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The best Ford car ever?
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over a year ago
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Boss Mustang 429. So good that Ford got someone else to shoehorn the engine in!
As for UK cars, I'd say the MK1 Escort or the Sierra Cosworth. Everything else they've made, with the exception of the new Fiesta. Has been dire... |
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over a year ago
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"Escort Cosworth nom nom x"
I had one, thought it was great. Soon fell out if love with it.
Stolen 3 times
Numerous clutches.
2 gearbox rebuilds.
4 transfer boxes
3 turbos
Crap intercooler
Blown head gasket. |
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Best - Ford Orion 1.6i Ghia - stuck to the road and went like a bullet.
Worst - as said above I started with the 1.1 popular - what a crap car.
Currently - Y plate Focus diesel I love these cheap to run and cheap to repair. |
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"Probe"
I had 2 Capri"s fave one was 2litre in British Racing Green
Then I got a Probe in metallic lilac which is quite an apt colour for me ( spares were like sourcing hens teeth though )
And yes guys it is about the colour hehe
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"1967 Mustang as in bullitt, hope i have got the year right  "
It was a '68, and my fav ever Mustang.
My dad had a MKII Lotus Cortina, which was very cool as a kid.
I had a MKIII Capri GT, which I loved. Especially fun in the rain 
The Ford I would most love to own??? The original GT40
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The original elanor = a yellow mach1 mustang
Spenders cosworth
Granada 30:l ghia coupe
Granada 2.8i ghia x sapphire
Escort mk1 RS 2000
That's my top 5 for now, ask me later it will change. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ok so technically it's not a car but the transit is by far the best vehicle ford used to make I have had a lot of them over the years. I would not touch one of the new Turkish built heaps of crap though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Xr2i. In the early 90s. I drive a new shape fiesta now. "
Sierra cosworth
Xr2 turbo fiesta
Escort cosworth
My uncle has an Capri obsession so many a ford been in my life!!
Happy swinging |
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My first car when I passed my test... Diamond white 1.6gl capri.... 18 yrs old and prob the only time in my life ive been "cool".... Well I thought so, until my grown up kids found a photo of me posing in it and ripped the piss outta me for weeks  |
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By *elboy34Man
over a year ago
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Ford capri 2.8i brooklands green and mk3 ford escort rs turbo had both of them back in the good old days one I allways wanted was sierra cosworth 500 but couldent get insurance ! But know I'm older and wiser lol I can but boy racers have trashed them so will have to stick to these euro boxes so boreing  |
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By *r Man.Man
over a year ago
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Ever only owned ford cars. You can always get anybody from underneath the arches to fix them. My favourite all time to drive was the Scorpio 2.9
And when i was in the US i drove a pick up Ford F150. Brute of a vehicle |
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By *lassic1Man
over a year ago
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"I haven't even mentioned the consul Capri and consul classic yet
Two awesome looking cars"
As per my user name my first car was a consul classic.....column change,bench front seats and the pull out handbrake.
Loved it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Probe
But that was a Mazda
Probe is Ford.
Looks similar to the Cougar and Puma.
Ford and Mazda have shared body shells over the years"
the probe was a ford and an absolute shocker lol it should have had a mazda badge on it it was that bad |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Its got to be the s-max titanium x sport 2.0 ecoboost! Had one for the weekend and the absolutely fly! Fully specced and high performance with capailities for families as well! What more could you want? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I haven't even mentioned the consul Capri and consul classic yet
Two awesome looking cars
As per my user name my first car was a consul classic.....column change,bench front seats and the pull out handbrake.
Loved it "
I loved the reverse window on the classic and the fastback Capri. To a very small kid, all the consuls looked like stylish yank motors. Them and the Nash Metropolitan |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Took a ford fairlaine in swap against my Lexus. 4 litre straight six Aussie beast that looked similar to a Granada only bigger. Would have kept it if it had a V8 |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"best ford i ever owned was 150 quid from a backstreet garage,
it was a ford allegro. never seen one before or since, and the bloke at the garage shut down not long after i bought it from him  "
Wasn't Allegro made by Austin? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Probe
But that was a Mazda
Probe is Ford.
Looks similar to the Cougar and Puma.
the probe was built by mazda in there usa factory and badged as a Ford"
Fair play I didn't know that, you learn something new everyday |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Probe
But that was a Mazda
Probe is Ford.
Looks similar to the Cougar and Puma.
the probe was built by mazda in there usa factory and badged as a Ford
Fair play I didn't know that, you learn something new everyday "
Ford, own or at least did own part of Mazda, the Fiesta was badged as a 121 Mazda and in Greece the Escort was badged as a Mazda.
