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Got my donor for free today (woo hoo)
eddie - 20/8/03 at 03:37 AM

been given a1988 (E reg) 2.0i GLS sierra today, needs a battery to get it running.

I guess sierra spares in aldershot will give me a few quid for anything unused (lights, doors, elec window setups, interior, bumpers etc etc)

seems in good nick, just need to get the bugger running, then i can see what exactly i've got....

Metal Hippy - 20/8/03 at 03:43 AM

Excellent feeling that one. Congrats.

Lets hope it runs ok...

James - 20/8/03 at 10:06 AM

quote:
Originally posted by eddie
been given a1988 (E reg) 2.0i GLS sierra today, needs a battery to get it running.

I guess sierra spares in aldershot will give me a few quid for anything unused (lights, doors, elec window setups, interior, bumpers etc etc)

seems in good nick, just need to get the bugger running, then i can see what exactly i've got....


Hi Eddie,

I know of Sierra spares as I work not far from them. I hadn't realised you could take them stuff. I've kept most of my Sierra's interior so maybe I'll give them a call!

Are you based in Aldershot? Come along to the next Newlands brekkie meet if you are!

Cheers,

James

eddie - 20/8/03 at 09:03 PM

not far, live/ work in bordon, where is / what is / when is newlands?

(scuse my ignorance)

the guy i got the car from said sierra spares would give him some cash for the car, but wouldnt collect (good news for me)

James - 22/8/03 at 12:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eddie
not far, live/ work in bordon, where is / what is / when is newlands?

(scuse my ignorance)


There's no excuse for not knowing of the regular meetings of the West London Mafia!

Do you not read the clubs and events section???
Shokkin behaviour I tell you...


Anyway, Newlands corner is just outside Guildford and it's where a few of us meet up on the 1st (ish!) Sunday of the month. To which you are invited and very much welcome.

Bordon's near Farnham isn't it? Should only take 20 minutes to get to Newlands from there.

See:
http://forum.locostbuilders.co.uk/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=6873
Or other posts in clubs and events.

It's just outside Guildford on the A25 (goes to Dorking from Guildford) .

Next meeting is 7/07/03, new boys get the teas in!

Cheers,

James

James - 22/8/03 at 02:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eddie
not far, live/ work in bordon, where is / what is / when is newlands?


Here's a map from the A3 to Newlands.

http://forum.locostbuilders.co.uk/xmb/photos/cgi-bin/showpic.pl?bordon_newlands1.jpg

Cheers,

James

Browser - 22/8/03 at 06:53 PM

Pardon me for asking but how'd you blag a free jellymould? I would like to do something similar ('cos I'm a tight git and why pay when you don't have to?!) so any tips or hints?

eddie - 22/8/03 at 09:16 PM

quote:
by Browser:


Pardon me for asking but how'd you blag a free jellymould


By jelly mould i assume you are refering to that fine peice of british engineering, and mainstay of the modern kitcar industry, the Ford Sierra....

Got mine free because the guy 2 doors down was trying desperately to get rid, he's moving to scotland and needs rid (no tax & ticket). Needless to say he was happy as a smoker in a fag factory.

If you are looking for a free donor, then try the free ad papers(like Loot in london etc...) put an ad in the wanted section, along the lines of:

'WANTED Free or cheap as possible: Ford Sierra for kit car, MOT failures considered, MUST RUN....' etc etc

Two things to remember here:

1, No tax and No MOT = worthless on the age of car you will be looking at for a donor....

2, If they start muttering about 'Just give me scrap value' then point out to them that these days most scrappies charge money to take scrap cars, so scrap value really equates to them giving you the car and cash from £30 - £60.

Usually shuts them up....

[Edited on 22/8/03 by eddie]

eddie - 22/8/03 at 09:29 PM

quote:
There's no excuse for not knowing of the regular meetings of the West London Mafia!

Do you not read the clubs and events section???
Shokkin behaviour I tell you...

Bordon's near Farnham isn't it? Should only take 20 minutes to get to Newlands from there.


Busted, i dont read the clubs and events section....

As for the laandon mafia, who's scared of sothern shandy drinking mo fo's????

chamone mother, i'll be gettin my bad self down there if my woman will give me permission

Jon Bradbury - 23/8/03 at 03:00 PM

.. because then you won't be able to knock them down on price when you see that great gaping rust hole in the nearside sill! Say you're after a cheap runabout to get the kids to school and this is all you can afford. You're hoping to do it up and you just got a Haynes manual off your (disabled) father in law so it has to be a Sierra.

My DOHC donor was free. This is because where I live the scrappys charge you to get rid of your old tin (in my case, £60 for the shell!). Just keep a lookout in the local free-adds rag. You'll find one eventually. The previous owner was a family man and his young kids didn't want to see the poor old thing go, but there it was, already replaced (by a Rover 214!) and no MOT & tax. I was looking for an injection model but I could not resist at that price..

Speaking of the scrappy, he knows I'm building a kit and thinks I'm rich. Tried to charge me £50 for a Sierra pedal box! He wonders why I've never bought a single part from him (although I've been there quite a few times).

Sometimes I wish I lived up North... They give Ford parts away free with boxes of Cornflakes, or so I heard.

Good luck. Patience is the key.


JonB