Thort id put up some info on my college project to make it easier for me to log and to keep me motivated a bit.

Ive had the car since i was 12, its just a 1.6 pinto sierra glx hatchback. Was stored on a relatives farm from 2003 till last summer. It was boggo standard when i got it. When i was younger i spent a load of time and money on getting it looking really smart.

Pics




I got it looking pretty smart BUT the temptation of a farm with big fields was too much when i was 15, so i ragged the fook out of it round a field and it just got wrecked really.

Ended up looking like this



So it sat in the barn for a year or so doing nothing looking like this




Then i decided to drag it out and do it up again for my college project. Over the summer i stripped it out to see what the rust situation was like.

Inner sills
one outer
trans tunnel
seat mounts
chassis legs where all rusty

So in the summer we trailered it over to my work, i thought id better make use of the free car storage so i bought a mint 2.0 ghia mk1 sierra to replace the red hatch



The hatch at work



So then the welding begun, stayed on late every night for a few weeks after work to get the worst of the welding done before it went into college in september.





Numberplate surround welded over


Seat mount



Spec
2.0 pinto, cammed, 38dgas, 421 etc, nothing mad cos i dont want to prang it
koni suspension
xr4x4 brakes
xr4x4 rear beam with discs and slipper diff
Gearbox overhaul
Fully undersealed underside

In time
cossie front end again, vented bonnet etc
cossie leather, half cage, white wheels, Respray in red again

Instead of buying the rear beam seperatly i thought id just buy a whole xr

So i picked up a rotten d plate 4be for £190



I ripped the rear axle off it, sold the engine to my mate at work and the s1 wheels to a mate at college which got my £180 back



The donor car for the engine was a d plate granada, 2.0 pinto, 60k on the clock, injection, ran sweet so i did a deal with the engine and ripped it out.



Few pics of other bits ive got koni suspension, cossie arb, bushes etc
Gearbox gasket and seat kit
Headgasket kit
ARB bushes, all in the post





Sorry for it beeing so long, im off to pick up a cam for the pinto tomorrow. Will post up some more updates as they come and take some more recent pics of the sierra.

Cheers

Jim