Hi all i purchased this yesterday it is my first sierra it is on a q plate and is in a sorry state one of the previous owners has robbed alot of the bits of it engine gearbox ecu front brakes. i know its not the best mainly because its a q platenbut believe it or not it is very solid my plan is to throw shit loads of money at it and get it back to its former glory will keep you guys up to date with the progress. Any advise, tips, parts will be much appreciated!

 

 

 

 

fair shout mucker

 

some work to be done, good luck.

 

fuck me fowler,didnt think id see the day,nice one! you'll get addicted now,prepare to dig deep unless your guna drive it like ben

 

Is this the car that used to have anthracite RL7's??

Great project though

 

Hope you don't mind me posting this pic of when i owned it & spent quite a bit on it , this was taken at Cossie4i's house along with his 4i cossie.



Goodluck with it, be good to see it back on the road again. I had this 4 yrs, the longest i've ever kept a car & sometimes wish i never sold it but in the end it just sat in the garage & didn't get used except trackdays.

Cheers Simon.

 

Simon, i remember that, it looked SOOOOO clean in that pics...

 

Yes !

 

It was a clean car really, good shell not rotten & the 3dr dash was free from cracks !

Simon.

 

Nice 1 simon i cannot wait until its up to that standard again! Like someone said some graft to be done!

 

I wonder what ever happened to those wheels hmmmmm


Will be nice to see it up and running again that used to be a very nice motor and a credit to simon

 

Oh yeh now that looked mint,pull your finger out me howd

 

I nearly bought this car before mine and was going to reshell it into another shell but mine came up cheap - nice car best of look with the build

 

Chuck a V8 in it

Mark

 

Looks good that fela a bit to do

 

After months of collecting parts and hard work finally got it down to the rolling road last week and collected it saturday running stage 3 setup, 500 cooler, 3 bar, t34.48, msd chip and siemens 55lb injectors and shes pushing 340bhp
Took her for a quick blat down some local country lanes for the first time (with no bumpers or bonnet) well impressed!
So now to the bodyshop to be blocked and repainted, then all being well hit the road with my first cosworth.

 

Looks like it used to be a good car, hopefully it will not be too much to get it back to its former glory

Good luck with it mate

 

Nice one look forward to seeing it about

 

Nice project mate


Brian

 

Good girl greeny

 

Heres a few pics of the progress...........

 

 

Horrible bee sting about to be welded up!

 

The only rotten arch on the car

 

Tacking a plate in the door.

 

Rear arch all sorted just needs a little dressing then seam sealing, stone chipping etc.

 

Someone had delocked the passenger door so i carefully got the plate out and got a new lock fitting perfect, but to my horror the car had been sprayed with putty/filler and was pretty thick, so after discusing it with the body man i decided to take it back home and bare metal the car.

 

one side done.....

 

 

The car is now fully bare metal but have no more pics......

 

 

Great progress

 

God i love 3 doors, i nearly sold my escos for one last year but couldnt bring myself to let it go, but one day i will have one.

 

Thats why im not giving in!, after many years as a kid dreaming of having a gorgeous 3 door i wont rest until shes sat in the garage MINT!

 

Great work mate.
Good luck and look forward to seeing progress

 

i remember that car from when somon had it - looked good but will be better once you have finished

 

what have you used to get the paint off mate??