One up for sale

One up for sale

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GJL

Original Poster:

242 posts

250 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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Just saw this as I was perusing the ads

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/11295823

indigochim

1,501 posts

129 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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Looks nice still have fond memories of my S3

GTRene

16,372 posts

223 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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looks good at that the price.

TR4man

5,207 posts

173 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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Looks a beauty and at a reasonable price too.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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IMO it’s way under value given the.condition and spec.

If anyone’s currently looking it’s a dream come true!

Moto

1,230 posts

252 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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That looks like a very well sorted Vixen and for the money excellent value. I love the fact that it's been made competition ready without losing any of the road car elements. Vixens are fantastic fun to drive on short circuits but IMHO too many have been turned into effectively track only cars. It's such a shame because they're also lovely road cars when set up like this with full trim retained.

Knowing how much time and money it takes to get a Vixen to this level, I'd say it's got to worth close to £30k. Obviously I'm saying that when I haven't seen the car and don't know much about the spec. But I'm presuming as it states a body off rebuild it's had the chassis, engine, full drivetrain and suspension rebuilt as well as what you can see in the photos.

The 3 questions I have are 1) it looks like it may be running a 5 speed box from that 'horrible' gear knob. 2) what is the engine spec. It states 1600cc but as it's been built with track in mind and it's running twin 40's, has it been modified and if so what's the spec. 3) What suspension is it running.

Anyone know the car and can provide some more info?

Strange that it's a S2 with cable clutch. I thought S2's were all hydraulic.

Moto

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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Well spotted Moto, that gear knob is a Type 9 one and it’s difficult to get a hydraulic clutch with that gearbox so it must have been converted to fit the 5 speed. An excellent car and with all bells and whistles then by the looks.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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The owner should know the car quite well and he has left his phone number?

Dollyman1850

6,316 posts

249 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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V6 Pushfit said:
Well spotted Moto, that gear knob is a Type 9 one and it’s difficult to get a hydraulic clutch with that gearbox so it must have been converted to fit the 5 speed. An excellent car and with all bells and whistles then by the looks.
Never driven a Sierra ?? biggrin
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GTRene

16,372 posts

223 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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I guess, if you look at this Tuscan V6 for (now) 42k and is pretty rare with just 100 made and looks spanking new, the price for the Vixen S2 is not to cheap compared to (in the pictures at least superb) the Tuscan.

I thought it would have gone way faster... just like some old Griffith and V8 Tuscan which are even longer on sale I think (not sure)
anyhow, lovely Tuscan V6

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1281525

8Speed

727 posts

65 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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I had a Tuscan V6 just like that in the'70s. FWY 701J if I remember correctly - lovely car & completely reliable for the 3 years I had it.
Only sold to fund an E Type convertible.

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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Dollyman1850 said:
V6 Pushfit said:
Well spotted Moto, that gear knob is a Type 9 one and it’s difficult to get a hydraulic clutch with that gearbox so it must have been converted to fit the 5 speed. An excellent car and with all bells and whistles then by the looks.
Never driven a Sierra ?? biggrin
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How do you mean?

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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IMO it’s best sorted Vixen that’s been for sale for years, shame about the cable clutch I would have gone the extra mile and used an RS2000 bellhousing and kept hydraulic but that’s the only minor gripe.

It’s bloody cheap too. As Moto said it’s a potentially a £30,000 + car.

Dollyman1850

6,316 posts

249 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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V6 Pushfit said:
How do you mean?
They all have hydraulic clutches smile
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anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 21st February 2021
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Dollyman1850 said:
V6 Pushfit said:
How do you mean?
They all have hydraulic clutches smile
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If only they did it would make things an awful lot easier !

Dollyman1850

6,316 posts

249 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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V6 Pushfit said:
If only they did it would make things an awful lot easier !
No your correct. mistaken.. but they are pretty easy to convert. :-)

timelord

316 posts

282 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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My S2 Vixen came to me with a type 9 and cable clutch already fitted by a previous owner, set-up looks very much like that on my 1600M

LLantrisant

995 posts

158 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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a really nice car.....and the 5-speed conversion also makes sense....especially for driving longer distances.

what looks strange is the crankcase ventilation of this engine in combination with the hermetically sealed alloy rocker-cover.

"car was built with competition in mind"....thats a laugh: 1 lap on the track with constant high revs and the engine would spit-ou all its oil through the block-breather, due to lack of breathing through the rocker-cover.

nothing which cannot be fixed (just put the standard rocker cover back or drill a hole for an additonal breather in the allyo one)...but here you can see that this car was never really used and still some "engineering" necessary.
at the end of the day its just a bog-standard 1600cc escort engine where some twin 40ies have been fitted.


Classic Chim

12,424 posts

148 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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An awful lot of work has gone into that car by the looks of it.
Pretty thing indeed. thumbup

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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Dollyman1850 said:
V6 Pushfit said:
If only they did it would make things an awful lot easier !
No your correct. mistaken.. but they are pretty easy to convert. :-)
Except the clutch actuation of course, and the rest isn’t quite hand in glove stuff but fabricatable.