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    Captain Mainwaring reacted to Peter C in 1987 Ford Sierra Sapphire 1.8L - Ready for inspection - see page 20   
    I've been looking forward to this day for the past two months.
    Once the Sierra was back on its wheels, I undersealed the jacking points that were concealed by axle stands / ramps.


    The other side is the same.
    It was time to pull the Sierra out of the workshop. As the underseal was still fresh and the car isn't taxed, I only drove the Sierra to the end of the road and back to outside my house to take photos.
    At this stage, I recommend that you rewind to page 4 of this thread and remind yourself what the Sierra looked like on the 30th January, the day it arrived from Northern Ireland. I am pleased with the results and I'll let the photos do the talking. Please note that I haven't washed or detailed the bodywork and trim yet, hopefully I will get a chance to do that next weekend.






    The bonnet, roof and boot lid look much better in sunlight than they do under a LED lamp. Yes, if you look closely and at the right angle, you can see the fine scratches but overall, the paint looks great.



    Remember how the four corners looked? The tarpaulin that the Sierra was stored under rubbed the blue paint off down to primer / bare / rusty metal. My masking off and dabbing of blue paint has worked well. Up close, you can see the touching up but I am pleased with my low cost solution.




    The sills and inner sides of the rear wheel arches look much better too.




    The boot lid and rear valance now gleam.

    I left the engine to idle for about 15 minutes and it ran well, nice and quiet, with no smoke. The temperature gauge reached half way quickly (and stayed there) but the coolant level was still low. The idle speed is a little too fast, I need to work out which screw needs a tweak.

    With the Sierra outside, it took me two hours to clean the workshop. EVERY surface was covered with a layer of black overspray dust, which spread when I was painting the bumpers. Got there in the end.

    I put the Sierra back in for another week, until it can be taxed and driven from the 1st April.

    The 1st April is a Monday. According to the forecast, the weather should be dry. Let's hope so.

     
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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from fatharris in FatHarris - tales of a motoring moron ***More engine work***   
    Threads like this are one of the reasons I love AS so much. 
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    Captain Mainwaring reacted to Aston Martin in Lazy spotters thread   
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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from KruJoe in Lazy spotters thread   
    Some low quality Fuengirola spots. I was quite drunk when I took these which might be readily apparent. What's the Bini ripoff thing?




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    Captain Mainwaring reacted to Yoss in Lazy spotters thread   
    I was parked I hasten to add even though it doesn't look like it.
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    Captain Mainwaring reacted to KruJoe in '96 Galaxy (Shrew) A closer look   
    Thanks for the heads-up, you had me worried for a bit there... until I had time to lay down in the dust:










    Sorry some of them are upside-down, they look fine on the laptop until they're uploaded.
    Yes, there are some crusty bits, but I'm sure nothing my MOT man will knock me back for. I'll let him have an honest poke about before I get under there with a wire brush and the underseal. It's a shame some numpty has mashed the front of the sills jacking it up, but what can you do? 
    The trailing arms, the weird Y-shaped rear subframe, and its brackets to the sills are all the wrong shade of brown, but still look solid.
    Other than that, quite relieved really, and the back half of the exhaust looks recent. Which is nice.
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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from bunglebus in Great number plates - got any?   
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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Great number plates - got any?   
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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from Shite Ron in Great number plates - got any?   
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    Captain Mainwaring reacted to High Jetter in My spottings, old and new - grim North special   
    Fuck me, how big are their buses?
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    Captain Mainwaring reacted to cms206 in Bus Shite   
    Some shots from today's running day at Golders Green... plus two from the camera that I've not been able to download yet!









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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from lesapandre in Lazy spotters thread   
    Some low quality Fuengirola spots. I was quite drunk when I took these which might be readily apparent. What's the Bini ripoff thing?




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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from Dyslexic Viking in Lazy spotters thread   
    Some low quality Fuengirola spots. I was quite drunk when I took these which might be readily apparent. What's the Bini ripoff thing?




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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from 4wheeledstool in Cavalier mk2 - another blue giffermobile.   
    I'd somehow forgotten about your Cavs, so naturally I had to read both threads all the way through again! Lovely to see them both still looking great and being cherished. Hats off to you sir, they're a credit to you the pair of them.
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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from Chuck Buckles in Lazy spotters thread   
    I've heard of working Volvos but fitting a crane to the roof is just ridiculous.
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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from eddyramrod in Amelia's Automotive Adventures - Big sister/Little sister   
    All the very best for the op. 
    Looks a decent amount of rammle floating around Turkey... I'm off to Kefalonia in June so hope to do a good amount of spotting there... although the moderns are slowly making inroads now.
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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from Amelia in Amelia's Automotive Adventures - Big sister/Little sister   
    All the very best for the op. 
    Looks a decent amount of rammle floating around Turkey... I'm off to Kefalonia in June so hope to do a good amount of spotting there... although the moderns are slowly making inroads now.
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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from HillmanImp in Lazy spotters thread   
    Eastern Bloc licker.

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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from Dan29 in Lazy spotters thread   
    I've heard of working Volvos but fitting a crane to the roof is just ridiculous.
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    Captain Mainwaring reacted to 83C in Weird Car’s weird cars *now with added bus* Rolls Royce joins the fleet   
    ZTs just look so 'right'. I really wish I had space for one, no real use for it but it's just one of those cars I'd like for the sake of owning one. I do toy with selling the Skoda and finding a CDTi ZT to run around in instead, but the Skoda is tiny and great for what I use it for.
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    Captain Mainwaring reacted to RetroShite in Retroshite   
    Another quality vehicle incoming!
     





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    Captain Mainwaring reacted to RetroShite in Retroshite   
    Glorious!





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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from Pieman in Lazy spotters thread   
    Eastern Bloc licker.

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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from Weird Car in Weird Car’s weird cars *now with added bus* Rolls Royce joins the fleet   
    Still such a good looking car in ZT form, these. A 260 is very much on my 'want' list... 
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    Captain Mainwaring got a reaction from D.E in Lazy spotters thread   
    Eastern Bloc licker.

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