Granada Mk1 Coupe

carchaeologist

Legend has it that there were just 12 of these sold new in Ireland, can anyone verify this or have details of the 12 sold?

carchaeologist

XID352 was one of these, and is still in existence.

sogood

I posted a pic of one of these, spotted on Nassau Street, about two years ago. It's somewhere in the "Today I saw a Classic" thread.

mk1 gran

Meant to be around 15. I have an irish one just under restoration at moment. Am trying to find out if the rest survive and some were last heard of in cork somewhere.

jetfiremuck

Arizona bronze was my fav colour. Love the styling and the 3.0 essex at 3k rpm

mk1 gran

My one is arizona bronze

The Red Ace

Drove a bronze one from Manchester to the West a few years ago it didn't miss a beat, it did a few days later when it burst a water hose half mile from home. Nice cars with plenty grunt, had a gxl 3.0 back in the 80s still have the gas conversion off it.

jetfiremuck

My one is wfi 1974 i think. There were two in Limerick a plum and silver wti and vti were the regs if I remember. Saw them in a shed some years ago, stripped for restoration. Another was there that some one tried to set fire to. Burnt the interior somewhat. This was some years ago.

mk1 gran

My one is pri reg. A friend drop in picture to me of few the irish coupe from years ago when he had em. Wzf one of them

MercMad

A friend of mine had one two about 10 years ago. Nearly sure it was bronze but dont recall the reg. I have seen a "modified" bright orange one around and another yellow one with black Cobra stripes. Also saw two in Newmarket square about 10 years ago, they both looked mid/part/failed resto cars.

mk1 gran

Bright orange one scrap now as I got bits off it. Yellow one a UK car and for sale on done deal at the minute. Most da cork reg coupe were same colour as mine.

Kevin_Herron

The modified bright orange car that is now scrapped was an original Irish car.

I was told that alot of them were Cork registered by a Ford dealer, possibly CAB as demonstrators so they would get a reg bonus from Ford.

The chap in Newbridge that owned the one used in Ballykissangel had five of the Irish cars and was able to account for ten of them.

SeanSouth

The Managing Director of Ford in Cork (Mr Paddy Hayes) had one at the time. Bronze with the black roof. If I'm not mistaken the reg was TZF XXX

MercMad

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

The modified bright orange car that is now scrapped was an original Irish car.

I was told that alot of them were Cork registered by a Ford dealer, possibly CAB as demonstrators so they would get a reg bonus from Ford.

The chap in Newbridge that owned the one used in Ballykissangel had five of the Irish cars and was able to account for ten of them.

.........was this a bronze one too previously ? Anyone know why it was scrapped ?

mk1 gran

Think it either white or green because that what colour inside of doors I got were. The car was rotten and it looked awful. My coupe is a arizona bronze and the other 3 cork reg coupe are same colour.

mb1725

XZF 63 was a metallic blue (Sapphire Blue?) Mk 1 coupe that the MD of CAB in Cork drove for a few years.

mk1 gran

I have a picture of XZF xxx in arizona bronze

mb1725

If these posts are accurate we are up to 8:

XID 352
WFI***
WTI***
VTI***
***PRI
WZF***
TZF***
XZF63

Surely there were more Dublin reg'd ones.

mk1 gran

ZIE
UZF
CIK
are the other. Dunno what da rest are.

John Larkin

mb1725 wrote: »

If these posts are accurate we are up to 8:

XID 352
WFI***
WTI***
VTI***
***PRI
WZF***
TZF***
XZF63

Surely there were more Dublin reg'd ones.

I believe that I saw *** PRI on display in one of the windows of Brown Thomas in Grafton Street in the summer of 1975. (BT was then located on the opposite side of the street --- where M&S is now.) I think it was metallic blue.

mk1 gran

810 PRI is arizona bronze and I know that because it in my shed awaiting restoration

jetfiremuck

Probably a good idea to post photos of any of the coupes so that when searched can be found together.

jetfiremuck

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

The modified bright orange car that is now scrapped was an original Irish car.

I was told that alot of them were Cork registered by a Ford dealer, possibly CAB as demonstrators so they would get a reg bonus from Ford.

The chap in Newbridge that owned the one used in Ballykissangel had five of the Irish cars and was able to account for ten of them.

