I had a 1993 L reg 2.0 litre SI 4dr saloon back in the day, I got it when it was only 6 months old, it was silver, it had the front spats, rear spoiler, adaptive suspension and it had the black velour seats that you showed at the start of your video. It was fitted with 5 spoke diamond cut alloys, but I replaced them with the Escort cosworth style wheels, I also retrofitted factory front fogs, that was one of the best cars I have owned, replaced it in 1999 with a new 4dr RSAP ST24, again in silver..Great cars..
I was wrong about the wheels that were on it when I got it, it had the RS diamond cut wheels, I had them refurbished, I got sick of replacing the center caps because they kept corroding and the wheels started to bloom, hence the cosworth reps..
I to had a white saloon L reg 2.0 SI with the RS body kit and the 16inch polished seven spoke alloys. And I later swapped them for some original escort cosworth wheels. It was probably one of the worst cars I ever had. Gearbox collapsed, cylinder head burned through to the water jacket. And constantly failed its MOT on control arm bushes. But I loved it. It was stolen and when I got it back I’d fallen out of love with it.
Not my particular cup of Chai, but I can appreciate the passion, effort and enthusiasm in finding this car and the parts. Makes me wonder what else that German eBay seller might have had access to...? Good luck with the resto - definitely time this stopped being a workshop table... 😉
I was a paint sprayer at Dagenham Motors Ford dealer Dagenham and saw a couple of these come through the paintshop I painted 2 new bumpers for 1 of these cars in Citrine was around 1995 if i remember correctly
Greetings from the U.S. I’ve got a 1/43 minichamps mondeo saloon in the same color, I never knew it was an actual color, I love it ❤️! I’m definitely looking forward to this video series!
*In Canada, these are called the Ford Contour. I had one with a 2.5 liter V6, 212 HP, and it was identical to your yellow car. Same seats (except they were leather). I put really nice rims (wheels) on the car and tinted the windows. Then, I installed a gorgeous stereos system with powerful speakers. I LOVED that car. I got it up to 240 Km/h. I never got it up to top speed. 240 was the most I was comfortable with. (150 mp/h).*
The Contour and Mercury Mystique we’re such different cars that all the trim and external body aren’t interchangeable. The most power these had was with the 205bhp ST200 Mk2 Mondeo and facelift 195bhp Contour SVT and they did just over 140mph on a good day. The normal 2.5 24v V6 was 169bhp
Your Hendy has the original front bumper that doesn’t dip down under the headlights, these are extremely rare and irreplaceable as all later post May ‘94 cars had the dip with rubber seals fitted in the gap.
I saw M163WOW literally a couple of weeks ago , in Southampton , I even took a picture of it , that’s crazy! Can forward you it if you want it as I am my myself an enthusiast and appreciate different cars
Had a citrine yellow mondeo si, full kit. Blacked out windows, black powder coated alloys. Mine was ex Ford car, used in fords weather Chamber, got pics of car with icicles hanging off it. Was in ford techs insight magazine.
Hello Johnny I used to own one of the original Power Engineering Zetec turbo Mk1 Mondeos back in the 1990,s Power Engineering did 7 of them and im sure one was a Hendy RS car .. the conversion cost me £5K back then and i won Ford Fair 98 99 2000 my old Mondy car is featured in the Ford Fair video 1998 M648UJN I remember the Hendy cars well and you sure have a very rare gem now. They also came with a different dish of the 5 spoke Escort cosworth style alloys. The mainstream Mondeo Mk1 Si Models were given the 6 and a half J wheels were the Hendy fords got the slightly more countersunk 7J alloys as standard which im if right Ford made the 7J an optional extra for all thr RS Mk1 Si All the best with the restoration mate and look forward to following it CheeRS Nigel
Just stumbled across this and Love it, and love your plans for it. Always had a soft spot for mk1 mondeo’s for the same reason as you, and was lucky to meet Nigel Mansell at Donington when racing his mondeo. Now subscribed to see the progress 👍🏻
Friends dad got one new, his wife worked for Ford and they got a deal. It was some car back then - the Mondeo such a step away from the Sierra. Went to Clumber Park in it for the RAC Rally and I saw an Escos for the first time 👍
Can’t wait to see this done Johnny. Gonna be awesome. I used to work at our local ford dealership years ago, I used to check all the brand new cars in and check them over for damage off the transporters. I was fortunate enough to check many mondeo St 24s in and drive them brand new 🤪what a car they were as am sure yours will turn out to be, Great memories for myself 👌👍
Should be a very interesting car but would have to be near concourse when finished (with exception of the coil overs). Maybe get a small sign on the boot... "DON'T LEAN ON THE BOOTSPOILER !! "
The minute I seen this car, I fell in love just like you. I am mega jealous 😂😂. My dad had a 1994 Mondeo LX in Caymen Blue which is another Stunning colour for the mk1 in my opinion.
