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A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 7:06 pm
by bss325i

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:07 pm
by B7
Rusty dog! Look at the state of the fit of those glove boxes.

They have grown on me over the years but I hated them when they were current.

This has taken my eye. Shame it's not an "i":

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Granada- ... Sw7FRWVuui

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:22 pm
by bss325i
B7 wrote:This has taken my eye. Shame it's not an "i":

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Granada- ... Sw7FRWVuui
:drool:

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:34 pm
by Gert_8
bss325i wrote:
B7 wrote:This has taken my eye. Shame it's not an "i":

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Granada- ... Sw7FRWVuui
:drool:
I had an identical one to that. The interior was black velour though. My first e30 came after this. :D

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 9:53 pm
by bss325i
Gert_8 wrote:
bss325i wrote:
B7 wrote:This has taken my eye. Shame it's not an "i":

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Granada- ... Sw7FRWVuui
:drool:
I had an identical one to that. The interior was black velour though. My first e30 came after this. :D
I had a pair of 2.8i Ghia X's, one silver and one Caspian blue about 16 years ago.

LOVE a mk2! :cool:

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:33 pm
by B7
My X was Glacier Blue with blue chatsworth trim.

And I know of an original 1984 A plate factory 5 speed manual iX in Paris blue. Sat in a field completely rotting away. And the guy will not sell it!

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:53 pm
by Jesus325iTouring
F ucking Grandad bile! You boys can keep your Dagenham junk, the SD1 is mighty cool, but i've always said, an early 3.5. in poor fettle, always sounds the best, the sound of a knackered V8 is wonderful.
I've had 2 SD1's, a very ropey 2.3S, and an '86 Vanden Plas V8, sadly the VDP lasted one full week before the auto box shat itself, still, I only paid £260 for it and sold it again for the same.
Would love another but the prices are on the rise :(

No pics of the V8, but here is the 2.3S.......

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And yes, I lived in the caravan behind, Steve K, eat yer heart out :D

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:56 pm
by DanThe
There is a local freak that has an array of SD1's on his drive/garden/street, never seen the attraction myself, apart from the V8 noise of course, but thats where it ends :)

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:58 pm
by Jesus325iTouring
Its a beautiful car Dan, except maybe the dashboard, but exterior wise, just beautiful :D

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:27 pm
by fixedwheelnut
Police Camera Action-- The Liver Run
A Police Rover SD1 picks up a Liver from Stanstead Airport and has a time limit to rush it to a central London Hospital, Police Driving at it's best :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTN5X4JZFjU

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:31 pm
by Jesus325iTouring
Good man, my all time favourite video, I remember watching it when it was originally on television, Alastair Stewart presented it IIRC, that was a few years ago now :o

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:23 am
by Gert_8
My father in law owned a dark blue Rover SDI. from what I recall, it was a fantastic car to drive. Very quick.

My fave bit was the air vent directly in front of the driver, in the middle of the dash, so on a hot summer's day you got a face full of cold air. :)

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:44 pm
by robbo86
I need an SD1 in my life, saw that one a few days ago, if I only had somewhere to put it...

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:48 pm
by Mitchen
One of my primary school teachers used to have an SD1.. Horrible old french woman known for locking naughty kids in the cupboard. Used to scare the bejesus out of me whenever I saw her Rover roll up in the morning.

Funnily enough opening that eBay link brought a sense of fear over me that I haven't felt since being a knobbly knee'd 8 year old back in the early 90's.

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 12:12 am
by Jesus325iTouring
Ha ha ha excellent story :D

Re: A crap car in may ways yet soooo cool!

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 12:03 pm
by Andyboy
fixedwheelnut wrote:Police Camera Action-- The Liver Run
A Police Rover SD1 picks up a Liver from Stanstead Airport and has a time limit to rush it to a central London Hospital, Police Driving at it's best :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTN5X4JZFjU
Good job it wasn't a 2600.

"turn the life support off mate, the fucking cam's seized".