Right, i have always wondered this

Say for instance i was going to strip and sell my 3DR(god Forbid )what sort of money would i get???????????

I have seen Spadge strip 3DRs that would sell for around the 8K mark, and i know he isnt stupid(well........... ) so what sort of money do they fetch stripped????

 

what do you get


skinned knuckles, lots of bits to find somewhere to store and loose half your spanners on each car

 

 

not sure on price for shell as I don't\haven't had dealings with 3 Doors
prices depend on condition of course

motor £1200-1600
gearbox £250-350
interior £200-400
its all the little bits that add up at the end of the day
Spadge is the man to speak to about 3 Doors

 

I just cant see how you can get round the money the car is worth whole, ie 8K in bits

 

This is the equation .
To make a SMALL fortune out of breaking up a cosworth , start with a LARGE one !

 

It's all the little shiny parts that go for £50-£100 odd that make the money mate!

 

Phil

Did you get more than the car was worth as a whole or not????

 

Yes mate, definitely! Especially considering the engine was a bit fubar!

It's a lot of work though, tkaes a huge amount of time and organisation packaging all the parts, chasing payment and senign them off etc. It was harder for me as my car was 150 miles away from me when I was breaking it!

 

ive always wondered this, i know with s2 ill easily strip it for a resonable sum and wont be left with many bits (only coz they are all new ) where as if i sold it i would probably struggle to get 4grand and i would be pretty gutted at that ild rather let it rot or just track it to death and then break it

 

i was thinking about this the other day, i just cant see where id rake in 4.5 k

 

its very easy if you have the right bits, if the car is bog standard its alot harder

if you have a couple of goddies on there its very very very possible.

i should know

 

so whats mine worth in bit's then ?

 

Tiff
front bumper £250+
rear bumper£100+
Bodykit £250+
Bonnet £250+
Whale tail £150+
shell with doors \tailgate £1000 ish
motor £1500+
box £250+
interior £250+
dash £150
clocks £80
wheels £400
diff £150+
shafts£125+
headlights £50+
wiring loom £100
rad £80
suspension £150+
brakes front and rear £200+
turbo £250+
zorst£200
ECU£100
hubs x4 £150
steering rack£50

thats £6200 at absolutely minimum prices plus all the little bits of trim etc, probable gat at least 25% more on prices as I dont do these beasties
didnt see you had a big turbo so double my price

 

yeah this one is boggo 3dr, thats why i couldnt see where i could rake that much money.

 

Now i can see where the money that spadge gets comes from,Cheers For that

 

so can I put my name down for the bonnet, turbo and wheels

 

Tiff
I have only broken 2 x 3 doors mate!
Neither were anywhere near standard being my white one and Steve 3dr als's!!
Both of the above had loads of uprated bits of good value as well as the stuff that only 3 doors have! All the parts that are common to all Sierra Cosworths obviously don't get as much so a lot depends on the standard of the car you are starting with!
Mine for instance would break for circa 15k if i wanted to go that route

 

You can at least double that figure for a tidy shell with log book but not if its on Vcar or a Q plater!

 

crikey!!!
Might have to strip mine, before I put it on the V car myself

 

Cheers Spadge

I thought you broke that white one you had, with the chrome wheels?

 

No mate i pillaged it of a load of bufty stuff and sold it on whole for a small profit! Then i sold most of the bufty stuff for top money and kept a few select items for my own

 

I see Jules

 

u have mail Tiff

 

i think some of those prices are VERY high, so youre either 1) wrong or 2) some people will buy anything for silly money!


thing i think youve overpriced: (please correct me if i'm wrong n anyones got that kinda money for those parts )

dash
bodykit (maybe)
bonnet!!!!
rear bumper

 

Cheers

 

Jim
Genuine bodykits for 3 door cossies are not easy to get i have sold one for 500 quid But most of the time they go for 300 ish to people overseas!
As for the dash's a genuine 3 door one with the grill on top that isn't split is an easy 300 or 400 quid!
Bonnets with vents go for between 100 and 200
Rear bumpers 50 quid upwards depending on how good it is and if someone is looking for one at the time!

 

jim a good dash with out cracks will make £500



cheeRS stu

 

Checkout the expert breaker

Looks like Spadge and Pete have competition

 

PMSL jim i always see you posting about high cossie parts prices and what you think they are worth ....maybe you should ask yourself if that is the reason you dont own many cossie bits....cos your valuations are wrong!?

 

why is the dash so expensive? whats different about a mk1 cossie dash to either another mk1 sierra dash or another cossie one

 

Standard Boost Gauge for one

 

what does vcar mean?

 

Total loss mate!

 

Lol i'm trembling

 

kevin, thats the clocks lol... i mean the big plastic dashboard bit...

 

spadge his car is hardly standard..
nice engine.. 4x4 rebuild.. nice gearbox.. nice diffs...
so he would make more money then you would with a "normal" 3 door ?

 

depends what you got mate
big ones always fetch big buck
would you of given £14,500 for my old saff
errr no no one would
but it made that in bits and i kept me jag back end , gearbox and wheels and stuff
ya not gona get as much money back on 3doors as they cost more
ya avrage saff change hands for £2000 £2500 and will brake for double that with a few goodys

 

The early Sierra dash has a grill on the top, and these dashboards nearly all crack quite badly with the expansion/contraction in the sun. I suppose that it was because of this that these were discontinued at (or maybe even before?) the first facelift and replaced by the ones with the plain top.

I'm not sure if the 3 door and XR4i and XR4x4 dashes are the same shade of grey, but I sold a 4i dash in mint condition for only £50 - I think I must go out and kick myself!

 

Tiff what did ya think of the email????

Brom u are right, most saffs easily make more money broken, recently bought one for £1800 and made a tidy profit on it... oh that reminds Pon u still owe me a starter motor