a bit of a shame

[v6 steve]

If you all can remember about a year ago I bought this car on e-bay, it had black paint splatted down the n/s/r quarter, I sold the car to be able to buy the convertible I now have.

hi john is it worth haveing ?

[jonthevauxhallman]

Hi steve

When I sold it to the guy who had it off me I supplied him with a good head lining as this was sagging, I can't see from the pictures if this has been changed, ref the steering wheel it is a standard wheel with what looks like a carbon fibre label in the centre circle.

The vehicle is complete but does need a reasonable amount of cleaning up inside it has been left to go very grubby, I would deffinatly think it is worth having especially at the sort of price it is on at at the moment.

I managed to clean off the paint down the n/side, and a general clean all over before she was sold, she looked a lot better after this.

If I had the room I would consider having her back as they are quite rare and it needs to be saved not broken.

[v6 steve]

He's ended the aution early that diss ma head in

[T.F.S.]

i have never understood why a tickford is so special, it looks more basic than a base model let alone a turbo version

[tazz666]

i have never understood why a tickford is so special, it looks more basic than a base model let alone a turbo version

what made these different to the normal calibra's of the time of build where the materials used,in the build.
and design, and little touches to the spec of the car ie footwell lights, gray with red figures on the dials alacantra clothe interior, and they never made a turbo version as the turbo wasnt released yet,

[T.F.S.]

the leather interior was always an option from day one of production though? (well either that or the early ones i worked on had retrofit) and TBH those seats look worse than the stock material ones...totally out of place IMO

if the tickford badge ment more power/better handling then i could understand it but most were the old (slow) 8v engines, its quite sad really because vauxhall could have made a special calibra with loads more power and better materials but apart from the turbo version it never happened

but hey having a footwell light is a slight improvement at least thats one aspect of the car that they actually improved even though any interior improvement is negated by the fact that they felt the need to fit those horrific seats and whatever that thing is that blocks the dash cubbyhole lol

for me any i suspect many others the tickford version is a bit of a bad joke and is best forgotten, sorry to be harsh but this is never going to be the "one to have", that will always be the late 4x4 turbo version (IMO)

[Mark1]

I think it's just that so few where made that makes them of interest, I do agree that with the name Tickford on it it should have come with a better engine.

[tazz666]

the leather interior was always an option from day one of production though? (well either that or the early ones i worked on had retrofit) and TBH those seats look worse than the stock material ones...totally out of place IMO

if the tickford badge ment more power/better handling then i could understand it but most were the old (slow) 8v engines, its quite sad really because vauxhall could have made a special calibra with loads more power and better materials but apart from the turbo version it never happened

but hey having a footwell light is a slight improvement at least thats one aspect of the car that they actually improved even though any interior improvement is negated by the fact that they felt the need to fit those horrific seats and whatever that thing is that blocks the dash cubbyhole lol

for me any i suspect many others the tickford version is a bit of a bad joke and is best forgotten, sorry to be harsh but this is never going to be the "one to have", that will always be the late 4x4 turbo version (IMO)

well we are all allowed to have an opinion,thats what makes us who we are and what makes us different,
I like the tickfords always have even though they were just a styling excercise,with the calibras Mark says it could be down to the fact that they are so little of them made and to me it doesnt matter what engine is in the car a calibra is a calibra ,and they all need to be looked after,as soon there will be none left,and to me that is a shame

[eco16v]

the leather interior was always an option from day one of production though? (well either that or the early ones i worked on had retrofit) and TBH those seats look worse than the stock material ones...totally out of place IMO

if the tickford badge ment more power/better handling then i could understand it but most were the old (slow) 8v engines, its quite sad really because vauxhall could have made a special calibra with loads more power and better materials but apart from the turbo version it never happened

but hey having a footwell light is a slight improvement at least thats one aspect of the car that they actually improved even though any interior improvement is negated by the fact that they felt the need to fit those horrific seats and whatever that thing is that blocks the dash cubbyhole lol

for me any i suspect many others the tickford version is a bit of a bad joke and is best forgotten, sorry to be harsh but this is never going to be the "one to have", that will always be the late 4x4 turbo version (IMO)

well we are all allowed to have an opinion,thats what makes us who we are and what makes us different,
I like the tickfords always have even though they were just a styling excercise,with the calibras Mark says it could be down to the fact that they are so little of them made and to me it doesnt matter what engine is in the car a calibra is a calibra ,and they all need to be looked after,as soon there will be none left,and to me that is a shame

I agree it doesnt matter what engine is in a Calibra, we need to preserve as many as we can as the culture for stripping a lot of them for their engines and other parts shows no sign of stopping and according to a mate of mine who works for vauxhall quite a lot were disposed of under the scrappage scheme. I had considered selling mine but I am now thinking of buying another 1 to save from the scrappy!

[v6 steve]

well its to late for me now iv bought somthing else we pick it up tomorrow

[Callyman]

well its to late for me now iv bought somthing else we pick it up tomorrow

What now Steve ?

[v6 steve]

two toys this winters project

[Callyman]

Keep us posted then mate, i love build threads, or is it a secret?

[v6 steve]

no secret mate we are going to try and build the cally that vauxhall should have built in the first place RWD

[Callyman]

Make sure you take lots of pics and put it in the 'how to' section.