Donor parts

After a lot of searching for a 2 litre or 1,8 litre donor I had all but given up. Then one day Jez from RHOCAR contacted me and said he had possibly found a donor fro me already stripped. As you have probably noticed it wasn't from a normal sierra. It was from a sierra xr4x4 and that meant it was a 2.9 v6. Alot bigger than the pinto, but as my choices were limited I decided to give it a shot. The gearbox was from ebay as a 2b can't be 4 wheel drive.

Painted frame

After a lot of hammerite, its finally black. Thought about powder coat but quickly realised that it would over time get scratched to pieces.

Where it all started

So this is what I started with. A bare chassis bought from GBS off ebay as the last 2b chassis they ever made. It came with a lot of parts but still needed more. This chassis was a hybrid of the 2b with parts of the zero, as you might see later in this blog. The pedal box and steering brackets were both off the 2b as was the handbrake arrangement (Which wasn't thought through very well). All in all this build took just over 3 years. And even though I had many problems the outcome was well worth it.