lowmans new car.sierra cosworth 4x4 sapphire restoration.01.02.2011MASSIVE PIC UPDATE
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lowmans new car.sierra cosworth 4x4 sapphire restoration.01.02.2011MASSIVE PIC UPDATE
hey people.
now im back with a new car ,after beeing without a cossi for over a year and a half
ive got myself a 1990reg ford sierra cosworth.its a moondust silver car,and im the 5th owner.it was sold new in norway and has a full service booklet,and has never been tuned,or it has a live map in it ,stage one,but thats been in the car just for the last 5 years or so..approx.so the car is almost untouched.
my plan with the car is to restore it.it does have some rust under it,but that is going to be sorted.together with a full respray inside and out
first off is a minor engine bay clean up,,and change the headgasket as it is blown.
and while im at it i do look for stuff that needs to be done,parts that i need and stuff..but i do the headgasket first so i can get the car driveable as soon as possible,as i do not have a place to keep the car when im restoring it.
so first off...engine bay clean up,then its of to the body shop where i work to get the underside rust sorted,then its off to the garage where im going to dimantle the car for the resto..
here are some pics of what i have done to it up til today
cheeers
og her var det godnatta bilde..da var det sent og orka ikke en ting mer
now im back with a new car ,after beeing without a cossi for over a year and a half
ive got myself a 1990reg ford sierra cosworth.its a moondust silver car,and im the 5th owner.it was sold new in norway and has a full service booklet,and has never been tuned,or it has a live map in it ,stage one,but thats been in the car just for the last 5 years or so..approx.so the car is almost untouched.
my plan with the car is to restore it.it does have some rust under it,but that is going to be sorted.together with a full respray inside and out
first off is a minor engine bay clean up,,and change the headgasket as it is blown.
and while im at it i do look for stuff that needs to be done,parts that i need and stuff..but i do the headgasket first so i can get the car driveable as soon as possible,as i do not have a place to keep the car when im restoring it.
so first off...engine bay clean up,then its of to the body shop where i work to get the underside rust sorted,then its off to the garage where im going to dimantle the car for the resto..
here are some pics of what i have done to it up til today
cheeers
og her var det godnatta bilde..da var det sent og orka ikke en ting mer
Last edited by lowman; 01-02-2011 at 10:46 PM.
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That looks to be a very clean example. Id recommend keeping it standard as this will make more unique than the ones that people modify. At least with the headgasket blown you can have a right good look around the engine and make sure everything is perfect.
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cheers mate
yeah and that is my plan aswelli will keep it standard
the only mods im gonna do to the car is mods that can easily be undone in a way, as different wheels,maybe different brakes and suspension.but otherwise i want to keep it standard and restore all the original parts for it.
i have my local ford dealer on the hunt for new standard parts...not easy getting hold of parts these days
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hey people
here comes some more pictures of the progress so far.
the head is in at a local engine shop for a full overhaul.so its gonna be pretty good i think.
here is the pics quite happy with the inlet manifoldfor now at least
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here comes some more pictures of the progress so far.
the head is in at a local engine shop for a full overhaul.so its gonna be pretty good i think.
here is the pics quite happy with the inlet manifoldfor now at least
cheers
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hehehe so you remember the nackered lowman.hehe
cheers.
thanx for kind comments both on my old escort...and my new car.
guess its not of the same intrests on people..since its the most common cosworth out there..but hopefully its coming together real nicely in the end with some nice touches though i am keeping it standard...as i think the standard ones are the ones that will become collector cars.not the 20 owner tuned to pieces car that you see around very often
but yeah...cheers for comments
more updates coming pretty soon
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hey people
so ..now ive been working all weekend ..and the first stage of my resto is finished.all this work was carried out because the head gasket was gone..and i had to get the engine going..so i gave the engine bay a mini resto while i was at it
here are some update pics..hope you enjoy it
cheeers and best regards
so ..now ive been working all weekend ..and the first stage of my resto is finished.all this work was carried out because the head gasket was gone..and i had to get the engine going..so i gave the engine bay a mini resto while i was at it
here are some update pics..hope you enjoy it
cheeers and best regards
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cheers stian
the silver color on the inlet is a mercedes benz color called irridium silber
pretty happy with the start of my resto...especially since its just taken me 5 days to complete this engine bay resto
the silver color on the inlet is a mercedes benz color called irridium silber
pretty happy with the start of my resto...especially since its just taken me 5 days to complete this engine bay resto
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cheers and thank you matethanx for looking
good to be done with it at the moment.been working my ass off to get it ready to be driven away from work..cause im working on it at my work..and now when the snow is getting here..we need the parkingspace at work..so i cant have the sierra there.so..
but ill guess ill sort something out
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hey people.
its tume for an update.
i have started to restore the car now underneath..and i will just post pictures of all that i have done so far..and you can see what has been done
hope you like itcheers
its tume for an update.
i have started to restore the car now underneath..and i will just post pictures of all that i have done so far..and you can see what has been done
hope you like itcheers
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the chassis leg is an oe chassis leg.from an independent company..dont know what to call it in english.
its available all over norway.the fitment wasnt that easy..as the sides are to wide..and needed to be modified abit.but the end result was pretty good i think
next up is to fix the rot in the floor in the front where the jack is supposed to go into the chassis.
trying to sort out a complete front floor section.that would be the best..so im hoping to find a usable one pretty soon
cheers people
the chassis leg is an oe chassis leg.from an independent company..dont know what to call it in english.
its available all over norway.the fitment wasnt that easy..as the sides are to wide..and needed to be modified abit.but the end result was pretty good i think
next up is to fix the rot in the floor in the front where the jack is supposed to go into the chassis.
trying to sort out a complete front floor section.that would be the best..so im hoping to find a usable one pretty soon
cheers people
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i was initially just going to repair the chassis leg...but i soon found out that i had to replace it to make it mint.and so i did
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