1992 Ford Sierra Sapphire [Update Page-2]

Looks in good condition, considering the mileage. Very nice.

Yeah lol, was just have a blonde moment methinks.

Does look straight, maybe its been garaged and driven carefully, definately a steal at that price , and yeah for goodness sakes keep those pictures coming!

People slate the 1.8 CVH but if its running fine, looked after, its decent enough as a daily, i'm always confident cruising in the fast lane - 1. cos noone knows what sierra it is and 2 cos it can keep up no prob. only the fast lane rocketers are an issue

Nice one dude,

After recently tidying bodywork on mine, id definately suggest checking the arches, the rear of the sills etc, underneath and apply some rust treat/paint/waxoyl. You will need to ideally take the plastic wheel arch protectors out but its a quick thing to do to save a load of heart ach later doen the line. HTH

Quality old cruiser!
If it was me i'd go for a nice clean and simple approach- probably get rid of the side trim, maybe replace the red stripe on the bumpers with a black one, de-lock, de-badge etc etc. Maybe even a cosworth front bumper but painted matt black to match the rear and make it look close to standard but lower?!? And a good set of hoops under the arches like Pog said.
Have fun!

Like Reanimation says, get those arch liners out and Waxoyl it ASAP. Wish I'd got pics of what my non-rustproofed Ghia turned into (tidy on the outside, but only the shiny top coat was holding the sills together!)

Anyway, looks great. Plenty of wheel choice to keep you thinking for a while, so out with the stick and decide what rims you need!

17" RS 7-spokes would be a winner - still looking nice and factory - although wiiiide dished 14s are worth a thought IMHO...

Funnily enough my bro (SpaceKadett) had an absolutely identical Sapphire back in 2001/2002, I think that was J*** GPN too. Spooky!

Mileage is nowt to worry about if it's been looked after as well under the bonnet as it obviously has inside and out- one of my mates had an 1800 Saff that was still going strong when he sold it with 170k on it.

That's a clean car...and I like the colour

Sapphire is just what Ford called the salloon version of the Sierra. I'm really happy with the power, stuck with a new shape 3-Series the other night who was driving like a twonk in front of me.

Could be a faulty float?

And these black bumpered Sapphires always remind me of the police cars in the first Robocop film!!

[geek alert] Fuel guage is usually the float / sender unit as tetsujin says, never actually got round to changing one though so I can't advise.

Incidentally SpaceKadett's identical Sierra was (I think) J497 GPN. Often find Sierras registered in large batches of identical cars, my Sapphire is one out of a batch of about twenty!

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