The first Probes into the country about 1500 cars IIRC were all built at the same time and arrived on the same boat, so some were 3 years old before they were sold!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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used to love my ford cortina, my capri, but my best ford was my granada loved that big bugga to bits, till someone totalled it, not me an arsehole of a partner lol. Now i stick to Vauxhaul |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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For me, my absolute favourite is the mk2 fiesta. That little angel introduced me to driving twice (once at 17 and again after a ban) and set me free.
For looks, and the way it makes me feel, it has to be a capri laser with the 2 ltr pinto. I had two of these and a 2.8, but the 2ltr spoke to me in a way no other has before or since.
One day i will have another.
misty eyed sigh |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I had a brand new KA when they were first out and I loved it. Easy to drive, very nippy and more space inside than people realise.
I also loved my Mondeo estate - used it like a van.
Liked the gold & silver Capri's in the Professionals too  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I had a brand new KA when they were first out and I loved it. Easy to drive, very nippy and more space inside than people realise.
I also loved my Mondeo estate - used it like a van.
Liked the gold & silver Capri's in the Professionals too "
That's why I had a silver Capri. Because of The Professionals. Had a few to be honest. A midnight blue one, 2.0s, couple of 3.0s, and eventually sunk a V8 into an electric blue one. Put side exhausts into it, so they came out just behind the (huge) doors. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Still quite in love with my Gold 125ps turbo Fiesta Titanium, as Richard Hammond said it's such fun to drive, like driving a cartoon!"
It's the best car Ford have made in 20yrs. |
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Wow! Reading the threads I realise I had many oldish fords!
Mk 1 Capri 1.6Gt /3.0 Gt
Mk 2 capri 3.0 gt several
Mk 1 Mk 2 Xr2
1990 XR2i ( great car and only brand new car ive ever bought)
Mk 4 RS Turbo (most disappointed)
Several escort cabs Mk3 /4
1966 mustang ( £££££££ shudda kept it locked away)
1974 6.6 ranchero pick up
Several Mk 4 and 5 cortinas
several Mk 2 granadas and of course several transit vans .
and thats just the fords..phew.
As always love to you all whatever you drive... its just a car. Xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I had a brand new KA when they were first out and I loved it. Easy to drive, very nippy and more space inside than people realise.
I also loved my Mondeo estate - used it like a van.
Liked the gold & silver Capri's in the Professionals too "
both of those cars from the proffessionals were saved from the scrapyard,fully rebuilt and are currently in ireland |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Capri, Escort, Sierra, Zodiac, Zephyr, Mondeo, Focus....... Sure there's loads I've missed out.
ford capri Brooklands, wish we would have kept it, seen how much they go for now???"
nice cars but rusted badly as the shells they used were 500 that were left over at the end of capri production and left outside untill used for the late production of the brooklands.the 2.8 specials were a much better car |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We had a ford escort and the cortina, the coetina said 1.6 on the back. Someone had fitted a 2.0 engine in it, we only found out when we changed the engine due to it breaking down.
I agree Ford GT 40, best ford car. |
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"Probe
But that was a Mazda
Probe is Ford.
Looks similar to the Cougar and Puma.
the probe was built by mazda in there usa factory and badged as a Ford
Fair play I didn't know that, you learn something new everyday
Ford, own or at least did own part of Mazda, the Fiesta was badged as a 121 Mazda and in Greece the Escort was badged as a Mazda.
The first Probes into the country about 1500 cars IIRC were all built at the same time and arrived on the same boat, so some were 3 years old before they were sold!!"
What was sold in the UK as a Mazda 121 was also sold as a Ford Fiesta in the US then it appeared back in the UK as a Kia Pride. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There are so many really good ones, and i've been around old Fords since early childhood, but a few do stand head and shoulders above the rest.
Old F-100 pickups together with certain late 60's Mustangs for Ford of America, and loads of stuff from the UK...Zephyr, Zodiac, Corsair, MK 2 and MK 3 Cortinas, Escorts (from Mk1 Mexico up to the Cosworths), MK 1 Capri, the list goes on... Have owned a fair few Fords over the years, and enjoyed them all (and cross-crossed Europe a couple of times, with only a couple of minor issues worth mentioning).
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"So who went to classic ford show at santa pod last Sunday 1 June?"
Nope didn't go. Used to go to a few car shows in Scottish Borders and also the big American car show - Americana in Newark Nottinghamshire. |
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