Right well here we go, I've always been into Ford saloons since I was younger, I'd always wanted a Sierra Cosworth which I bought and subsequently Restored over a 3-4 year peiod, If you get a moment have a look through this thread.
Black 2wd Sierra Cosworth Resto
It's also currently featured in this months Fast Ford issue 260.
Anyway, I've ALWAYS like Cortina MkV's so I started looking for one back in May and found this one on Autotrader, I agreed a price and handed over £600 for it with 12 months MOT and 6 months Tax, I drove it round COMPLETELY hassle free until september when I pulled it off the road for winter. Whilst it sat there I started planning what todo with it, I do like the car VERY much, it has a lovely feel to drive and certainly get's alot of looks. I decided that I would strip it down to it's bare bones and see if the shell that I think is quite good is as good as I think. I've not yet decided on the exterior route I want to take if it's a solid one, although I DO know what I want to do underneath with the drive train. Already being the owner of a Cosworth it's no surprise I have a spare engine lying around so this will be my power source, due to the car being quite light I don't think I should need much more than 400bhp to achieve everything I want from the car. Obviously 400bhp is quite a change to the car from standard so I know i'll be doing alot of strengthening and uprating parts, I'm lookoing to bin the rear axle in favour of a Volvo item with LSD although i'm not 100% which route togo down with mounting yet, I'm looking into 6 link. Anyway this will come later on.
I'm not sure whether to go for a sleeper look from the outside or whether to go stripped out monster look, (I do tend to favour the wolf in sheeps clothing route though) I'm sure you guys will give me some feedback good and bad, i'm also sure that there's plenty of people on here that can offer me good advice and help when needed.
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Well here's how she looks as of today so take a long hard look as the transformation has begun!
