the same alloys on my Capri, but I'm sure they were 13" & not 14" :)

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by DazRSK on Jul 26^th, 2007, 2:59pm

on 07/26/07 at 02:03:55, jonnycab wrote:

other personalised bits & bobs....
P.S....I had the same alloys on my Capri, but I'm sure they were 13" & not 14" :)

Jonny - does the other Ford badge come under the bits & bobs heading ?? ;D :P

Yeap - on the Capri shown, they were 13" alloys reserved for the Ghia and early "S" spec (until these went for 4 spokes) only on those. I think they fitted those to the Escort Ghias as an option.

The wheels which are rare beasts for these cars - if anybody remembers them - were fitted to the John Player Special or JPS Capris. Difficult to describe - but the Mk1 Granada ghias had them as a 5 stud - I can't see a piccie of your wheels, Jonny, but does yours have alloys.

Title: Re: Scorp bits in a MK1 Granny
Post by jonnycab on Jul 26^th, 2007, 5:10pm

Yes, it's still got the original 14" Ghia alloys :)