Ford Granada 2.8 Ghia

[kurt535]

Have lusted after one of these since I was a kid and dad brought the brochures home. Sadly cos we were so brassic that was as close as I got.

Fast forward 40 years and I pursue one into a McDonald's and scare the owner accousting him to see his wheels.

Turns out car only has 19k on the clock. Full cloth velour trim. Rear seats never used.

I can die a happy man now.

[dbdb]

Did you buy it?

My dad had a crystal green Granada 2.8 Ghia with brown velour - one of the first of the facelifted cars, so it would have been an 81X. It was a lovely car -very comfortable and well made. I have fond memories of it. It was actually a better car than the BMW E28 he replace it with, though the BMW was a lot faster.

[Mr Tidy]

Great find OP - hope you did buy it!

But keep it very secured if you can - banger racers love these!

I had an early MKII 2.8 Ghia back in 1981 (T-Reg 1978) in Silver with black trim. Great car!

Mate of a mate had an older brother with a metallic blue V-reg and his dad had an S-reg in Oyster Gold - 3 x Ghias looked great parked in a line! (Wish I had a photo)!

[generationx]

Dad had two blue ones back in the day - a loaded 2.8i Ghia then a 2.8i GLS. I loved those, and so did he!

[Google [bot]]

dbdb said:

My dad had a crystal green Granada 2.8 Ghia

I had a crystal green Granada 2.8 Ghia at Uni that I bought for 150 quid. On an A plate so one of the last. IIRC I gave it to my sister's boyfriend on a visit back home because I couldn't afford the petrol to drive it back. That and it had some hedge on it from a wet field drift session

[uk66fastback]

And you never got a pic?

No pic, didn't happen. You know the rules here ...

[ChasW]

My FIL had two in early-mid 80s. The last one was a 2.8i Ghia X. I remember him choosing it ahead of a poverty spec BMW 528i for the same money. They were the last proper big Fords IMO.

[Balmoral]

George Cowley: By the way, did you two pick up my desk?
Bodie: Ah, well, yes sir, we did.
Doyle: And we didn't.
George Cowley: You did and you didn't?
Doyle: Yeah...
Bodie: Yeah, well, we did the first time...
Doyle: But not the, uh, second time...

[littlebasher]

I had 4 of these, all in Ghia X trim.

Probably one of my favorite 'Classics', even in the early 90's there weren't many cars around which had the same level of spec.

Estates were loads of fun on wet roundabouts!

[bristolracer]

Tell em you can stuff it I'm not about to rough it in some Granada Ghia I was top of the tops.....

[kurt535]

I didn't buy it - absolutely nowhere to store anything where I now live. Bloke was going to sell it to another guy but pulled out of it when it transpired buyer was going to turn it into a track car!!!

As for value, I did wonder what it was worth. It was in the blue they did so very desirable.

Lovely car. It's making me smile now.

[kurt535]

uk66fastback said:

And you never got a pic?

No pic, didn't happen. You know the rules here ...

I screwed up so bad there. I was literally in pieces!

[Andy 308GTB]

littlebasher said:

Estates were loads of fun on wet roundabouts!

I can vouch for that. In my younger days I drove my fathers 2.8 Ghia X-pack estate a fair bit. I can still recall 2 massive tank slappers, one in the wet and one on ice. My over correction ensured that the fish tailing went on & on & on. Still makes me go cold 30 years on...

[MorganP104]

Oh yes, MkII Granny 2.8i Ghia X, velour seats, automatic gearbox. Lush!

[alabbasi]

I was a huge fan of these when I was a kid.. The 2.8i Ghia X with the executive package had over stuffed leather seats. They were the bomb. There was also a sport version with a manual box and recaro seats.

[kurt535]

MorganP104 said:

Oh yes, MkII Granny 2.8i Ghia X, velour seats, automatic gearbox. Lush!

ooooooo car porn.....

[Balmoral]

A long time ago I used to work for someone who had a new two tone dark green Ghia X, sometimes I'd drive him and he'd sit in the back in his camel coat with a cigar.

[mac96]

Lovely cars. Back in the early 80s I worked for a company based in Perth (Scotland, not Australia) and if a meeting there overran one of the chauffeurs would drive us peasants back to Edinburgh to catch a train. In a 2.8 Ghia Estate.

95mph down the M90 was fairly fast then, and we felt like captains of industry for half an hour!

[everyeggabird]

Balmoral said:

George Cowley: By the way, did you two pick up my desk?
Bodie: Ah, well, yes sir, we did.
Doyle: And we didn't.
George Cowley: You did and you didn't?
Doyle: Yeah...
Bodie: Yeah, well, we did the first time...
Doyle: But not the, uh, second time...

I know Cowley had a couple of Granadas but the desk incident was a Cortina.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Always wanted the 2.8i with the white wheels and Recaro seats.