hi all,

heres my new project,

original rouse built/raced rs500 from 87/88

needs a bit of work before i get it racing hopefully very soon,

i will try and post some pics showing its progress,

 

Every time i see pics of your garage it makes me
want to cry

puts my wee saph to shame many times over!

MUST FINISH REBUILD, MUST FINISH REBUILD..................

 

yeah that garage rules mate!!

Dunc

 

hers the list of races i aim to do this year,


Ford Saloon Car Championship
28 Mar - Mallory Park
17 Apr - Brands Hatch
22 May - Donington
5 Jun - Silverstone
25 Jun - Anglesey(DH)
26 Jun - Anglesey(DH)
10 Jul - Mallory Park
6 Aug - Cadwell Park(DH)
7 Aug - Cadwell Park(DH)
17 Sep - Oulton Park
16 Oct - Snetterton
21 Oct - Brands Hatch(DH)
23 Oct - Brands Hatch(DH)

 

Awesome m8 best of luck on the track

 

Good luck with the racing m8! I am very jealous

 

i wont that garage lol

 

my god your garage is like the retirement home for old btcc rs 500

are any of them road legal

 

WOW thats one awesome garage m8

 

Awesome cars mate,wot is the history of the white one

 

Is the cage a bolt in type? Plus any pics of its install would be great :0)

 

hi all,

none are road legal as all are real race cars and allways have been,

new white car is built by andy rouse and raced by him and alain ferte in the french championship in 88

bolt in cage as when rouse built it in late 87 it would have had an alloy cage,

most sierra rs500 built before 89 had alloy cages,

except the eggnburger cars, which allways used a full weld in cage,

my labatts car is 89 built so full weld in cage,

there you go.

 

your 1 lucky sod martin how often do u get to drive the other 2??

 

thats quite a collection

 

ANOTHER ONE !!!!

If you ever run outta space Martin, i'll be MORE than happy to look after one for ya

Good luck with the build

 

Where do you find these Martin ???

 

i only can dram of having one RS500, let alone 3

 

Sir,
you have my most sincere and envy wrought congratulations.
You would appear to have been blessed with the finest garage this side of Brunei.
I doth my cap reverentially in your general direction.

On spying the pictures of said hallowed structure and the contents therein, I laughed like an idiot on methamphetamine, hardly believing the apparent mirage before me.

So traumatised was I, that I felt compelled to put pen to paper. Then thought f*ck that, the computer's easier.

The shock of seeing it in real life would surely be too much for the human mind to contemplate and would almost definitely result in shock/stroke, followed by, coma and possibly fatal collapse.

I would like to take this opportunity to praise you; not only for your exsquisite taste in automotive erotica, but also your superb ability to spend your apparently not insubstantial wealth on just the right things.

Whoever said 'the best things in life are free' was obviously a liar, a f*cking idiot, a complete mental, or totally unaware of the cost of an ex TC RS500.

However, please see fit to attach a health warning to the front of the building so as to prevent the potential shock related deaths of mere mortals with a penchant for rarer and finer examples of the blue oval's offspring.

Yours, with unbridled jealousy and undiluted envy,
SVM 286

P.S. If you were ever to find yourself tired with the effort of maintaining, running and owning any of these wild animals, and came over all charitable, I would be more than happy to relieve your burden and take charge of all owning and driving duties for a nominal fee.

 

update,

bag tank out for test ect,

 

front brakes cleaned checked,

330x32 drilled








rear brakes 300x28 drilled note the temp idicators,








headlights removed for cleaning,

tanks removed cleaned/refitted,

 

lookin good mate really nice car

 

i bet you are one happy person i would love to race these legends superb
1 day hey i will do that (just keep telling myself)
nice to see they are still being used for what they were made to do and not on display in a museum. Nice.
what sort of compititions do you enter them in is it group b or touring car races

 

Did ya sold the road car Martin? The one I drewl at each year I visit A1 Rallysport

 

Keep the pics comming

What is the rear suspension set up? Looks like adjustable spring platform and modded rear arms?? Any idea of the spring rates?

Are the strut top mounts eccentric type? Got some to fit on mine sometime.

 

Awesome piccys,awesome cars

 

hi all,

rouse rear beam, all rosejointed ect,

same as the labatts car,

top mount are the same as well,

no idea off spring rates yet, but there be solid for sure,


sold my road car to make room for the new race project,

this car came up chance,

as i was going to get a fiesta zytec,



racing in the ford formula saloons in class A

will be in the same class as the yellow ex rouse car and all the big power escorts!

same class,

but different rules,

like the escorts cosworths can run 18" wheels and water injection,

where as i will run 17" wheels and no water injection,

as per the rules,

its all worked out on whot the car had when new from ford,

 

Nice

 

 

 

When the wife kicks me out the house, can I live in your garage? Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please,

 

Is anyone else severly jealous of this guy?? I know I am!

 

QUICK UPDATE,

i know have comfurmation from rouse that this car,

was the car that andy rouse and allan moffat used at bathurst in 87 and lead for 33 laps before the gearbox gave up,

so this is the ORIGINAL ANZ CAR!!

also it did spa 24 hr in 87 and came sixth,

then did the french champonship in 88 with rouse and alain ferte and again won its class! and just missed wining the championship,

so a bit more special than even i thought,

needless to say the ANZ graphics will go back on.

 

where do you find these cars martin. its not like you can pick up an autotrader and go buy one. Do you have friends in motorsport.

what does the ANZ car look like, got any pics

 

have you got any advise on buying a rs500 look alike is it worth it? it has all genuine parts on it but it isnt the moonstone blue colour it is slightly lighter. it is a 1.6 with standard wheels on it and everything pm me plz. cheers

 

as for buying a copy,

look at the car very close and check to see if they have used genuine spoilers and bumper ect,

as with the front bumper and gen splitters with both gen rear spoilers you are looking at about Ł1500 just for theses parts,

so if its cheap enough as a copy and has good bits on there you can not go far wrong,


the new car was a lucky find as was not advertised, i found out it was for sale by talking to a chap at autosports, who was looking at my labatts car,

i was not even looking to buy another sierra, i was going to buy a mondeo or fietsa,

i looked at two mondeo super tourers and they looked to much work to keep them racing, so i was going to get a fiesta race car, i even looked at a couple,

but this one was such a good deal and with big spares package, that i could not turn it down,

the bonus is now i have traced its history and found it to a special car,

the guy who owned it did not know anything about race sierra and did not even know rouse built it,

needless to say i looked at the car and shook my head and then made him an offer,

i would say it was about 10k cheaper than he could have got for it if he addvertised it,

 

still sorting some pictures out,

this is the front cover of the bathurst 87 book,

my cars the white one at the front!

 

the guy only wants 1200 for the car and they are all genuine parts the whole car is made of the rs500 im only 17 but a love these cars they are so great im 18 in 2 weeks and im looking at another ford when im older i will probably put a cossie engine in it and then it will look the dogs i think im on for a winner here cheers mate

 

sounds like a very good price with gen parts,

 

wicked cars mate,would love a set of them wheels!

 

yer and i only have 29 of them