sierraman Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 8 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said: The Sierra has been a labour of love, and a lot of money. I’m still massively massively in negative equity territory, but I was confident it was the only UK example left. I’m even more confident of that fact now. It had to be saved, and I still feel that way about it now. I reckon it owes me alone £2,000. Probably more. Total outlay would be hovering around £3k now. I’m not saying any of this to dissuade anyone. But go into it eyes wide open. Old cars have an insatiable appetite for money, and you just have to shrug your shoulders and spend it. Completely get that, the Sierra was an actual going concern when you bought it it wasn’t one of thousands left and sat on bricks on a housing estate in Alfreton. stonedagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 A few of us (not just Cheggers) put reasonably serious sums into the Sierra. There was a crowdfund after Bornite and I bought it, where many people freely donated a few quid, which helped, but it only added up to less than £200 and got consumed by just giving it a service. And already people are shouting and name-calling about this Rover. Good luck. Kiltox, Cavcraft, trigger and 4 others 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I dunno what happened to the crypto bus, but I'd happily withdraw my money from that and put it into this Rover Stanky and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 The most fun to be had with this Rover is to get it running. Strip all interior, lights and sell them on if possible. Paint it beige. Enter it into a banger race. Lots will be drawn to see who gets to drive it. Weigh it in after and give the spoils to charity. A great end for it, as one day it will be bean tins anyway so it may as well give smiles rather than stress and bickering. Other opinions are available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 sdkrc and adw1977 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenKC53 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 13 hours ago, Nyphur said: What happened to that beige Citroen BX that everyone got a stiffy for a few years ago? As far as I know everyone lost interest after a couple of weeks and it sat for months, before being "resurrected" for a weekend then going to sit back in a garage again. The Sierra that @BorniteIdentity has/had only got rescued because he took it on as a mostly personal project and pumped a load of money into it (and @Cheggers helped out with the purchase fee as I recall) and made it a labour of love. I remember that from the Hubnut video...would be interesting to see what the BX is up to now or its current state (just out of interest more than anything) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 cort1977, Kowalski, adw1977 and 13 others 6 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 The beige BX is with Strangeangel and inching it's way towards an MOT. Updates in his thread. https://autoshite.com/topic/24265-strangeangels-citroënic-shenanigans-featuring-the-autoshite-bx-ami-break-and-some-bikes-63-bx-has-shat-itself-why-the-aixam-shat-itself/page/17/#comments My impression of the situation there is that many people chipped in for the small sum required to buy it in the first place, after which the number of people actually wanting to put any effort into fixing it dwindled to approx 1. That's likely to be the case for the rover, raising £250 or whatever to buy it is easy, everyone has paypal, actually storing and fixing it requires a bit more than that. Kowalski, motorpunk, Cavcraft and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 A fine steed; fancy a flutter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Elisabeth Sladen. She was a stunner. The Mighty Quinn, Stevebrookman, JeeExEll and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, DarrenKC53 said: I remember that from the Hubnut video...would be interesting to see what the BX is up to now or its current state (just out of interest more than anything) Anyone interested in reading about the Beige BX's progress (believe it or not there has been some) can do so here. I'd be lying if I said it's been plain sailing; it hasn't. But it's a great car and I'm determined that it will see the road again. To those of you thinking of taking on this Rover I would say this: look how long it's taken to get this far with the BX, and look how fucked that 800 is by comparison. If you want to do a group save there are far better & more deserving candidates than that wreck. But that's just my 2p worth, nothing for anyone to get excited about. sdkrc, Kowalski and DarrenKC53 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Dave_Q said: The beige BX is with Strangeangel and inching it's way towards an MOT. Updates in his thread. https://autoshite.com/topic/24265-strangeangels-citroënic-shenanigans-featuring-the-autoshite-bx-ami-break-and-some-bikes-63-bx-has-shat-itself-why-the-aixam-shat-itself/page/17/#comments The correct link to read about the Beige is in the post above. All you'll find there is me tearing apart the worst electric car the world has to offer while swearing a lot ? DarrenKC53 and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Someone could always buy it and stash it somewhere just to prevent it’s scrapping. It’s not like it