Hello peeps me and the wife have just sold our S1 and i was starting to look at saph cossies but she doesnt like them BUT does like the escorts and is paying the difference . So weve started to look for one but my question is:

Do they rust/rot like all other fords???

Im a little bit worried as our S1 was a bugger and had loads of welding underneath.

The cossie will be the everyday car, all weather etc....

And will it be reliable???

 

no m8 they dont get rot in them like other fords as there custom built shells but always check for the rust the only rusty spots on them is sills under kit at rear quite common the floor seem across the front arb mounting very common looked a several that were rusty there, there a very good all year car use mine in all weathers but ive put 4/5 litres of waxoyl everywhere since ive had mine, happy shopping you regret buying 1 its just finding a good 1 2 start with.

 

Great thanks for that.

Quick question, this may seem a bit mad but tonight i was behind a new bmw m3, how would a tuned escort cossie compare to this? What sort of power would the cossie need to wave goodbye to him?

 

m3's are around 360bhp, done 3 of them now and mines still not running 100%

 

Furry you raced any Evos???

 

have you STILL not decided what mota to get

 

No

I did drive the evo on friday night tho, it went like stink but the bonnet is huge!!

 

Surely no bigger than an escos??

 

raced a new evo 8 fq340 i think in the saph and poo'd all over it, escort would sail past it.

 

mate every ford rots
i seen a few rotton esc cos the oldest ones are 12 years old now.

Most of them are ok and have been looked after just make sure you get a good un