1983 Ford Sierra Estate

1983 Ford Sierra Estate in Father Ted, TV Series, 1995-1998 Ep. 1.01

Class: Cars, Wagon — Model origin:

Background vehicle

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).