Well after the rust incident, I began to lose heart in the car.

I promised myself I would build the car into a track car, but I wasn't convinced that this shell was the right one.

I felt like I'd always be chasing the rust, and it was not a good basis for a cage or a track car, so it had to go. It didn't help that loads of track days on slicks had cracked the rear shelf.......................

So I broke it!











..... and this is what was left:









I had to get it disposed of, so off it went



You'll see in this pic, it has no transmission tunnel. That is because Brom came round with an angle grinder and chopped it out so he could use it on his 3 door





Well, that was the end of my old Sapphire Cosworth. Four years, plenty of fun, loved the car.................

................ but it paved the way for something better!