whoo-hoo! new car :D

[SystemParanoia]

Just picked this up for beer money





Cant wait to sort out the niggling little issues it has, and just enjoy it

[War Pig]

These used to be everywhere. Not seen one for ages.

Looks pretty good. What engine?

[SystemParanoia]

its an athsmatic 1.8 carburetted

fully loaded with ditchfinders all round, and an inability to idle ( a VERY interesting drive home, involving footwork colin mcrae would be proud of )

[War Pig]

SystemParanoia said:

its an athsmatic 1.8 carburetted

fully loaded with ditchfinders all round, and an inability to idle ( a VERY interesting drive home, involving footwork colin mcrae would be proud of )

Hehe all part of the charm. How much was it? How many miles on the clock?

[DP83]

get a cosworth dropped in, job done

looks tidy though. i'm a sucker for old Fords as my dad always had fast Fords as i was growing up

[stuart-b]

Sorry but I have to ask...

Why?

[Timberwolf]

SystemParanoia said:

and an inability to idle ( a VERY interesting drive home, involving footwork colin mcrae would be proud of )

I had a 1.6 Orion that started doing that. I was broke at the time, so together with my Dad we came up with the genius idea of winding up the idle speed until it didn't stall at idle. Seemed to solve the problem, and end the need for fancy footwork.

Then one day it decided that it didn't want to be a 1.6 litre inline four any more, it wanted to be a 0.8 litre inline two. It was on the M25 at the time.

Turned out to be a tiny little vacuum pipe somewhere round the back of the engine that had collapsed.

[OnTheOverrun]

Used to drive my dad's new 1.8GLX 25 years ago complete with 90bhp, spindly 165 width tyres and so much body flex it was hard to close the rear side doors if you parked with one wheel on a high kerb. . . . . . .

[SystemParanoia]

stuart-b said:

Sorry but I have to ask...

Why?

it was advertised for £150... i immidiateley stopped working and went to go buy it!

i dont need another car... i have nowhere to keep it... but ill be damed if im not going to enjoy this thing lol

tax till june and mot till november.. bargaintastic

Edited by SystemParanoia on Friday 9th April 23:35

[Flanders.]

I like your work. Are any of them Puma's your's aswell?

[SystemParanoia]

Nah, these are the pics from the advert.

just going to sort out the ignition tomorow, and give her a service. see how well i can get her breathing

the milage reads 57k... but im assuming that to be 157k.. or 257k maybe?

anyway.. it doesnt matter really doest it

tracks straight ( although the front wheels could do with a balance ) breaks feel good, and the lack of power steering supprised me at first

[SystemParanoia]

bleh.. whole morning gone.. car serviced.. but still cant get it to idle

[SystemParanoia]

i have no idea lol.

it seems to have a twin inlet, one has a red "plastic tube thing" over it.. the other has a bent "metal tube thing" over it.

my guess is it is the problem one, so ill have to go rummaging lol

[2 Wycked]

Thanks for buying this car. If I'd found it I'd have bought it, so you've saved me somewhere between £100 and £150.

[soad]

War Pig said:

These used to be everywhere. Not seen one for ages.

Exactly - well, enjoy it! Very cheap too - hope it's in a decent nick mechanically.

[Thankyou4calling]

Im REALLY enjoying this thread. The attitude and enthusiasm you guys have is great and although I know next to nowt about car mechanics it is making me think of dabbling in a shed and living life with all the money I release from the exotica I am stretched to run at the mo.

[dr.pepper]

Thankyou4calling said:

Im REALLY enjoying this thread. The attitude and enthusiasm you guys have is great and although I know next to nowt about car mechanics it is making me think of dabbling in a shed and living life with all the money I release from the exotica I am stretched to run at the mo.

It's like flipping a coin. It will either go craptastic or extremely well. You takes your choices

[Morningside]

My sort of car...And a towbar for the trailer, bonus

[ScottishSamurai]

I actually said to myself when I opened this "bloody hell, a sierra!"

put it this way. I'm 17 and I can only recall seeing 2 sierra'. Both of which were cosworths!

[SystemParanoia]

replaced the dizzy and rotor arm.. and i now have idle!

although its at 2.5k rpm

sorted my insurance.. £30p/m .. i can live with that