my on going project onion....... UPDATE 17/4/06
 

here's a few piccies of ma motor, bought it off a m8 abt a year ago after he run it in to the ground, slowly but surely it is taking shape for not a lot of money but a lot of wheeling and dealing!! :D :D opinions or fresh ideas welcome :D

https://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b...t/P7170014.jpg

https://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b...t/P7060004.jpg

https://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b...t/P7060008.jpg

https://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b...t/P8140041.jpg

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i like the twin carbs!!!!!!

mate that's fucking gorgeous !! i've got a mk1 meself that i'm gona start restoring next year. class job mate, spot on. what colour is that? i know i's blue before anyone take's the piss

mk 1 orion m8 the colour is caspian blue, not many mk 1s left now def worth restorin :top:

looks well mint mate :top: :top: :top:

think it could do with a turbo lump tho :top:

dude... i dissagree, these car's are getting harder to get hold of... i's a unique car so why follow the herd with the rs lump?

i certainly won't be sticking an rs lump in - duratec maybe but turbo...nah

Lovely looking car, much prefer the mk1's to the mk2's :clap:

What are your plans for it?

mk1-orion

nah i would turbo it up tho keep it lookin as it is on the outside tho :top:

i know there gettin very rare, do like the mk1s :cool: :cool:

wont b turboing it im afraid, not into turbo's :D fed up fixin ma m8s :wall: :wall: got some poly bushes t fit, a rear spoiler, nothing else looks wise, bigger brakes an hopefully a set of side draughts as the down draughts have since been taken off .

my on going project orion, wee update....
 

thats the car off the road for the winter months, got ma self a nice diesel fiesta for commuting :D was thinkin of an engine transplant??? getting a bit bored of the cvh now, dont want 2 turbo it as i'm not a big turbo fan. any suggestions welcome, :top:

rsdov01


wot about,,,

2.0 zetec on motor bike throttle bodys, bit of head work cams etc :top:

seriously lovin' that. MK1's are cool :cool:

cheers guys, sound like fun :D

looks spot on :top:

ahh pretty orions i see the silver one thats for sale just now and bombers turbo in the back ground

keep up the good work mate as theres a lack of these wee cars shooting about these days

davie

That looks really nice mate. the best one's IMO :clap: :clap: :top:

For change some carb motor car. What is your´s carb mark? And how many hp? :cool:

edding they were 40 dcnf's, have since been taken off and sold lookin 2 replace them with side draughts. the engine its self was rolling roaded at 134 bhp in my old xr2, engine is well specced up ;) ;) getting bored of it now tho but not got time or money 2 do anything about that just now :cry: :cry:

MK1 Orions ARE THE BEST!!!!

Next year im going to re-incarnate my rather rare Champagne 1.6 Turbo Orion, that had a factory fitted Motorsport Kit!!!! :cool:

Anyone know what one of them is?

I'd post a picture but i dont know how to :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

cmon safe chav get some pics up............

someone help lol and i will :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

safechav
send me the pics and i will put em up. lennie.watson@ntlworld.com

Will do :top:

I have to say now though before the pics go up, the only pics i have of the car are in the state it was in before i broke it, it had been sat on the drive for 2 years.

Ive got a picture of it from the previous owner and it looked spanking i'll try and borrow a scanner. Hopefully everyone will appreciate what the car once was and why im so keen to re-birth it :D

Car was the local legend and got everyone looking, especially being RS Turbo :cool:

I miss it lol :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Ok heres the bad boy :cry: :cry: :cry:

https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c...Picture001.jpg

https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c...v/c86b946e.jpg

As you can see the car had a fair bit of rot on it, but a VERY individual car, i put a post up for a new front valance and ive had not 1 reply :cry: :cry: :cry:

I'll try and scan the picture i have of if looking at its best.

(PS i hated the spoiler, car came as is, spoiler was sold on eBay i'll stick with an RS spoiler ;) )

thats a nice lookin motor u got there, glad the spoilers off tho as thats reekin. :D how is yours black round the doors??

WAS a nice motor mate, its probably a panel on a new vauxhall or summit now :cry: :cry: :cry:

The car was a 1.6i originally they all come black around the tops of the doors, ive got a red one atm and that is the same, clip on aluminium trims, and the bits on the B pillars are black stick on stuff.

This is why im trying to find a donor car, went all the way to Liverpool about a year ago, cos i found a gold one, thing was well tatty and only a 1.6 carb and the joker wanted 900 for it and wouldnt budge, had been attacked with gold paint on the drums etc and all under engine bay, wasnt worth it at all.

Its the bodykit i love. Yours is a right spanker, especially compared to mine :DD:

Engine suggestion!
 

2ltr mondeo zetec engine mate, me and me mate just put one in his mk4 cabbie escort. and it fooking flys! Got a turbo cabbie my self but was well impressed when we finished his. would make the orion shift!

just a standard 2 litre like no mods like cams or that??

2ltr mondeo engine
 

Yes just a standard 2ltr silver top zetec engine. No mods as it came from the mondeo. absolute power house. luv the orion mate keep up the good work. The orion was my first modified ford and i still like them to this day! :top: :top:

well m8 just purchased myself a silver top out a scrap mondeo, engine is in pretty good nick with no leaks or that.... unusual for a ford!!!! need 2 find some time 2 fit the bloody thing now.........

I used to have a Caspian Blue mk1 Orion, loved that thing to bits too :clap:

I 'think' the rego was B700 OLK IIRC, i wonder where she is now :(

do a rac check m8.. see if its still around..

edit i just done one, no such car... :cry:

http://www.rac.co.uk/web/carbuying/vehicle_data_search/

Hmmmm i'll have to look up the reg.

I got some pictures somewhere.........


I'll try and dig them out... :top:

yeh man dig them out :top: this is about the only car ive had that ive not got bored of...........yet!! plenty time, fancy replacing it with a mk1 fezzy supersport!!

thinka set of diamond cut rs 7spokes would set that off a treat! looks cool!

deffo zetec power though mate, i just put a 1.8 into my xr2 and im well impressed. its running 2.0 cams and throttle body, 4 branch and K+N and it goes really well! was running a pretty lairy cvh in there before (1640cc L+B bttm end, stg3 big valve head, etc etc), went well but this is much better! :top:

cheers mate, the cvh in the car is pretty much the same as what you had, been lookin at a set of diamond cut bad boys for a while now, might end up with a set on it yet if money works out!!!

This car is fookin lovely and even better in the flesh! Cant wait to see it flying about wi its new powerplant - get your finger out Dave :banana:

Looking mint dave, always loved this car, should have bought it when had the chance!!!!!!! :cry: :cry:

Still interested in engine, :banana: :banana: :banana:

u would have scrapped it by now!!!! :roll: cheers again guys. engine got mk1 van written all over it my son!! when u pickin it up? :top:

my mk1 orion
 

This is my old mk 1 orion the best car i have ever owned i sold it to some guy he left it on the road outside his house the tax run out and it got towed away and crushed :( :( :cry: :cry: :wall: http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...263/orion1.jpg