1992 Ford Sierra XR4X4 I

Description

Stalled restoration due to ill-health; painstakingly rebuilt to a very high standard, component by component by competent retired engineer; lots of money spent sourcing parts; low mileage original XR4x4 shell; rebuilt V6 engine, boxed and detailed parts inventory along with information from vendor; most of the hard work done

Dating from December 1992, this late model Ford Sierra XR4x4 saloon was acquired by our Sierra enthusiast and engineer vendor in 2007 after the car had been put into dry storage in 1999 (last tax disc still in the windscreen!) when the car had covered just 46,603 miles as a very good, clean and rust-free low mileage rolling shell.

The vendor’s intent was to keep it as an excellent rust free spare shell for his other daily driver Sierra XR4x4, but this was never needed, his other 2.9 24v Sierra is still on the road and going strong at 342,000 miles - quite the testament to the car and our vendor’s rigorous maintenance schedule and skill set.

As a result, our man opted to keep the shell and rebuild it to as good as, if not better than new spec with a historically correct engine given his perfectionist nature.

Many new parts were sourced at considerable cost, and if not, were cleaned and fully refurbished by our vendor to an extremely high standard over the years.

Unfortunately, our vendor has suffered various health problems, and he is reluctantly unable to complete the task.  Looking at the car, and the lengths he has gone to, its clear the quality of workmanship is high and the attention to detail as keen as it can be.

The fully rebuilt engine and gearbox have been refitted to the car for ease of transit, but the engine cannot be started, it is not 'plumbed in' to fuel/electrics as shown, nor are the drive shafts fitted (though present).  Please note, this is not the original engine, thus the engine number quoted on the V5C is incorrect and will need to be ammended.

This is also apparent in how the car has been presented with detailed lists of parts carefully wrapped in numbered boxes with inventories along with a multi-page dossier on the car, what’s been done etc. – too much to mention here – but please let us know if you would like to have a copy emailed or see on viewing day.

Once complete, and we understand that pretty much all required should be present including some spares, it must surely be one of the best in the country.

The history file includes the V5C showing just 3 former keepers to our vendor, photos, the detailed dossier on the car and lists of parts included along with 3 or 4 boxes of parts.

For more information contact - will.daniels@brightwells.com