So for years ive been on and off here looking at the amazing build threads and some top quality engineering skill.
Ever since I was a kid ive wanted a cossie, ive had loads of sapphires a few replicas but moved away from Fords a bit in later years but the time came and thought now or never so 2 years ago I found the exact car I was looking for.


92 K Sapphire Cosworth in Smokestone Blue - 2 owners from new totally standard with only a Stainless Exhaust. The guy I bought it from had it years and it only came out 2-3 times a year when he used to take the wife out for Sunday dinner. He had it parked in a garage with a duvet over it and socks over the mirrors 'So he did scratch the mirrors with his belt when he went to the fridge for a beer' lol


So heres a few pictures from the day I went to view it,















And a few from when I got it home and gave it a good polish. These were for the agreed valuation,















Id always wanted a Smokestone Saph with RS7 Soft spokes, so I found a set and fitted them along with a set of Koni's and Ahmed Bayjoo springs. Whist I was at it I changed the front disc and pads as they were warped,







Then managed to make it too RSOC Day at Croft,









It didn't take long until I was on the hunt for more power. I asked around and many people advised MSD Blackpool to me, a quick call and the car was booked in. A couple of months wait and the week finally came, the Sunday before it was due to go in on the Thursday I called in where some of the local lads practice a bit of drifting and had to have ago as I was leaving. Heres the results drivers side CV joint exploded,










Managed to get the car home stripped down a new shaft on 24hr delivery and back together the night before going to MSD.


Thursday came and road trip to MSD, car had a stage 2 and was mapped to 310,






Got to say MSD were great I couldn't recommend them enough, car drove amazing and pulled in every gear until we got to the M6. Coming down the slip road just about to joint the M6 and bang steam everywhere. Coasted to the hard shoulder popped the bonnet to find the water hose off the stat housing had burst right on the jubilee clip. A bit of ingenuity and taking turns pissing in a bottle (really lol) and we were back on the road.


Got the car home and it wasn't long until the same hose wen again, this time properly,




After fixing this I had a good look over and found the engine mount where fooked, think this was a big contributor to the CV joint exploding on full lock,








These were changed out for some Colin Performance mounts and the car drove great for about 2-3 months until I heard this really annoying knocking coming form the back end.


After weeks of trying to find the knock I found play in the read drop arm bushes, bit of reading up I found lots of people saying not to poly bush these and go with Graham Goode replacements so a shopping list of parts when in and the work started.






Ignore the mess in the garage I was in the middle of working on the house too.


Once the car was in the air and I had the rear beam out, tank off, diff out etc I started to poke around and have a scrap of the wax oil to see what it was like under there. Before long it started to get into a full rear end resto. Ill let the pictures tell the story,





















































The whole underneath from behind the rear bumper to the start of the transmission tunnel was stripped including right up into the rear arches. There was only a little bit of surface rust. The car had never been welded and didn't need any. I treated the areas of rust with rust convertor before going at the bear metal with POR15 first.