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Old 28-06-2005 | 07:05 PM
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It is with regret that my runaround car famously known as "The fun bus" will not be going through another MOT. After surviving 10 years of family ownership and covering over 400,000 miles, it is time to call it a day. It was only a 2.0GLX DOHC Sierra but it went ok, had 125mph five up on the way to a Norfolk meet once but it just kept on going.

Anyway, the new runaround has arrived

2.8 litres of 1983 Granny power



Even has aircon and a trip computer simalar to an early calculator with turquoise numbers FPMSL

Roll on its Matt Black paint job LMFAO
Old 28-06-2005 | 07:12 PM
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ashes to ashes dust to dust, gooey has got rid of his bus

sorry, sounded good


Old 28-06-2005 | 07:19 PM
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let us boe our heads
Old 28-06-2005 | 07:21 PM
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granny looks cool dude

pics of old funbus please 400'000 miles wow legandry
Old 28-06-2005 | 07:23 PM
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the Granny is too cool to deface with matt black!!!

now you can 'do a sweeny'!
Old 28-06-2005 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by safflad
granny looks cool dude

pics of old funbus please 400'000 miles wow legandry
Its a K plater too, my dad drove it to London from Ipswich every day for 4 years solid.

Oh and thats on more than one engine, think its on its third at the moment

More engines than Triggers brush had heads
Old 28-06-2005 | 07:58 PM
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pimp daddy granny mobile
Old 28-06-2005 | 08:15 PM
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Is that Granada as clean as the picture suggests?????
Old 28-06-2005 | 08:17 PM
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Certainly looks clean!!!!
Old 28-06-2005 | 08:20 PM
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Does the aircon still work in the granny?
Old 28-06-2005 | 08:24 PM
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proper porn bus pete!!
when ya gonna take us sideways round the D's then.???

Or even better...... when we gonna cossy it
Old 28-06-2005 | 08:24 PM
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Lets have some pics of this 400k Sierra legend
Old 28-06-2005 | 09:07 PM
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how many engines did the 400k miler have? howlong did the longest last?
Old 29-06-2005 | 11:37 AM
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Yes the air con still works


I ll try and grab some pics of the fun bus when I go home next

I should be about again soon Mr Mossy

and Marky D, it aint that clean
Old 29-06-2005 | 05:22 PM
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grey RS jsut had a new motor put in my old S2 after it'd done 176k miles. Apparently you could see down the bores with the pistons in it !!!!!!!! No thats what I call worn !!!
Old 29-06-2005 | 05:52 PM
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Pete - You've beaten me..............

I have no pictures of the fun bus
Old 30-06-2005 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Smit
Pete - You've beaten me..............

I have no pictures of the fun bus

We need some to do a before and after type thread
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