Well after almost two years away since selling my last 3dr, I have been agonising over whether I should get another cossie or not over the last few months. I have owned 7 previously. Anyway the bug was back and the way prices are rising and I though give it a few more years and I could be priced out of the Cosworth market full stop. A 3dr was out of the question as the prices have rocketed since I sold my last one, so I had to try and find a nice tidy sapphire.
Anyway here's a few pics of my new toy, the pics aren't the best but it's all I have at the moment.









More pics to follow

 

Thanks. Lee.

 

nice looking car that...

 

That's stunning

 

Lee, looks ok that, enjoy.


Edit to say,

Any mods planned for it bud? Is it stock as it is?

 

Knowing you Lee by the time you have been doing your little bit of tidying up you could of had another 3dr with the amount you will spend lol.


Hope all goes well with whatever plans you have for the car.


Steve

 

nice looking car, getting harder to find a decent one now

 

Looks nice honest car.

The prices of cossies are going mad at the mo.

 

Looks a nice clean car

 

Looks a nice and clean example

 

Thanks mate,

Hello Pete, it's not standard stage 3 kit on it.

Alright Steve, long time no speak, how are you keeping?
Yes you are so right you know what my makeovers are like..lol.Seriously though I'm gonna take my time with this one, not gonna cram everything in over a short period of time, I want to get to know the car a bit first.However I will be making a start on a few things during the next week or two.

You are so right, difficult to find a tidy, solid honest car these days.

Yes that describes the car perfectly Glenn, it's a fairly low mileage on it with all mots and all service history etc.You are right there the prices are getting silly, I paid a lot for this car so I need to take care of it, not that I wouldn't anyway people know me all to well what I have to get other cossies I've owned to a pretty good standard.

Cheers.

Yes it's a very very clean tidy car, not concourse by any means but solid.

Thanks Tony.

 

Fair play mate that looks great, a good find look forward too seeing the progress with it.

 

that looks a very clean example - sadly i will never own a proper 3dr cossie anymore as its just too far out of reach now

 

Nice one Lee, good to hear from you.

Cheers. The 3 dr is also out of my reach now, prices are just crazy, shame I sold my last one 2 yrs ago, would be worth a mint now.

Thanks. Lee.

 

Welcome back lee.it's hard too stay away from the bloody things lol.

Looks a nice example


You never know price wise on 3 dr, the price will have to come back down at some point

 

Looks like a nice example. & its good to see you back even if you have a taxi

 

Alright James, good to hear from you. yes I'm back, it's been almost 2 yrs since I sold the 3dr. Good to be back. I have been thinking of getting another for the last few months, the prices rising so fast I thought I need to get one now before the prices go beyond my budget range.

Nice One Len, good to hear from you.Yes I went for a sapp as I can't afford the 3drs anymore...cry, cry.

Thanks. Lee.

 

I would be in the same boat mate, 3dr have gone way what I would like to pay anyway

 

Looks a nice one that, is the caddy yours too?

 

I totally agree Len, way more than I would pay to given we know what they were worth a few years back, current owners though must be loving it.

Hi Jason,thanks for posting, no the caddy is my neighbours sons who was just visiting at the time I took the pics, it's really nice, got proper BBS wheels on it aswell.

CheeRS. Lee.

 

Hi Lee,


Keeping well thanks. I moved from Kent to Somerset last April for my new job but still driving trains, freight now not passenger. Got a big place with my parents with 6.5 acres of land and a nice big garage. Converting the indoor swimming pool into a annex for my parents at the moment so no time to do any work on the cars. I have 3 toys now, I still have the 4i and 3dr but got myself a 2dr MKV Cortina just after Christmas. Slowly getting parts together for it but not actually done anything to it. I just don't have enough hours in the day to do all the things I want/ need lol.
Even when the annex is finished I still won't have time to play with the cars as I will then have to make a start on the house.
All work and no play for me for the next few years.


Steve

 

Hello Lee, long time no speak!