TH-cam recommendations are really doing some great job lately. Very interesting video, very interesting car. Subscribed because i can't wait to see more if it. Personally, i'd really like to have a Mondeo Mk1 4x4 or the even rarer Mk2 4x4 someday and convert then to the RSi and ST24 specs, respectively. My personal car is basicaly a similar build to that. I have the stupidly rare Golf Mk3 Syncro with the 2.0L 8V engine, which has received the GTI bodykit, GTI interior and GTI 2.0L 16V, so it's basicaly an AWD GTI. I want many other cars to build in a similar way. 😂
Thanks for doing this video, I found it really interesting. I worked in the motor trade for years, and have never heard of this model of Mondeo. I do appreciate the passion in restoring something so rare, even if it's not exactly a really desirable car (like a Sierra RS500 for example). Good luck with the project.
I remember the Citrine Mondeo when I worked at Sandicliffe Ford Birmingham during the early nineties. Loved it then, always thought they were a but special. I do know of another, I'll dig out the details.😊
Interesting story behind how these Mondeo's came to be so thanks for sharing.Look forward to how this turns out when you start the refurb. All the best 👍🏻
My dad had one of the first (k reg?) 1.8 Lx saloons in silver when I was a kid. It was world ahead of anything else I’d been in at the time…I remember having the mondeo brochure and dreaming of the si!! Looking forward to watching the rest of the restoration.
In around 1997 there were also yellow Mondeos use by Ford for their Pro Drive driving school. They had a similar body kit and Escort Cossie wheels IIRC. I think they were based on the 2.0 Si.
@@stephenperry6024yeah they were nothing special, when the mk2 mondeo came along they used them on every mondeo“Zetec “ model so were and are very plentiful, though we’re only standard on the Si MK1 mondeo
Ah yes, I remember eBay doing "want-it-now" listings in response to the wanteds in the community/chat pages, back when I was getting Opel Mantas for £800. None of that seems to be a thing now and I forgot all about it.
Hi, your video randomly popped up in my feed, I used to be from Bournemouth too and I used to be the Chairman of the local RS Owners Club, our Treasurer had one of the RSi Mondeo's for many many years, I think he had it turbo'd at some point. Anyway he did a lot of research on the RSi's, so I have sent him a message to see if he can help you.
Thank you very much! His grandson has now got in touch through Instagram so that is potentially very helpful! I will of course release an update video with any new information that comes to light as and when we have had a chance to share information. Thanks again- much appreciated!
Thanks for the video I knew my citrine yellow 1995 1.8 lx mk1 saloon (M919 HSE) was a rare and unusual colour back when I bought it from a local Ford dealer in 1998 but didn't realise it was that rare!
Wow, that's awesome! I remember reading Ford brochures in the '80s and '90s and I do remember Citrine Yellow on the colour chart offered on the LX and Si only. Believe it or not, Citrine Yellow was also offered on the 1994 Mondeo Mistral, the first special edition based on a mainstream version. I'm not sure anyone bought one though.
There's a very rare focus T series - was kind of a dealer special before the RS mk1 - Engine done by Mountune , Suspension and styling by Gordon Spooner and marketing by DPRS - I owned the T230 and a T250 - bhp respectively! Love this Mondeo very intrigued by it! Thanks for making this video! Really interesting!
Wow 😮 I never knew these cars existed 😳 but that is beautiful car can't wait to follow this part series and see the finished on it my dream car is ford escort cosworth Rs which you have the my colour as well the blue stunning cars
Went to the autocar sideways challenge at Silverstone in the early 2000's and I think it was mika hakkinen used a battered old mk1 mondeo and did some of the best slides of the day
Was really hoping to hear what you had paid for the car back in the day and what it could be worth restored. Looking forward to seeing this project thru.
