Now as with just about every cosworth ive ever bought the pictures look stunning but in reality it needs work.

for starters the rust is starting to creep up on it in a few areas. bottom of rear back arch, drivers side door and top of drivers side sill, very bottom of boot (ill get pics) i also dont like the way the skirts fit, not nice at all which is possibly why the paint has rubbed through and rust is starting to appear

it goes in today for paintwork to be done and ill talk to him about skirts fitting properly so hopefully that will be a distant memory.

next up will be the engine, its quite and starts on the button with no slap or tapping so im please, also no smoke on or off boost. However the iscv is unplugged like so many obviously because no one has set the car up properly. there is also some extra wiring to the front injector, god knows what that is but i dont like it so will get sorted.

The car will be going straight from the paintshop to my tuner for full setup and once over.

i also have a list of parts i need.

Centre console with no holes.

Doorcards in cloth preferably or ill be looking for leather at the right price.

ambers or clears for the sides, front ones can stay as is i think

boot plastics especially the one the boot shuts on to as its in shocking condition and just falls off lol.

boot carpet cover for spare wheel, spare wheel and all fixings etc.

ill be removing rear strut brace as its just in the way and makes the boot look terrible. ill replace it with a single bar chrome one if one comes up.

ill grab a load of pictures when im back at the car but safe to say it needs tidying up.

Ill also be spending some time powdercoating some bits under the bonnet.

It drove faultless though for the 200 miles and certainly goes ok once the boost arrives, didnt want to drive it hard though until the Joe has a good look at it.

anyway onwards and upwards, plenty of work to do!