Catpuss
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 03:06 PM |
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Sierra Estate worth it?
OK, so there are two sierras near me. Both 1.8 
But one is an estate and one a saphire saloon.
Both 300 at a dealer (so can probably go down to 250-275).
Would there be a problem using an estate (i.e. rear diff e.t.c) or prop shafrs?
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mookaloid
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 03:07 PM |
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no problems with either - but they sound expensive to me
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Catpuss
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 03:09 PM |
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Yeah. its a dealer price.
None of our local breakers have one and 2nd hand in the paper they are around 250.
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andyharding
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 03:21 PM |
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I got a 1.6 Estate for 80 quid from the local paper.
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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whitestu
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 03:51 PM |
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I got a low mileage 1.8 off ebay for £85 with 3 months tax on it.
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Catpuss
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 03:52 PM |
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Jammy sod. Cheapest I've seen is a Saloon for 295. But then thats got about 100 quid of tax on it too and 60K on the clock. The other is an
estate for £295 but 100k.
Even the local breakers are saying they are not keeping them.
I get the feeling by the type the 3rd ed of The Book comes out Serras are going to be quite hard to get hold of.
Its a pain. I could really do with a car for the week end too for lugging some stuffs around.
Now turns out its more of a dilema as the low milage saloon is viewable tomorrow, but the 100K estate is a one owner from new (I do wonder if its
haunted).
[Edited on 24/8/06 by Catpuss]
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JamJah
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 04:22 PM |
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3rd Edition... youll be waiting a long time!
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cryoman1965
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 05:06 PM |
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Got mine free. One will turn up sooner or later. £275 Ouch!
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 05:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Catpuss
Even the local breakers are saying they are not keeping them.
But if you let them know you are on the lookout for one would they not point any they are offered in your direction in return for a drink or two?
FWIW I got one recently off ebay for £112, they are about.
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Catpuss
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 06:02 PM |
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Dunno. they seemed a miserable lot at our local breakers. I think I'll try asking a few others too.
I had a look at the estate. He wanted 250 for it. I said how about 225, he was OK with that, but then after a low speed durn in the road the left
front spring broke (you could hear a sort of springy donk turning left)
The steering wheel was something like 1/4 turn out of align with the wheels.
It would have been alright for a donor but I don't know if that would have been a problem for me this weekend when out driving with 3 in the car
+ about 2 people worth of weight in luggage lobbed in too.
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John.Taylor
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 06:10 PM |
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I rang all the local scrapyards, scowered the free/local papers, loot, exchange&mart, ebay, and went online for sale sites such as autotrader,
findit, fridaymotors, moto-trader, used car mart, preloved and freeads for six months.
I was about to pay £500 for an excellent condition 1 owner Mk1 Sierra when I was told to post a wanted advert here:
http://forum.fordsierraclub.co.uk/
A week later I had an F-Reg Saphire with 2.0i pinto, that had jut failed it's MOT on welding, for £50!
Worth waiting for a car to come along if you can.
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coozer
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 06:21 PM |
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I would go for the estate as I think they have a lower ratio diff in them. Check it out!!
I paid £46 for my K reg 1.6 azure Sierra off wbay with an MOT!!
Sold the stripped body on for £30...
[Edited on 24/8/06 by coozer]
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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coozer
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 06:24 PM |
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Here it is
 
Rescued attachment small donor 1.JPG
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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aerobrick
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 07:12 PM |
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I am a member or the FSOC thats the ford sierra owners club as well
They are a very good bunch and there are a few cars up for sale right now so contact them on www.fordsierraclub.co.uk
If deffo would not pay £200 + for a donor car i picked up both of mine for the total sum of £120.00 one from a local yellow advertiser and the other
from the club
I would wait cos you can pick them up sub £100. whitha ticket and tax
J
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Catpuss
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 07:59 PM |
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Thanks yep. The main thing is that it would be really useful to have the car as a run around for the next couple of week ends before getting abused by
a spanner set.
I'm gonna pop an add in the local co-op and see if I get a response from that.
I'm just pissed that the bloke down the road scapped his on a week end I was on holiday.
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Chippy
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 10:33 PM |
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Got mine for £175, sold all the bits I didn't need on Ebay. Ended up with a car that cost me minus £30.. Now thats Locost. Regards Ray.
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escary
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| posted on 2/9/06 at 05:41 AM |
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get bidding
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Sierra-Estate-1-8-LX_W0QQitemZ290023324815QQihZ019QQcategoryZ9844QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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