Had a 94 plate 1.8 (L380UMA) hatchback in either Moondust silver or Lunar silver?? With the full RS body kit and Cossie style alloys. Great car from memory. Only thing missing was the 2.5 v6 engine. I passed it on to my brother who had it for a few more years 170k + on the clock before he sold it on.
I’m from Portsmouth/Pompey and remember seeing this in the hendy showroom in cosham!!! They also had an imperial blue escos in there as well. I moved to hedge end on the outskirts of Southampton a few years later I’m pretty sure the local conservative club owner ended up owning the car……👍🏼
@@JohnnyGetsCash maybe if it was a vauxhall I would have payed it more attention but I was a cavalier GSi/turbo 4x4 kind of kid haha but I always recognized it as something a bit special regardless.
Parada when new are lethal in rain. I was down to 25 on a motorway in rain in a Swift GTi on Parada’s. Ditch them asap. Or if you are never going to drive it hard and only in the dry just use them.
I remember looking at a MK1 Mondeo 4x4 Si in citrine yellow back in 2008 for £1000. I thought about it but thought "nah im only 18, that's a dad car". I got a '94 Fiesta Si 16v in mallard green instead for £600, ended up putting a 2.0 into that (like 90% of Si owners did) 😂
Living in Bournemouth i can tell you that Hendy are still a big deal here, many sites and brands. I do remember the original massive Ford site in Poole rd back in 80s and 90s
God bless you my son, I think you will find F English Ltd was the the Ford main dealer in Poole Road Branksome, they were also the only RS dealer in town. Hendy lennox, did indeed have two branches locally, one i Christchurch Road near the Lansdowne, the other in Palmeston Road Boscombe. By the way I have always been led to believe, Hendy was one of the very first appointed ford dealers. If that's wrong, someone will no doubt correct me.
Always had a soft spot for the MK1, My dad had 3, 2 Hatches (I think as we're talking over 30 years ago now) and an Estate, eventually wouldn't mind one of my own and thats even after being tainted by an M car.
This car used to be owned by someone local to me back in the late 90's. I always lusted after one myself, but like you it had to be an RSi and not just a Citrine yellow Si.
Number plates leave me with questions about late registration and the EU strip. I don't recall EU plates being available as far back as 1995 and early Mk1 Mondeos wore a "K" registration. I assume these promo cars sat around on display for quite some time before being registered?
I know that car. When I used to work at R.S turbo breakers in Charminster the guy used to come in looking for bits for it he bought the 16" 5 spoke wheels from us he paid about £180 for the set
You mentioned the colour of your car being called Citrine Yellow, Ford Australia produced the BA and BF Falcon XR6 models with a very similar looking colour called Citric Acid
So I'm from Bournemouth and my mates parents had an identical one to yours. This was around late 90s early 2000s. Wonder if we're talking about the same car 😂...
For 15-20 years ago i remember seen some ford mondeo mk1 with that styling on them but they where not yellow and those seats i remember those in mk1 diesel
WOW indeed! Very cool, I remember these very well. I didn't realise they came with trick suspension and a power hike. I know you're not keeping it on steels but it looks kinda cool on them. I imagine modestly banded gloss black with chrome beauty rings and chrome centre caps a-la 70s performance American cars. Did they also do a version a little later on in this colour as a 4x4 V6? Or am I mixing memories up?! Regardless, subbed on the strength of this car alone, looking forward to seeing its restoration!
I hope you find a original gunmetal radio for it and a good gearknob i have a 1995 mondeo mk1 td on si wheels and a 1994 mondeo mk1 1.6 on mk2 rs 4 spokes both hatchbacks and some spare parts for them including 5 original radios
They are starting to get rare the mk1 i would do the work and welding as there will be any ford rots (I've done plenty) but i would have to have to change the colour but i would enjoy driveing it around 👍
I can absolutely and categorically confirm that this car has never been a taxi! I’ve owned it for 12 years, the owner before me was a private owner and before him it belonged to a teacher (as I recall the story). I also would find it incredibly hard to imagine a taxi firm choosing to run a 2.0 petrol with uprated cams instead of a turbo diesel car 😂
Damn you guys didn’t get the 2.5 dohc 24v baby Yamaha v6 . Had 175hp-205hp depending on year. I had 1995 SE with the v6 SVT helped develop the SE trim later lead to full SVT version.
