The Autoshite holy grail is now one of us!

[vulgalour]

I think one of those early slant-nosed Peugeot 305s with the round-the-corner auxiliary drive belt should also be on the HG list!

Took a moment before I realised you meant Holy Grail instead of Head Gasket.

 

Emma Consortium: I have a set of valve stem seals for a pinto engine somewhere. I bought them in the late 90s for my 1.6 Sapphire. If they're compatible and I can find them (I actually had hold of them fairly recently when organising things) you can have them.

[oldford]

You're all making me feel guilty for fitting electric, heated seats in my LX Sierra.

[Cheggers]

Excellent stuff, great to see it getting fettled with.

 

Have a 'net-found pic for inspiration:

 

Elvis drove a Sierra...who'd have known.

[Spottedlaurel]

Crikey! I've been away for a long weekend and what a lot I've had to catch up with here. Well done to all concerned.

 

Sorry if I missed it, but do we know why it became available from the long-term owner? Is he still alive and well?

 

I'm convinced that our local village bus operators (Rules Coaches of Boxford) had a base red estate from new, I remember the grey grille There doesn't seem to be a mention of it in the 'Saloon' listing - logically, as a saloon estate would be silly, unlike saloon hatchback - but my old Parker's Guide suggests there was such a thing. Will go and check one of my old brochures later.

[SeanRG]

Morning y'all.

 

The reality of what we've done has just about sunk in, and as you can see from the panel purchase - we do really mean this!

 

My first task is to sort out the running.  Whilst there's been a bit of discussion about how far to take things with the body, we're all of the opinion that mechanically it needs to be as good as we can reasonably expect.  It needs a complete service, a thermostat, a rocker cover gasket and probably a timing belt too.

 

If ANYONE has any service parts suitable for the car, PLEASE CAN YOU PM ME so that we can get things together?  Anything we can't source we will buy from the fund, but it'd be nice to hold whatever we can back for 'unexpected surprises'.

 

Hope to hear, and thanks for your help and kind words so far.  

Fantastic to see and read the progress of the Sierra.  The beige Y reg I'm fixing up requires misc. parts from breaker cars, so I'm more than happy to grab some additional bits for the Base beauty too - my area's West Midlands and Milton Keynes, the latter is where the Sierra lives.

 

If I remember right, the rear bumper is from a MK2?  Should it interest you I know of a 'good as new' MK1 rear bumper - specific for the Base trim.

 

Also, should you ever find the Sierra needs some obscure part, here's a useful link to a complete parts catalogue:

http://www.fordopedia.org/parts-catalog/sierra-mk1 

 

[For Fiats Sake]

Base spec car my bottom, my pandas and uno don't even have door handles, radios, clocks and gloveboxes and didn't come with locking fuel caps either.

 

Don't know your born with you fancy "saloon" cars...

 

Nice save etc etc :thumb:

[adw1977]

Crikey!

 

I'm convinced that our local village bus operators (Rules Coaches of Boxford) had a base red estate from new, I remember the grey grille There doesn't seem to be a mention of it in the 'Saloon' listing - logically, as a saloon estate would be silly, unlike saloon hatchback - but my old Parker's Guide suggests there was such a thing. Will go and check one of my old brochures later.

Ford cunningly called it Sierra Estate, although they tended it to bury it near the back of the brochures with no pictures!

[warren t claim]

I think we now need to find a Lonsdale being driven by a happy Talk Talk broadband customer.

[Timewaster]

I'm amazed no one has combined the word Grey and Grill to make this the Autoshite Holy Greyill

[Angrydicky]

Fantastic to see and read the progress of the Sierra.  The beige Y reg I'm fixing up requires misc. parts from breaker cars, so I'm more than happy to grab some additional bits for the Base beauty too - my area's West Midlands and Milton Keynes, the latter is where the Sierra lives.

 

If I remember right, the rear bumper is from a MK2?  Should it interest you I know of a 'good as new' MK1 rear bumper - specific for the Base trim.

Thanks for the positive words Sean. I've been following your Sierras on Flickr, and was parked near your C reg EMAX at the Festival of the Unexceptional (I was with the beige Maestro, dressed as an old giffer).

 

Would you be able to PM me some details of the bumper? It's not a massive priority for the car, but it is one of the few non-OE parts on the car, and the MK2 bumper was only fitted around 2011, so it's not like its a historic modification. And it's already had a bump or two by the looks.

[BorniteIdentity]

"Have you got a battery for an Ericsson"?

 

 

 

Err, scrap that. I mean has anybody got a HBOL for the Sierra?  I've just returned my library books and am short of some bedtime reading.

 

More battered the better...

[andy18s]

I have a couple of hbol I'll gladly donate

Pm an address to send it/them to

 

Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

[uk_senator]

That's my photo, I was lucky enough to speak to the owner because he turned up just as I was taking photos. This car was first found by one of my Flickr contacts, Sim's pics.