I saw those granadas there. I bought one, others were sold before I got there. Think there was 4 in total. The limerick cars were there of I remember.

mk1 gran

11wingnut

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mark-one-Ford-Granada-Ghia-3-0-coupe-very-rare-Very-good-condition-MOT-tax-/371035187862?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item56

I forget how to load from ebay.

11wingnut

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1974-MK1-Granada-Coupe-/231198058998?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item35d47a69f6

red sean

There was one (White) in Sligo back in the day, may have been REI 777 I think!!!
It belonged to a Mrs Russell whose family owned John Gilbride & Co., then the main Ford dealer.

shineon23

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/ford-granada-coupe/6788010

carchaeologist

shineon23 wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/ford-granada-coupe/6788010

That car isn't great.

ianobrien

shineon23 wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/ford-granada-coupe/6788010

A buddy of mine used to own that. He got rid of it after loosing interest when the oil pump drive failed at half two in the morning. It spread bits of it's conrods all over the roads. Structurally it was OK but cosmetically not top-notch.

It was a very, very comfy car for a long journey and I know that the next owner got it "professionally" restored.

mk1 gran

I look at that car last summer while I was picking up another granada of him. I sold him an engine and box 4 it if he did put it in or not I don't know. she seem solid enough and be nice car if finish right.

mb1725

Well we're up to twelve Irish ones...............

XID 352
WFI***
WTI***
VTI***
810 PRI
WZF***
TZF***
XZF63
ZIE***
UZF***
***CIK
REI 777

Any advance on that?

I heard that XZF 63 had a very hard front crash back in the early '90s, don't think it survived it!

carchaeologist

ianobrien wrote: »

A buddy of mine used to own that. He got rid of it after loosing interest when the oil pump drive failed at half two in the morning. It spread bits of it's conrods all over the roads. Structurally it was OK but cosmetically not top-notch.

It was a very, very comfy car for a long journey and I know that the next owner got it "professionally" restored.

I saw it in the flesh last year, or maybe the year before. Paint had just been laid on, lots of trim was missing, bit rough tbh. Think it had a gearbox issue at the time too.

mk1 gran

There another one ZTI aswell and she was silver. All I can account is that 810PRI and XID352 that still about.

ianobrien

carchaeologist wrote: »

I saw it in the flesh last year, or maybe the year before. Paint had just been laid on, lots of trim was missing, bit rough tbh. Think it had a gearbox issue at the time too.

Thanks for that. It seems to have gone downhill as my buddy owned it 5 to 6 years ago. That was the last time I saw it in the flesh but I saw photos of it from the next owner getting it restored.

jetfiremuck

Rooting around I found a cutting from Irish Independent motoring section Fri april 26 1996 showing XID 352 with some ongoing restoration underway. It was owned by Patrick Fitzpatrick 35 according to the article.

jetfiremuck

WZF 670 is the Granada in When Brendan meets Trudy movie.

11wingnut

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Granada-MK-1-Coupe-1974-/261490072677?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3ce205dc65
ZV GRANADA

Blue850

WZF 670 with its first owner in 1975, wonder what were the other 8 Fords he picked??

jetfiremuck

Wow. Great big of digging. That was a nice perk.

mk1 gran

Nice picture. Wonder is WZF670 still around?

Blue850

Spotted this photo of 850 CIK on another forum

11wingnut

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-GRANADA-MK1-3-0-GL-COUPE-/291359758344?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item43d6651808

elperello

I think the legendary Kerry footballer/manager Mick O'Dwyer had one in the 70's.

mk1 gran

elperello wrote: »

I think the legendary Kerry footballer/manager Mick O'Dwyer had one in the 70's.

Can you remember colour of it or reg ?

elperello

Sorry I can't help you there.
Maybe worth trying over on the GAA section?

galwaytt

mk1 gran wrote: »

My one is arizona bronze

Bunny Carr - he of Quicksilver and Going Strong fame - had one in that colour...........wonder is yours his old one ..........???

mk1 gran

galwaytt wrote: »

Bunny Carr - he of Quicksilver and Going Strong fame - had one in that colour...........wonder is yours his old one ..........???

as far I know mines was belong to Dunlop tyres in dublin. She dublin reg aswell. Tried putting a picture up but won't let me.

11wingnut

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GRANADA-GHIA-COUPE-/281884129324?hash=item41a19a782c:g:UOAAAOSwf-VWbXnm

savagethegoat

bit of a shed? (and you can't re-reg in the UK without an MoT

w124man

Is that the one that was sold in Gorey a few weeks ago?