My XR4i. 30yrs old today via Southways Automotive.
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The £10k 4i has arrived! Old Fords at crazy prices.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181524859997?_trksid=p20...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181524859997?_trksid=p20...
T66ORA said:
Finally got round to updating the thread.
The rear spoiler, front grille and door mirror covers came back the paint shop.
Well my lovely freshly paint rear spoiler didn`t stay lovely for too long The rear spoiler, front grille and door mirror covers came back the paint shop.
Pulled the car out to give it a start up and check over, having been stood for a few weeks and the spoiler has got "measles", yep the thing has loads of micro blisters all over it
I`m hoping a flat and polish might get rid of them in the spring or its another paint job
Took the old girl for its first proper run of the year today.
What a change from last year, when it took days to get running right, the car never missed a beat over the 80 mile run, ending up at Goodwood,...again
Even better news the measles have gone from the rear spoiler
they must have dried out? very strange!!
The Turbo technics conversation remains on the back burner while the car is running so well, had to move over for a Merc making good progress on a DC and was impressed how quickly it hit 3 figures with a small press of the loud pedal
A problem that needs sorting is the refusal to start again when hot, the symptoms suggest a flat battery, but when its cooled down it starts on the first couple of turns of the key??? Possibly starter motor, which is new, effected by heat soak??So for the time being I just connect jump pack to get the car to start when hot
What a change from last year, when it took days to get running right, the car never missed a beat over the 80 mile run, ending up at Goodwood,...again
Even better news the measles have gone from the rear spoiler
they must have dried out? very strange!!The Turbo technics conversation remains on the back burner while the car is running so well, had to move over for a Merc making good progress on a DC and was impressed how quickly it hit 3 figures with a small press of the loud pedal
A problem that needs sorting is the refusal to start again when hot, the symptoms suggest a flat battery, but when its cooled down it starts on the first couple of turns of the key??? Possibly starter motor, which is new, effected by heat soak??So for the time being I just connect jump pack to get the car to start when hot
Much coolness indeed! I bet it gets as much attention as the TVR does!
When I was a fair bit younger my mum had a C plate XR4x4, it seemed such a fast car at the time. It came with a book 'The Sporting Fords: Sierra' which I still have, I used to study it way more than anything from school and used to draw the pictures onto paper to stick on my walls! Always said I'd have an XR4x4 as my first car and that I'd rally an XR4i - sad as it is I even worked out all the prices from adverts in CCC. Neither happened and the way the prices have gone it probably won't happen any time soon either!
When I was a fair bit younger my mum had a C plate XR4x4, it seemed such a fast car at the time. It came with a book 'The Sporting Fords: Sierra' which I still have, I used to study it way more than anything from school and used to draw the pictures onto paper to stick on my walls! Always said I'd have an XR4x4 as my first car and that I'd rally an XR4i - sad as it is I even worked out all the prices from adverts in CCC. Neither happened and the way the prices have gone it probably won't happen any time soon either!
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