must be immediately returned to the road, plus the more time it’s stashed the more time you have to stumble across parts at a reasonable price. Bren, The Mighty Quinn, Dick Longbridge and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Oh dear, looks like the cars been sold... Sent from my G3121 using Tapatalk Sir Snipes, motorpunk, Dannyk and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Lankytim said: buy it and stash it somewhere Therein is the biggest issue here. I don't thing anyone here has a vast amount of space to be stashing cars in. I know I don't. And if I did it would likely be full, several times over. sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 43 minutes ago, Talbot said: .....I don't thing anyone here has a vast amount of space to be stashing cars in.... Not even SixCyl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 11 hours ago, Skizzer said: A few of us (not just Cheggers) put reasonably serious sums into the Sierra. There was a crowdfund after Bornite and I bought it, where many people freely donated a few quid, which helped, but it only added up to less than £200 and got consumed by just giving it a service. And already people are shouting and name-calling about this Rover. Good luck. If it wasn’t for your cool head, deep pockets and gay abandon, it would never have happened. The joy it brings my 7 year old is immeasurable, so thanks for that Marty. ? worldofceri, Angrydicky, The Mighty Quinn and 4 others 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 12 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said: If it wasn’t for your cool head, deep pockets and gay abandon, it would never have happened. The joy it brings my 7 year old is immeasurable, so thanks for that Marty. ? ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 On 3/12/2020 at 3:50 PM, DodgyBastard said: Oh dear, looks like the cars been sold... Sent from my G3121 using Tapatalk No mention on the jokeface ad...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Indeed. They should have words with themselves! chadders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 What a steaming turd of a thread this has turned into. If a few people want to try and save a car, where's the harm in that? It's like the old (pre-internet) days when all the frothers were complaining about voluntary donations to African kids or whatever. It's surely pretty simple that if you don't want to get involved (financially or with physical help) then don't. Get over yourselves. Jazoli, Angrydicky, Burnside and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickvw72 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Isn’t a forum about opinions, either yours or the counter opinion? I don’t get the strong feelings for an abandoned Rover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Personally this probably the car I would have been least interested in saving (Maestro would always have been my pick, and if I had the time and resources I honestly would have given it a shot...but I simply have nowhere to put it!). However it's out now against all the odds...my thoughts on it are that trying to get all the parts necessary to sort it is probably going to be bloody expensive - and do we even know what the original fault(s) with it were? If the engine or gearbox are fundamentally stuffed surely that's game over? Or is it? It's been stored for God only knows how long in probably about the best conditions save for a climate controlled garage for staving off tin worm...well ventilated and under a roof, so I imagine the shell while scruffy in a few areas is fundamentally sound enough. Would it be worth looking at this as an opportunity to rebody an existing good runner that's rotten as a pear? I'm assuming of course that it's usually rust that kills these. The interior actually looks to be in astonishingly good nick aside from the bits that are obviously missing. No wavy dashboard for one which must be bloody rare these days! Still reckon it's a bit of a lost cause myself but I'll definitely watch with interest and would love to see it back on the road and on the show scene. It would be a really good story piece for the shows if nothing else! Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 If I didn’t already have my own project which was definitely going to cost me more than it’ll probably ever be worth... If it was the Maestro I wouldn’t have been able to resist! That said if this doesn’t get rescued there will be a lingering feeling of regret. If someone has the space and time I’d be happy to contribute a small amount... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Update - car has gone to a new owner to be restored. Result! brownnova, DarrenKC53, timolloyd and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 HMC, Sir Snipes, Dannyk and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 12 minutes ago, sierraman said: Yawn. It's getting really boring now. Cavcraft and Microwave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Inb4thelock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: Yawn. It's getting really boring now. Christ it’s only a joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 That pic is of that Merc S class that had a Rover 800 Fastback hatch grafted onto it, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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