Anyone want a Sierra shell?

penski · 29 Jun 2006 at 11:26

I'm looking at the usual suspects here...Leon?

Simpson Salvage seem to have acquired a bunch of unused and unabused shells for Fords.... they've got some mk5 Scort Cabs, mk1 Mondeos but i thought most interestingly for us lot would be this....

Mk1 Sierra XR4x4 shell - £599

They say they have others available, don't know if there's anything else retro

Buy shell, buy 5 litre Mustang running gear for £500, leave them alone in a lock up with some wine, candles and Chris De Burgh CDs then hoon around in the offspring.

*n

Vanilla · 29 Jun 2006 at 11:28

I could buy a plot of land, plonk that down and live in it.

I wonder if i could get planning permission for an extension.

Glaucus · 29 Jun 2006 at 11:37

onlly if i had a garage...

jpmonkey69 · 29 Jun 2006 at 12:39

AcidHell2 said:
onlly if i had a garage...

What's the deal with the Dodge?... It's sunny now so there's no excuse !

Glaucus · 29 Jun 2006 at 12:59

jpmonkey69 said:
What's the deal with the Dodge?... It's sunny now so there's no excuse !

still waiting for panels :rolleyes:

, I'm still painting this and that up. dad and I both have a week of at begining of august where I hope well finish the engine bay and get the new front end kit on..

siztenboots · 29 Jun 2006 at 14:28

Kids these days, they will nick anything...

penski · 29 Jun 2006 at 22:30

PPC Had a feature about making a budget cossie-killer out of a sierra t'other month.

Someone snap it up!

*n

Lopéz · 29 Jun 2006 at 22:32

A lovely clean 4x4 shell. Don't let somebody waste it with oafish 4x4 running gear though, Sierras should be left as god intended - with 2 plumes of smoke billowing from the rear wheels only.

kaiowas · 29 Jun 2006 at 22:36

Lopéz said:
Sierras should be left as god intended - with 2 plumes of smoke billowing from the rear wheels only.

Don't you mean "full of kids and shopping"? It's only an old Mondeo you know

penski · 29 Jun 2006 at 22:40

And don't make it a sodding RS500 replica either.

Clean, smooth, sodding big engine and fat rubber.

I have a hankering for a mega-early (A-reg?) Sierra in povo-spec...You remember the ones with the grey plastic noses and odd lights? So cheap that they didn't get painted at the factory...

Now get one of those, drop in a Ford 302, a Borgwarner T5, 15x8 / 15x9 Weller/Mattig steels and rock some gen-u-wine '80s hubcaps...

Stealth mode

jon.bda · 29 Jun 2006 at 22:48

XR8 in Sierra GL trim...

Firestar_3x · 29 Jun 2006 at 22:53

Thinks they UK 'Pimp My Ride' should be given to penski to host and renamed 'Pimp my Skip'.

Must admit i do like the sound of that old sierra!

Dandle · 30 Jun 2006 at 08:30

Shame its a 5 door shell. The 3 door 4x4 shell would be worth a lot more i guess.

jon.bda · 30 Jun 2006 at 20:52

Dandle said:
Shame its a 5 door shell. The 3 door 4x4 shell would be worth a lot more i guess.

Seeing as they didn't make a 3dr 4x4...

Dandle · 30 Jun 2006 at 22:14

Oh maybe it was the XR4i 3 door shell i was thinking of(same as the RS500 shell).

Scania · 30 Jun 2006 at 22:43

Dandle said:
Oh maybe it was the XR4i 3 door shell i was thinking of(same as the RS500 shell).

There different.

(XR4i & RS 500/Cosworth Shells)

jon.bda · 30 Jun 2006 at 23:58

R124/LA420 said:
There different. (XR4i & RS 500/Cosworth Shells)

Yup, not the same...the XR4i shell can be turned into a 3dr shell but it takes hacking of the quarter panels and other bodywork...

The_Dark_Side · 1 Jul 2006 at 01:10

Dandle said:
Oh maybe it was the XR4i 3 door shell i was thinking of(same as the RS500 shell).

the xr4i shell was known as the "six-lite" shell due to an extra pillar dividing the rear quarter light in two.
the 500 shell is different to all others, the hatchback cosworth included.

Scania · 1 Jul 2006 at 01:18

The_Dark_Side said:
the 500 shell is different to all others, the hatchback cosworth included.

Seam welded iirc ? - Or, was that the 4x4 Sapphire? - Can't find my "RS Fords" Book by J.Walton,top read!

Along with GP A Suspension mountings etc already fitted.

The_Dark_Side · 1 Jul 2006 at 01:22

R124/LA420 said:
Seam welded iirc ? - Or, was that the 4x4 Sapphire? - Can't find my "RS Fords" Book by J.Walton,top read!

Along with GP A Suspension mountings etc already fitted.

all sapphire shells are identical, 1.6 to cossie.
the 3 door cossie shells were strengthened and the 500 had 2 sets of mounting points for the rear suspension (for track use) IIRC