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6th October 2012, 11:40 PM
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The Begining!!
Well, I have finally begun my "Roadster". Built the build table on casters, so I can move it out of the way. Am now cutting, fitting and placing chassis pieces on the table. Hopefully, I can get my "mig mix" tank next week, and start tacking. I will try to upload a couple of pics......Don
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7th October 2012, 12:05 AM
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Come on Don you are the other side of the pond and probably never heard of a Ford Sierra sooooooooooooooooo WHATS THE DONOR GONNA BE  Bob
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7th October 2012, 12:52 AM
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The Begining!!
Hi, Bob....you are right! I hadn't heard of the Sierra until I started reading here on the Haynes Forum. I am still not sure what the Donor will be, I am leaning toward a 2L DOHC, but nothing for sure yet. Don
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7th October 2012, 09:32 AM
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I am pretty sure between us on the forum we could round up the running gear for you if you were to go the sierra book route Don. Shipping on the slow boat is cheap but takes about 2 months.
Bob
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7th October 2012, 10:28 AM
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Find A Merkur XR4ti for the donor. It's an American Sierra.
2.3L Lima Turbo
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8th October 2012, 06:10 AM
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I am using Merkur suspension, trans, diff, etc with a Cortina 1600 engine. Merkurs are really scarce here, there is currently only one XR4ti on Ebay in the whole USA. It is up to $3,000, reserve not met. The XR4ti motor is incredibly heavy, it takes two men and a small boy to lift the cylinder head off the block.
If I was starting from scratch right now, I would go with the MX5 Mazda as the donor, there are tons of then here.
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