Gav
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 08:15 PM |
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Sierra donors getting scarse?
I rang round about 15 scrappers today asking for bits from a sierra and all of them gave the same response that they dont really see them any more and
several of them said they wont stock anything over 10 years old 
Is this the same for the rest of the country?
One thing this brought to mind was why does the new "book" soon to be published still use sierra running gear?
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jimmyjoebob
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 08:20 PM |
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Are the parts not common to granada range? I know they have five stud hubs etc but diffs, gearboxes and engines are the same.
If at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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Simon
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 08:21 PM |
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I tried a local scrappy for something else (what escapes me now) and I got similar response.
If they can't make much money from them ie selling off spares, it's probably more profitable to have a higher turnaround of crushing cars
straight to the recyclers for the "metal" value. Given current prices for raw materials, I reckon your local has probably crushed a couple
of hundred in the last month
ATB
Simon
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 08:25 PM |
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3 went under the hammer last Friday at Chesterfield auction, one made £240
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Gav
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 08:26 PM |
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Interestingly enough my dad weighed in a load of copper pipe left over from jobs and got far more than he was expecting, apparently he chinese are
buying up all the scrap they can...
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big_wasa
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 08:33 PM |
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Yep getting rare, My local scrapie has got bugger all in.
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Simon
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 08:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Gav.... apparently he chinese are buying up all the scrap they can...
Gav,
Correct. We use bronze at work (bought by the ton in ingot form (bronze approx 80% copper)) and used to pay (3 yrs ago) about £1500/tonne, now more
like £4500.
STOP BUYING STUFF MADE IN CHINA - IT'LL PUT YOU ALL OUT OF A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clear enough?
ATB
Simon
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smart51
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 08:51 PM |
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There are several sierras running near me. Many look to be in quite good nick.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 09:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
STOP BUYING STUFF MADE IN CHINA - IT'LL PUT YOU ALL OUT OF A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't even have to buy anything, many hundred people have been laid off where I work as production is moved out to China. I am sure that many
businesses are going to regret the decision to go there for cheap labour in the future.
I keep getting emails from various Chinese employees out there for technical information that they simply do not need (e.g. source code for
micro's, FPGAs etc.) The only possible reason they can want them is to sell them to competitors. Businesses are being ripped off on a daily
basis by the lack of copyright protection that Chinese law provides (or enforces).
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JoelP
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 09:58 PM |
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copper has gone up so fast that ive actually started saving scrap myself!  Feel like a bloody gippo routing through the skip at work
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Gav
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 10:26 PM |
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Hehe wont be long before its more economic to manouvre asteroids into earth orbit to mine...
Perahps ive a read a SciFi book one too many
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robertst
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 11:21 PM |
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the sierra carb models are getting pretty rare here... not many at all on the streets or in running condition...
there are still loads of injection ones though...
Tom
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Catpuss
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 11:37 PM |
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I spent a few months looking then two local dealers had cheapo runners. I went for the one with 6 months Tax and no broken suspension but higher
milage (by a long way). I figure I can trade in the extra tax and ebay what I don't need as its all in farily OK nick.
Oddly I've seen around half a dozen or so 1.8 sierrras both hatch and estate running around since (mostly in red)
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indykid
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 11:54 PM |
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there's a bloke near hipperholme that had probably 10 sierras in last summer. was like a farmer's yard that he'd decided he'd
start putting scrap cars on. all in reasonable nick, but mostly cvh.
can't remember names or owt, but i can try getting my dad to give directions if you fancy an afternoon out.
tom
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indykid
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| posted on 8/9/06 at 11:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Gav
One thing this brought to mind was why does the new "book" soon to be published still use sierra running gear?
why was the old book second edition published using escort/cortina running gear?
tom
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robinj66
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| posted on 9/9/06 at 08:42 AM |
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Gav
What bits were you after?
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graememk
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| posted on 9/9/06 at 08:44 AM |
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if you dont mind pay the same price as gold theres a guy near me in sutterton (pe20) that has about 60 sierras and about 20 cortinas in stock, and you
get to wonder around with your long coat on with big pockets, you know to keep fuses in etc
£45 for the back end if you want to drop it yourself.
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Gav
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| posted on 9/9/06 at 09:30 AM |
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I acutally found one this morning but it had a lock nut on the wheels but he did have the key and the guy wouldnt let me weld a breaker bar onto it
incase it damaged the alloy wheel, when i asked how he intended to get it off he just shrugged!
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davidwag
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| posted on 9/9/06 at 11:39 AM |
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Hi all,
I've got a Sierra 1.6 Pinto on a K plate with a head gasket gone that you can have for £75.
Mot until may next year IIRC
Its in Exeter
David
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Catpuss
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| posted on 9/9/06 at 05:22 PM |
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Seen a couple in Leicester, one in Leicester Mercury tonight and one on thisisleicestershire.co.uk .
Put details on the bargains elsewhere section of the forum.
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