Originally Posted by
TrevCos
Is this Nigel (Sensi's) old car? What a beauty.
Hello Tev mate hope you ok
Yes this used to be my old car J400 RSC
And what a saff she is .. i bought it off GingeRS who bought it from Guzzler (Matt) the original first owner of the car used it as a daily driver to France and back every week thats how the miles got racked up within its early years etc but then the miles steaded as the owners progressed.
If im still right the car is running a MSD Closed loop chip stage 3 .. i took the car to Joe stevens at bluesprint motorsport because when you give it a bootful it used to chuck so much black smoke out! it might still do as joe said its part of the chip and the fuelling and left it alone so if it still kicks out a lot of black shit on the throttle i wouldnt worry as i never did. I also put the plate J400 RSC on
I had the bonnet resprayed and the two front wings by "Bigfoot" of KW motors who done a cracking job also the passengers arch was cut away and the rust treated, after which the arch just looked perfection as the whole bodywork and paint was detailed again by KW and it just was like liquid satin! ... if i remember thier was 2 very small dents in the boot lid that i didnt have done but these are so small it wasnt worth the grief
the engine as NEVER been apart and Joe stevens said it was a very strong engine and he reckons still on the original head gasket .. i had the car 2 years she never missed and beat nor burned a drop of oil or lost a drop af water .. the temp gauge NEVER went over a quarter ethier!
to me it was the best saff i ever had and i was very sad to see her go but she went to a good home via Gazcos who improved the car even more and looked after her a treat as i saw it some show it it was just MINT! Gaz did ask if i wanted to buy it back before he sold it and i was soooooooo close to saying yes but had no where to put the car as ive still got the Escos.
id say to anyone genuinely wanting a saff then do look at this one as all the panels are total original and its a very clean straight car, with history fron the very first day it left fords with the £21.000 bill i belive! the only thing i didnt like about the car was the ride as it was so bloody hard and speedhumps where just a er ..NO! .. but i know Gazcos said he was going to address this when he bought it and he did fit new bigger profile tyres etc
Its nice to see J400 RSC still looking as clean as ever and well worth the money as its a beautiful sierra cosworth that deserves to go to another good home as not many out thier like this one. THE CAR IS A PEACH OF A SAFF ........ AND YOU WILL STRUGGLE TO FIND BETTER!
anyway hope alls well Trev and take care
Nigel