Mk1 Granada Restoration - Introduction
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- After all the work I completed recently on the layout I'm taking a short break and thought you might be interested in my other project. Its a 1975 Ford Granada Coupe that I bought in January this year. I hope to fully restore it and will keep you updated on the progress over the coming months.
I've been where you are, many years ago, but a total tear down is what makes it fun!! Keep us posted...Regards, Solomon
Those Grenada's, both the first and second generation, drove fantastic. They were very very very comfortable! But after a couple of years the comfortable suspension got help from the fading body...... Not many to survive. Good luck with the restauration!
Thanks. I drove a granada 2.8 auto last year for about 40 miles. It drove just as well as the modern stuff even though it was made in 1980!
Bloody Hell Richard! You're a braver man than me. Your creativity that produced Everard Junction obviously carries over into other aspects of your life. I hate cars personally but please keep us up to date on this project. Seriously, I want to see how this turns out. David.
Thanks David
Remember these as a teenager in the mid-seventies. Loved the looks especially the FBI's in the dark metallic brown and the light tan roof!
FBI = Ghia 😂😂
really cool to see mate. as a ford fan and of your railway I'll be tuned in!
Well you are a true 1980s fan :)... A friend's dad had this exact car back in the early 1980s
Also very useful. Great standard of work, I only wish there were more videos.
Hi a little different than your railway lol 😃
But Keep the updates coming 👍
Fantastic I use to own a couple of these beasts but the 4 door version I got them after watching the Sweeny on TV hehe 😊
I'll be watching with interest on your progress and on the the Rover SD1 👍 As enjoyed that restoration as well 😃
Cheers Stevie
great car to restore the best model in a great range of car please keep us up date on all stages of the rebiuld . wish i had your skills with cars and railways
Thanks, more vids will come as work progresses.
Hi. Must be something about cars and model railways going well together. I have a 1975 Chrysler Centura restoration on the go (similar to the UK Chrysler 180), and a 1977 Mercedes 280SE also in the garage, slowly rebuilding the motor. Sadly the business of earning a living gets in the way of all this fun! Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Angus.
LH Drive cars are great to drive in uk. Makes the car seem that bit more special. 2.3 V6 is a good little motor I had one in a 'T' Reg Cortina 2.3S. Looking forward to the progress. Lucky to have a place to do all that work in.
look forward to the updates
Only seeing this now, & great to see you on this new project, & a car at that, looking forward to ths resto, & if your railway modifications is anything to go by, it should look mega when finished, all the best on it btw hope you have the INSURANCE organised !!!! can be a pain from what I have heard!!
A rare beast indeed. Looking forward to seeing this progress. I had a few 'Grannies' myself all Mk2s though but they a drive beautifully and handle surprisingly well for such a big car. Makes a change to see one being restored as most ended up on the banger track. 'Retired' a few myself lol.
good find as most of these old girls ended up getting banger raced! Great progress and skills you have.:)
Thanks. They still get banger raced, only a month or two ago there was a meet for just granadas. Surviving cars are now very few and far between.
I've been watching your vids for a while now, they've been very helpful in building the layout but i was particularly interested to see that we are both restoration technicians! I work in the paint shop though. Keep us up to date on future projects! If you're ever down Colchester way give us a shout!
looks a great project, I've never seen the one before ever, didn't even know Ford built one. Love the capri in the back, should do a video on that as well Andy
I'm working on a Capri 1600LS at the moment and I'm making a vid on that. Will post a link when finished. That capri in the background has just started the metalwork stage. Theres a lot wrong with it and I expect it will be quite some time before it leaves the workshop.
Can't wait to see her fully restored
What a beautiful car
i love watching these random videos it's something different from the layout.
Cool...this brings back memories when I was a kid..my dad owned a garage workshop...
How to make a small fortune with car restoration:
Start with a large fortune.
Correct, the car is rarely worth more than what you have to put into restoring it.
Always interesting watching what look like cars that are well past their sell by date being restored to their former glory. Watching CAR S.O.S it amazed me what can be done, even when the body is in a really shocking state. Looking forward to seeing this project progress.
Nice one not many of them around should look fantastic when you have finished it. It takes a hell of a long time for them to come together but looks beautiful when done. Watched my son rebuild nine minis finding all the parts or making them up like you are doing good luck mate look forward to seeing the next vids cheers Ty.
My Father whilst working for Ford's in the 1970's had these as a company car, which got changed every six months. Two were coupes, 3 litre ghia's of course one a light metallic green the other red. Both had the earlier colour coded wheel trims. Numerous saloons followed too and the odd capri I think.
Nice, I always liked the early 'dustbin lid' wheel trims they had.
