Sierra Doner...whats it worth after stripping?

[deezee]

I paid £200 for my donor (1991 1.8 CVH). But it cost me around £75 to pick it up and get it back to work, where I stripped it. After I took everything off it (EVERYTHING) I skipped the unused parts into the work skip and then some gypsy driving past say the wreck on its roof, and took it off my hands for beer money.... saved me the trouble of getting the shell to a scrappie.

Remember to remove the identity of the vehicle as well.

Mine is my daily driver/mobile rubbish bin/dust collector and rainy day toy..

[zrblue]

Originally Posted by deezee

Remember to remove the identity of the vehicle as well.

what do you mean by that? just assume ownership of the car and SORN it?

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by zrblue

what do you mean by that? just assume ownership of the car and SORN it?

what it means is when you strip the donor then take the vin plate off the body aswell as its useful when the time comes for IVA test as it proves the donor parts came from the said vehicle on the paperwork you will have to submit to register/test your completed new car.
hope that makes sense?
cheers
andy

[zrblue]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

what it means is when you strip the donor then take the vin plate off the body aswell as its useful when the time comes for IVA test as it proves the donor parts came from the said vehicle on the paperwork you will have to submit to register/test your completed new car.
hope that makes sense?
cheers
andy

Ah...so the VIN transfers onto the Roadster?

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by zrblue

Ah...so the VIN transfers onto the Roadster?

erm, well kind of, if you want an age related number plate then you have to prove that your car was built with a certain amount of parts sourced from one donor car & having the vin plates helps you prove thats what you have done, along with lots of photos of your build & photos of you stripping the donor etc, you won,t get to use the same reg number of the donor but will get the same year affix that the donor had, ie... G reg sierra = G reg Roadster.

andy

[zrblue]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

erm, well kind of, if you want an age related number plate then you have to prove that your car was built with a certain amount of parts sourced from one donor car & having the vin plates helps you prove thats what you have done, along with lots of photos of your build & photos of you stripping the donor etc, you won,t get to use the same reg number of the donor but will get the same year affix that the donor had, ie... G reg sierra = G reg Roadster.

andy

It seems like an awful lot of hassle to get an age related plate...is there some benefit to be had by having an age related plate over a Q plate?

[HandyAndy]

ah now thats another subject discussion all on its own, basically if you can prove the origin of your donor parts & engine it makes it easier to get thru the iva test, also helps prove the engine age which then determines the emissions test that your Roadster would have to pass, along with when time comes to have the car mot,d, if the age of donor was pre 1993( i believe) then you won,t need a catalytic converter for emissions etc ( less cost), when you do buy a sierra & strip it then just keep it sorned, do not notify dvla that its scrapped. lots of info available on threads in the donor section of the forum.
hope this explains it a little.
cheers
andy
also some say a Q plate is worth less than age related plate , but thats to each persons opinion.