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pilninggas reacted to St.Jude in F**ked Black Rover 827 SLi - The Mistake Machine
It is what it is. I’ve learned a lot, more about my head than the technicalities of a Rover.
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pilninggas reacted to Peter C in 1987 Ford Sierra Sapphire 1.8L - Fun* with exhaust system - see page 28
Further to these two threads:
It looks like I will soon be the owner of a very tidy 1987 Ford Sierra Sapphire 1.8L.
I was looking for a poverty spec Sierra in the south east of England but thanks to @cort16 my next toy currently resides with a collector based in Northern Ireland. A deal has been done and Sierra will be put on a low loader on Monday and arrive here in Buckinghamshire the follow day. I have spoken with the seller, checked out his comprehensive Facebook presence and he seems totally genuine. WCPGW? Nothing. There was talk about me picking up the car in person, however for logistical reasons and my imminent big birthday that will keep me busy for a couple of forthcoming weekends, I wouldn't be able to fly to Belfast for at least the next 3-4 weeks.
I hope to receive more photos from the seller later today but these are images taken from his Marketplace listing.
The Sierra has a genuine 33k miles on the clock, apparently with adequate paperwork to back this up. Online MoT records go back to 2005 and it is clear that the car has seen very little use over the past 18 years and passed most MoT tests outright. 37 year old Sierras don't look this good unless they've been looked after and have clocked up low mileages.
More about this gem once progress is made with the seller.
The reason why I wanted a poverty spec Sierra is because when I was a student, I bought a D reg Sierra 1.6L from my then girlfriend's dad. I paid £800 for the car, which was about 10ish years old at the time and was owned by girlfriend's dad from new. It was mint. I sold it and bought a Guards Red Porsche 924 but that's another story.
Sometime later I bought a Sierra 2.0GL estate. I bought it cheap and it came with Ford Escort S2 Turbo 15" alloy wheels, which I sold for a decent price and fitted a set of Sierra steel wheels and Mondeo trims, which I got from a mate for free. I sold the car a few months later for a lot more than I paid for it. Win.
Fast forward (not Fast Ford) a good few years and when I bought my first house, I needed a cheap estate for tip runs and trips to DIY centres. I bought another red estate, this time a 1.8L, fitted with a lovely CVH engine that snapped its cambelt on the second journey. I had it fixed by a local garage for £250. It needed three valves and a new belt. Later, this became my wife's first car, however as it didn't have power steering and was too heavy to drive, it was quickly replaced with a Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 GLS. That was a good car.
Fast forward even further, my wife and I moved to a rural spot in Buckinghamshire and I treated myself to a lovely Sierra Chasseur estate, again fitted with a 1.8 CVH motor. That was a one owner car, an ex Ford employee who was given the Sierra as a retirement present from Ford management. I kept it for a few months, sold it to a friend who was later diagnosed with a terminal disease and I ended up selling it for him to a complete stranger who looked very pleased with himself as he was driving away. He should have been, it was a lovely car.
Whilst I had the Chasseur, I bought a Sierra 2.0i Ghia hatchback for £150, a runner, with MoT but it was shabby and I flipped it as soon as the V5 arrived, in the process doubling my money.
So, ladies and gentlemen, this is why I want another low spec Sierra. I want to relive the good old times and have a car to play with that won't be flashing an EML at me, won't need an EGR delete and will put a lasting smile on my face.
More soon.
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pilninggas reacted to alcyonecorporation in eBay tat volume 3.
Ah, man, that's a bit sad.
In 2019 it belonged to a wool shop in Orkney, Puffin Pullovers, which used it as an everyday van.
When I saw it, in Ely, Cambridgeshire, for their Christmas market, the Reliant had been driven there from South Ronaldsay, full of stock.
The market layout made it a bugger to photograph. It's the only Regal Mk2 left on the roads AFAIK, and good to know it's still in one piece.
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pilninggas reacted to scooobydont in eBay tat volume 3.
And done. Bought by a mate that needed something asap, drives spot on.
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pilninggas reacted to mat_the_cat in 205 GTi - repairs underway
We dropped off a vehicle at my local garage recently, and my wife happened to spot this awaiting work in their yard...
I enquired about it, and turns out it's in for a few jobs before sale. Started out life in Cyprus, and has had long periods of dry storage over here so the shell is very good - better than the ones she had when they were 10 years old.
It's also had a documented engine rebuild from a specialist, who she's been in touch with to confirm. The garage put it up on their ramp so we could check it over today, and although not perfect, it only seems to be minor stuff.
One trackrod end and lower ball joint
CV joint
Fuel hoses
Temperature gauge inoperative and high idle when warm (I think seperate sensors so possibly not linked)
Sticking handbrake cables
Low alternator output
Coolant level sensor telling lies
Missing jack
Missing door pocket but otherwise great condition interior.
I know most will just say get it bought, but any sober voices of reason out there to say why not? £7.5k which although is a lot, now seems towards the cheaper end of the range. And I'd rather be changing suspension and brakes than welding a rotten shell!
