My latest project is a Sapphire Cosworth 4x4 Ex police car. This is the car that was on the tv series blues and twos in the 90s, long thought to be dead but it’s been on a cdz number plate since 1996. The car needs a serious amount of work but I think it definitely needs saving

Some pics of the car in service





And how it looks now







It wont be a quick project, first job is to get the head back on and get it running as it came off the road due to head gasket failure. Try and scrape it through an mot to get the original number plate back on it.

I have 2 really good sierra shells to cut up for panels, but 3 weeks before I bought this I bought a 2wd sapphire. Now I’ve ended up with 3 Cossie’s which was never the plan, so will have to get the 2wd up for sale in the spring before any real work starts on this.

 

nice project jim .are going to put it back in its police livery?

 

I’m undecided at the moment, it needs so much work that it’s the last thing on my mind at the moment. I want it pretty much back to standard. Il probably fit a stage 1 chip but keep everything else as it should be. Really want to find the original police spec interior for it

 

it doesnt look that bad from the outside jim

 

Great project did the police have many cossies back in the 90s ? Did they have any 2wd in police aswell ?

What's biggest issue with the shell is it rust repairs ?

 

Northumbria police seemed to have a lot of Cossie’s, don’t know about other areas.

Yea it looks ok in photos but its really seriously rotten underneath

 

They might have looked after them temporarily but I doubt they had them for long

 

Were these cossie cop cars not chipped any way? So will it be a full strip down and rebuild then ie shell on a spit.

 

No don’t think they were chipped, I will probably do it on the floor laying on my back don’t think il be putting it on a spit

 

greater manchester has marked and unmarked 4x4 saphires back in the early and mid 90's...i can unfortunatly confirm that...also humberside had an escort cossie

 

Grampian police in Aberdeen had a white unmarked escort cosworth aswell

 

Great to see that being saved’

 

Probably going to get shot of this, got an engine problem with my 2wd Saph Cossie and I’m sick of the sight of the things at the moment

 

I seen some police spec front seats for sale on face fook the other evening

 

I've joined the forum just to ask about this. I know the world is a bit mad at the moment but what sort of price are you putting on it?

I'd like to know if it's in the right ballpark for me to save for...!

 

Car is running a driving now and I’ve started the restoration

 

Jim, did you ever, during your restoration, get involved in the audio side of things?

The reason is I have one also and I'm looking to put the original head unit back in (once I know what it is!)

I can find the 7 way power plug as usual (I used to fit sound systems into Cosworth back in the late 90's so I've cut more of them off than I care to remember) but there's no sign of an amplifier in the passenger footwell behind the kick panel as I seemed to remember there would be.

Also, I can only find 4 wires for speakers not the usual 8.

I can find no evidence it had a CD player below or Graphic Equaliser.

All very odd, wondered what you had found in yours?

Cheers,

Justin