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Classic Ford drifter
While my Capri is off road at Chizfab being turned into a 24v linked up competitive fully sorted beast I've got myself this Sierra. The idea is to have a budget temporary drifty toy to keep me amused/skint, and most of all hone my skills for when I get behind the wheel of the main event. These pix are excerpts from two Fast Ford features documenting the story....
Starting off I found it a lot harder than expected to find a cheap MOT'd 2.0 Sierra..... most were well over £500 and far away. This one turned up on the Bay in Thurso of all places (round the corner from bloody John O'Groats!). Some last minute bidding got it for £275 with 6 months test.
So we set off for the north coast of Scotland in Tom's stupid old Merc......
It didn't last long.... We got to Pitlochry before a halfshaft started to self desctruct!
Back on track with an Astra blagged from Pitlochry Hire Cars we headed north..
A bit of haggling with the seller and it was mine for £250. (a wing was beyond fucked and I'm quite sure he was well aware that the pix in the sale didn't show that up properly!).
All set for 300 miles south now!
It made it back totally fine, real comfy to drive and a genuine 72k on the clock, all backed up with MOTs and service history!
Next day was a Classic Ford shoot at Crail which I took along the Saph as firstly it was the only car I had out of my 5(!) which was working, and I was sure I could get a cheeky skid in too....
Shoot wrapped up so lets go play!
Really tall wobbly suspension and an open diff was never going to be great but it was still MILES better than my Capri already! Scandy flicks and actual handling more like a real car rather than a broken shopping trolley was possible!
I was really impressed with it! Only thing I felt could be a problem was the steering which was really slow, laggy and jerky. The PAS resovoir even overflowed!
I really should have taken some spare wheels, but the car was ram packed with photo gear, and I'm used to the Capri which takes a full day's skidding to kill tyres!
Next stage... mods.....
Starting off I found it a lot harder than expected to find a cheap MOT'd 2.0 Sierra..... most were well over £500 and far away. This one turned up on the Bay in Thurso of all places (round the corner from bloody John O'Groats!). Some last minute bidding got it for £275 with 6 months test.
So we set off for the north coast of Scotland in Tom's stupid old Merc......
It didn't last long.... We got to Pitlochry before a halfshaft started to self desctruct!
Back on track with an Astra blagged from Pitlochry Hire Cars we headed north..
A bit of haggling with the seller and it was mine for £250. (a wing was beyond fucked and I'm quite sure he was well aware that the pix in the sale didn't show that up properly!).
All set for 300 miles south now!
It made it back totally fine, real comfy to drive and a genuine 72k on the clock, all backed up with MOTs and service history!
Next day was a Classic Ford shoot at Crail which I took along the Saph as firstly it was the only car I had out of my 5(!) which was working, and I was sure I could get a cheeky skid in too....
Shoot wrapped up so lets go play!
Really tall wobbly suspension and an open diff was never going to be great but it was still MILES better than my Capri already! Scandy flicks and actual handling more like a real car rather than a broken shopping trolley was possible!
I was really impressed with it! Only thing I felt could be a problem was the steering which was really slow, laggy and jerky. The PAS resovoir even overflowed!
I really should have taken some spare wheels, but the car was ram packed with photo gear, and I'm used to the Capri which takes a full day's skidding to kill tyres!
Next stage... mods.....
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