RE: SOTW: 1988 Ford Granada Ghia 2.9 V6
Discussion
sidaorb said:
Real shed, drive it till it dies then bin it!
Used to have the 24v Cosworth version, which was my first Q-car, used to upset hot hatches (once it had got rolling), if you can find one they sometimes appear for shed money too.
I am with you there, with the one addition that perhaps you would just be driving it straight to the scrapyard. I wonder if the parts are worth much if it did all go wrong. Interesting, worthy but risky shed!Used to have the 24v Cosworth version, which was my first Q-car, used to upset hot hatches (once it had got rolling), if you can find one they sometimes appear for shed money too.
Have a soft spot for these, think they lost most of the gravitas the MK2 carried, which though nowadays seems a bit of an old woofer that has been replaced even for council estate dons, at the time they were pretty impressive as there wasnt as much flash metal about then, the MK3 never seemed as "Captain of Industry" as the MK2 or as Sweeney as the MK1 but I think that is because it was a hatch, but it was a pretty decent car. They all had ABS which was a first and they were very comfy, someone ion here commented on how feeble the 2.0 was, I remember driving one back in about 88 and thinking it was great, auto as well so it should have felt feeble.
Used to drive the boss's 2.8 one and it had so many things to play with when sat waiting for him outside his solicitors, the pumpy thing for the seats was a great favourite as was the stereo which seemed impossibly high tech back then, funy thing is, it didnt seem that much quicker than the 2.0 to me.
I, like many others it seems, had forgotten all about these, they are in that limbo land of too old and whiffy for a daily and not a classic, ok, never likely to be super desirable but a few examples should be saved.
Would make a superb sleeper, rid it of the wheeze-block under the bonnet and plonk a 500 bhp YB in it with appropriate brakes and suspension, bet it wouldnt be that hard a job either as it is the same era Ford, the Pinto went in these and there is plenty of room, also it has a fairly competent suspension system, uprated I suspect it could be quite good, not that heavy by modern standards at about 1400 kilos and that could be cut down and make a nice drifty barge.
Used to drive the boss's 2.8 one and it had so many things to play with when sat waiting for him outside his solicitors, the pumpy thing for the seats was a great favourite as was the stereo which seemed impossibly high tech back then, funy thing is, it didnt seem that much quicker than the 2.0 to me.
I, like many others it seems, had forgotten all about these, they are in that limbo land of too old and whiffy for a daily and not a classic, ok, never likely to be super desirable but a few examples should be saved.
Would make a superb sleeper, rid it of the wheeze-block under the bonnet and plonk a 500 bhp YB in it with appropriate brakes and suspension, bet it wouldnt be that hard a job either as it is the same era Ford, the Pinto went in these and there is plenty of room, also it has a fairly competent suspension system, uprated I suspect it could be quite good, not that heavy by modern standards at about 1400 kilos and that could be cut down and make a nice drifty barge.
I really like this SOTW.
That old Granda has some presence about it, and, in a weird way, still looks cool.
My uncle has one of these back in '96: an E Reg, 2.9 V6, in silver, with velour interior, same RS body kit, same wheels, wood trim , etc.
Was a nice car, and I have fond memories of him overtaking slower cars on country lanes with ease. It was huge inside, and very comfortable for a big old Ford.
Sadly, it was just lying there for years, rotting away, so he just scrapped it. Shame, as it was a nice car, and there can't be that many of them around these days?
Top SOTW - this is what shedding is all about!
That old Granda has some presence about it, and, in a weird way, still looks cool.
My uncle has one of these back in '96: an E Reg, 2.9 V6, in silver, with velour interior, same RS body kit, same wheels, wood trim , etc.
Was a nice car, and I have fond memories of him overtaking slower cars on country lanes with ease. It was huge inside, and very comfortable for a big old Ford.
Sadly, it was just lying there for years, rotting away, so he just scrapped it. Shame, as it was a nice car, and there can't be that many of them around these days?
Top SOTW - this is what shedding is all about!
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff