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Old 6th July 2009, 10:49 AM
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Default Donor Car Dilemma

Im currently trying to source a Ford Sierra donor for my build but have so far ran across a few problems.

1 being that because im under the age of 21 i cant get short term car insurance, meaning it limits the distance i can travel to pick up a donor car, as i can get my dad or 1 of my friends parents to pick it up for me, but i cant see them wanting to travel for hours to go and get it. Although i seem to have found one near by me, for £300, it has 6 months tax left on it so i can claim back atleast £70 of that. Making the donor car cost £230, its only done 51,000 miles, its a 1.8 cvh and seems to be in alright nick, and being only a 40 minute drive away its not too far.

The next issue is the one that seems tricky to solve. My friend says i should be able to keep in his field while i strip all of the parts from it, meaning it wont be sat on my drive way, however, im quite stumped as to how id go about scraping the shell of it. I cant seem to find a company near by who will come and pick it up. I know i could cut it up into bits and take it to the scrapheap but that to be seems like a hell of a lot of work and a lot of trips to finally get rid of it, and i dont really know anyone with a large enough van or trailer to do the job. I really dont want to take my friend up on his offer, and to then have the shell of a sierra stuck there for months on end.

I've thought about just buying the individual parts needed but the costs just seem to mount up and up.

Anyone have any ideas?
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