Sierra Charlie Victor Hotel

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Almost every old Ford thread descends into a Ford nerd convention, the willy-waving nerds brandishing their most accurate trim level and model year facts.

 

and yet your avatar shows a man who knows his onions

 

how queer

 

have you seen my washboard?

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

I usually like car nerdiness, maybe it's just because every cunt is a Ford nerd.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Sierra rust depends on where it was made. Dagenham built cars were rubbish, but the Kraut ones (look for Ford Werke Actiengesellschaft on the VIN plate) were pretty good. All Cosseh Staffires were built there and they're pretty rust resistant. Not immune, but the front wings, sills and rear arches won't be falling off if it's a genuine straight example.

 

I've got a thing for the original Jellymoulds, a beige '83 1.6L with the flying saucer wheeltrims - niiiiice.

And I've driven clean ones into the scrapyard and claimed my £50. Oh well.

[Owain-328i]

Id love a Sierra, but not a cosworth.

 

The Most obscure Sierra of all, the Sierra 2.9i Ghia 'X' 4x4 Estate. Yes what a mouthfull.

 

Or id have the MK1 2.8i Ghia Estate 4x4

 

GR8 for everything

[Richard]

Sierra rust depends on where it was made. Dagenham built cars were rubbish, but the Kraut ones (look for Ford Werke Actiengesellschaft on the VIN plate) were pretty good.

 

I'd agree with that. Somebody at work got an early 3 door Sierra in about 2000 and there wasn't a spot of rust on it. Unfortunately it went the same way as every other car he had- written off in a low-speed dope-fuelled accident.

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Sierra rust depends on where it was made. Dagenham built cars were rubbish, but the Kraut ones (look for Ford Werke Actiengesellschaft on the VIN plate) were pretty good. All Cosseh Staffires were built there and they're pretty rust resistant. Not immune, but the front wings, sills and rear arches won't be falling off if it's a genuine straight example.

 

I've got a thing for the original Jellymoulds, a beige '83 1.6L with the flying saucer wheeltrims - niiiiice.

And I've driven clean ones into the scrapyard and claimed my £50. Oh well.

 

same principle seems to apply to Cortinas too

[r.welfare]

I wonder how many were made at Dagenham - my dad had three low-spec Mk1s from new (2 1.6Ls and a 1.8GL) and they were all made in Genk in Belgium. The Ghias seem to have lasted best out of the boggo stuff - made in Germany, perhaps?

 

Nice looking Saff, anyway - my dad ran a hatch in that colour/trim level back in the mid-90s with the carb'd twincam. Not a bad old bus.

[Pete-M]

I usually like car nerdiness, maybe it's just because every cunt is a Ford nerd.

 

Proud.

 

 

The Most obscure Sierra of all, the Sierra 2.9i Ghia 'X' 4x4 Estate. Yes what a mouthful.

 

I had a Sierra 2.9i Ghia 4x4 Estate, twin turbocharged by Turbo Technics when new, and with factory A/C. One hell of a car that, G666PFJ.