Yes we did, there we’re 4 Mk1 Mondeo models that had the V6, the 24v model, the Ghia, the Ghia X and the 24v Si, in the Mk2 there was the ST24, Ghia, Ghia X and the ST200 which had the 205bhp SVT engine and all available as hatchback, saloon and estate/wagon, we had far more choice than with the US Contour and Mystique
I had a blue SI probably in 2008 it was immaculate I paid about 700 for it at the time wish I had kept it was a lovely car to drive sold it for same as I bought it for
I had a 1993 L reg 2.0 litre SI 4dr saloon back in the day, I got it when it was only 6 months old, it was silver, it had the front spats, rear spoiler, adaptive suspension and it had the black velour seats that you showed at the start of your video. It was fitted with 5 spoke diamond cut alloys, but I replaced them with the Escort cosworth style wheels, I also retrofitted factory front fogs, that was one of the best cars I have owned, replaced it in 1999 with a new 4dr RSAP ST24, again in silver..Great cars..
Your SI sounds like a very nice car! Any sorted mk1 saloon will always get my attention!
I was wrong about the wheels that were on it when I got it, it had the RS diamond cut wheels, I had them refurbished, I got sick of replacing the center caps because they kept corroding and the wheels started to bloom, hence the cosworth reps..
I to had a white saloon L reg 2.0 SI with the RS body kit and the 16inch polished seven spoke alloys. And I later swapped them for some original escort cosworth wheels. It was probably one of the worst cars I ever had. Gearbox collapsed, cylinder head burned through to the water jacket. And constantly failed its MOT on control arm bushes. But I loved it. It was stolen and when I got it back I’d fallen out of love with it.
The algorithm has blessed me with this video, looking forward to the resoration.
Someone's been blessed by the algorithm god. 😅😅
@@MrSupercar55 makes a change from the usual shite it tries to get me to watch 🤣
Not my particular cup of Chai, but I can appreciate the passion, effort and enthusiasm in finding this car and the parts. Makes me wonder what else that German eBay seller might have had access to...?
Good luck with the resto - definitely time this stopped being a workshop table... 😉
Any mk1 mondeo is becoming a rare sight now. Good cars.
All banger raced
@@Jjm2024-u3t if only the people who banger raced them when they were common knew what would replace them on uk roads...
@@Government-Psyop why can they not just banger race all the shit ev’s they keep bringing out. Best place for them
@@Government-Psyop people still banger race old british cars and american cars to this day. knowing the value of them
I totally agree and also its nice to see something different.
I was a paint sprayer at Dagenham Motors Ford dealer Dagenham and saw a couple of these come through the paintshop
I painted 2 new bumpers for 1 of these cars in Citrine was around 1995 if i remember correctly
Greetings from the U.S. I’ve got a 1/43 minichamps mondeo saloon in the same color, I never knew it was an actual color, I love it ❤️! I’m definitely looking forward to this video series!
*In Canada, these are called the Ford Contour. I had one with a 2.5 liter V6, 212 HP, and it was identical to your yellow car. Same seats (except they were leather). I put really nice rims (wheels) on the car and tinted the windows. Then, I installed a gorgeous stereos system with powerful speakers. I LOVED that car. I got it up to 240 Km/h. I never got it up to top speed. 240 was the most I was comfortable with. (150 mp/h).*
The Contour and Mercury Mystique we’re such different cars that all the trim and external body aren’t interchangeable. The most power these had was with the 205bhp ST200 Mk2 Mondeo and facelift 195bhp Contour SVT and they did just over 140mph on a good day. The normal 2.5 24v V6 was 169bhp
Your Hendy has the original front bumper that doesn’t dip down under the headlights, these are extremely rare and irreplaceable as all later post May ‘94 cars had the dip with rubber seals fitted in the gap.
