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and its just been given to me it was parked up in 1987 when the owner suddenly had a heart attack it has been sat in the garage ever since it has been in the owners family since new unfortunalty someone left the handbrake on and the keys have been lost but I got into it very easily with a similair key inside is immaculate with 32,000 showing on the clock outside has a covering of surface rust on every panel and about half inch of skank lol 2 tyres are still up amazingly going to pick it up soon and drag it to our unit and have a deeper inspection anything I should be particulary mindful of with this one , I'm used to resurecting old nissans that fire up with anew battery but this is a different ball game and I'm sure when some of you see the pictures you will say roll it as is lol but I don't think that will be happening pictures to follow oh and its a 1200 in gold on an f plate Date of Liability 01 10 1987 Date of First Registration 19 09 1967 Year of Manufacture Not Available Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1198CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour GOLD Vehicle Type Approval null The information contained on this page is correct at the time of enquiry       |
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Anglia68
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As an F reg it will be one of the youngest around and being metallic Gold it's probably a special edition that Ford did to sell the last few after the Escort had been introduced.
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Put a spoonful of oil down each plug hole and leave it to settle for a while. Then try turning it over by hand a few turns. If all feels good then should be OK to crank on the starter. Ideally get it cranking over without the plugs in until you get some oil pressure. Any old fuel might have turned to gum in the carb etc so that might need a look over. And the points may have a layer of corrosion on them that would need cleaning up before they'll spark too.  |
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Personally I would use diesel down the plug holes as it is more penetrative (big word for a monday morning) The rest I agree with. Petrol turns to varnish over time so that can cause grief  |
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Ray Singh
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Picture of the car please - i would love to see it....
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id go one step further and use warm or hot diesel as it penetrates more. ive done this to a polo and numerous motorbikes so know it works.... * then give the carb a clean out. *disconnect the fuel line at both ends and blow it thru with a air compressor *clean the fuel tank out *turn it over without plugs in and kinglead off *put kinglead on and check for spark from each plug obviously don't do any of that unless there is oil in the sump.... oh and get some pics the surface rust situation sounds just like my mk1 |
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Sounds like a nice little find, I wish I got offered such treasures. All the above advice sounds about right, although I don't think there is a hard and fast rule  |
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Even if you blow through the fuel lines and clean the tank, (very good advice there!), fit an in-line fuel filter too. I bet it will keep catching odd bits of curse word for months (been there, done that etc).
BTW you are a jammy sod. ;D
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Davenger
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Jun 29, 2009 10:13:07 GMT
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You lucky swine.
Can't wait to see the pics
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kenb
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I discoverd a 10,000 mile from new 105E Anglia in a ladies garage in Northampton some years back now. I got it back home, and bearing in mind it had stood for over 25 years, there was old petrol in the glass pump, and i thought, I wonder. so connected a battery and she fired up after a few pulls. It didnt want to rev very nicely understandably, but on 25 year old petrol, I thought it was brill. Bet you couldn't do that with unleaded these days, your're lucky if that lasts a couple of months.
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Jun 29, 2009 12:02:35 GMT
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If it turns over I guarantee it'll start. Clean the points and rotor arm, new leads and plugs, clean the carb out, new oil and it'll run like a dream.
The car won't be quite so kind to you. 22 years of standing it'll be rottener than a 22 year old pear. If the panels are showing rust then it's almost certainly fubbed underneath unfortunately. Anglias are like that (if it's a 105E that is).
Join up at 105Speed.com. You'll get some good advice over there.
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kenb
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Jun 29, 2009 13:00:00 GMT
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The 997 van in my Sig had only done 21,000 when discovered, fortunately it was still quite good condition considering, but still needed jacking points, a passenger door though it could have been repaired, and the wings did need localised repairs. Its always nice when you find something like this though. When i first found it, i did the jacking points, got the engine going, changed all the wheel cylinders, brake and clutch master cyls, borrowed a set of wheels of another of my anglias then took it straight for MoT. It passed, then took it to a show 150 miles away next day. I never even changed the oil as i didnt have time!!!
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You lucky swine. Can't wait to see the pics x1, Really looking forwards to seeing pictures as the 105E is one of my all time favorite cars.  |
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Jun 30, 2009 22:59:59 GMT
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updated with pics at top , will be moving this on saturday wish me luck
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That's some seriously cool patina. You might wanna change the details on the logbook from metallic gold to metallic brown Nice one James, I hope you manage to get this going without too much hassle and that the surface rust is just that.....and nothing more. Best of luck with it and get a project thread going when you can. |
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don't get any hopes of there being much metal left under there, good luck to ya  |
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That's some seriously cool patina. You might wanna change the details on the logbook from metallic gold to metallic brown More like metallic oxide, me thinks! Good luck with this one, I hope for your sake that it's still structurally sound. If not it could be a long project, or in need of a re-shell. |
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I can't see any reason why this would have rusted away to nothing
we pulled 2 100e's out of garages 2 years ago
one had been there for 19 years and needed minimum steel work doing to get back on the road and the other had been there for 23 years and within a week had a new MOT
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Looks like the paint was about as good as Ford's other metallics of the era, Silver Fox and and Blue Mink...  Can I add a vote for 'roll as is'? Restored, it's just 'another' 105E... |
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... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down  and that's not really the car's fault. |
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Can I add a vote for 'roll as is'? Restored, it's just 'another' 105E... +1 Use as is if the metal is still sound, then lower and some nice dished wheels |
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