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Old 27-06-2008, 06:48 PM
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Popping down to Lakeside yesterday and passed this in Chelmsford for sale, covered in filth, two previous owners, same bloke for 18 years, garaged, me and Zo gave it good valet today and came up nice! Rwd runaround








Old 27-06-2008, 06:50 PM
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Thats mint !

I hope your going to weld the diff up
Old 27-06-2008, 06:51 PM
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Thats in lovely condition!

what did it cost you?
Old 27-06-2008, 06:52 PM
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cheers must have been garaged as not even the sunroof rubber is perished jas
Old 27-06-2008, 06:53 PM
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not alot think the guy got it of was going to weigh it in 300 quid jas
Old 27-06-2008, 06:56 PM
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I REALLY could of done with something like that as a tow vehicle.

How many miles has it done ?
Old 27-06-2008, 06:58 PM
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she has done 125k but runs lovely and drives great
Old 27-06-2008, 06:58 PM
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Had one of them .
Old 27-06-2008, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by KSA-Cossie
Had one of them .
So did I but mine was the 2.9 4x4 one
Old 28-06-2008, 07:09 AM
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That looks class mate its proper retro hee hee. Me personly think them engines are spot on. I had that engine in my old sierra and it never miss a beat i had it 3years and it never let me down. All i ever did to the engine was service it and thats all.
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Old 28-06-2008, 11:20 AM
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very nice very rare to see these on the road these days
Old 28-06-2008, 11:34 AM
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lovely.... learn't to drive in one identicle to that.
Old 29-06-2008, 12:14 PM
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I preferred the Sierra GT J had few years back, below was our Specialised Engine XR4x4 3.0+ conversion, imperial blue with Monster 4 brake conversion!

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Thats cool dont see meny of them that clean these days.
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nice find
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