whats this in my ginnel

[Brian (up north) Morris]

just found this in my ginnel behind my melos. i think someone has droped in their with a chopper :-)

[Steve Kerswell]

What!! You can't polish a tu#d. Love it for its ugliness. That's my 2p. worth. I fancied a roof chop, but I struggle getting in anyway :-))

[Brian (up north) Morris]

must say steve the steering wheel is on my knees......you having the same problem....?

[Steve Kerswell]

My mate reckons they belong in a plane or something, he hits his head too :-)) they are comfy though.

[Steve Kerswell]

I did think of scrapping the doors and making alloy bottoms and Phaeton type soft tops. Brian mine drives very comfy just that I'm sat up a bit high due to posh leather seats and all the gubbins that adjust them, recline them, swivel them etc. underneath. Another one of those must do jobs, 3 years later still there :-)) I'm showing it at a vintage steam rally Sunday, for a bet of a couple of beers. Have to try and make it tidy, if that's possible :-))

[Brian (up north) Morris]

it is tidy steve. looks good on the pics anyway. dont they look strange without the bumper and grill on lol

[Steve Kerswell]

Some stupid Renault seat, they would be good in a camper, 

[Steve Kerswell]

Funny I was just looking at the old pictures of it, 3 years now, since that wheel fell off :-)) some days I wish I'd never seen it, buts it's a laugh, and it saved it for another day. Girls are thinking of a photo shoot with it, mad.

[Steve Kerswell]

I've kept in touch with Alister, he has gone through some bad times, then he was evicted and had to find a new place. Glad to say he has settled and has started building bikes again.

[Brian (up north) Morris]

well another day of dissapointment with the sierra. exhaust manifold totally peppered. going  to have a go at welding it. although my welding is very iffy these days.....@steve check out the previous owners welding. that should bring a smile to your face :-))))))

[Adrian Southgate]

Looking at yours and at the one from the stores.. hmmm.

Different pipe layout and you would still have to weld on a new collector. This one was off a capri if I remember correctly and the downpipes are exactly the WRONG shape to fit a Sierra. It would need two 45 degree bends after the first junction to point the pipes down and then the 2>1 collector followed by the flange. Anyway you look at it its a pain. Might be worth looking at a twin outlet cast item with a casting number that starts with 84 or higher to match the engine.LINK this one is cheap, matches your engine and is a twin outlet. Finishes in two hours so pull your finger out. It is the same as the one on my legerra as I didn't have the room for a four branch.

[Brian (up north) Morris]

but i dont have twin pipes...?????

[Adrian Southgate]

You can buy the downpipe too. Use the new downpipe to make the part to join the existing system to the new manifold.