Bought my 3dr cossie back in october 2011.

Always wanted a black 3dr from about the age of 10, so when i was 19 i decided to start saving and buy myself a cossie. Ive had sierras since i was 12 years old so i know them pretty well and ive had around 23 of them to date.

Was looking at getting a real nice 2wd saph, didnt think a 3dr was achievable within my budget.

But i was lucky to get my mint black 3dr within budget, and i picked it up in October 2011.

Heres a pic taken the day i picked it up.



I took the decision to put it in the garage as i didnt want to use it during the winter and i was only 20 at the time so wanted to wait until i was 21 for insurance purposes.

Did a few small bits, gave it a good clean and wax, got rid of the shit small front plate and had phil at SCR repaint the rear spoiler.

I managed to resist the urge to take it out even for a quick spin round the block and she sat covered up in the garage for 6 months.



Insured it last april, Ran lent me his rs7's for the summer as the standard wheels were a bit dull.

This is how i ran it last summer.



I didnt use the car much, think it did a total of 900 miles through the summer (weather was shit and i wont take it out in the rain)

Overall it was a bit of a disappointment, and there were a few things i wasn't happy with. So i drove it into the garage at the end of august and it sat there un touched all winter.

I didnt have any plans to use the car this summer but over the past few weeks i have got some enthusiasm back for the car.

Dragged it out of the garage, brakes were stuck on and tyres flat



Started buying some new bits for it
New wheels quickly placed on to see what they look like.



Front studs beaten out ready for longer ones



Rears done



Bought a new pair of calipers as i was never happy with the brakes last year, these are now fitted along with a set of ferodo ds2500 pads



My favorite part so far are the original style dealer plates, to replace the nasty post 2001 euro font ones that were on there.



Engine bay stripped ready for me to do the cambelt at the weekend, i dont know when it was last done so il do it for piece of mind.



Still loads of little bits left to buy/do but hoping to tax the car at the end of the month and get her back out.

 

Very nice!

Did the studs come out easy?

 

Removed mine with a 4lb clubb hammer.

Looks good btw

 

Very nice

 

Nice to see mate, excellent

 

very nice original looking car jim,

 

Very nice mate

 

Very nice mate

 

Looks nice

 

looks good, nice to see it back together and it still getting some TLC

 

Very nice, can't beat a nice 3dr

 

I used a ball joint separator to remove all of mine, popped straight out with no damage

 

Love that mate! love 3drs

 

Looks a nice car.I hope you will use it when its all done.

 

Yea a couple of smacks with a manly hammer and they came out.

 

The car is a real credit to you and the other previous owners, she has clearly been well looked after.

 

I intend to use it more than i did last year, but it wont go out in the rain or if it looks like its going to rain, will only really use it on nice sunny weekends.

 

Stunning mate

 

Respect to you for somehow resisting not taking her for a spin. Lovely car. I'm currently saving for a Cossie. Hoping to get one end of next year. And waiting for Insurance to go down. But yeah you got a beauty mate.

 

Nice mate, fair play to you getting one at 20. especially one as clean as that.

 

fair play to you mate ,you knew what you wanted and you got it
stunning car too ,always had a soft spot for them in black myself

 

Very nice mate I'm looking forward to seeing some pics with it on the new rims

 

Cheers for the comments fellas.

Wheels are on but ive had to take one off as the tyre went flat, taking that back to my mate later.

This week i went and robbed some parts of an old scrap saph



Got an airtec rs500 cooler, 044 pump and a 3bar and also a nice stainless pipe for the bottom of my rad.

Also managed to get the push is clips for the bumper so i can screw my front numberplate on, 57p each plus vat from ford. Got a new oil filter while i was there aswell.



Should of had the cambelt done this weekend but the post office fucked me about so wont be getting it til tomorrow.

 

Well the car was due to be taxed and on the road tomorrow, but somehow the cambelt slipped and put the timing out.

I now have bent exhaust valves, so im pretty fucked off.
Ive spent a fortune on the car over the past 2 months, now this has happened ive had enough.
Not sure if im going to break/sell/fix the car but the cover is going back on and im going to forget about it for a bit.

 

Lovely car mate I do love the 3drs.... wouldn't mind one myself...

 

Shame mate but sometimes its best to forget about it for a while until the anger has gone then get it back out when the hearts back in it! if you consider selling it mate can you pm me a price you would be after? cheers

 

Sorry to hear this Jim, take a deep breath mate and dive in. It won't take long and it will be worth it once its up and running, it would be a real shame to break it up.

 

Well my mate shane gave me a kick up the arse and convinced me the best thing to do was get the head off and get it fixed asap, so we spent the afternoon stripping it down.

My mate in action



Head off





We have 16 bent valves

 

Stunning car

 

https://passionford.com/forum/ford-r...rings-etc.html

Full set

 

Cheers ade! Providing everything turns up in time hopefully we will crack on with it Friday eve and though the weekend.

And with a bit of luck we can have her running by sunday.

 

Blimey Jim always wondered what you did with the 3dr as I remember you buying it, but so used to seeing you in a saph I forgot all about it, your doing the right thing sorting it you know that so onwards and upwards geezer

 

You know what I think of your 3 door Jim, and your doing the right thing sorting it out - at least when it's on the road you can use it this summer and next, and by the end of that you will know how you feel - it's good your giving it a chance.

 

Cheers for the comments fellas.
Spent the last 2 days doing the head, not something i want to be doing on a hot Saturday but oh well it needs to be done.

Inlet side



Spring compressor was fouling the head so i had to take it to work on Friday and modify it with 4 large nails.



All the exhaust valves done



Head set



Last valve going in



All done



Tappets going back in, cams are also back in but didnt take a pic.




Thats it for the weekend, im going to spend sunday out in the sunshine rather than in my garage. Will give the cylinder head to my mate later so he can run it through the parts washer when hes at work on monday.
Then hopefully one night this week we can get the head back on....

 

Looking good dude


Luciano

 

Well the car is nearly done now, had loads of issues along the way but im finally happy enough with it to tax it on thurs.

16 bent valves on the spoiler of my dead saph



Head getting torqued down





We re checked the torque settings on the cam caps because it was making a whining noise (which turned out to be the timing belt tension)
As we were doing this we found one of the studs for the cam cap had a damaged thread, we tried another m8 nut which didnt work so we re cut the thread which sorted the problem out.



Finally out on the drive, a mate of mine is coming round this week to wash it for me and she should be on the road on thursday. Got a few little jobs left to do.



Its been a struggle but we are finally there, loads of time and money later but iam looking forward to getting her back on the road

 

Very nice


Brian

 

Looks nice that, These old thing take a lot of time and effort but always worth it

 

That's looking very tidy! Love the wheels!

 

Nice one Jim, it's a real nice looking Sierra that