1987 Ford Sierra Estate MkII

1987 Ford Sierra Estate MkII in Father Ted, TV Series, 1995-1998 Ep. 1.01

Class: Cars, Wagon — Model origin: — Built in:

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Author	Message
antp ◊ 2006-11-23 12:25
ben68 ◊ 2006-11-23 12:47	Wasn't it "Clipper" iso "Estate" ?
antp ◊ 2006-11-23 12:51	Isn't Clipper used in "continental" Europe only?
ben68 ◊ 2006-11-23 13:10	antp wrote Isn't Clipper used in "continental" Europe only? Possibly, it was a question as I was not sure -- Last edit: 2006-11-23 13:10:53
twingoman ◊ 2006-11-23 13:11	antp wrote Isn't Clipper used in "continental" Europe only? Yes, I believe it is. It's certainly not used in the UK anyway.
datsunZ ◊ 2006-11-23 15:53	However,if that Ford was filmed in Eire,then was a Irish-built Sierra Estate made into Cork's plants of Ford Ireland
Ritchmo ◊ 2007-01-05 11:13	With no windows!
Zilog Jones ◊ 2007-01-28 22:27	datsunZ wrote However,if that Ford was filmed in Eire,then was a Irish-built Sierra Estate made into Cork's plants of Ford Ireland The Cork assembly line closed in '85, and I'm not sure if they ever assembled Sierras there - it's quite possible they never acquired the tooling for them. The only film footage of the plant I have seen was shown assembling Mk. III Escorts. Anyway, that Sierra could not have been assembled in Cork as it is a post-1987 facelift version (note the front lights).
ecclefechan ◊ 2008-11-11 15:45	Yes, this is definitely a 1987-1990 model, not 1983.