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pilninggas reacted to wuvvum in eBay tat volume 3.
When I win the lottery I'm going to buy a Ferrari F40 and make it into a Triumph TR7 replica.
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pilninggas reacted to cort16 in eBay tat volume 3.
45,000 miles and booted. It looks very nice.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204549542317
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pilninggas got a reaction from SteersWithThrottle in eBay tat volume 3.
2014 Derv Outlander for £2650
https://www.gumtree.com/p/mitsubishi/mitsubishi-outlander-2.2-diesel-2014-gx4-di-d-147-7-seater-4x4-in-blac/1469605349
215k, but looks reasonable
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pilninggas reacted to egg in eBay tat volume 3.
Reliable Honda engine.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/861847118820846/
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pilninggas reacted to bigstraight6 in 20 years on.
In October 2003 I purchased this Zodiac after seeing it advertised in Classic Car Weekly, a MK3 Zodiac was my first car in 1985 and they’ve always been a bit of an obsession.
KMG 769B has been very easy to live with for the last 20 years, only needing a bit of metal surgery on the NSF suspension strut mount and lower front valance, replacement track control arms, front brake pads, rear brake shoes, clutch assembly, electronic ignition conversion, spin on oil filter conversion and proper yearly servicing schedule.
I’m very lucky to own an example of a dream car, I love the old thing and never tire of driving it and just looking at it.
Part of the family this flash Essex motor! Had her out today after a good few months sat in the garage, fired up first time and was cruising easy at 70 MPH shortly after!
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pilninggas reacted to egg in eBay tat volume 3.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1800378263728001/
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pilninggas reacted to egg in eBay tat volume 3.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/619327497058406/
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pilninggas reacted to TheIsleofShite in eBay tat volume 3.
Oh my..
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285492004617?hash=item4278a64709:g:sT0AAOSwvbRlE~fe
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pilninggas reacted to Iamgroot in The Bikeshite Thread
Well, this happened, two in!
Two 1983 VF750F joined the fold
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pilninggas reacted to Cavcraft in The Bikeshite Thread
Remember Thursday and 'The bloke's gaff was absolutely rammed with shite, old Discoverys, Range Rovers, farming stuff, knackered and decent motorbikes and pretty much everything else in between.'?
Well, one of the other rammed in shite things caught my eye. Probably should have paid more attention and just bought that instead, but here we are two days later, with something certainly shitter and maybe a bit quicker from the same vendor. Test ride duly taken, fuel from the can we bought with us added (he was miles miles from anywhere), some minor tick-over tweaks, and off to go. PO rode it like an absolute demon up his farm track (which is over a mile long) which I didn't fancy. The front tyre is older than God and has more cracks than Anne Robinson smiling without wearing make-up, and another interesting* feature revealed itself on the ride home.
Here it is, in all it's 42 year old Kawasaki glory...
A 'proper' (chain) Kawasaki big 4 seems to be stupid money these days, so this was considerably cheaper than one of those would have fetched. Only took it to 60mph due to the aforementioned front tyre, plus the newly found feature of it deciding to piss petrol out of the bottom of the carbs somewhere with the engine running. Discovering this at a busy set of (red, obvs) lights coming home wasn't exactly inspiring, but CBA stopping to investigate and luckily made it home without needing to stop for more than about a minute at most at other signals. Love the seat, despise the handlebars. Other than that, it sounds fantastic, even if it looks horrible.
Not a fan of the colour, it either needs to go Kawasaki Green with Eddie Lawson replica type decals, or possibly an all black job with a bikini fairing. Perhaps a sort of half-arsed 'Mad Max' type thing.
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pilninggas got a reaction from Barry Cade in The Bikeshite Thread
I'm in the Italian Alps (again!) With a mate.
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pilninggas reacted to angle in eBay tat volume 3.
Have we had this? 1.3 base.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/756815466139396/
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pilninggas reacted to Tubbo in eBay tat volume 3.
Lincolnshire £995 mot exempt.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-cars/morris-minor-1966/1464989961
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pilninggas got a reaction from wuvvum in eBay tat volume 3.
To be fair to it, it is miniature, based on a mobility scooter, built from the ground-up and even has a smoke machine for max trotters-running-from-fallen-chandelier-mansion nonsense rather than taking the usual Robin with 1/4 ton of wob and b&q mixed yellow rubbish.
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pilninggas got a reaction from wesacosa in eBay tat volume 3.
To be fair to it, it is miniature, based on a mobility scooter, built from the ground-up and even has a smoke machine for max trotters-running-from-fallen-chandelier-mansion nonsense rather than taking the usual Robin with 1/4 ton of wob and b&q mixed yellow rubbish.
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pilninggas got a reaction from Dave_Q in The Bikeshite Thread
I'm in the Italian Alps (again!) With a mate.
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pilninggas got a reaction from Sham in The Bikeshite Thread
I'm in the Italian Alps (again!) With a mate.