Your hardcase mate finger in every pie , enjoyed watching this and look forward to the rebuild of this car overtime . But I am hanging out for some more videos on your railway , just want to see how your loco shed turns out when you have completed it .
outstanding, one of my all time favourite cars, looking forward to seeing the progress. Good work.
hi rich nice little video of a great car I drove a normal granada gear for three years one of ford's best I was a ford registered technician at a ford main dealer as I remember this model had the fewest mods and recall of all ford's other models
good luck with this project I hope trains don't take a back seat
kind regards
ralph
Thanks Ralph. I've been working on the car since January as and when time permits. The railway will always be the main focus of the channel. Cheers
love it!!!!
got three Cortinas myself but always wanted a Granada (especially a mk1/consul).
will you be converting her to right hand drive or leaving her factory?
stunning motor, can't wait to see her done.
sod the railway mate, let's have more on the Granny please
I'll be keeping it factory spec. Converting it would be very difficult as the the LHD and RHD bulkheads are very different from each other. I've driven a few LHD cars in the UK and its not really much different to RHD. You just have to be careful at some junctions and the odd narrow street.
+EverardJunction great stuff.
really want to see more on this car. great to see another going back on the road and hopefully one day see her out on the road or at a show.
gotta love a classic ford. that said, I use mine as a daily driver, what's the plan for this one mate? Daily drive or Sunday show car?
***** I will probably show it but my main plan is for an everyday driver when the weather is good. It will be hidden away in the winter months. I've driven both the mk1 and mk2 and the enjoyment comes from the driving. They cruse very well and the engines are very smooth despite the age.
+EverardJunction excellent. look forward to seeing her back on the road soon.
ha, just thought. I've got the Cortina & my mum has a mk2 jag. With your mates SD1 we could reenact the Sweeney.
Not really a fan of cars, but I thoroughly enjoyed the SD1 series so I'm actually really looking forward to the rest of this series! For someone of such a young age (based on what I now know from the Hornby article, which was very good as well) you are very talented!
We could need someone with your fabrication skills to restore the bodywork on D1041 Western Prince....., really nice work so far on that car, I remember this model, you didn't see much of these indeed.
It know what steam locomotive restoration is like and it's hard work. Keep it up mate!
Good to see a granny coupe!! Makes me miss my manual converted Granada Dorchester Limo
Make sure you stick a 3 litre Essex in it!!!
good luck with it also like working on cars as a hobby.
Very cool!!!! I Love your layout and now I love your work with the cars!!!
Ah a bit of car SOS but everard junction style or everard dealers (wheeler dealers) nice car glad your doing a car project again that SD1 look smashing at the end
fantastic work love to see more Albert
Good luck with that!
Grandad Coupe. Amazingly rare now, you're right.
Looks like a few dagenham specials in there.
Loads of them in at the moment. We've got 4 Capri's and 3 Granada's not including mine.
I cut my teeth on 70s Fords. Also spent hours picking hairy filler out of my hair (I had some then) and putting out small weld-fires. Happy days.
Cracking project Richard. I loved these old Granadas when I was much younger, and I still like them now. Nice to see a coupe too. Pity it's LHD though.............David
Thanks, its certainly something different. I've driven a few LHD cars in the UK and its not really much different to RHD. You have to be careful at the odd junction or narrow street.
Honestly cars are not my thing really, though the older ones do look good, though I would be really interested to see your progress and see the finished product, keep up the good work mate, all the best! Jack
Bloody magic Richard, I will love seeing this come to fruition. I spend more time watching YT videos on restoring cars than I do watching TV so this is just brilliant news for me - whens the next one!!! lol. ............Graham
Thanks Graham. I'm working on it most Saturdays at the moment. Its too hot in the loft. Next video will be when I get all the replacement panels for the front end blasted, primed and fitted to the car.
Excellent, I shall look forward to that. Can you get replacement panels for this OK? ............Graham
Replacement panels are very hard to find. The best option is new old stock ford panels which go for crazy money these days. Luckily for me my car came with a load of these panels. I've got front & rear valence, sills, wings, inner wings, arch repairs and various other bits.
I thought that the panels were as rare as hens teeth by now so you were really lucky to have the vast majority of the major ones come with the car, that will make life a lot easier for you but not taking away the difficulty of getting this car back up to scratch again but what a great car this will look when complete, well done so far buddy. ...........Graham
congrats on being put in the hornby mag sorry im late lol
Bootiful car
Great stuff, i love Fords from this era, i have a Mk4 Cortina im trying to get back on the road myself although ive always wanted a Mk1 Granada. Have to admit i prefer the saloon but that is probably more to do with watching the Sweeny when i was growing up :)
I think you are going to be at that project for a while ,, but it's going to be a beauty when your done , just like a model project just a bit bigger ,, lol ,,
It'll look good when your finished. The coupe looks like Europes version of a Ford Falcon.
+faulcon1 lack of sun, usually does that to you !! We don't suffer rust much down here !!
It takes time but it is looking good
Please do more vids on the cars ... Awesome
Good luck
trains and cars. perfect man hobbies ;)
Nice car build,im just repairing old mexico at the moment.
