Hi guys, Can anyone help me with this. I have just taken said car in a p/ex deal. Up until now I did not even know they exsisted!
I have been digging and have been told Ford commisioned a few to be made just before the 4x4 model in late 89. Also been told Performance Ford magazine road tested the Auto so would love to know what year/issue it was.
Anyone able to back up what i've been told already or have any other interesting info on it??
Its a 1989 F reg, Flint Grey, 2WD, With cloth Recaro's, Air Con! and a Sunroof
cheers

 

I'm interested to know what gearbox it's using! I wonder if it's a C4!

 

How much do you want for it?

 

There were a few 'special orders' - I believe there's at least one of each: 3 door, Sapphire and 4x4 Sapphire that had an auto box specified when they were ordered. I'm sure they've been posted here or on the RSOC forum.

 

pics

 

They made several auto sierra cossies, same as they made 1 3 door 4wd, and V6 cossie escort.
They also made a special auto rs2000(mk2) for a ford big wig who came over to the uk years ago, he could only drive auto!!
I'm 99% sure the cossies auto's use a A4LD box, but with uprated bits.
tabetha

 

there was a dealer in Oxford (poss Hartwell) who used to sell new automatic saff cossies, they done the conversion there.

 

Hi, Thanks for all the replies so far!
I'm just have a few bits tidied up on her then i'll post some pics!!
Apart from a little paintwork on the stone chips and rear spoiler its immaculate!
I've heard this Hartwell Garage come up before in conversations about it, Does anyone know if its still around??
cheers

 

links/pics?

 

they use the auto running gear out of the Granada's coupled with the MT thrupple nuts and over head cam jockeys.

 

The only piccies I have are in the ford book I have, "COSWORTH AND FORD", "THE ROAD CARS", by Graham Robson.
tabetha
ps I don't know how to put up piccies!!

 

Not anything to do with disabilitys is it. The thread re that auto xr3i had some info but i can't find it.

Pic wise create an account @ www.photobucket.com upload the pictures you want to photobucket then copy and past the img link to this thread.

 

how does it drive would imagine a standard boost cossie auto will be pretty awfull to drive and that was a slow autobox as well

 

cheers, i'll try and grab a copy.

as said, http://www.photobucket.com for uploading and linking pics with

 

is it this one?

 

i dont know why but i think thats funny as fuck. i would love to pull up somewhere with an auto sapph cossie, tryin to get it sideways would be a laugh

 

It'd probably outperform most saphs at the pod

 

Thats just mad and doesnt seem right lol.I bet they are worth some money these cossies.

 

The V6 escort was RWD too

 

Sold by ford, or just a development hack?

 

i know its not a ford but at work weve just had a crash damaged auto evo10 come in to be repaired

 

There is also a RST(mk2), that was running(shortened) complete sierra 4x4 mechanicals as development(for later 4wd cossie) yb etc, E386 YVX.
tabetha

 

Indycos, Thats It!!!!
Thats my new baby! Do you know this car??
As for sideways, It really does not need much coaxing!!
It now has a K&N on it and Escort Cossie Wheels but I would like to return it to standard I think.
Not sure when I've had all the little bits done and its perfect to keep hold of it and store it or sell........
hmmmmm

 

The gear lever surround certainly looks std A4LD, 4 speed as fitted to later std sierra.
You can get a adjustable vac capsule on these boxes as I have a brand new one in my garage, that I was going to fit on mine, I also have a shift improver kit, fits into the valve housing and beefs up all the change points, when I ordered one from the states, it was lost so they sent me another, 3 weeks later the first one turned up by which time I had fitted the replacement, company told me to keep it, made a massive difference to this otherwise sluggish box.
I alos fitted a winnebago rv trans cooler, about 3/4 the size of the rad as these cook otherwise, the us cars with the same boxes used air drafting to fan air around and over the boxes to stop this.
Well worth doing a trans cooler on these.
tabetha

 

It's not auto, it's automatised dual clutch gearbox - something ocmpletely different. Complete off-topic here.

 

its even got a towbar, what a strange Cossie spec!

(last time I fitted a tow bar to a Cossie I blew the head gasket after about 50 miles of towing with it, oops)