Kombi, Break, SW

[voucht]

Hello Everybody,
I'm looking for a donor car, and here, in Sweden, station wagons (break as we say in French, or Kombi as they say in Swedish) are very popular.
So there are a lot of Sierra SW available for quite cheap prices when I look at the adds for 2nd hand cars.
I am wondering if, as a donor for the Haynes Roadster, it will make a difference to get the SW rather than the sedan ? Engine, gearbox, prop shafts, brakes, and so on should be the same, no ?
Other question, what should be, to your mind, the maximum mileage of the donor car ? My choice will be a 2.0i SOHC from after 1990.
Thank you very much for your help.

[twinturbo]

Estate makes no difference.

You won't find a >90 Pinto 2.0i as they were replaced with the DOHC in early 1989.

TT

[voucht]

Originally Posted by twinturbo

You won't find a >90 Pinto 2.0i as they were replaced with the DOHC in early 1989.

TT

Thanks for your reply. Does that mean that I can't find SOHC with injection ? I've been told the DOHC is higher and it could be difficult to fit it in the roadster. Perhaps it is just a question of bonnet ?

[John.W]

My donor is a 1989 2.0i SOHC, it was first registered on 14/12/1989.
http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=5440
I can't seem to get the picture any bigger without going over the size limit for inserting pictures, unless anyone can tell me what i'm doing wrong.

I have just been given a 1.6 CVH sierra as well, cost, nothing.

[twinturbo]

Continental cars may possibly have had the pinto later, but it may have been a run out to get rid of the spare engines.

DOHC and SOHC both suffer from the plenum sitting above the normal bonnet line.

TT

[John.W]

but the SOHC should fit under the new saturn bonnet I think.