HMC- ex rave/tetleysmooth Rover 75 arrival

[bramz7]

Man that Sierra estate is lovely. i really did miss the boat on those, ah well.

[Lacquer Peel]

I’m just hoping that nobody buys it and puts some shit banded wheels on it and goes all ‘rollin coal’ on it.

It'd be pretty good hotted up with a TD Indenor out of a Leyland Daf 400 or something.

[HMC]

Man that Sierra estate is lovely. i really did miss the boat on those, ah well.

 

I didnt, but jumped overboard shortly thereafter. One I should have kept. I paid rob 300 quid for it IIRC

[greengartside]

Yogurt truck well and truly smashed on that Sierra. It’s one of the first GL’s with the rear number plate appliqué/trim as they inherited that in the summer of 1984 from the Ghia model.

[HMC]

^ yes its the little trim details and the apparent originality of it that appeals. I even love the font of the bootlid model/engine/trim designation and how there so many separate parts. #saddo

[greengartside]

^ yes its the little trim details and the apparent originality of it that appeals. I even love the font of the bootlid model/engine/trim designation and how there so many separate parts. #saddo

Nowt sad about that. One of the best fonts of badges Ford ever did IMHO.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

1985, somewhere in Surrey, I was a snot nosed Yuppie in a leased XR3i, dead of night ,snowy back roads and I had to approve some printing that was about to come off the press( ask your grandad).

Left the pub to follow the print rep to factory, he was late 50's driving a 2.3d Sierra estate. Had my arse handed to me. I'll never forget how hard I had to try to keep up, maybe he knew the roads, maybe he was fearless because of drink, he could have been the best driver ever, or maybe 2.3d Sierras have hidden super powers..

( that I'm not as good as I think I am/was, is not an option)

[HMC]

I think he has it on Gumtree for £1200

 

Couldnt find. There is however a late 4x4 ghia estate in light metallic blue on there. It is in ireland, and the rear arches look like they will disintegrate if you sneeze near them. Still want tho

[RobT]

I remember it had factory aircon and this meant sourcing the replacment for a borked radiator was a ball ache as it was somehow different, and it was an auto which IIRC added further complexity to figuring out what would fit.

Yup, that was my excuse for not fixing it, oil cooler pipes for the auto 'box meant the rad was either unobtainium or too expensive. Just needed topping up regularly. I had the same scenario on my Cav auto until I eventually found a replacement. Both those experiences led me to think I could run the ex-Bo11 Rover 623 with a radiator leak. How wrong was I...

 

H97 was a press car or something, and had all teh extras including the posh stereo that Ford lickers jizz over.

[wuvvum]

I'd forgotten what a handsome beast that Sierra estate was.

 

IIRC it was a Ford (Dagenham) manager's car from new, hence the fancy bits'n'pieces it had fitted.

[DodgeRover]

It'd be pretty good hotted up with a TD Indenor out of a Leyland Daf 400 or something.

I always though you could cobble something together with a CX turbo diesel setup... In reality I never thought these were slow at the time. Awful in a crosswind on the motorway though.

[Lacquer Peel]

The CX diesel is a different engine, Citroen's own.

[wuvvum]

It'd be slightly less desperately miserable with a TD Indenor out of a Leyland Daf 400 or something.

FTFY

[egg]

That lovely Ghia estate is another excuse to post my old Sierra Ghia up (sold 2006ish). Tell you what, the Mondeo is/was a big leap forward...but this really was a comfy old barge.

 

[AMC Rebel]

Place I worked in the 1990s made you take pool cars on business trips.  No other bugger would take the 2.3 Sierra but I quite liked it.  It was slow but not as slow as a W124 300D of similar vintage.

[rainagain]

If you need an AC compressor for the Mondeo, I’m selling this one and can offer shitter’s discount

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Air-Conditioning-A-C-Compressor-Fits-FORD-Cougar-Fiesta-Mondeo-93-2001-/192641875455

[Noel Tidybeard]

ahhh the unmistakable engine note of Mr Felatio the Ice Cream Man

[Guest Hooli]

ahhh the unmistakable engine note of Mr Felatio the Ice Cream Man

 

Sounds blown?

[BorniteIdentity]

The Sierra dude has popped up in the thread discussing it on FB. Do you want me to message him HMC and see if he’ll take the £1200 he had it on Gumtree for?

[sierraman]

It’s worth £1200 all day if it’s even slightly solid.

[HMC]

The Sierra dude has popped up in the thread discussing it on FB. Do you want me to message him HMC and see if he’ll take the £1200 he had it on Gumtree for?

No harm in asking. Currently pm’d senator about his white mk4 Ghia Escort.

[HMC]

Although neither of those are vaguely sporting, or green. Although thankfully I don’t order them by date of registration on the drive, there is hope etc.

[BorniteIdentity]

He says you can have it for £1100 if you don’t mess him around !

[sierraman]

Fuck it go for it. Run the fucker through winter then get it on eBay next spring for £1500 BIN on eBay.

[HMC]

I appear to have bought this automotive cockroach

 

[Datsuncog]

Christ alive that looks utterly rank.

 

 

Well bought!!

[HMC]

Try and zoom in on the rear window stickers. What are they about?!

[HMC]

I’ll get “better” pics of the window stickers later

[SiC]

I appear to have bought this automotive cockroach

 

You mean it goes crunch and brown bits go everywhere when you step on it?

[dougiefourspeed]

Most honourable Japtat. 674/10.