slammedorion

Shame it's a Lx...

http://bit.ly/1c9126d

Lovely example but alittle expensive...

If only I wasn't moving...
I'd go to £2k at a push...

The Crocodile Hunter

minter!

at least its a nice colour. normally when these cars turn up they are a shit spec model in a shit colour!

jonny s2

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ive been seeing some lovely orions for grabs lately...... wouldnt mind a black 16i ghia and drop a turbo in it lol

Johnny Knoxville

I dosent matter if you plan to modify it, different engine and slam it on some good wheels and know one would give two shits it a LX

You get the crap of the crap and then modify it

How many people drive around in a standard Orion?

bagginsRSturbo

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Looks mint
But 5k its a bit steep

opposite lock

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I had an H plate Orion LX and was one of the most realiable cars I could care to mention. The build quality on the last ones was defiantely noticeably better built in my opinion. 7 years of totally aggro free miles on my one , did 40k and went everywhere in .
Fantastic car for whats its purpose is . Id buy it if had the need for it.

S2 Cabby

Had a couple of Orion's with rs kit fitted ect and wouldn't mind another one now but 5k is a bit much.

STEVEST24

Totally agree, I had an F reg Orion L and owned it for 12 years and it was a great car. I still miss my tilt n slide sunroof, it's only real luxury!

2wd saff cos @ stage 3

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nice looking onion, ive all ways fancied one

opposite lock

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There is something about them . Its expensive to say the least but if you bought it for pottering about in and the odd distance journey each year that 5k could save you an awful lot of aggro and costs the modern car can arise over the years. My old one needed for nothing in a 7 year period and i mean nothing other than plug, air filter and oil change. Didnt even replace a fuse or bulb
I cant see it sitting around for long.

Cossie.jack

If i had one id have to turbo it But dont think i could do it to a standard orion with 7000 on the clock!

slammedorion

7K on the clock or not... It wants zetec turboing, rst front end...

GINGExR2 T

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The LX wouldn't bother me I'd be more interested the shell condition,
but 5k is a bit steep.

Lovely looking example though



Ginger


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HaggisTurbo

That black one is still kicking about eBay even now I think.

I bought a black Orion Ghia with the RS kit on, it's in pretty good shape other than a few rusty niggles.

studabear

Looks good that does Haggis.

HaggisTurbo

Cheers Stu, Will be glad when the ZT is finished and fitted to it mind!

S2 Cabby

That's the one I got pissed around with by the seller, then he told me it was wrote off

Glenn_

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What a nice car but its not a 5k car.

S2 Cabby

I wasn't on about the one in the add just incase people think I was, on about the black 1600i Ghia in the pic above.

HaggisTurbo

That's not so good mate. I bought it from a guy just outside London in March. That the guy your on about? Did he say it was a write off? I had it hpi checked before I bought it too.

S2 Cabby

That's the chap, don't think it's been actually wrote off he was just fobbing me off on the sale and couldn't be honest with me

HaggisTurbo

That sounds about right mate, I bought it whilst it was still advertised on ebay so maybe he ended it early with that excuse,

Its a good car but is hiding some rusty bits!

S2 Cabby

I was also buying it out of eBay and everything was all set to collect the following day even got a trailer and put £80 diesel in the van ready to collect. You must of offered more than me and he got greedy lol

HaggisTurbo

Maybe mate lol! Got it for 800 in the end, Was a bit of a risk from my end as I flew down to buy it as I had always wanted one and told myself if it was rotten i didnt care haha

st220kyle

nice looking orion, is that an irish registration?

S2 Cabby

Yea that's £50 more than he wanted from me, ah well my search just continues I'm not in no major rush. Hope it all goes ok mate as it did look like a good one.

HaggisTurbo

Thanks mate, yeah it's an irish plate the owner before the last one was from Northern Ireland so car was re-registered over there, When it came back to UK had the choice of keeping it on NI Plate or G plate Uk. I thought it was a bit different so just left it


That's typical mate, Thanks & good luck with the search!

cossiestu

Looks nice and tidy! Always liked Orion's....

Love the way a Saff Cossy boot spoiler can be fitted and looks as if it was made for the job!!

jaiscossie

Never been out in the rain my arse,

b11lkw

Orion's aren't to everyone's taste but I love em! They make a nice sleeper and more practical than the wife's merc for the kids!
Mine is ZT, and mapped by Paul Hills to approx 360bhp.

It might look like a shit old mans car to some people but I don't care about other peoples negative comments.

Always gets attention

st220kyle

Another smart looking orion

obrutsr09

Great cars mk2 Orions had a few and allways cheaper to insure than 3i

orionmojo

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Orions have never pulled any money. That's how I got into rs ownership, I couldn't afford a fast ford when I was younger but there was always an orion going cheap and eventually i manaed to turbo it. I didn't even get an offer on mine at 3k ( negotiable) and that was with receipts for over double that. Let alone all the stuff I bought used for it. And although its been sitting a while now, at the time of sale it held its own against the best of them.

https://passionford.com/forum/cars-f...ighlight=orion

Joe.

This isn't a for sale post either. Its mothballed at my dads place whilst I'm half way across the world. Just for the mods info

HaggisTurbo

That's smart mate, I am currently building a ZT with T34 and ST170 bottom end, looking for a stable 320bhp, What spec is yours mate?

Steve the Plumber

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That looks good!!

b11lkw

Silver top zetec, standard bore, WRC pistons, FRS rods, T34, greys, air injectors, Oddkidd custom inlet, 6paddle custom helix clutch, Paul hills mapped, approx 2bar boost.

Cossie.jack

Nice I like that
I didn't know paul hills was still about, my dad took a couple of cosworths to him.

HaggisTurbo

Bit of a thread resurrection but you will be glad you never bought it S2 Cabby, It is absolutely riddled with rot.

Inner Wing, Rear arch had polyfilla in it , Chassis leg rotten, Roof Rotten, Sills like a junkies teeth etc.

It's off to the scrap yard in the sky. Just need to see how much the RS kit sells for.

S2 Cabby

That's a bit sh*t mate, I take it it's to far gone to repair then?

HaggisTurbo

I thought so mate.

- Inner Wing is rotten as drivers door is pulling parts of the inner wing off when the door opens
- Driver side outer and inner sills are rotten and when we started to pull the kit off it wasn't coming off but pulling the sill with it!
- Boot Floor rotten through onto rear chassis leg which itself is quite corroded.
- Front Slam Panel and front panel crumbled
- Rear drivers inner wing has been filled between the rust holes
- Filler neck rotten and detached from the rear quarter.
- Sunroof cartridge rotten
- Roof bubbling

So yeah it's pretty far gone, One of the dangers of buying a car that you cant see first until you have been down on a plane and already out of pocket going to see it.

If it had been more local I would have had a chance to look over it first.

Managed to take the recaro's and wheels from it for my other orion so will use it as a donor for building up the other ones Zetec Turbo conversion.

had the car have been an RS or been worth a fair few ££ I would maybe have sorted the rust but it would never be cost effective to get all that sorted on a ghia