I was about to say, yours is a post ford by the sounds of things

[b]Pre Ford badge[/b] - wings badge only came on the 98 models
[b]Unbadged steering wheel[/b] - badged wheel only came on the 98 models
[b]Koito lights[/b] - bosch lights only came on the 98 models
[b]Old style heater panel[/b] - pic?
[b]Instrument panel dimmer wheel & headlight adjustment wheel[/b] - came on both pre and post fords
[b]Flowery seats (but dark blue, so pattern not really noticeable)[/b] - post ford seats
[b]Vinyl seat backs[/b] - option I think?
[b]No map pocket in passenger seat[/b] - none of my post fords had one either!
[b]No puddle lights[/b] - post fords didnt have them
[b]Light in door lock[/b] - post ford only
[b]Rubber gear stick gaitor (looks awful, recesses continually collect dust & crap)[/b] - pre and post ford - leather was an option!
[b]Deep door pockets with no lids[/b] - post ford
[b]Boot release by driver's seat; no push release button in back panel[/b] - post ford
[b]Proper lever for seat adjustment (i.e. not just a cable)[/b] - post ford
[b]Black strips on doors[/b] - post ford
[b]No coolant pipes[/b] - you mean aircon pipes? thats just it not having aircon
[b]High level brake light[/b] - post ford
[b]Wing mirrors black plastic, backs not colour matched to body (or is it shape that determines pre/post?) - anyway, they have an amazing range of vision so I presume pre-Ford.[/b] - as Matt says, groove in the back is post ford, smooth is pre-ford

sounds like you have a post ford car entirely, other than maybe the heater control panel

EDIT: The heater panel was the same in all Fs apart from the really early pre fords, it would seem! Most had the style all of mine have had: http://oddballcarparts.co.uk/ekmps/shop ... -326-p.jpg

But the oldest ones had a slightly different button layout, and big chunky slider handles, which you can just about see here: http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j203/ ... 0_0679.jpg

I think they're interchangable though.... could be wrong!

[quote="HughieW"]sounds like you have a post ford car entirely, other than maybe the heater control panel

EDIT: The heater panel was the same in all Fs apart from the really early pre fords, it would seem! Most had the style all of mine have had: http://oddballcarparts.co.uk/ekmps/shop ... -326-p.jpg[/quote]

Yep, mine is like the one in the first link (now I've seen a clearer pic), so I was wrong, it wasn't an early one.

Makes the "pre" spoiler stand out even more oddly, as it's got the place for the high-level brake light, but the car already has one. Were spoilers optional or standard on GXi's?

I think my spoilers all had that screwed in plate too could be wrong on that though!

Ive got a post ford 1.5 Intrigue and the spoiler has no panel for the high level brake light, however the pre ford did.
Also i was due to get some fog lights of adam, but they have no wires to connect, but adams car had the wires under the radiator to plug straight into the fog light, both 98's.....would this just be a model spec? adams was an lxi

All the BAs had the wires sat under the headlights not plugged in (or plugged into fogs if you had them

yeah thats where mine are, just under the headlights, however adams seems to have wires from the switch to a connector just under the rad, which then plugs into the fog light itself.....odd, most odd indeed

How strange maybe they were retrofitted by someone who didn't realise the wiring was already there

ha ha ha , never know......damned frustrating though, im about three weeks from selling my soul for a set of fogs and switch for a post ford......

that's a bit extreme

There's a switch on ebay for £9.99 but couldn't find any fogs

ive tracked a set down in my local scrappy, only thing though is his asking price....£85, phone went quiet on both ends, me in stunned silence, then him after my first (choice) words...

think i might just have to have a peek at that one, cheers

damn I need to put my prices up

Try messaging the guy with the switch to see if he still has the fogs

EDIT: Is this your local scrappy? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAZDA-323F-1- ... 2a3b0c490e

well found that man , that is indeed the very one.....sometimes you can knock his prices down all depends which guy is in the office at the time, and hopefully he wont read this, cos the little fella who is there at the weekend will sometimes let you have a wander round to hunt out a few bits n pieces

good idea about semding the switch holder a message, i would never have thought of that, thanks

if you look closely in the first pic, you can see the silver v6 badge, chap doesnt even know what car he has, this is the car that donated andy (roy le waa) his twin exhaust .....

I was gonna say the guys a moron, that's a v6

the brackets are £15 a piece new from mazda
the demio (I think) had the same fogs - just different brackets