After my black 3 door taking so long due to trying to find as many new parts as possible, i bought this mk 1 focus rs which was a nice car but didnt quite do it for me and i was itching for another cosworth





I was thinking about selling the focus when my good friend martyn said he was going to sell his three door rs500 rep so i deal was done and i ended up with this car.






Ive had this car for about a year now with no problems at all (keep expecting some being a cosworth) and looking at the car now it just needs a few things sorting out, the body and paint have picked up some chips and scratches so that will be the first job to sort, interior just needs a really good clean and the engine will just be getting a new set of sensors and tidy up and a tune up/check over as it doesnt idle very well from cold start for about 5 minutes and is then fine.

Started off with a soak in g101 and a good jet wash off.





Might of washed it to hard as some paint started coming off under the gutters!!!



Front bumper side bracket has been damaged and stuck on but i have a scrap 3 door bumper so the side brackets will be swapped onto the 500 bumper.



The car must have been broken into at some time as the tailgate lock is nearly hanging out so this will be repaired, i have a spare tailgate but it has been de-locked.




Started taking the car apart and so far its coming apart very easily, no snapped bolts yet.