Man am I looking forward to watching this thing getting revived again. 😀
I saw M163WOW literally a couple of weeks ago , in Southampton , I even took a picture of it , that’s crazy! Can forward you it if you want it as I am my myself an enthusiast and appreciate different cars
I've never heard of this special edition caru. Really interesting video. Thanks for taking the time to give us all a look around it.
Had a citrine yellow mondeo si, full kit. Blacked out windows, black powder coated alloys.
Mine was ex Ford car, used in fords weather Chamber, got pics of car with icicles hanging off it. Was in ford techs insight magazine.
Hello Johnny
I used to own one of the original Power Engineering Zetec turbo Mk1 Mondeos back in the 1990,s Power Engineering did 7 of them and im sure one was a Hendy RS car .. the conversion cost me £5K back then and i won Ford Fair 98 99 2000 my old Mondy car is featured in the Ford Fair video 1998 M648UJN
I remember the Hendy cars well and you sure have a very rare gem now. They also came with a different dish of the 5 spoke Escort cosworth style alloys. The mainstream Mondeo Mk1 Si Models were given the 6 and a half J wheels were the Hendy fords got the slightly more countersunk 7J alloys as standard which im if right Ford made the 7J an optional extra for all thr RS Mk1 Si
All the best with the restoration mate and look forward to following it
CheeRS
Nigel
Awesome Stuff Johnny, brings back memories of my Mondeo ownership
R reg 1.8 Verona in green
That was an awesome car
I love these. I turned down the option to buy M163 WOW this year and placed it with a friend 💛
Just stumbled across this and Love it, and love your plans for it. Always had a soft spot for mk1 mondeo’s for the same reason as you, and was lucky to meet Nigel Mansell at Donington when racing his mondeo.
Now subscribed to see the progress 👍🏻
Friends dad got one new, his wife worked for Ford and they got a deal. It was some car back then - the Mondeo such a step away from the Sierra.
Went to Clumber Park in it for the RAC Rally and I saw an Escos for the first time 👍
Can’t wait to see this done Johnny. Gonna be awesome. I used to work at our local ford dealership years ago, I used to check all the brand new cars in and check them over for damage off the transporters. I was fortunate enough to check many mondeo St 24s in and drive them brand new 🤪what a car they were as am sure yours will turn out to be, Great memories for myself 👌👍
I think this is the colour max power painted their project giveaway Carlton on 3 spokes that got crashed not long after they gave it away.
Lol my dad entered that competition 😂 (edit) also entered to win the purple wide arched E30 BMW 3 series.
Should be a very interesting car but would have to be near concourse when finished (with exception of the coil overs). Maybe get a small sign on the boot... "DON'T LEAN ON THE BOOTSPOILER !! "
The minute I seen this car, I fell in love just like you. I am mega jealous 😂😂. My dad had a 1994 Mondeo LX in Caymen Blue which is another Stunning colour for the mk1 in my opinion.
TH-cam recommendations are really doing some great job lately. Very interesting video, very interesting car. Subscribed because i can't wait to see more if it.
Personally, i'd really like to have a Mondeo Mk1 4x4 or the even rarer Mk2 4x4 someday and convert then to the RSi and ST24 specs, respectively.
My personal car is basicaly a similar build to that. I have the stupidly rare Golf Mk3 Syncro with the 2.0L 8V engine, which has received the GTI bodykit, GTI interior and GTI 2.0L 16V, so it's basicaly an AWD GTI.
I want many other cars to build in a similar way. 😂
Thanks for doing this video, I found it really interesting.
I worked in the motor trade for years, and have never heard of this model of Mondeo.
I do appreciate the passion in restoring something so rare, even if it's not exactly a really desirable car (like a Sierra RS500 for example).
Good luck with the project.
I remember the Citrine Mondeo when I worked at Sandicliffe Ford Birmingham during the early nineties.
Loved it then, always thought they were a but special. I do know of another, I'll dig out the details.😊
Interesting story behind how these Mondeo's came to be so thanks for sharing.Look forward to how this turns out when you start the refurb. All the best 👍🏻
I remember we used to call it "Mondeo Yellow".. I was gonna say in the Max Power days, and you just said it 👌🏽
My dad had one of the first (k reg?) 1.8 Lx saloons in silver when I was a kid. It was world ahead of anything else I’d been in at the time…I remember having the mondeo brochure and dreaming of the si!! Looking forward to watching the rest of the restoration.
