Nice Orion...
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Shame it's a Lx...
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Lovely example but alittle expensive...![Surprised](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/bigcry.gif)
If only I wasn't moving...
I'd go to £2k at a push...
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Lovely example but alittle expensive...
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If only I wasn't moving...
I'd go to £2k at a push...
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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?
You get the crap of the crap and then modify it
How many people drive around in a standard Orion?
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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.
Fantastic car for whats its purpose is . Id buy it if had the need for it.
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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.
Fantastic car for whats its purpose is . Id buy it if had the need for it.
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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.
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I cant see it sitting around for long.
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7K on the clock or not... It wants zetec turboing, rst front end...
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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.
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I bought a black Orion Ghia with the RS kit on, it's in pretty good shape other than a few rusty niggles.
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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.
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Its a good car but is hiding some rusty bits!
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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
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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
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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.
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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 ![Grin](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
That's typical mate, Thanks & good luck with the search!
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That's typical mate, Thanks & good luck with the search!
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
![](http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p98/b11lkw/9C52DF13-F191-4F57-B17B-D9D59042D7B1.jpg)
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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
![](http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p98/b11lkw/9C52DF13-F191-4F57-B17B-D9D59042D7B1.jpg)
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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
![](http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p98/b11lkw/9C52DF13-F191-4F57-B17B-D9D59042D7B1.jpg)
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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
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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.
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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
![](http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p98/b11lkw/9C52DF13-F191-4F57-B17B-D9D59042D7B1.jpg)
![](http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p98/b11lkw/BBD95ABD-4870-4B5B-84EB-7B8534439166.jpg)
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
![](http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p98/b11lkw/9C52DF13-F191-4F57-B17B-D9D59042D7B1.jpg)
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I didn't know paul hills was still about, my dad took a couple of cosworths to him.
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Inner Wing, Rear arch had polyfilla in it
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It's off to the scrap yard in the sky. Just need to see how much the RS kit sells for.
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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![Embarrassment](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/redface.gif)
- 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
- 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
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- 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
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