tj4ord
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 05:30 PM |
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where to find donors?
hiya ppl's! finally got the space and money to make a start! but i'm struggling to find a sierra donor. i've been looking on the net
and in the paper but i'm unable to find anything! can any 1 point me in the right direction? thanx
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binraker
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 06:19 PM |
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www.adtrader.co.uk always has loads of stuff but i confess i have never bought anything in it(i generaly use it to see what the market is like then
wait for a buy it now on ebay) but it can sort by distance and price and stuff
what is it about me that makes me look like i know what im doing????
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 06:41 PM |
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I wrote off a K plate 1.8 GLX (CVH) today, 46K on the clock, still with its first owner, FULL ford service histiory, very shiney under the bonnet.
It needs a rear bumper and a tail lamp and a bit of paintwork. I may have a go at getting the salvage, just to prevent it getting crushed. Shame, it
looks like a 2 year old car!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Chris_R
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 07:17 PM |
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got mine off eBay for £40. Looked poo, but did the job.
A bit of slapstick never hurt anyone.
http://www.chris.renney.dsl.pipex.com/
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andyps
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 08:32 PM |
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Try your local car auction - particularly if they have a banger sale. Just remember the buyers premium on top of the purchase price.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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mackie
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 09:23 PM |
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Check out these badboys 
We got the Sierra (Ghia 4x4 2.8i) off eBay for less than a tenner and the cortina (complete with tax and mot) from an old bloke jon met in a carpark
for 100 quid.
It was fun towing the Sierra 35 miles on a rope with my 1.4 rover. Not.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 09:34 PM |
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"It was fun towing the Sierra 35 miles on a rope with my 1.4 rover. Not."
its normally the other way around!!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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twinturbo
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 10:05 PM |
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You do realise that that that sierra was very rare!!!
An E-plate Mk1 is a reare beast!.. The MK2 was wholsesale introduced for teh D-mark... So that e-plater would eb worth money in the right
circles!!!
TT
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mackie
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 10:50 PM |
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Hehe, the floor was creased and the sills rotten. Engine seemed ok though and the rear end will have a nice new home being assaulted with V8
torque.
I expected it to be the phase 2 shape based on it's age though.
That rover gave me little trouble. Only stopped working when the coil got wet but always sorted with a squirt of WD40.
I now drive a Ford 
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 4/9/04 at 05:34 AM |
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local add-mag, full of em this way, look in "breaking for spares" n offer em beer money for complete car.......
Best if a woman answers phone, she's usually seen enough of the car and says "come n bloody fetch it"
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Viper
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| posted on 4/9/04 at 07:26 AM |
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Keep your eyes peeled when you are out and about, you often see them on peoples drives, often they are happy for you to take them away
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tj4ord
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| posted on 4/9/04 at 01:32 PM |
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just wanna say thanx again for all your help just gotta keep looking. should imagine i will see some of u at the donnington show this weekend.
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James
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| posted on 6/9/04 at 11:26 AM |
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If you can cope with a long trip there's a free one:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=21654&item=2488257420&rd=1
Can't say cheaper than that! Pity it's 170 miles from you!
Cheers,
James
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maff
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| posted on 6/9/04 at 04:27 PM |
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i keep my eyes peeled for for-sale signs in the windows, it's mad i never knew their were still so many sierra's around until i started
looking so intently for them.
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