In around 1997 there were also yellow Mondeos use by Ford for their Pro Drive driving school. They had a similar body kit and Escort Cossie wheels IIRC. I think they were based on the 2.0 Si.
Mine had those factory option 16" rs 5 spokes, almost identical in design to Escort Cossie but not as wide, different offset
@@stephenperry6024yeah they were nothing special, when the mk2 mondeo came along they used them on every mondeo“Zetec “ model so were and are very plentiful, though we’re only standard on the Si MK1 mondeo
Classic Ford magazine did an article on the Hendy Mondeos a few years. They featured a full restoration of one too.
Ah yes, I remember eBay doing "want-it-now" listings in response to the wanteds in the community/chat pages, back when I was getting Opel Mantas for £800. None of that seems to be a thing now and I forgot all about it.
This mondeo looks very rare we never got 3litre v6 in Ireland 🇮🇪 unless it was uk import but i love the colour lemon 🍋 yellow 😍
Hi, your video randomly popped up in my feed, I used to be from Bournemouth too and I used to be the Chairman of the local RS Owners Club, our Treasurer had one of the RSi Mondeo's for many many years, I think he had it turbo'd at some point. Anyway he did a lot of research on the RSi's, so I have sent him a message to see if he can help you.
Thank you very much! His grandson has now got in touch through Instagram so that is potentially very helpful! I will of course release an update video with any new information that comes to light as and when we have had a chance to share information. Thanks again- much appreciated!
What a nice gesture! Fair play.
I’ve got 2 mk2 ghia x. Some of the last ones made. Bloody great cars
Very intresting car, I had never even heard of this ultra rare variant before today, looking forward to seing it restored to its former glory.
Thanks for the video I knew my citrine yellow 1995 1.8 lx mk1 saloon (M919 HSE) was a rare and unusual colour back when I bought it from a local Ford dealer in 1998 but didn't realise it was that rare!
Wow, that's awesome! I remember reading Ford brochures in the '80s and '90s and I do remember Citrine Yellow on the colour chart offered on the LX and Si only. Believe it or not, Citrine Yellow was also offered on the 1994 Mondeo Mistral, the first special edition based on a mainstream version. I'm not sure anyone bought one though.
Great video Jonny can’t wait to see this one all finished 😍
Hendy atill doing specials.
Theres a liveried hot fiesta of theirs that i saw couple years ago.
They used it to deliver some apares to us once.
Great insight to the Mondeo, never knew these existed. I’m sure it will look minty when finished. 👍🏻
Excellent, really enjoyed your video was aware of the colour but not of the Hendy special edition. Looking forward to seeing more content on it.
WOW... i should think it is ,the colour is striking very unusual
There's a very rare focus T series - was kind of a dealer special before the RS mk1 - Engine done by Mountune , Suspension and styling by Gordon Spooner and marketing by DPRS - I owned the T230 and a T250 - bhp respectively! Love this Mondeo very intrigued by it! Thanks for making this video! Really interesting!
Not heard of that focus before, very cool! And this Mondeo is awesome, forgot what a good looking car the mk1 is!
Those wiper blades are making me itch! Best of luck with the resto, looking forward to seeing it happen.
I cut up a leather jacket n made me n mate gear leaver gaters for cav sri s back in 96
Just came up on my channel, never heard of this channel before. Love the story telling and video style, looking forward to more videos!
I knew a guy here in USA had one. (SVT Ford Contour here). They had 200 HP. Amazing little car!
thats the later generation, still cool though
Lovely car and great video mate, just wondering if u have a link to the song at the start? Cheers
Used to see one of these around Weston Super Mare and Bristol.
Love the passion you have for this car. Great video!
Never heard/seen one before even though I reckon we're about the same age. Interesting stuff and nice to see the passion.
I had an L reg in Cayman Blue. Loved that car.