Saph looks real nice mate, gotta love a late 2wd!

Can't believe how crazy cossie (and all old car) prices have gone!

I remember when 3 doors could be had for not silly money and saphs were dirt cheap! Not any more!

 

You have been very busy by the sounds of things and going to be very busy in the future, I'm sure you will get a little time to play with the cars once the main work is done.Freight driving ey, sounds great that, right up my street, I love trains beleive it or not.I thought you had sold the 3dr. Cortina ey, sounds like a nice project you have lined up. Did you get the 4i running again after the block episode?
Good to hear from you Steve, I expect you will still be popping on here when you have a few mins spare, if your lucky..lol.

Hello Gaz, how are you keeping, good to hear from you. Nice crystal blue you have there, last I remember is you swapped everything over from the white car yes. Looks great...you happy? Is it finished now...dare I say it. Saying that a cossie is never finished is it as we know all to well.
Yes 3dr prices are crazy now, sapps getting expensive to, well mine was..lol. Never mind I got one now which is very tidy, so I'm happy, just gotta start putting my touches to it now and a nice makeover/tidy up hopefully.

Thanks. Lee.

 

I'm not so bad cheers mate, life has changed a fair bit the last year with my daughter coming along so got even less time to mess about with cars now!

How about you? I hope all is well?

Yeah it's basically the white car put into the blue one. When I had the problem with the engine when I was building the white one, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do but then the blue one came up so went for it as I've always wanted a crystal blue one!

It made pretty good power the other week (438 bhp at 25psi - more to come!) as I had it setup just to make sure it was safe but I'm struggling with stopping the bastard thing smoking it's balls off! Hopefully I'm on the right track now though with a couple more bits to try Still a fair few bits I'm not happy with but like you say, are they ever finished?!

Yeah mate, you gotta make it your own! What are your plans for it?

 

Looks really nice that! The saph is ageing very well IMO.

 

Saffs are cool as fook.

Ive been using mine these last 3 days and i still love it.

 

Looks nice. And yes Sapphires are cool as fook.

 

Yes I'm good Gaz, yes your priorities change when a little one comes along, mine is 5 in a few months time,hilarious, great stuff.Enjoy it whilst you can, it passes so quickly Gaz honestly.So you still on the GT30 .76? Tony still mapping it for you? Nice power at 25 psi.
Will make the car my own for sure, I'm putting a list together and a plan of attack, work will start in a few weeks I think. I'm not doing anything to the spec, I want to get other things sorted tidied up, made better first. I will do a makeover thread once the work starts.
Good to hear from you Gaz.

Thanks for your kind words, not the best of pics, I will get some better ones soon when the sun comes out..lol.

Still love yours then Glenn, you've owned that a while now, good to see.

Thankyou, I am happy with it so far, very early days yet though.

Thanks. Lee.

 

Hi Lee,


I mainly drive class 59s which are loads better than 66s lol. I drive the stone trains out of Merehead and Whatley up to Acton in London. Some are 4500t give or take a few ton so interesting to drive, At least I get to see the countryside now as I cruise along at 20mph on occasions instead of 140mph.
I still have the 3dr, not used it on the road since October.
The Cortina will get built at some point with a yb of course lol.
The 4i was back on the road in December 2014 but again that is just sitting in the garage.


Steve

 

Sounds like a really interesting job Steve, I would love that.Lot of responsibilty though of course.YB in the Cortina, now that will be cool.Glad you've still got the 4i and cossie.They will be there ready for when you get the time to play again..lol.

CheeRS. Lee.

 

Hi Lee, it's been a while . Nice looking saph there matey

 

Hey Steve, good to hear from you bud, hope you are keeping well. Yes been almost 2 years since my last 3dr was sold.

CheeRS. Lee.

 

Yeh ive owned mine over 10 years now. It leads a bit of a pampered life now though. Its gone from sat on a drive in all weathers to being tucked up in a big garage with carpet on the floor lol.

I use it on nice days but at the moment my 7 week old son is taking up most of my time.