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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 09:35 AM
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 12:04 PM
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WFOBXXGKAB is the vin code for an escort cos
RL92042 is the appx date of manufacture and engine number so RL is jan 94.
the trim LW covers many options of luxury extras ie seat material etc

hope thats some help m8
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Old Dec 13, 2004 | 05:18 PM
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According to my information, that should be a RHD Escort Cosworth Luxury in Ash Black with airconditioning and Raven interior build in 01/94.
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Old Dec 14, 2004 | 10:22 AM
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Old Dec 14, 2004 | 10:37 AM
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polaris grey is a very rare escort cos colour and also very nice ash black is a also a rare colour also found on the monte carlo limited edition models
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Old Dec 14, 2004 | 06:49 PM
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Sorry m8, you're car is NOT Polaris Grey according to your VIN number.

This is a Polaris Grey one -->

Also, this car was from origin made for someone in the UK.
If you need more info, just ask.
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Old Dec 15, 2004 | 02:39 PM
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 10:57 AM
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 11:06 AM
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yes the 1 on web page does look ash black and not polaris, but ash black is a great colour just hard 2 keep clean.
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 07:07 PM
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It's defo NOT Polaris Grey, it indeed looks like Ash Black.

Strange thing is that the VIN number says it has a Raven interior while I THINK I'm seeing leather in there. Not original then.

Also has an airbag wheel and large turbo mirrors outside. Can't see the fuel filler cap though.
It's also missing the front splitter and hockey sticks.

What I do find strange is that there are only pictures of drivers side. None from the passenger side.

Have you seen the vehicle in real life allready?
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 08:10 PM
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how do you mean LW doesnt just denote leather, raven is also a cloth trim m8 as ive seen many escos with LW and cloth or have i got the wrong end off the stick. theres 4 diff types of raven / hexcloth silver, green, blue,red. and theres the raven leather
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I ment that Raven is a cloth trim and I see a leather in there.
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 08:40 PM
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yeh it does look like a bit of moo cow in the pics
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Old Dec 22, 2004 | 09:19 AM
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That's what it says on my sheet m8.
Originally for the UK.
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Originally Posted by Glenn5
WFOBXXGKAB is the vin code for an escort cos
RL92042 is the appx date of manufacture and engine number so RL is jan 94.
the trim LW covers many options of luxury extras ie seat material etc

hope thats some help m8
Sorry to resurrect old post but has anyone got the table of these codes that i can have so i can date my engine???
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ruffles whats with the ..........?
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he must have posted his full VIN or similar
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 07:32 AM
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trim colour often means the main trim, not just the seats, ie, all the plastics are raven in cosworths after 1990, the seat are not black leather, they are also 'raven' normally in microcat if you go into 'minor details' it will show the options the car came with, all the escort cosworths i have looked at come with 'Northern Ireland Feature' maybe they were meant to built them like a hummer
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:22 PM
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Hi Tony. The ...'s were from when I was having some issues with someone I don't dare mention. If you look, you'll see I asked the question when I first joined in 2004. They weren't happy that I'd listed their website as some where to look at some pics, because I didn't know how to upload to here.
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