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Old 16-08-2004, 09:05 PM
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Can anyone tell me what changes were made to the post May 83 cars, as I have just bought an early car but can't remember how my previous later car differed from this one. (probably because I had my previous i in about 1988!!!)

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Interior trim and strut top mounts were different.
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Yep the strut tops where changed from 'two bolt' type to the single bolt sierra type strut top, also the early ones had a 40 litre petrol tank with the fuel pump between the rear trailing arms, the later ones had a 48 litre petrol tank and the fuel pump was located under the boot floor.

Apart from a change of gearknob the interior stayed the same throughout as far as i know mate

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Originally Posted by ksa74f/231bhp
Interior trim and strut top mounts were different.
what was exactly different about the interior trim?
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Originally Posted by ksa74f/231bhp
Interior trim and strut top mounts were different.
what was exactly different about the interior trim?
Apart from a change of gearknob the interior stayed the same throughout as far as i know mate
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Cloth was slightly different on the seats. There were also structural changes relating to the rear suspension mounts to take out some of the camber.
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there is an old edition of rallye news which lists all the changes and codes with dates i will try and find it
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