Y plate Sierra Ghia. A little prang.

[sloth]

if i was uk based id weld it gratis. my old man had a beige 1.6 base, with shit brown interior and 4 speed box. hated it them but love em now. RIP dbu230y

[laser wheels]

Why not prep it yourself? That would save a few quid and give all concerned a better idea of what is required. Just a thought.

 

What would do you recommend? I'd be scared of making matters worse!

[laser wheels]

Prices for welding are hard to judge.  On one hand we might have a top job that takes hours, on the other hand a quick patch.  But you mention two hours?  Sunderland is the home of British welding - I think you could get a better price.

 

Sounds a really good car, an 82 Sierra?  How Many Left site is a bit difficult to get info from, but that is seriously rare. 

 

Good luck with it.

 

According to that site, this is one of two 2.0 Ghia autos on the road.

[dome]

My mate is a cracking welder and charges £15 an hour or so, but He's up here in fife, 150 miles north of you.

 

He sounds like a man I'd like to know...

[Partridge]

RE, welding. I've been quoted £200 to patch up my sills, wheel arches and scuttle panel.

[CortinaDave]

He sounds like a man I'd like to know...

Just PM me if you want his number. He's bloody good at what he does..

[laser wheels]

MOT booked for Tuesday so I should know just how much work is still to do.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

For £150 I'd want a proper repair section grafted in, stone chipped and painted. To get a sill patched? £50-60. 

[cort16]

I'm really tempted by this, which is daft as I've had to pay someone to finish my current old Ford money pit.

[purplebargeken]

Grinder...... flap wheel. Rust killer and weld thru primer. Whatever you can do to reduce the time spent on it by a paid person. If you were nearer......

[CortinaDave]

Get it Cort, I really fancy it too but I've committed to buy another shiters car, so I'll buy this off you when you're done with it

[Stixy]

Long way away  but  im interested  

[fordperv]

I was wondering when you'd get here stixy

[laser wheels]

Finally found a back street guy who after having a look said he can slap a patch on for £35 on Monday! I also had an MOT done and they have confirmed that if it hadn't been for the hole in the sill it would have been a clean sweep with no advisories! So fingers crossed I may have this MOT'd and back on the road next week.

[fordperv]

Great stuff, does that mean your keeping it?

[laser wheels]

Assuming I can indeed get it through the MOT then I will be keeping a hold of it for now. At least through the summer, anyway. Long term though I will probably be moving it on purely because I am fancying something different now!

[fordperv]

Well it'll be much easier to move on with some test on it

[filthyjohn]

I've only just seen this thread, or I'd have offered to do the welding. I'm only in Pallion.

[Jim Bell]

I can reccomend FJs welds. From Mini to MR2, he fills all holes to max satisfaction.

[laser wheels]

I feel like framing this now.

 

[stuboy]

keep it u know u want to

[twosmoke300]

Clean sheet ! I like that

[fordperv]

Excellent news, Did they do a good neat job of the weldage?

[greengartside]

Even the MoT testers first two initials are a Sierra trim level. Well done sir!

[laser wheels]

I hadn't noticed that.

[laser wheels]

I've been thinking long and hard about this and have decided I really want something else so how about £950? I'll try and give it a good clean this weekend and get some new pictures up.

 

Just to recap it has a brand new MOT with no advisories and has had rear brake pipes, flexis and shoes, brake master cylinder, timing belt and front control arms. Has also had oil change and normal service items like leads etc. but it could probably need a new set of plugs. It does occasionally idle a bit roughly but other than that has been utterly reliable and was my daily for a year. I must have put 150 miles on it on Tuesday including a 100 mile round trip to Redcar and back and never missed a beat!

 

Apart from the weld to the back of the nearside sill it is by all accounts mint underneath and grot free as confirmed by the MOT man. I have been underneath myself and I can confirm it does look very clean no doubt thanks to being fully rustproofed from new!

 

I'll have a good poke around and list the bad bits later!

[Skizzer]

That sounds damn reasonable for a design icon with full clean ticket and THAT INTERIOR.

[JohnK]

If only I had £950 spare I would be all over this. Hope it finds a decent home

[greengartside]

If I had the cash available then I'd be booking a ticket to the north-east but as always it never works out that way GLWTS.

[skattrd]

Any chance of a normal ad with some pics? some of us are too lazy to trawl through 18 pages looking for pics/details