hi people, right ive had this sierra for over a year now and theres abit of a story with it. Ive been meaning to start a thread on it since I got it so better late than never, however I might take me a while to remember everything and organise photos, heres my little story
2012 was the hardest year of my life due to leaving my ex of ten years and going at it alone, I found managing money very difficult and ended up having to sell my lovely grey frst, after that I had a short period of really bad cars (just bought anything to get me about). I managed to get hold of a good car in the shape of a ford cougar but the v6 was a killer. When the tax was coming up for renewal I couldn't afford it and while having a peak on ebay I stumbled apon this sierra for a bargain 500 quid with a years tax and test. I begged my dad to lend me the money until I sold the cougar which he did so off I when from Essex to Coventry to get it. Once I got there I found it was not in great shape which was sort of expected with the price and also noticed the number plate of ftw (for the win). I bought the car and drove it back to Essex happy as larry. here she is as I bought her
Two days past and one day on my first day of work in Essex was a bad day. I had a couple of chavs that took a disliking to me decide to tell my current girlfriend that if they don't get me they will get her instead, cos of this I walked straight out of my new job and straight to the door of one of the chavs. typically he wouldn't do anything until his mate was there too and I ended up in a pathetic fight, one guy was so weak it was unreal, I was moving him about like a dolly and the other tripped me from behind and set about kicking me in wearing fucking flip flops!!! I got back to the flats following these 'hard' men, once back the now ex had loaded my stuff into my car so I took the hint, got in the saph and fucked off, ten mins down the road I realised my fone was missing too great! so I one day I get in a fight with two chavs, loose my job, girl friend, home, and fone! for the win my arse!! the only thing I still had was my car.
im not one to sit about feeling sorry for my self so once back in Eastbourne I went to a mates who hooked me up with a room to stay in and an old fone to get me conactable and by the end of the day I had a job at a garage I worked at a few years before, for the win!!
though a month of no money and aready in a bit of debt I started doing a kebab delivery job aswell which the good old girl was faultless despite the fact I hadn't done any maintence atall
my plan is to keep this old girl as she has served me so well and show her a huge amount of tlc and eventually do a full cosworth conversion
I got hold of abit of spare money just before xmas 2012 and before I pissed it up the wall I spent it on the saph, I bought,
17" team dynamics black wheels,
full edge audio (I love my choons lol)
rear shocks
full service bits
all oils
rear arch repair panels
I removed the very annoying immobiliser and also I cut one coil off each spring to help it sit a little better (the coils are still compressed in the shocks so its not dodgy)
also the car was in a pretty shite condition inside and out so I removed the seats and cleaned her right out and gave her a good clean and attacked it with some g3 compound and found white paint under the greyish layer of crap.
one day at the garage I removed a jap can style rear box off a 206 and then thought hmmmm that will go on the saph pretty easy, so on it went, free mods are free mods lol
during the xmas period me and a mate was out larking about and I kind o f fell off the bypass! I spun and ended up backward up a grass inbankment and trashed the rear bumper. ooops lol
due to the time period and a lack of funds I had no choice but to try and refit the snapped in half bumper and didn't do to badly imo lol.
there is tons more to up load and I will continue later, thanks for looking