1990 Sierra Sapphire - Daily Driver, Zetec page 6

[Copey]

seein as the capri is being a Ba$tard I decided a 2nd car was in order so started searchin ebay tonight, looked at a few and spotted a Sierra Saph 2ltr GSL, looks great in pics, bar one small hole (easy sorted), phoned the bloke, really nice guy, old timer, had the car sinve nearly new, kept in a garage for the past 15 years, never welded, body virtually mint (bar previously mentioned hole), interior mint, engine mint, done 88k, been through past 10 MOTs with a clean ticket each time, MOT til June, tax til Feb, anyways, pics...























and the only scab



all for 500 cash monies!!

will be pickin up tomorrow all being well, will include better pics too

[oli8925]

Any plans for this one or is it going to be left alone? Could have a bigger, younger brother for the Capri.

[Copey]

its gonna stay as is for the time being (it may borrow the banded steels if they will fit, but doubt they will) bought a CD player for it, nowt fancy

once the capri is back up n runnin i will have a little play, wheels, lower, maybe cossie bumpers, just keep it subtle n make it look nice

first thing will be sort the arch out before it gets worse

[ChasR]

Wow, this car brings back some fond childhood memories . My father had one (a twink) that looked just like this (it was H484 HAC). It originally came with the same wheels (which he changed to the rounded 5 spokes (they were an optional extra I believe) and a Cosworth spoiler from the dealer. In my eyes anyway it was a great car . Between my dad and my uncle (whom he sold it on to) it covered in excess 200,000 miles with ease.

Anyway, enough of the memories, I look forward to seeing this with the mods if your Capri is anything to go by .

[Copey]

thanks mate we had one when i was a kid too! in cream, so brings back memories for me! cant wait to drive it home and get it on the driveway

[SparksECM]

Woop! Looks nice mate. Welcome to sierra ownership!

[Copey]

cheers Alex

[AB car pix]

Brilliant cars, as good as the same as my old red one that I turned into a drifter.
If I could only ever drive one car it would probably be a Sierra! ;D

[Copey]

haha, i am glad they get a good review

[Copey]

picked it up and all went nice and smooth

pic of both my rides together

[SparksECM]

Get some linseed oil on those bumpers lol

[oli8925]

My dad had one too, a D reg I think, may have been an estate and in a lovely faded red no idea what engine it was, I was too young to remember anything about it other than it smelt nice and always had a supply of Refreshers in it.

[GaSmOnKeY]

don't see clean ones much these days... screaming to be a mint cossie replica....

[Maizetina]

if you need any parts i am breaking one at the moment

[Tom Majeure]

Was watching this on ebay to break for the engine and gearbox. Glad to see to went to a good home.

[Copey]

Jan 24, 2012 19:48:00 GMT oli8925 said:

My dad had one too, a D reg I think, may have been an estate and in a lovely faded red no idea what engine it was, I was too young to remember anything about it other than it smelt nice and always had a supply of Refreshers in it.

haha, ace!! ours was a 1.8 i think, so sloooowww haha

ltp, i was thinkin it, but a few pics in a moment will explain why it will be stayin mostly standard

Maizetina if you have a lift up gear knob it wouldnt go a miss, the one in mine is well past it

Tom Majeure i am happy i got it first, far far too good to break ;D

and the wheels that "fell" onto it...







;D ;D ;D

[Maizetina]

Engine and gearbox are fitted in my ford pop sorry.

[Copey]

haha, fair play mate, bet that engine goes well in a pop!! seem good motors

[bortaf]

Jan 24, 2012 21:27:45 GMT Maizetina said:

Engine and gearbox are fitted in my ford pop sorry.

sorry to jump on somones thread but have you got a steering wheel for a sierra? mines been hacksawed through by an inept car thief

[skoda_norman]

I like this. It needs very little. Glad to see it has gone to a good owner.