hotwhiteorion

Hello everyone,

I have been signed up to passionford a few months now (i don't know why i didnt sign up sooner as i have only ever owned ford's).

anyway i managed to take some pictures to show you my Orion which i bought in november 2011 with faded paintwork,

its completely standard and original apart from audio, spoiler and a CAT1 alarm (first thing i did to help keep scumbags away)

Not sure whether to modify it slightly or keep it in standard form cause of being original (1 previous owner who was 80 years old and it only has 46K miles and rust free) and thinking about getting sapphire cosworth but might not be until next year unless one comes up.

if i were to modify it my plan would to do these:

Panel air filter/ashley compitition exhaust/manifold
Ported/polished head
Kent cam kit
lowered 40mm (25mm preferred if i can find some)
and 4x4 sharktooth cossie alloys

Anyway here is the pics, all comments welcome.

liam-rst

iTrader: (1)

I like that mate, very nice

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Thats lovely mate.There isnt many about like that these days.

Rab

That's lovely! I had a black one as my first car, in 1996! Loved it!

jason_nike

What a lovely car mate, nice find indeed.
I would suggest if you were to modify it, keep all the standard parts to replace if ever you were to sell it.
Standard is very sought after nowadays

TOOTALL

Lovely looking car. My first car was an '89 Orion 1.6i Ghia. Was a great car. It cost me a couple of grand in repairs. Did 2 gearboxes, welding and a few other bits. It was worth it though. Went well, and I could fit a few mates in it.

gjh

Very nice, an underated car IMO.

andyorion

Lovely looking car, my first car was an Orion 1.6 Injection and was also a 1 owner car with 43k on the clock with no rust. I was in the same situaton as you when I first bought it as I didn't want to modify it and take away the originality. Then it ended up looking like this..









Spent alot of cash on the car in the 9 years I owned it but given the chance I'd do it again in a heartbeat, I'd say go for the mod's. I particularly recommend going for the 4x4 wheels as they look spot on fitted to an Orion but then I am slightly biased

slammedorion

Was this on eBay last year?
If it's the same one I was bidding on it, the guy who was selling it didn't wanna end auction early.
Thought fair enough, then it just disappeared.
Not bitter about it lol

Looks very nice, if you wanna sell it anytime soon pm me.

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

Awesome cars, that is the double of my old one, apart from mine was a g plate!

I think a few choice mods wouldn't hurt but it is nice to see a stock one too!

Loved mine, went well and had it slammed on white comps

paul16v

Lovely car mate!

Less.

Like that a lot

phil_rs

iTrader: (3)

Wheels and suspension are the only mods I would do.... maybe some Recaros too

rapidonion

very nice car that mate

hotwhiteorion

Thanks for the comments guys,

Andyorion -
I was looking at your one (If it was you selling it on pistionheads Last year) when i was looking to buy one but coudn't afford anything like that at the time, I found a webpage on your orion and i took a liking to that straight away, link is below,note the similarities in mods, i also thought about turning it into turbo powered but i will really lose it originallity.

http://www.fastfords.org.uk/aorion.html

Slammedorion -
I dont know if it was the same one, i bought it from kent and i remember the guy i bought it from mentioned that a guy travelled far to view it (Kinda feel guilty now if it was you)

obrutsr09

Nice car really miss mine

Csm

Fuckin love an orion with sharktooths

Silver'Scort

Looks a gem that pal. I'd say go for the mods,its not like your adding some wild lairy bodykit and garish paint, its all subtle and the mechanical mods are either hidden or reversible. IMO the only way to tackle an Orion is OEM+, lowered slightly with a nice pipe and clean as possible

costina

iTrader: (1)

Very nice had a couple orions myself best one was a red c plate 1.6i ghia which was sadley written off by a silly bint in a bmw