Jon Ison
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| posted on 16/10/04 at 07:57 PM |
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Dint know where to put this...........
But i read the odd post where people seem to be struggling to find doner cars or bike engines at decent money,
R girt is watching telly so i took a peek in this weeks add mag, full of sierras from £40 advertised as "runner or spares" cortina £75,
there out there.........
Bike breakers at Ripley, honda Blackbird on carbs £995, injection £1195, CBR 1000 £300, they have around 30 engines in there add, prob more in stock,
there dont see the point of the post now, twas just thinking out loud i guess.
Happy building,
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bob
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| posted on 16/10/04 at 08:03 PM |
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Jon
Your right mate they are out there,even the cortinas.I Think some people are just plain lazy and want all the bits to fall at there feet,like chrisg
and women it just aint gonna happen.
I found it half the fun going out and having a good rummage about looking for bits
My appologies to chrisg for the comment but at least he has come in handy as a comparison 
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 16/10/04 at 08:17 PM |
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just had another peek, the blackbird injection is £1495, my mistake, but there is a busa for £2500, tempting..........
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bob
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| posted on 16/10/04 at 08:24 PM |
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Jon
We will have to do a north south comparison on bike engine prices,i have a bike breakers local to me in twickenham and i've been told they have
stacks of engines blade/busa/R1
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phelpsa
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| posted on 16/10/04 at 08:42 PM |
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A quick search on ebay reveals about 20 sierras for <£50. Probably half of them suitable for donors.
Adam
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phelpsa
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| posted on 16/10/04 at 08:43 PM |
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And look at this!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10460&item=7928324490&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Adam
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phelpsa
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| posted on 16/10/04 at 08:45 PM |
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and:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10464&item=7927838367&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Adam
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chrisg
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| posted on 16/10/04 at 09:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bob
like chrisg and women it just aint gonna happen.
My appologies to chrisg for the comment but at least he has come in handy as a comparison
Bob tell me - are there no mirrors in your house?
I've had more women than..................................you.
Cheers
Tom Cruise's stunt double.
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 16/10/04 at 09:13 PM |
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Jon
The furtherest North breaker of any size is Breaking Point in Aberdeen. The lads want £999 for most of the superbike engines that we use. The lads
have pretty much everything you could want. dek@breakingpoint.co.uk
http://www.breakingpoint.co.uk/Reception.htm
Further South is Colin AKA Colibriman who does them for 750 upwards.
As for donars the markets are still seeing ford sierras for fifty quid up at Perth and Kinross. We have a local sellers paper that has stacks of
donors but the mk1 and mk 2 for fifty quid has become 800 quid! even for rust buckets......seems we pruned that car to the edge of extinction. The
ford scrappy at Errol has pretty much whats left with prices to match . So that how it stands in the real north.
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Chris_R
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| posted on 16/10/04 at 09:15 PM |
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I bought my donor from eBay for £45 and I didn't even win the auction. As for bike engines, I saw one once, but couln't afford to buy one.
A bit of slapstick never hurt anyone.
http://www.chris.renney.dsl.pipex.com/
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bob
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| posted on 16/10/04 at 09:43 PM |
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Sites like these have great intentions,they just need more parts.
http://www.oldpartstore.co.uk/partslist.htm
also
http://www.rallyusedparts.co.uk/facilities/searches/searchford.cfm
I must be bored tonight
[Edited on 16/10/04 by bob]
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bob
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| posted on 16/10/04 at 09:52 PM |
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This one is from the links on this site,i suspect the price may be high though but you dont know till you ask.
http://www.auto-recycle.co.uk/
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