Sierra XR4i

[T66ORA]

Nano2nd said:

heres mine

Hi Pete, long time no here from Hows tricks? I see you have abandoned the TVR You still go on the XR4 board? Not been on for ages.
You still havn`t got that TT kit knocking around have you?
Tony

[Shropshiremike]

T66ORA said:

Nano2nd said:

heres mine

Hi Pete, long time no here from Hows tricks? I see you have abandoned the TVR You still go on the XR4 board? Not been on for ages.
You still havn`t got that TT kit knocking around have you?
Tony

Did you see that black Sprintex one up on thre Classifieds a while back? That's a rare thing. I spoke to a guy a fair few years back at a local filling station who had one very similar - came from up North ( somewhere in lancs ). Wondering if it was the same car?

[T66ORA]

Shropshiremike said:

T66ORA said:

Shropshiremike said:

T66ORA said:

I love threads about anything XR4i, it give me an excuse to show some pics of mine.
A late 83 registered, 84 mdl yr,ex FMC car in nimbus grey with every conceivable extra in the brochure I have owned it since 1984,which according to the XROC is the second longest known ownership.Its only done 84000 miles, its nick name is the beast It is currently off the road under cover in my garage were it will stay for another few years before a minor restoration.

Very nice - heated seats?

Thanks........Option for 83 mdl year only

Ah, wasn't sure whether yours might have been an overlap being a late 83 registered one

Aircon was the year after yours wasn't it

Yep 1985 mdl year 4i`s are pretty rare now, Air con option, deleted red interior stripping and a lot darker exterior red stripping, rear 1/4 windows didn`t have "XR4" etched in them, rumors of a few with ABS as well.

[Shropshiremike]

T66ORA said:

Shropshiremike said:

T66ORA said:

Shropshiremike said:

T66ORA said:

I love threads about anything XR4i, it give me an excuse to show some pics of mine.
A late 83 registered, 84 mdl yr,ex FMC car in nimbus grey with every conceivable extra in the brochure I have owned it since 1984,which according to the XROC is the second longest known ownership.Its only done 84000 miles, its nick name is the beast It is currently off the road under cover in my garage were it will stay for another few years before a minor restoration.

Very nice - heated seats?

Thanks........Option for 83 mdl year only

Ah, wasn't sure whether yours might have been an overlap being a late 83 registered one

Aircon was the year after yours wasn't it

Yep 1985 mdl year 4i`s are pretty rare now, Air con option, deleted red interior stripping and a lot darker exterior red stripping, rear 1/4 windows didn`t have "XR4" etched in them, rumors of a few with ABS as well.

Have you still got your original steering wheel and alloys stashed away?

[hairykrishna]

This thread has me counting my pennies and doing serious man maths to see if I should put a bid in on the bonkers V8 turbo 4i I mentioned earlier;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...


I'm remembering how fun my turbo-ed 4i was and I imagine adding 2 more cylinders and doubling the power can only be a good thing.

[sday12]

T66ORA said:

I love threads about anything XR4i, it give me an excuse to show some pics of mine.
A late 83 registered, 84 mdl yr,ex FMC car in nimbus grey with every conceivable extra in the brochure I have owned it since 1984,which according to the XROC is the second longest known ownership.Its only done 84000 miles, its nick name is the beast It is currently off the road under cover in my garage were it will stay for another few years before a minor restoration.

[beard] Yep, the reg pretty much confirms it is a FMC MRC (Management Roll Car) NOO was a popular Brentwood, Essex issue (and any other OO in fact (Yes including P..))Originally the were issued to employees with pressed steel plates, easy to recognise. [/beard]

[Gareth350]

Shropshiremike said:

T66ORA said:

Shropshiremike said:

T66ORA said:

Shropshiremike said:

T66ORA said:

I love threads about anything XR4i, it give me an excuse to show some pics of mine.
A late 83 registered, 84 mdl yr,ex FMC car in nimbus grey with every conceivable extra in the brochure I have owned it since 1984,which according to the XROC is the second longest known ownership.Its only done 84000 miles, its nick name is the beast It is currently off the road under cover in my garage were it will stay for another few years before a minor restoration.

Very nice - heated seats?

Thanks........Option for 83 mdl year only

Ah, wasn't sure whether yours might have been an overlap being a late 83 registered one

Aircon was the year after yours wasn't it

Yep 1985 mdl year 4i`s are pretty rare now, Air con option, deleted red interior stripping and a lot darker exterior red stripping, rear 1/4 windows didn`t have "XR4" etched in them, rumors of a few with ABS as well.

Have you still got your original steering wheel and alloys stashed away?

I had a very rare 'C' plate, August '85, nimbus grey XR4i, for 13 years up until last year. My model belonged to a Motorsport director when new & was specced with all the toys, sunroof, p/steering, e/windows, air-con, heated seats & the very rare ABS! Also had the 15", 7 spoke RS alloys, similar to Capri brooklands, from new. Will dig out some photos & post up!

