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Yeah... I'm just asking a little question about the Mk1 Granada and the same vintage Consul... I hope that's allowed...
I can't recall that I have seen many of them in the project threads? If any? So, is there any owners of those cars on this forum at all? Pics? Are they popular at all among the UK car modifying "scene" or are they stone dead there? Or have they completely disappeared from the UK roads? And how about "back in the days", were they any modified Consuls/Granadas back then?
I'm just asking because I don't know how it is in the UK, I'm Swedish, and because I've always liked them in some kind of way... Looking very big and luxurious for being Fords, yet elegant...
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reasonably popular amongst older modders, bigger heavier cars i guess so not cheap enough to run for the younguns, hard to find bargainous mk1's these days, the banger tracks claimed an awfull lot of what would be todays barn finds and cheap fixer uppers.
I love em, was running them as cheapo cars back in the 80's.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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bazzateer
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The good ones tend to be restored rather than modified these days.
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1968 Singer Chamois Sport
1972 Sunbeam Imp Sport
1976 Datsun 260Z 2+2
1998 Peugeot Boxer Pilote motorhome
2003 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE (daily)
2006 MG ZT 190+ (another daily)
2007 BMW 530d Touring M Sport (tow car)
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I'd rather like one, but as said prices, insurance and running costs sort of factor me out of the equation....
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Stiff
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There was Granzilla... (sp)  |
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1989 Peugeot 205. You know, the one that was parked in a ditch on the campsite at RRG'17... the glass is always full. but the ratio of air to water may vary. |
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God i love that hearse, and the 2 door saloons for that matter. Shame there are hardly any left  |
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Smiler
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I'd love one of these, I think they look fantastic. The only ones I sem to see now at the local shows are the apparently 'rare' coupe (which I don't actualy like) and the odd Estate.
Then there's the infamous story of the Practical Classics mint condition one that got nicked but lets not open that one again.
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www.Auto-tat.co.uk'96 Range Rover P38 DSE (daily driver) '71 Reliant Scimitar SE5 GTE 3.0ltr Jag V6 Conversion '79 Reliant Scimitar SE6A 3.0ltr 24valve Omega Conversion '85 Escort Cabrio 2.0 Zetec - Sold '91 BMW 525i - Sold '82 Cortina 2.9i Ghia Cosworth - Sold '72 VW Campervan - Sold '65 LandRover 88" - Sold
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stevo
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that hearse is cool, used to drive past my house a lot, but havent seen it in months now
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the black one was known as big & nasty when in its old colour scheme. beleave the original V6 went in to a fiat 126 known as little & nasty.
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theres more to life than mpg & to much power is just enough.
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The hearse is listed on the Gathering master list
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piperfish
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Love the full width grill om the orange one.....sadly most of em ended up on the oval. I saw a nice MK2 today but I aint seen a MK1 for a while.....
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Its my snake...I trained it...and I'm gonna eat it....
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Mk1 Granadas (and consuls)?DarrenW
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 I love the way some of the coupes have a straight shoulder line (UK ones?):  and some have coke-bottle curves:  |
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Early coupés has the coke bottle curve, the later ones have the straight line...
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194? Willys Jeep MB 1965 Volvo 544 Special 1968 Opel Rekord 1975 Opel Kadett Estate 1985 Mercedes-Benz 230E 1985 Datsun 720 King Cab 4x4 diesel 1997 Volvo S70 2.5SE (ex. "Volvo544special65" - changed to more reader friendly username. ) |
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were the 2 door saloon type ones sold in the uk? I've never actually seen one in the metal and absolutely love them (especially the orange one above)
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nope, some of the herses sold here were built from 2 door saloons, but only the 2 door coupe was available from dealers over here, shame as i think the 2 door saloon was the prettiest.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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I like to think that Mazda took their inspiration from the mk1 granada for the 929/Luce.  |
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jayps
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fixing old fords so they can rust again
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I used to have 2 Mk1s back a few years ago ,they did rust out very quickly most met their end in the late eighties with many 3l v6 ones chewing up timing gears which meant they were uneconomical to repair I was offered a mint Royal 77 Ghia in 88 for £120 because the engine was shot ! It was squashed two days later ! Not many modded ones around ,the only recent one that springs to mind is the Cosworth V6 blue one thats doing the rounds Apparantly less than than 100 Mk1s are still taxed on the dvla  |
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