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Does anyone need a Sierra in West Yorks?
TimC - 10/10/08 at 07:52 AM

Morning All
There is a chance that I'll be upgrading my tin-top to some Teutonic loveliness. However, the car in question is in West Yorks. My current daily driver is a 90k mile Sierra Sapphire 1.6CVH with Type 9 box, lots of MOT and a month's TAX. My plan would be to drive the Sapph up, sell it to a friendly Locoster and then return in my new car. Any takers at £300ono?


wilkingj - 10/10/08 at 08:26 AM

Not interested myself... but just a heads up... there are less than 2000 Sierras left on the road.

ie they are getting rarer.
So if you want a pile of spares, hubs brakes, diff steering gear etc.
If its nice one, maybe a classic ready for later on.


tomblyth - 10/10/08 at 08:48 AM

whats the diff ratio? anyway i'm to far up!


TimC - 10/10/08 at 08:52 AM

3.92. You don't think I'd be selling a car with a 3.38 or 3.14 for that money do you?


jabs - 10/10/08 at 09:34 AM

quote:
Originally posted by wilkingj
... there are less than 2000 Sierras left on the road.



Is that correct??? I read about a year ago there were around 75,000 left. There's still be a few around here as well. Mind you I'm using one as my spare tin top just in case I need one in a few years time.


nick205 - 10/10/08 at 09:45 AM

quote:
Originally posted by jabs
quote:
Originally posted by wilkingj
... there are less than 2000 Sierras left on the road.



Is that correct??? I read about a year ago there were around 75,000 left. There's still be a few around here as well. Mind you I'm using one as my spare tin top just in case I need one in a few years time.



They're a rare sight on the roads round these parts. The ones that are on the road are usually in pretty good nick too.

Not too sure they'll ever become a real "classic Ford" though


JonBowden - 10/10/08 at 11:34 AM

I heard (from Chris Gibbs) that there were 75,000 also. However, looking at car sales sites, most seem to be cosworths or 4x4 at high value


chrisg - 10/10/08 at 11:49 AM

That was direct from the DVLA begining of last year.

I'll get in touch with them again.

Cheers

Chris


big_wasa - 11/10/08 at 04:16 PM

Loads around here, but ive not seen a road worthy one for sale for a while.

My local scrap yard has a couple and wants £60 for diff,hubs,shafts and front hubs.