[Drederick Tatum]

Slightly off topic but has anyone noticed the price of even a bog standard sierra has really shot up

[sday12]

Drederick Tatum said:

Slightly off topic but has anyone noticed the price of even a bog standard sierra has really shot up

RWD, Banger racing at the good ones used to reshell.

[Shropshiremike]

Gareth350 said:

I had a very rare 'C' plate, August '85, nimbus grey XR4i, for 13 years up until last year. My model belonged to a Motorsport director when new & was specced with all the toys, sunroof, p/steering, e/windows, air-con, heated seats & the very rare ABS! Also had the 15", 7 spoke RS alloys, similar to Capri brooklands, from new. Will dig out some photos & post up!

That sounds pretty tasty - be nice to see some more pics

[T66ORA]

Steering wheel was swopped for a Cosworth item in 1987, i modified it to have my prefared option of horn on the end on the column stork, by buying a stork and horn centre from a 2.0iS which used a plastic version of the the leather Cosworth steering wheel. The gear knob is also a modified Cosworth part, the original "gate" markings were removed by drilling the centre and levering it out and again a 2.0iS gear knob was pulled apart. My car, when i bought it, came on a set of very rare 6x15 RS1600i type alloys with 205/50 NCTs, i had a blow out back in 1990 iirc, and wrote one the wheels off, it is impossible to get them now, i bought the wheels that you see in the pictures, instead, i do prefare the 1600i type, and i have bought a couple of MK3 RS Turbo wheels which will need modifing at some point, so it will go back on them at some point.
So to answer your question, i have never had 14" pepper pots, and my steering wheel and gear knob were sold decades ago
Other slight mods, the ribbed rear number plate panel from a 85 mdl,a ECU blanking plate to cover the top storage tray, above the glove box, removal of the black trim around the door, a mistake now looking back? And Spax shocks and springs which lower the car by 25mm, which is just right imo. It still has the original tool kit, first aid kit, built into the rear parcel shelf, and the ECU 1 stereo, as it was called still works. I some times wonder what it is worth with the spec,the history/ownership lenth, not that it will ever leave my family, fortunatly, my son is also a petrolhead and he will take it over when i snuff it

[GreatGranny]

Mate of a mate had one, he bought it brand new.

Went camping in it to North Wales and always remember going flat out at an indicated 130mph on the M56 with an XJ6 on our tail.

It was very quiet at that speed and we were loaded up with 4 people and a shed load of camping gear.

Very impressive.

[Drederick Tatum]

sday12 said:

T66ORA said:

I love threads about anything XR4i, it give me an excuse to show some pics of mine.
A late 83 registered, 84 mdl yr,ex FMC car in nimbus grey with every conceivable extra in the brochure I have owned it since 1984,which according to the XROC is the second longest known ownership.Its only done 84000 miles, its nick name is the beast It is currently off the road under cover in my garage were it will stay for another few years before a minor restoration.

[beard] Yep, the reg pretty much confirms it is a FMC MRC (Management Roll Car) NOO was a popular Brentwood, Essex issue (and any other OO in fact (Yes including P..))Originally the were issued to employees with pressed steel plates, easy to recognise. [/beard]

What a beauty!

[Shropshiremike]

T66ORA said:

My car, when i bought it, came on a set of very rare 6x15 RS1600i type alloys with 205/50 NCTs, i had a blow out back in 1990 iirc, and wrote one the wheels off, it is impossible to get them now,

Those are the ones without the lockable caps (like you have now )? - they're quite rare in 6x15

[Gareth350]

Pics of my XR4i, taken in 2008 with 325,000 miles on the clock!!











The old girl was completely standard apart from the cosworth grille, clear front & side indicators & the half smoked back lights.

[RetroCosworth]

It least it was, until you scrapped it

[Gareth350]

RetroCosworth said:

It least it was, until you scrapped it

Thanks for bringing that up! Still feel guilty 7 months on!!

[RetroCosworth]

Gareth350 said:

RetroCosworth said:

It least it was, until you scrapped it

Thanks for bringing that up! Still feel guilty 7 months on!!

It's a sin I'm afraid. I would have taken it off your hands, it least it would have still been in tact and not dead.

[Gareth350]

RetroCosworth said:

Gareth350 said:

RetroCosworth said:

It least it was, until you scrapped it

Thanks for bringing that up! Still feel guilty 7 months on!!

It's a sin I'm afraid. I would have taken it off your hands, it least it would have still been in tact and not dead.

I know mate, def a big sin! The problem was, it needed a lot of welding doing & for what i got for it, no one would have paid anywhere near!
If i'd had a pound for everyone who said they would have had it off me i'd be well off!!

[slippery]

Slightly off topic, but as we are talking early eighties fast Fords, does anybody remember the Granada 2.8 injection? Not the fairly common Ghia X version, the de-chromed one with Recaros and white Ghia style alloys? I would love to see one of those now. Most if not all were manual too if I remember correctly.