Sierra RS Cosworth , Winter Project
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https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/auctions/2671-02-N...
It will be interesting to see how far this goes . Would be great to see it in the hands of the "proper" Ford Boys being restored by father and son
in a lock up in Alperton or even Huddersfield . Better days await the Car , that's for sure
Price.......There must be The best part of £50k there surely ?
It will be interesting to see how far this goes . Would be great to see it in the hands of the "proper" Ford Boys being restored by father and son
in a lock up in Alperton or even Huddersfield . Better days await the Car , that's for sure
Price.......There must be The best part of £50k there surely ?
Edited by reddiesel on Saturday 28th September 18:16
Yes any modern car would bounce back from this - whoever suffered the fire is lucky it was either local or they caught it quickly. I’ve had a car fire in a classic and was completely powerless, had to watch it burn…
As long as the new owner is transparent about its history then good luck to them!
As long as the new owner is transparent about its history then good luck to them!
Yes you could be right, that would certainly affect the value. Transparency is the key as, due to their value, any future owner will simply Google the registration and this will come up!
I keep thinking about trying to find another but, after the price and fun I had in mine in the late 90s, these days they’re just so expensive to use, maintain and insure. Maybe it’s a case of”never meet your heroes”.
I keep thinking about trying to find another but, after the price and fun I had in mine in the late 90s, these days they’re just so expensive to use, maintain and insure. Maybe it’s a case of”never meet your heroes”.
eliot said:
Looks like a fairly easy fix - Paul Linfoot had one that that was worse. The fires are caused by the little pipe between the fuel rail to the regulator and/or the regulator itself having a split diaphragm.
After the recent amount of cosworths catching fire a few years ago. I pulled my finger out and got a new regualtor, along with removing the 30+yr old plastic fuel pipe.Simon_GH said:
Could be a replacement seat from a higher mileage vehicle?
To be fair the vendor said he had stored the car for a number of years so there could be any number of reasons for the wear on the seat . Can I ask how much mileage matters in a purchase such as this ? Personally it wouldn't matter to me if the car had done 33,000 or 83,000 . Its the originality and the provenance that's the attraction here surely .
reddiesel said:
To be fair the vendor said he had stored the car for a number of years so there could be any number of reasons for the wear on the seat .
Can I ask how much mileage matters in a purchase such as this ? Personally it wouldn't matter to me if the car had done 33,000 or 83,000 . Its the originality and the provenance that's the attraction here surely .
Well it’s a one owner car so if it is genuine mileage it’s worth a fortune easy to fix that fire damage Can I ask how much mileage matters in a purchase such as this ? Personally it wouldn't matter to me if the car had done 33,000 or 83,000 . Its the originality and the provenance that's the attraction here surely .
Anyone with a cosworth needs to replace that regulator quite a few have burned out due to this cheap to replace part.
reddiesel said:
Simon_GH said:
Could be a replacement seat from a higher mileage vehicle?
To be fair the vendor said he had stored the car for a number of years so there could be any number of reasons for the wear on the seat . Can I ask how much mileage matters in a purchase such as this ? Personally it wouldn't matter to me if the car had done 33,000 or 83,000 . Its the originality and the provenance that's the attraction here surely .
If backed up by history £10-15k more if 13k vs 113k. So matters quite a bit when working out what your max bid amount would be.
FilH said:
eliot said:
Looks like a fairly easy fix - Paul Linfoot had one that that was worse. The fires are caused by the little pipe between the fuel rail to the regulator and/or the regulator itself having a split diaphragm.
After the recent amount of cosworths catching fire a few years ago. I pulled my finger out and got a new regualtor, along with removing the 30+yr old plastic fuel pipe.Mr Tidy said:
FilH said:
eliot said:
Looks like a fairly easy fix - Paul Linfoot had one that that was worse. The fires are caused by the little pipe between the fuel rail to the regulator and/or the regulator itself having a split diaphragm.
After the recent amount of cosworths catching fire a few years ago. I pulled my finger out and got a new regualtor, along with removing the 30+yr old plastic fuel pipe.eliot said:
Mr Tidy said:
FilH said:
eliot said:
Looks like a fairly easy fix - Paul Linfoot had one that that was worse. The fires are caused by the little pipe between the fuel rail to the regulator and/or the regulator itself having a split diaphragm.
After the recent amount of cosworths catching fire a few years ago. I pulled my finger out and got a new regualtor, along with removing the 30+yr old plastic fuel pipe.Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff