Project anyone?

[Doctor Gollum]

That looks alright

[Nick W]

Who knew?! 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272664859646?clk_rvr_id=1213264976816&rmvSB=true

Nice car, but the Ford V4 spoils it. Just like it did to everything else it was fitted to.

[Doctor Gollum]

Who knew?! 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272664859646?clk_rvr_id=1213264976816&rmvSB=true

Nice car, but the Ford V4 spoils it. Just like it did to everything else it was fitted to.

Could have been the 2.0 v6 Cologne lump...

[Nick W]

Who knew?! 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272664859646?clk_rvr_id=1213264976816&rmvSB=true

Nice car, but the Ford V4 spoils it. Just like it did to everything else it was fitted to.

Could have been the 2.0 v6 Cologne lump...

Advert states 1700, so it's a V4. And considering that the only things a 2.3 Cologne does better than a 2.0 Pinto is drink fuel and weight the front of the car down, a 2.0l has nothing to recommend it

[Doctor Gollum]

If the 2.3 struggled to produce 114bhp, I imagine that the 2.0 V6 would have made the diesel Mk2 Granada seem positively spritely

[Kevin Wood]

Would be tempting to swap a decent modern 4 pot into it, but the engine bay looks a bit tight.

[Kevin Wood]

Would be tempting to swap a decent modern 4 pot into it, but the engine bay looks a bit tight.

Oh, heck, It's an emissions-strangled 65 BHP V4 further hobbled by air con.

[aaronjb]

The seats (and the colour of them) scream "Battlestar Galactica" to me for some reason

[Doctor Gollum]

The seats (and the colour of them) scream "Battlestar Galactica" to me for some reason

Can't beat a nice spread of brown velour

[Doctor Gollum]

Would be tempting to swap a decent modern 4 pot into it, but the engine bay looks a bit tight.

Oh, heck, It's an emissions-strangled 65 BHP V4 further hobbled by air con.

The 1.8 24v v6 from a Mazda RX3 might just do it

[Kevin Wood]

The seats (and the colour of them) scream "Battlestar Galactica" to me for some reason

The seats (and the colour of them) scream "Battlestar Galactica" to me for some reason

Can't beat a nice spread of brown velour

It's part of its charm. I love the adjustable lumber supports too. I actually quite like it, to be honest. Such a shame the donk belongs in an ice cream van.. or being dragged along the sea bed on a chain.

[Kevin Wood]

Would be tempting to swap a decent modern 4 pot into it, but the engine bay looks a bit tight.

Oh, heck, It's an emissions-strangled 65 BHP V4 further hobbled by air con.

The 1.8 24v v6 from a Mazda RX3 might just do it

Did you mean RX-3 or MX-3?

But.. your freudian slip was a work of genius, as it turns out. A Mazda Rotary would be just perfect. 

[aaronjb]

I too rather like the seats, if I'm honest. I'm not a 'wedge' man when it comes to cars but it's definitely not the ugliest thing I've ever seen.

Throw a wankel in it, they're small, light.. and will only need rebuilding about as often as it will need structural work now it's left warm, dry California!

[edit] Great minds?

[Kevin Wood]

Exactly.. It's a "sunny day" car, and Rotary engines are perfect for that. It would still take you a decade to wear it out and in that time you could easily save up for a rebuild. It's just crying out for 200 BHP+ and an engine that revs to <meh - not really that bothered, TBH>*.



* - Given suitable ear defenders

[Doctor Gollum]

Would be tempting to swap a decent modern 4 pot into it, but the engine bay looks a bit tight.

Oh, heck, It's an emissions-strangled 65 BHP V4 further hobbled by air con.

The 1.8 24v v6 from a Mazda MX3 might just do it

Did you mean RX-3 or MX-3?

But.. your freudian slip was a work of genius, as it turns out. A Mazda Rotary would be just perfect. 

Gentlemans Veg... I even googled the bloody thing as I couldn't remember which was which 

But yes, either or