I actually found it on Streetview first Al, Sim managed to physically get to it first though! Not that I`m a bad looser or anything... lol   

 

https://flic.kr/p/9eBQNN

[BorniteIdentity]

Fantastic to see and read the progress of the Sierra. The beige Y reg I'm fixing up requires misc. parts from breaker cars, so I'm more than happy to grab some additional bits for the Base beauty too - my area's West Midlands and Milton Keynes, the latter is where the Sierra lives.

 

If I remember right, the rear bumper is from a MK2? Should it interest you I know of a 'good as new' MK1 rear bumper - specific for the Base trim.

 

Also, should you ever find the Sierra needs some obscure part, here's a useful link to a complete parts catalogue:

http://www.fordopedia.org/parts-catalog/sierra-mk1

 

Nice offer.

 

I work in MK each week... Let's try to get the cars together?!!

[adw1977]

I actually found it on Streetview first Al, Sim managed to physically get to it first though! Not that I`m a bad looser or anything... lol   

 

https://flic.kr/p/9eBQNN

So you did!  Sorry!

 

That rear bumper was replaced sometime between April 2011 when Sim photographed it

https://www.flickr.com/photos/simoit/5632208549/in/photolist-qgw6We-oSM5bE-nxQYy2-9zGxnX-9zKykY-9zGyf6-buF22E

and November 2011 when I first saw it in the metal:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/61090099@N04/6312463442/

 

From the earlier picture you can see why a replacement was needed!

[uk_senator]

No list of Autoshite icons would be complete without a Lonsdale.

Dont forget the Sao Penza..

[uk_senator]

And another (3-Door) base has surfaced on the bay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sierra-3-Door-1600-4-Speed-Spares-Repairs-/252336889901

[adw1977]

And another (3-Door) base has surfaced on the bay:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sierra-3-Door-1600-4-Speed-Spares-Repairs-/252336889901

 

That's an L - it says so on the boot!

[uk_senator]

That's an L - it says so on the boot!

It does, but if it was an L wouldnt it have a painted grille & normal mirrors?

 

I`ll have to look at your brochures..

[KruJoe]

Dont forget the Sao Penza..

 

...or Tredia Turbo.

[Jimbo]

...or Tredia Turbo.

My parents had a Red Tredia Turbo new with its dual range gearbox "power and economy" lol. Remember my dad being miffed when a XR3 whooped him on the M11 back in the day. It was a A reg from memory. They copped it in for a B reg galant 1600 thus ending their Mitsubishi Colt bothering era which started with a Vreg sigma. Mum worked for a Colt dealer and chopped them every 6-9 months before the rot set in. She went on to work for a short lived UMM importer!!

My favourite of them all was. 2L galant the same shape as the Lonsdale it was beige with beige seats. But it went well and had cool alloys.

[BorniteIdentity]

Bits beginning to arrive. Doofus forgot to pick up the rocker gasket and the thermostat so back we go tomorrow.

 

 

Wix is what the previous owner had on it... So we're keeping it real.

[adw1977]

It does, but if it was an L wouldnt it have a painted grille & normal mirrors?

 

I`ll have to look at your brochures..

 

It hasn't got any mirrors!  By the time the 3 door versions came out, the base had a painted grille anyway, so I don't know why this one hasn't.  

 

Proper head restraints and the bit of fabric on the door card suggest L.

[dollywobbler]

Cannot believe that minging Sierra is over £400 already!

[Felly Magic]

WIBBLE, I missed all this whilst I was at the funny farm in Yarmouth. Flappy mirrors, grey grille, DA SECKS!!!

[ChristinaGXL]

I've seen this car posted for so long on flickr it's so amazing to see it rescued for the great british people! Love the story here, so amazing. 

[SeanRG]

Thanks for the positive words Sean. I've been following your Sierras on Flickr, and was parked near your C reg EMAX at the Festival of the Unexceptional (I was with the beige Maestro, dressed as an old giffer).

 

Would you be able to PM me some details of the bumper? It's not a massive priority for the car, but it is one of the few non-OE parts on the car, and the MK2 bumper was only fitted around 2011, so it's not like its a historic modification. And it's already had a bump or two by the looks.

Awesome stuff, yes your username rang a bell. That show was great, I've entered the Emax in again for this year. I regret not spending more time hovering around your Maestro, it looked fantastic and I hope to see it again come July.

 

Shall drop you a PM.

[SeanRG]

Nice offer.

I work in MK each week... Let's try to get the cars together?!!

Absolutely! Spot the difference between the miserly Base and 'decadent' L

I'll drop you message sometime soon.

[Chris2cv]

I have just read through this thread, and was really pleased to see that it will live on. I have never seen one of these, but then you rarely see a Sierra anymore, except the fast ones. Best of luck with the preservation of the car, restoration would probably be wrong, but it needs to be kept alive for as long as possible.

 

  As you may gather, I have a 2cv, so this "base" actually looks quite luxurious to me!

[Felly Magic]

As Jay Chin-o says it's all about the 'pateeenah', the only way this could be any more shite tastic would be if it was a 1.3