Hi im a newbie on here and im trying to find out if there is any way i can find out if my 304R is real, the plate on the drivers side says its number 99 but when i was surfing the for sale ads there was a silver one for sale stating it was number 99 so as you can tell im in a bit of a pickle wether its real or not HELP!!

 

take a picture of the plate and post it up here

plenty of people will tell you what's what

welcome to the site, and don't worry about the crazies, we have a special room for them

 

Pics might help matey.Is a bit of the cars chassis number not on the plaque on the b pillar.

 

Where about in kent you from?

 

Pictures would help

 

i think the chassis number is on the tag that rouse put on with build number

the one your on about i looked into and he has all the history that came with that car

get pics up of your car and the plaque on the drivers side door shut

 

Visual things would be

Different side skirts
Different longer spolier
Wing-back recaro seats
Smaller turbo.

Stick some pictures up.

 

POOF!

He's gone!

 

My records show number 99 is Magenta, J reg

 

Mine is magenta, it has a private plate, it has the skirts, longer spoiler and different seats to my other cosworths, i will take a photo of the plaque and post ASAP, thanks guys!!

 

would you not of checked all this out before you bought it?

 

from the posts i'd guess he had/has a cossie or 2,saw it bought it but wanted to check if its gen or not now (no reason not to buy it if it wasnt gen so bought it anyways)

 

One more thing is there any way i can get a new certificate of authentication, as the previous owner "misplaced it"?

 

It was given to us smashed up, we rebuilt it and then realised it was something special, answer your questions lads?

 

any pictures yet?

 

Pictures say a thousand words.

 

Was it the one that was heavy front ended that was on eBay a few years ago by anychance ?

 

Very unlikely mate to be honest.
Hopefully plaque, chassis, log book etc all tallies up correctly

 

the silver one i seen that was 99/100 look genuine, even down to the plaque

wish ic ould find the link but piston heads delete old adverts now

he sent me pics of the arches etc when i asked and also all the stuff you get from rouse paper work

 

A hand written letter came with the car from Rouse .....

I have a few on file ....

DOO user name was big into them ....and he started all the Rouse Lists.

I a m working on getting the full list , its a job in progress.

Just so owners know there are lighit or not .

Carl

 

Theres a white Rouse for sale on the web..cant remember where i saw it now...

 

Thanks for the responses guys, as soon as i can get down to the garage i'll take a LOAD of pictures of all the motors especially the rouse so we can get this done and dusted, its a shame the certificate isn't with it any more but that's just one of those things

 

no it was never advertised

 

Wouldn't it be better just to try and contact the builders (if they are still around in some guise) with the chassis number to confirm it's authenticity ?

Would ford have a record of the car being supplied to Rouse to be built or was it just something some people did independently of Ford once they had bought their 'standard' Cosworths..

There are plenty of people on here who will give you a good steer, unless someone has all the info to hand in which case you're all set, but surely the only way to be sure is to talk to the people who built it with the chassis number.. anyone can fit rouse parts to a standard car..


2p..

 

any pics yet??