Fed up looking at them! Kinda had a wee idea to get a decent rep sierra as a daily hack and tow car for taking the series 1 cossy to the shows, thought it would look kinda cool getting towed by another cossie but i am already sick of looking at them. Why is it that people build these so called replicas?!?!?!? Most of them dont look like the cosworth they are trying to replicate and more like they crashed into a halfords clearance bin......

Just fancy a nice standard looking car, not one full of rot and plastic crap, why do people feel the need to bolt on cheap crap when they could have got the stuff they need from decent cossie breakers and made it look right to be fair its mostly the escort cossy reps but my god!

Sorry for the rant but its doing my head in!

 

dunno what you are on about this is just like a factory car



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Escor...item4605c33d2a



i think a nice diesel saff cos rep would be good, cheap as hell to replicate and not as hard to find a donor

 

to make a decent rep, well 95% cossie anyhow, you would be better off buying a cosworth.
the bad reps are done on tighter budgets to be different, i do not see the point.
i did an xr2 rep once, went faster than a standard xr2 though, not quite the same breeding though.

 

Build one then! Or buy a rolling shell and put a smaller motor in

 

Youd be better off gettin a saff cossie rolling shel and sticking in a dohc or maybe a BMW turbo diesel engine in it if its a tow car, the price that base model sierras go for these days is unreal for a straight car with mot!

 

The 1 I had and sold on here mate was a perfect rep 1.8td everything on it was cosworth

 

After building the series 1 I am going to have a break from building, would love it if someone had done all the hard work already and after building the series 1 I know fine well I would try to build a perfect rep which would be a waste of time cos I could have bought a real one!

 

Should og bought mine mate https://passionford.com/forum/cars-f...h-replica.html

 

Here's my cosseted rep done properly.Based on a never welded 1600 azure shell just awaiting an engine and gearbox transplant. Dunno what to put in it I am open to suggestions.

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Sierr...item1e70a3d497

 

Cossie reps look okay if theyre done properly

 

There was a boy on here called wullie iirc and he had an absolutely mint white sapphire 1.8lx that had done about 20000 miles,only really need 2 x bumpers and some alloys and your there,I've got a cloth recaro interior complete your welcome too in good order.
Wouldn't take a weekend to sort that fella.

 

Whats the point of using a genuine cossie shell cause your still gona incur cosworth insurance regardless if you have a twinky or a derv in there. Just get s good base sapphire front bumper bonnet grill and side skirts from a breaker and job done

 

cosworth insurance is cheaper then cosworth replica insurance for me now, still like to see replicas though, would never complain about seeing one as its always interesting to see what engine/mods they have done to the car too

 

something slightly different i was tempted to bid on at the time, would have been perfect towing material too


click the pic in the link to see more pics..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SIERRA-COSWORTH-ESTATE-4X4-GHIA-/200725987690?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2ebc33816a &clk_rvr_id=369054413990

 

There has been a few reps on the bay over the last few months.Most of them have sold for over a grand.I wonder how many of them get bought just for the good parts on them.

 

Looks nice, you arent bored of it are you???

saw it mate but it looks tired, wanted a clean one. Hey i think i added you on face book ?? Let me know if it isnt so i can delete it, dont want to look like a FB stalker!!

Cheers mate, actually looking on the bay the now for standard cars to convert so might take you up on that!



Traders policy mate, doesnt effect me



You may have a point there, on the bay lookin g for standard ones now so i can just bolt on the bits myself!

 

im doing the same thing but doing it right no stick on tat, as for engine choice ive gone the 24V route good fuel economy on a run and a good tow car, you can have plenty of fun in a 24V sapphire as well as the bonus of getting decent suspsension and running gear over time when the genuine cosworth boys upgrade to better spec.
cheers steve

 

Personally I do like to see replicas and the amount of work put into them
Good luck to everyone that does one.
We all like the same type of cars after all

 

Sapphires are easy to do well, as the car is the same.

I don't ever think I have seen an Escort Cossie rep that does not look like a dogs dinner, the base car is not the same fecking shape ffs! It annoys me as the poor sap trying to bludgeon it together would be far better off just buying a saff or cheap Escos to start with

 

soon to be a cheeky yb

 

Nice any more pics

 

Yeh I'll put some up when I'm back on the pc m8. YB come the end of November

 

Escort Cossie reps look shit because they cost a fortune to make as you really have to use genuine parts to make them look real. I spent a fortune on my old one in the end and sold it at a loss.

 

This any good to you cutch?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1608672394...9#ht_500wt_950

 

Thats not a bad 3dr rep.

 

this is the YB goin in my rep as RS_traynor said haha

 

Have you seen the sierra estate on eBay with cossie yb in it cutch?

 

Im sure that black one was from where i live in the north east.Its was a nice car.

 

yeah, he has been trying to sell it for ages, god knows what he wants for it but it didnt sell last time, its been up here for a while glen, AVA had it years ago.....

 

that sierras estate was my m8 big daves, he emigrated to new zealend about 2 years ago and sold the car just before he left, was featured in fast ford about the time he went too

steve

 

i sttand corrected, i was told that was AVA's old one...

 

Not a complete cossie rep but how about a xr4i? I get so much attention from mine


http://s152.beta.photobucket.com/use...tml?sort=3&o=5