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Author Topic: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?  (Read 6031 times)

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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #60 on: 09 January 2009, 22:18:54 »
Cracking old motors, but avoid the 1.8 cvh (Coarse, Vibratory & Harsh), the barrels used to wear oval with high miles giving loss of compression. 15 odd years ago scrappies had run out of 1.8 cvh's, they all limped a taxi on for another year or so.
    Never had a cossie or an RS 500 thingy but had a few old Sierras as a single Dad with no money & still got a 51,000 mile Cortina which jump starts the Beastie even after being sat for a month. Got another 20 yrs in it as a collectors car & already outlived most of what we're all driving today.
    
   I love my old Fords & always will. 8-)
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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #61 on: 09 January 2009, 22:31:25 »
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Cracking old motors, but avoid the 1.8 cvh (Coarse, Vibratory & Harsh), the barrels used to wear oval with high miles giving loss of compression. 15 odd years ago scrappies had run out of 1.8 cvh's, they all limped a taxi on for another year or so.
    Never had a cossie or an RS 500 thingy but had a few old Sierras as a single Dad with no money & still got a 51,000 mile Cortina which jump starts the Beastie even after being sat for a month. Got another 20 yrs in it as a collectors car & already outlived most of what we're all driving today.
    
   I love my old Fords & always will. 8-)
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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #62 on: 09 January 2009, 22:37:45 »
A pensioner on my parents road had a mint y-reg 2.3ltr cream one owned from new. He recently got rid of it for a civic
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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #63 on: 09 January 2009, 22:41:21 »
A very early one & a high spec for it's day. Do you know what happened to it? ::)
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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #64 on: 10 January 2009, 07:24:18 »
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but with the average age of a sierra owner being 98 i dont think to many of them will be able to switch a computer on let alone log into an owners club

Dont believe there all old codgers mate.. ;D

Had several years with sierra"s and the owners forum was as popular as this place is....very active and helpfull.

Still say my 2.0 sallys were quicker than my 2.0 Omega"s....handled better as well. ;)
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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #65 on: 10 January 2009, 08:05:48 »
Saw a K reg Sapphire in East Leake on my way home last night.
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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #66 on: 10 January 2009, 10:47:56 »
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Many cars seem to be dissapering.

Calibras
Cavaliers
Sierras, even the early Mondeos
All Rovers...
Strangely, many old cars are still around.
VWs
BMWs
Audis.
All of the above due to galvanised bodies.

Diesel PUGs. Due to a million mile durability. I still don't understand why they aren't an oily engine surrounded by a plie of rust.

The only old fFords that are worth the TLC it takes are the good ones.
Here's one or two...


(Posted this one before, but I couldn't resist it again  :)


Brilliant Bandit!! :y :y :y

That Lotus Mk1 Cortina is the one I want in my garage, along with a Cortina Mk2 1600E!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :D ;)

Please may I win the lottery!! 8-) 8-) ;)

Good choice, for a girl..............  ;D ;D ;D


Cheeky Mike!! ::) ::) :D ;)

I should have added along with these two Cortina's:  a Lotus Carlton, a 24V Senator, a 1960 Pink Cadillac, a V8 (yes, I'll get it built!) Omega, a Bentley (Red Label Engine) Arnage and a Mini Cooper purely for fun! :-* :-* :-* :-* :D :D ;)

But never, never, ever a Ford Sierra "Jelly Mould" in any shape or form!! ::) ::) ::)
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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #67 on: 10 January 2009, 12:04:11 »
My Boy Racer mate has a Sierra Saphire Cosworth! Very fast machine!
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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #68 on: 11 January 2009, 01:05:15 »
There are a couple kicking about round here, a cossie and red hatchback, guys had it since nearly new. I had a really interesting car in for mot last month though not a sierra, it was a mk2 capri with a cossie engine in it, guy had performance ford magazine on the seat and there it was in it, it was running about 300bhp, beautiful car.
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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #69 on: 11 January 2009, 01:26:42 »
An L reg one 2.0l lx in red only this morning-and i couldnt see any rust!!Must be a rarety because I bothered to notice its spec! Used to have a sierra saphire myself a few years back.


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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #70 on: 11 January 2009, 01:40:27 »
does a p-reg sierra pickup count as a sierra?
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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #71 on: 11 January 2009, 02:02:49 »
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does a p-reg sierra pickup count as a sierra?

P100 :) So much potential if you can find a good one... :y :y :y
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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #72 on: 11 January 2009, 12:57:11 »
I saw only a few weeks back an extremely tidy 1984 A reg sierra estate parked a few miles away and spent a bit too much time gawping at it!

the square headlamps looked strange the more i looked at it!
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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #73 on: 11 January 2009, 14:40:02 »
Still got mine, Black Sapphire, Its De Badged with its 310 Bhp lump. Last of the RWD Cossies.  :y
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Re: When did you last see a road-going Ford Sierra?
« Reply #74 on: 11 January 2009, 15:26:14 »
I followed a silver 1.8 LX Sierra Sapphire about two weeks ago, south bound just after J28 & i said to Liz i'd not seen one for a long time. Hopefully it'll be even longer till i see the next one :P
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