Wow 😮 I never knew these cars existed 😳 but that is beautiful car can't wait to follow this part series and see the finished on it my dream car is ford escort cosworth Rs which you have the my colour as well the blue stunning cars
Went to the autocar sideways challenge at Silverstone in the early 2000's and I think it was mika hakkinen used a battered old mk1 mondeo and did some of the best slides of the day
Wow, i remember reading your thread on Retro rides, way back, think i was still at school
Great video, I painted a few cars in that colour back in the day, people went mad for that colour when it came out
1 of 5…. Epic find.
Not going to have to wait 12 years for you to start the resto are we, :-)
I can’t believe this absolute gem exists! You got a sub from me
Very nice 👌, I had a MK1 focus ST170 estate, rare motor also ( imperial blue) , watching this i wish I hadn't sold mine
Very rare an st170 estate is a nice car
As for the rs wheels, in the United States, the ford contour had the 16 inch rs tires. Very common, just swap out the center cap!
Was really hoping to hear what you had paid for the car back in the day and what it could be worth restored. Looking forward to seeing this project thru.
Loved the video! Used to own a '94 1.8 "Celebration" and honestly, it is the car I miss the most out of the ones I have owned 😊
The Mk1 Mondeo really is a special car to drive!
Had one of these and when the adaptive suspension went wrong at £600 a corner, replaced 2 of them before dumped it for standard
Great great motor you have bro cannot wait till its all done
Can’t wait to see how it goes, Johnny! 👍
Had a 94 plate 1.8 (L380UMA) hatchback in either Moondust silver or Lunar silver?? With the full RS body kit and Cossie style alloys. Great car from memory. Only thing missing was the 2.5 v6 engine. I passed it on to my brother who had it for a few more years 170k + on the clock before he sold it on.
I am sure I remember these at the motorshow. If my memory has betrayed me then I sure remember them on the road, up until the mid 2000's, mostly 5dr.
I’m from Portsmouth/Pompey and remember seeing this in the hendy showroom in cosham!!! They also had an imperial blue escos in there as well.
I moved to hedge end on the outskirts of Southampton a few years later I’m pretty sure the local conservative club owner ended up owning the car……👍🏼
That’s awesome! Mega long shot but if you have any pictures from back then, I’d love to see them!
Unfortunately not. I think I had a Nokia 3310 around that time. Camera phones were only a thing of imagination.
@@the_pompey_kid4610 yeh I’d imagine in ‘94 you’d have had to been carrying a Polaroid or a other physical camera to document everyday life like that!
@@JohnnyGetsCash maybe if it was a vauxhall I would have payed it more attention but I was a cavalier GSi/turbo 4x4 kind of kid haha but I always recognized it as something a bit special regardless.
Loving this.. remember them well.. Alex
Parada when new are lethal in rain. I was down to 25 on a motorway in rain in a Swift GTi on Parada’s. Ditch them asap. Or if you are never going to drive it hard and only in the dry just use them.
Wow pardon the pun, that was a great blog and very interesting thanks 👍🏼
I remember looking at a MK1 Mondeo 4x4 Si in citrine yellow back in 2008 for £1000. I thought about it but thought "nah im only 18, that's a dad car". I got a '94 Fiesta Si 16v in mallard green instead for £600, ended up putting a 2.0 into that (like 90% of Si owners did) 😂
Living in Bournemouth i can tell you that Hendy are still a big deal here, many sites and brands. I do remember the original massive Ford site in Poole rd back in 80s and 90s
God bless you my son, I think you will find F English Ltd was the the Ford main dealer in Poole Road Branksome, they were also the only RS dealer in town. Hendy lennox, did indeed have two branches locally, one i Christchurch Road near the Lansdowne, the other in Palmeston Road Boscombe. By the way I have always been led to believe, Hendy was one of the very first appointed ford dealers. If that's wrong, someone will no doubt correct me.
Hendys was the first Ford dealer to
There was one in the town I grew up in. I loved it, awesome in that colour and with the escort cosworth wheels
Always had a soft spot for the MK1, My dad had 3, 2 Hatches (I think as we're talking over 30 years ago now) and an Estate, eventually wouldn't mind one of my own and thats even after being tainted by an M car.
Hi I cleaned up a brand new Mondeo in the day same colour at a ford dealership
This car used to be owned by someone local to me back in the late 90's. I always lusted after one myself, but like you it had to be an RSi and not just a Citrine yellow Si.
