Odd find in the attic

[DennisTheMenace]

just been up in t'loft to get some CD's down and came across a 1987 ford cataloge
Contains the
Fester MK2
escort MK4
Sierra Mk2
Granada MK3

and at the rear , Ford communications , with some bloke posing with a garden shed (battery)with a phone attached .

;hehe:

[Rob P]

Does it have a white cover with a Sierra XR4X4 on the front?! If so, I have that brochure!

Its from the age when cars had "windscreen wiper" listed as standard fit equipment!

[DennisTheMenace]

Its got a sierra saphire with a dodgey looking sunshine thingy behind , at the front is a bit on the new CVH 1.8 for the seirra "smooth and punchy" .....

Oddly i keep looking at the XRpoo looks quite smart when its left standard

[Rob P]

DennisTheMenace said:

Oddly i keep looking at the XRpoo looks quite smart when its left standard

Standard fast fords dont look too bad IMO

I have a 1986 brochure somewhere with the "accomplished and dynamic".........Orion 1.6i

[cortinaman]

DennisTheMenace said:

Its got a sierra saphire with a dodgey looking sunshine thingy behind , at the front is a bit on the new CVH 1.8 for the seirra "smooth and punchy" .....

does it have blue smoke pouring out the exhaust,several dents along the panels,a minicab ariel on the roof,bald tyres on non-trim covered black steel wheels and a bloke with a fag hanging out of his gob,looking at the camera as if to say "hello little kiddies,wanna see some puppies"??

if not,its the first cvh saph that hasnt looked this way!!

[DennisTheMenace]

ah the orion 1.6 i ghia

i remember when the boy racers bought these instead of the 3i cause of the cheaper insurance , still wasted a few off the lights in my ol £25 nissan cherry

going to move this to the ford forum

[DennisTheMenace]

cortinaman said:

does it have blue smoke pouring out the exhaust,several dents along the panels,a minicab ariel on the roof,bald tyres on non-trim covered black steel wheels and a bloke with a fag hanging out of his gob,looking at the camera as if to say "hello little kiddies,wanna see some puppies"?? if not,its the first cvh saph that hasnt looked this way!!

You have just typed everything out on the options list

[cortinaman]

aaahhhhh,so thats why they looked so good then....

was the 'feaux orange' smelly part of the list too.....along with the smell of dried sick and dodgy looking stains on the back seat???

[Rob P]

I remember in 1988 i think when my dad was given a Sierra Caussher or something......and being absolutly gutted it;
a)was white
b)it had a fecking clock in the space where a rev counter should be!!!

[DennisTheMenace]

1987 was the year they launched the heated front screen "using aircraft technology"

[cortinaman]

a rev counter???........most of the sierras ive heard have had drivers who wait for the hydraulic lifters to start smacking into the rocker cover before changing gear.

[cortinaman]

DennisTheMenace said:

1987 was the year they launched the heated front screen "using aircraft technology"

yeah clarkson also added parts to a sierra that started life in the aircraft industry.....WINGS!....but he had the good sense to shoot the car 200ft down into a quarry (for testing perposes i think).....it didnt go too good.....

[Rob P]

I have just dug the this out;

"Ford Cars, All model Catalogue October/Novemeber 1982"


Some quotes;
"The New Ford Sierra, Man and Machine in Perfect Harmony"

Standard equipment on the Fiesta L;
Heated Rear window
Reclining front seat
Reversing lamp
1100 economy engine
Thermo controlled fan
Fuel tank locking cap

This is classic stuff!

[cortinaman]

ive got a catalogue for spring '82.......its still got three real cars in it too....the capri,the mk2 granada and the cortina mk5!!

ner,ner,ner,ner,ner!!!

[T88CAN]

hey Cortinaman i`ve got a few from the 70`s incuding the NEW? Cortina 2.0S 1977 not many of them around now?

[Rob P]

I have "Practical Motorist - The Annual, Summer 1969"

Bet that has a few good Ford adverts in it!!

[cortinaman]

does it have the advert for the hanwell 'savage' mk2 cortina??

[cortinaman]

T88CAN said:

hey Cortinaman i`ve got a few from the 70`s incuding the NEW? Cortina 2.0S 1977 not many of them around now?

tbh i know several people who would give their mothers up for one of them.....im not one of them though.....now if we were talking about a sav,well..... most definatly.

[DennisTheMenace]

Rob P said:

I have just dug the this out; "Ford Cars, All model Catalogue October/Novemeber 1982" Some quotes; "The New Ford Sierra, Man and Machine in Perfect Harmony" Standard equipment on the Fiesta L; Heated Rear window Reclining front seat Reversing lamp 1100 economy engine Thermo controlled fan Fuel tank locking cap This is classic stuff!

going to sound a right perv , but could you scan and eamil me the sierra pages

[Rob P]

cortinaman said:

does it have the advert for the hanwell 'savage' mk2 cortina??

Could not tell you, i have it locked away to preserve it!
BTW, what is a Hanwell Savage Cortina then?

I am guessing some sort of brutally modified model?!