Originally Posted by
cozzfather
i remember seeing iirc g35chk it was ex biasion and bought from ford motorsport boreham for less than the 35 grand in 1992 the car sold for. i remember seeing miki driving it and i saw the car driven by the private rally team that bought it off ford.
that car went to derek mcgarrity in ireland,he probably is the one man who has had the very best wrc cars ever, i'm sure there are some irish lads on here who can back me up. so you see 35 grand in 92 to 100k euros in 08.
i have never seen the brake coolers forsale or the water cooled brakes. the very last sierras were such a good spec that they made the escort very competitive. i saw so many top drivers in sierras Matt. one of the best at chucking a sierra 4x4 around was Pete Doughty and he's British.
i nearly sold my car earlier this year to buy a (famous)group a escort cosworth,but the euro has fooked things up.
Heh I wish I had the chance to see these cars in action, but Switzerland is like nigeria when it comes to motorsport.
There was an ex works group A escort for sale on a car sale website, fully restored, in really mint condition (it looked like it has just been out of the factory), with PlayStation and Repsol colors, but I don't remember the price.
I wonder if Ford had kept the sapphire a little bit if they could have made it a winning car. Ok the wheel base was maybe too long, but in fast rallies it was an advantage (finland, NZ, ...). All that went then to the escort, but a victory in the World Championship is what is missing the most in the Sierra (aka sapphire there) career. Monte-Carlo 1991 was so close, just a huge shame
