Spoke to a guy today,don't really now him.Anyway he said he owns the only LEFT HAND DRIVE SIERRA COSWORTH RS 500 ever made and it's insured for £50.000.Just wondered if it's true or is he full of shit?

 

not sure but I would say possibly full of poo

 

He is talking absolutely bullshit
All RS500's were right hand drive
The touring cars were 909 shells left & right hand

 

i fucking hate bullshitters

 

have asked this question a few times to people and have been told that tickford did some converting on stuff already manufactured ie,leather interiors,aircon and some other stuff,could be one got converted into lhd,the only lhd ones i have seen with my own eyes are touring cars,best was a Ruddi Eggenberger prepared example.
have seen lhd 3drs sold as rs500's by car dealers who dont know what they are talking about,one particular italian one a year and a half ago if someone buys it,thinks its proper,but doesn't know the score,they are going to feel peed off,when people who know put them straight.
50 grand though,thats proper wages!

 

All the cars from Tickford were right hand drive only on the rs500
3rd were left and right........ from GENK

 

yes, pal thats right,but i know for defo tickford definately converted some rs200's after they were already manufactured,they changed the spec for the customer,and have been told that that happened after the run ended for rs500.only a few,i new of a ford main dealer who only ran the top of the range fords,and his rs500 had leather and ac,tickford apparantly did it for him,before delivery.
i had tickford do a lpg conversion for me once,now though if you call tickford you get put straight through to prodrive.
as said earlier though,only left hookers i have seen are racing cars

 

He said,"he bought it from a bloke who worked at FORD".Also FORD have offered to buy it back off him for £50.000.The guy is based in OXFORD.I thought it smelt like bullshit,but why would he lie?,Iv'e only met him once so he does'nt need to impress me.

 

Hmmmmm, i seen him on ceebeebies i thinks.......... STORYTELLERS, STORYTELLERS,

 

fact, 1 RS500 was converted to left hand drive..
it was done for the customer but not done at tickford
last i heard this car was on mainland europe and not in this country...

 

bet he knows the guy with the fastest cossie in the world

 

there is a cosworth here in spain .that says its a 500.ive seen it.its left hand and looks real.but unsure.

 

Why dont you just check the chassis number...?

 

Have a word with the RS500 Registrar at the RSOC.
He'll tell you for definite.

 

Rs500 chassis number's....ending..
gg38600--to--gg39099.

if it dont fall in this range it aint a original ford built tickford converted sierra cosworth RS500 ....

 

have you seen the VIN plate?????? does it say...A or B
do you know chassis no??????

 

well the vin would say B as the car was right hand drive when it left the factory ..and it was converted to left hand drive by request of the owner..
have i seen the car ..no it was brought to my attention when martin lobb was the rsoc rs500 register and i never doubted his word as he was 100% top bloke ....
if you need any futher details maybe the current rsoc rs500 register martin thomas could help you

 

in Norway some bodey tryed too bild a RS500 LHD but somting about ABS "blok" not fitting with the second row of injektors in place .
And the RS500 in germany at Køln factory ( Micael Kranfus bougth it ) is an RHD - iw seen it with my own ays .. Black Texaco

 

I know here in Spain a RS500 replica with everythig from a 500, but the shell still being a normal 3dr one... That could be considered a 500?

 

No, definately not. An RS500 was built by Tickford as an RS500. A 3dr with 500 bits won't have the correct chassis number for a genuine 500 and can therefore never become the genuine article.

 

yes i heard Mr Ford Motorsport Mike Kranfuss,had a cosworth,he had his own nascar team too

 

you're are talking bullshit you know that al rs 500s are right handed.

 

well done your right..

 

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Well, what if i would buy a rs500.(i am actually considering this) export the car to a lhd country, don't like the rhd driving position. So i ditch the dashboard, steering rack, clutchcable, loom and a few more bits. Find sierra lhd parts. And voila, fairly straightforward work and very possible that there are more out there. But the chassis number will ofcourse sort things out.
But do you consider it a valid mod or an absolute nono?
And can 909's be reffered as rs500's? or as sporty sierra shell?

 

I think this guy is full of it.................I used to sell the dam things new and they were all RHD.............but if you can contact him again tell him to post the details. :

 

I havn,t seen him since.He also said he runs a cossie breakers in TELFORD also owns a escort cosworth track day weapon and his dad owns an RS 200.