Hi Guys and Gals, I’m after some advice, about 8months a go I bought an Escort cosworth in mallard green luxury model with a loads of work done to it. (I owned it in 2006 but sold it on as couldn’t afford it back then.) I then bought it back for a premium as the current owner hadn’t done more than 300mls in it and left it in his field to deteriorate. So my question is. In a few years do you think there will be a market for a nicely modified Escort cos running 450bhp or should I just put it back to standard? Bare in mind this is not mint but tidy, as I’ve had a full re-paint and powder coated all the suspension and fitted poly bushes throughout (historic colour bushes) has all the alloy stuff under the bonnet wrc engine loom and Rondells I’m asking this because I’m about to buy brakes for it and it all depends on the consensus to what I buy? Ap 4 or 6 pots or just updated standard pads and disc’s.

TIA James

 

Hi James.

In terms of value I think standard is always going to be a safe bet but having said that me personally would always want modified as a standard cosworth does nothing for me so I guess there will always be a market for both. I think you need to go with what you want and not think to much into value as if it’s a nice car and modified with the right bits it will always be worth a premium IMO

 

Modified all the way for me. Out of all the cossies I think the escos suit modifying the most.

I'm gonna modify mine to death

 

It’s only worth more if you sell it standard but as a standard car they are dull by today’s standards. I could never own a stock one. You can be sensible and mod in the correct manner where it can easily be converted back to stock.
when I put a modern ecu on a Cossie I only touch a couple of wires on the stock car so everything else is standalone.

Mark

 

ohhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhh😂😂

 

Totally standard with loads of history will always retain the most value, but are you doing it as an investment or something to enjoy ?

I kinda do both now, I buy cars I like for the right coin and use and store them as I wish, most are highly modified but that's what I enjoy modded cars

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I would only own a modded escos, having said that, I would only own a modded Cossie in any guise.

 

It’s more what would you enjoy no point having it standard and boring just to keep future buyers happy

 

Looks like big brakes are the way forward! I want it to be tidy and usable so the right mods and good quality will work for me. It will owe me approximately 25-26k finished so should have some meat on the bone should I want to move it on.

Thanks guys!

 

I've only ever been in one standard cosworth and that was a 2wd saph about 20 years ago, and even back then it was utterly pants lol

Even though even just stage 1 is only a small ish increase it feels like a whole new car
​​​​​​I've done 0-60 in my old 1959 Humber this winter in 5.4 seconds, 2wd 3 door stock is 6.2 seconds and 16 seconds to 100 mph lol



Tuning is 100% the way forward imo for an enjoyable Cossie

 

Your car do what you like but a standard cossie is about as exciting to drive as a nissan micra lol

 

As said above, if you have in mind moving on later for a premium, then this won't be the car for it if it's been sat around for years on end with no service history. But standard, or lightly modded, are always going to attract buyers. I guess you can always mod it, then revert back to standard when you're selling and sell the mods seperate.

 

Get it modded. Just think all the bits you take off to be replaced by modded parts can be kept in a safe place so that you could always put the car back to standard.