Used to see one of these in poole when I was growing up, that and an Orion. This could be the same Mondeo I used to see!
Are those alloys. Similar to minker sierra alloys i wonder
My mate had one in a salmon colour. Possibly even rarer than the yellow.
My Dad had a V6 mk1 mondeo when I was in secondary school, it was especially good 3rd into 4th joining the motorway
Number plates leave me with questions about late registration and the EU strip.
I don't recall EU plates being available as far back as 1995 and early Mk1 Mondeos wore a "K" registration.
I assume these promo cars sat around on display for quite some time before being registered?
Many euro plates were fitted as an 'upgrade'... Personally I hated them
@@martynrollinson I know they were and I think yours are in correct font, so done in period pre-2001when the car was still young.
I know that car. When I used to work at R.S turbo breakers in Charminster the guy used to come in looking for bits for it he bought the 16" 5 spoke wheels from us he paid about £180 for the set
My wife tells me that extra inch is the difference between an oooh & an Aaahh 🤣
Gorgeous Mk1.
You mentioned the colour of your car being called Citrine Yellow, Ford Australia produced the BA and BF Falcon XR6 models with a very similar looking colour called Citric Acid
So I'm from Bournemouth and my mates parents had an identical one to yours. This was around late 90s early 2000s. Wonder if we're talking about the same car 😂...
For 15-20 years ago i remember seen some ford mondeo mk1 with that styling on them but they where not yellow and those seats i remember those in mk1 diesel
WOW indeed! Very cool, I remember these very well. I didn't realise they came with trick suspension and a power hike. I know you're not keeping it on steels but it looks kinda cool on them. I imagine modestly banded gloss black with chrome beauty rings and chrome centre caps a-la 70s performance American cars.
Did they also do a version a little later on in this colour as a 4x4 V6? Or am I mixing memories up?!
Regardless, subbed on the strength of this car alone, looking forward to seeing its restoration!
You've earnt a sub from me! Cant wait!!!
I hope you find a original gunmetal radio for it and a good gearknob i have a 1995 mondeo mk1 td on si wheels and a 1994 mondeo mk1 1.6 on mk2 rs 4 spokes both hatchbacks and some spare parts for them including 5 original radios
They are starting to get rare the mk1 i would do the work and welding as there will be any ford rots (I've done plenty) but i would have to have to change the colour but i would enjoy driveing it around 👍
Love mondeos. Nice work.
This isn’t the ex taxi one is it? I remember it had 200 odd K on and it wasn’t very old. I believe it got clocked back to about 80 and sold on.
It was a soton or Portsmouth car. Check see if the rear bumper has had a couple
Of holes drilled for a taxi plate. Filled and sprayed no doubt now
I can absolutely and categorically confirm that this car has never been a taxi! I’ve owned it for 12 years, the owner before me was a private owner and before him it belonged to a teacher (as I recall the story). I also would find it incredibly hard to imagine a taxi firm choosing to run a 2.0 petrol with uprated cams instead of a turbo diesel car 😂
The LX was also available in Citrine Yellow for all engine types, so the Taxi was probably this spec
Bloody hell ! Mondeo without the bumpers taped up 😂😂.... could do with a set of compomotives
I used to see a 5-door Citrine Si driving around Exeter until fairly recently - M130GTA. I think it's just an occasional use car now.
The number plate is truly fitting, WOW. 😅
Never seen thus channel before but nice car loom forward to seeing it sorted
Damn you guys didn’t get the 2.5 dohc 24v baby Yamaha v6 . Had 175hp-205hp depending on year. I had 1995 SE with the v6 SVT helped develop the SE trim later lead to full SVT version.
Yes we did, there we’re 4 Mk1 Mondeo models that had the V6, the 24v model, the Ghia, the Ghia X and the 24v Si, in the Mk2 there was the ST24, Ghia, Ghia X and the ST200 which had the 205bhp SVT engine and all available as hatchback, saloon and estate/wagon, we had far more choice than with the US Contour and Mystique
I had a blue SI probably in 2008 it was immaculate I paid about 700 for it at the time wish I had kept it was a lovely car to drive sold it for same as I bought it for
Wow! I had one of these nearly 20 year ago