I FOUND ONE
after a week of looking with no joy for a sierra thats both close to home and within my budget i found one! tis a 1991 sapphire, 1.8 only done 88,000 miles, which i thought was'nt too bad! a few pics
found it on gumtree.com, was in bradford, paid a bit more than planned but it was worth it!
including a bit of fuel to get it home paid £300 should be able to make that back selling the parts i dont use!
Jake