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Feb 26, 2012 17:20:52 GMT
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Did a bad photoshop (no skillzorz here) of a Sierra van ages ago, would look great with two door doors on it.  |
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Feb 26, 2012 17:47:11 GMT
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Superb project, for rarity value alone.
When you said wibblepoo inside, you did indeed mean wibblepoo. That's a particularly Irish condition in which to find a vehicle. :-)
My hat's off to you for taking it on. It looks like you'll be power-washing the inside not just the outside.
What's the plan?
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totti
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Feb 26, 2012 17:52:38 GMT
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Only for the brave......!!
The VIN code says its build by Ford of Germany in Genk(Belgium)
Bookmarked!!
Cheers
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Feb 26, 2012 18:31:44 GMT
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bookmarked
can't wait to see how this turns out.
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Mk3 Capri LS
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Feb 26, 2012 18:34:19 GMT
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Feb 26, 2012 18:59:18 GMT
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Looks like a hell of a project and I look forward to seeing it after a clean, I think that may be a bit of a full on job  Hats off to you for taking it on  |
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Dez
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1991 Sierra Van!!!!!Dez
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Feb 26, 2012 19:08:53 GMT
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thats so wibblepoo it looks like something i would buy!!   deffo needs steam cleaning inside and out to stop you catching sheep-aids before starting to work on it. but how awesome would a 3dr van like P.U.T. posted have been if they made those? or one like an astra van with 5dr doors but proper one-piece pressed rear quarters. |
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Feb 26, 2012 19:22:02 GMT
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That's nuts! Didn't know of such a van...
Interior looks like something from a nightmare though....
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1979 Chrysler Horizon 1.3 GL 1980 Ford Granada 2.8 Ghia 1985 Ford Sierra 3dr 1985 Ford Escort Mk3 1988 Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 1989 Ford Escort 1.3 Popular 1995 Volvo 960 1996 BMW 525i 1998 BMW 323i 1999 BMW 530d 2003 BMW 530i . www.facebook.com/ABCARPIX |
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Feb 26, 2012 19:24:25 GMT
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Rare now yes but they were a production vehical (tax reasons) in holland I think it was, deffo more than 3 made I have seen brochuires for them i'll have a search, sounds like the first owner was fed a load by the dealers who simply orderd one in RHD. Wonder if the story was originally that just 3 rhd Sierra vans were made - I can easily believe that getting getting twisted over the years to being that there were just 3 Sierra vans (all the pictures I have seen of them have been lhd and Dutch in origin) Could well be only 3 RHD ? but as RHD salloons ect were built in genk as well it wouldn't be hard to order one in RHD? Ford sold cortina vans as well so it wasn't a new thing although the cortina/taunus van had windows but the same floor treament as the sierra. It's deffo a rarity and i for one will be following it ;D especialy as i have a sierra van meself, well OK a P100 with a truckman top but people allways ask me where i got the sierra van from A 2 door version wouyld have really rocked  |
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R.I.P photobucket
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Feb 26, 2012 20:25:25 GMT
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Hey thats something else!!! Nice one. A member on here has/had a sierra van, it was a dutch one with glass rear windows but a proper van floor etc, I remember it being a proper minter, and it was a Mk1 as well.
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Feb 26, 2012 22:05:26 GMT
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Wow!, That does look like a ambitious project, that interior is shot!, At least spares are still pretty common and cheap so It is do-able. The photos that have already been posted belong to to "Sierravanman" who sometimes posts on the autoshite forum, he also own a Cortina and Sierra spares company ( oldpartstore.net/index.htm ), This is the story about the van he gave me: It is an import from Holland. It is a genuine factory van, not a homemade conversion, has no rear seats and a steel floor.I don't think they ever made any right hand drive ones. Its not an Ambulance,the upturned dinghy on the roof is for Holland, as it increases the volume to allow it to be classed a commercial vehicle, which means cheap road tax there. Its fibreglass so when the rest rots away beneath it,it can be a useful garden ornament or indeed a boat. The original roof is cut away inside, so its really useful to carry doors etc A friend of mine in Holland bought it, abused it even more than it had been previously and was going to take it to the scrapyard (where it wouldn't have looked out of place), but I just had to have it. It snapped its crank on the motorway in Holland. I enjoyed being towed in it through customs by one of those yellow tractors with a revolving orange lamp. They accused me of drug smuggling...probably assuming I must have been on something to have such a thing...and it being broken at that. Since then its had another engine, clutch, exhaust,brakes, starter motor, bonnet,one wing, 4 doors, 2 chassis rails at the back,one back panel,sills and inner sills, floor, wheelarches,a tailgate,all the lights,2 seats,door cards and a carpet, 5 wheels and tyres ...and now the fresh paint . Its a '91 1.8td.....but I have another one just like it that's an '88 2.3 indenor,but in a worse state ! I plead insanity. As for photos, well there's this one of when he first got it.  1991 Ford Sierra 1.8td Van by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr and these of it in the bodyshop, I haven't got any finished photos.  Ford Sierra Van by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr  Ford Sierra Van by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr |
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Feb 26, 2012 22:48:46 GMT
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This is brilliant!Good luck with it, keep us posted.I love the idea of rescuing stuff like this! |
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Feb 26, 2012 22:50:49 GMT
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there was a 2 door van in norwich vcf motor factors i thnk it was a 2.8 not sure but boy it was sweet motor
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not a sierra fan but love oddities like these, there was a crewcab p100 built as a styleing exercise std wheelbase.
back in the late 80's early 90's there was a green est fitted with xr4i doors & paneled rear in street machine.
i've got the brochure for the mk5 taunus van & seen a moggie traveller van again for holland as said a tax dodge.
there where also some 5th wheel mini & moggie pickups for there,the trailers where built i beleave in scotland by a cochbuilder.
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theres more to life than mpg & to much power is just enough.
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stealthstylz
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There used to be a 3 door Sierra van kicking about on the hot rod scene. Wonder what happened to it, looked superb.
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Fair play to you for taking that on! Have you checkewd the back for human bones??
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Cool motor, massive job!!
Bookmarked
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Mar 11, 2012 23:07:38 GMT
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bit of an update lads , spent all day yesterday shoveling pooh.gif and taking off a lot of bits off the van to see what the actual shell itself was like , turns out its not too bad at all despite twenty years of dog and sheep curse word rotting away into the carpet and the sound proofing , it came out in chunks instead of one piece !!!! bit of a nightmare getting out the seats and the rear door was siezed shut but plenty of WD40 and brute force shifted her , we found and managed to remove five rats nests from the back of the dash , id say there is more in there just have to get the dash out first !!!!!! we also had to take out the rear floor because the amount of pooh.gif gathered under here was unreal and we would have not been able to clean it properly other wise , anyway after a lot of stripping we got it o where it was ready for a blast of the power hose , its in the shed now drying out and we will start the body work soon , couple of sills and maybe a passenger floor might do the trick , fingers crossed , here are some more pics .             |
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Mar 11, 2012 23:56:08 GMT
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Good work! Not sure I'd have the stomach for cleaning out that lot. I can't be the only one who wants to see (Princess) Volksangyl get stuck in to cleaning this out, right? |
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Somebody find me a Watling. £££ waiting! (Seriously, I want a Watling. Help me plzzzzz)
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such an ungainly looking machine, but serious potential
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Hats off to you for taking it on 
