Sorry to hijack the thread
Kingycos
Is your dad able to scotch or verify the rumours that a few of the 500s that came out of Tickford were converted to 4x4 in 1987
Also does he have any info on a Genk built, Belgian registered RHD RS500 4x4 used as an evaluation vehicle for a proposed one off run of 50 to celebrate the end of Sierra Production in 1992 (in the same spirit as the Brooklands Capri) using a bunch of the new 3dr shells reproduced around that time, that was canned due to the recession, and fears that it would over shadow the intro of the escos.
Be very interested to hear about any of the above