Took some pics of my nice granada 24v saloon today
 

just a few pics of my 92 granada 24v cosworth, gave it a nice polish before it comes off the road till next year. some of you are not keen on these cars but i love them.
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taking it off the road as my engine is about had it. timing chain needs doing and its burning oil like mad. so i have this car as a spare, over the winter i'm having the engine out of this one as it had the timing chain done 11,000 mile ago at a cost of over 1000 quid, the engine is sweet in this one so it will be cleaned up and painted nice and go into mine.
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believe it or not the bloke that had this did the timing chain then the next year it failed its mot on welding so he was gonna scrap it. so i gave him 60 quid for it. sold the wheels and a few other bits, once the engine is out it will be going to the big scrap yard in the sky i think

I really liked mine when I had it, 100,000 on the clock and didn't use a drop of oil, surprisingly efficient on the motorway. But 2 bad points IMO, one the auto gearbox - nuff said, the other the rear diff just didn't actually seem LSD if you know what I mean, absolutely useless in the wet - perhaps there was something wrong with mine??

Oh and lovely pics, that is one fucking clean Granada :top:

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well it looks nice mate :top:

mines the same, few months ago went to overtake a lorry in the wet, stuck me foot down, it kicked down on shot the back end out, the bloke in the audi tt behind me had the shock of his life, an old granada drifting past a lorry. lol. mine had a real bad oil leak on a long journey early this year, when i stopped is was too late. so its never been right since, hence the engine change. rebuilding it would cost a fortune

thanks RSTurboSI, didn't mean to create all that grief you had this morning. sorry

dude, its harmfull banter, i never take anything to heart on the forums or in person so dont you worry :king: and me n cossie-nutter go way back, way way back :)


i think im going cossie RWD next as i would love to tail end the back now and again :top:

Yeah the engines/cars are available so cheap these days, as you say rebuild just not worth it.

I gotta admit I did like getting it sideways, in the dry, with the kickdown at just the right moment :top:

cor blimey, on the roads round ere its great. in the dry there's a lovely t junction that joins the spalding bypass ya can see lovely up the road, get to it put ya foot down an it flies off up the road sideways, i've always loved rear wheel drives. my mates years ago had capris, bugger they were fun.

an definately in the wet, i'd love to get it out when its icy but i don't wanna smash it up

sweet motor that,not seen a granada for a while,my mate pulled one apart and banged engine in a xr4i,it used to go like fook.

Fuck me thats clean :shocked:

nice granny :king:

i so so want a mk2 ghiaX :drool:

ive had 2 mk2's one was a 2.8i ghia x in green, and the other was a normal 2.8 ghia, trouble is at the time you could pick them up for peanuts. and both ended up in the scrapyard. god i wish i hadn't

I remember about 10 years ago when i was little my mates parents had a very clean black one(same wheels etc) 24v jobbie, but it wasnt a cosworth? it was auto and seem to go/stop very well and felt like you were being driven on a cloud :top:

Not my type of car but very good cars though :top:

nice car mate ive always liked them:grin:

cheers fella, ive always liked whats under your message, but never really could afford one. one day there will be a sapphire cossie sat next to my granada

looks good that bud

cheers das.. have to say your rs looks better.. fuck me i would love one

and yours escos. im jealous

Supramat,, know of anymore 24v's for £60? They seem to always go for well over the odds on fleabay..

i don't my friend. its just a matter of being in the right place at the right time.. keep your eye out in local papers and things like exchange and mart, little internet car sales sites seem to be great for it.. i've seen 2 lately for 200 quid. the only reason i got my white one was that he was gonna scrap it, so i gave him scrap value and took it telling him i was gonna scrap it for him. sold the wheels for 150 quid so i'm in profit straight away..