I had one of these in the eighties.. right had drive. found out how rare they were when I got rid of it.... 😱😱😱😱
That would have been a 3.0 Ghia as that was the only coupe model sold in the uk. They didn't sell very many so were rare from the start.
Love these Granadas, the coupes are very rare indeed. Keep up the good work, although I think I've got flash after watching you weld ;-)
Can you do a video That explains storage of tools equipment materials. How to store what type of storage to get and anything else on then storage keeping tidy and not loosing damaging side of the hobby
have you considered a separate channel for car restoration projects? (not complaining) I have to imagine it would be just as popular as the model railroad. Good video, btw!
dude your a genuis
Well done Richard will look forward to up dates on this should look the dogs when done with a guy with your talent,s go for it ps how's that big shed coming on on that layout of yours
All good stuff, well done on progress so far and good luck with the rest. Another blast from the past getting back on the road! Do you mind me asking which part of the country your workplace is?
Thanks my work is in Bedfordshire.
I subbed just for this. Cool
Still... at least it came pre-weathered!
It looks very solid. So do you take private jobs as well?
we used to have those here in South Africa with a V8 motor they were super cool they used to call the Grenada Pirahna V8's
They were cool. I believe the Capri also had the same treatment. Very collectible cars now.
You are correct the Capri Pirahna was always my dream car alas I could never afford one both the capri and the Grenada had a big bulge on the bonnet and both had a black louvre over the back window i think they were either orange,yellow or white in color with some black stripes I will be watching your build with fond memories
They were called Perana, not Piranha. How do I know? Just look at my username.
Very cool Richard, good luck with the project. I'm looking forward to seeing it progress. I always preferred the coupes to the saloons, like you say tho, a much rarer beast. I have owned many classic fords myself over the years, never a Granada tho. Is the Capri shell in the background for a customer? Is it something interesting??
Cheers
Howard.
yes was given to me as a non runner. stripped engine. fired it up ran OK. just at 21 then insurance was way to steep 😞😞
Bit like our ford Capri race car at work! Won spa 24 hours and still does the historic races.. Untill a crash..
When cars had style! Fords from the 70s & 80s are the most icon to me. Did you find a donner car for the front end.
Luckily all the front end panels came with the car. They are all genuine new old stock ford panels from the 70s. Very hard to find these days.
+EverardJunction that's great all the parts where still together, looking forward to watching this project take shape.
Now I know where you get your attention to detail from .
ive got a mk2 escort pannel van i had never herd of a granada
is everald junction still a active layout and will there be any new videos on it?
I'm very impressed a layout and doing up a classic car very nice well if you need the interior trim sorting give me a shout and we can talk trains and cars at my shop.
what's the name of the sad music playing in the background
hi being over in new zealand i havent seen one of these before but we had alot of cars from the uk etc back in the day so looking froward to seeing more . was there many valiants from oz make it over there i know a few were imported to the uk ....
Oz built cars weren't sold in the UK but recently people are importing them as they are usually rust free compared to similar cars that have lived in the UK climate.
ok i know a hand full of the oz biult chargers in the 70s was sold to the uk . i just been reading and between 1967 - 81 2348 oz chrylers were exported to the uk and ireland as new ..
Hello, which camera you are use? Thanks for answer!!
what the music that is played with the slideshow??
Any updates on the SD1?
Cool project mate reminds me when I was gonna do all the work on my mk2 fiesta XR2 till I really looked and found there was more then I thought look forward to more updates. Is there anything you can't do?
Do yo have more hours in the day than the rest of us?
do a zackspeed DTM capri next!
have u got a spair steering wheel i can buy ?
How's the shed build coming along?
Love car fixing videos and watching the progress but I cant understand why you brought a left hand drive car is that all that was on offer??
These are very rare these days. Currently I don't believe any coupes are for sale. I've driven a few LHD cars in the UK and its not really much different to RHD. You just have to be careful at some junctions and the odd narrow street.
Have you still got the SD1 that i once saw in one of your videos, i think you were doing some serious work on that one too.
Regular Coupe or Ghia Coupe? I hope it had the big iron lump rather than the later alloy one too.
This a a GL so would be a mid range model. Engine is a cast iron 2.3 V6.
Thanks for that. Best to stick with the original for finished value I suppose.
Left hand drive
What's ur job
Hello all ;
I have a mk1consul L I Need some part. Especially rıght and left fenders. Headlight s and front panel. Could you help me in this case i live in Türkiye. Some friends buyed some parts
Do you watch wheeler dealers
We used to call them grandads.
ive got a rusty mini like that.. a real one .. not bwm crap
Your like the stig
never get to see ur face and when we do covered by masks
Who said it isn't The Stig ?
There is a video on this channel where you see his face... It's to do with another car and a holiday.
+cjmillsnun what's Everard or the stig
How's the shed build coming along?