Escort Cosworth advice :)
 

I am looking at a Escort Cosworth but one thing has jumped out at me, the back windows do not open and are not flush with the body work (goes in and shows a big black rubber holding glass in) is this right? the car is cheap and nothing is pointing to the car being so cheap (engine rebuilds and low miles) can you help as I dont want to buy a bad one!! Thanks in advance

motorsport version,does it have a sunroof?recaro seats??

No sunroof, has non leather recaros? any ideas?

I,m not an expert but with regards to the windows it could be a motorsport car. But would need more info on the car than just about the windows. As said not an experts veiw. :oops:

sounds like a motorsport version mate,do a search on here there has been loads of stuff posted about diffrences between motorsports luxs etc...any pics??

It was register in december 1992 and is in white, has no sunroof, no leather seats. it does not come with fsh and has had the engine rebuilt and the shell resprayed

i got a few pics (not sure if i should put it up as the car is not mine yet... how do I put them on here?

Do the seats actually say 'Recaro' on them?

Something springs to mind about the motorsport ones not having the stitching on them...no doubt wrong but there's something about them different.

No sunroof and non opening rear windows do shout out motorsport edition though, which, is no bad thing anyway :D

Electric windows? Or winders?

Read this:

https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29894

It should help, it's quite simple.. :D

as the car is miles away I havent seen it in the flesh so only going on photos, I cant see if they actualy say recaro on them, it has electric windows, no sunroof, it seems far to good for the money if you ask me! its got 70k with a engine rebuild 4k ago full respray, it just seems to good to be true.

sp was the motersport version a cheaper version with out some of the nice stuff (leather seats, sunroof etc)

is it the one thats on the autotrader website for 8k

thats the one!

Probably is then mate :(

BUT...there are bargains out there so you might get lucky...pics would help, just don't put the number or where it's for sale up as if it IS a bargain someone else might buy it before you ;)

AFAIK Motorsport editions came without sunroof, without electric mirrors, without electric windows, non opening rear quarter glass and cloth Recaros minus the stitching. They were cheaper but not by much :)

looking at the photo it did have windup windows but has had blanking plates put in and electrics put in
photos are on there way

theres only 1 pic of it on the website

have you got any more?

I do have more yeah

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...4/Image013.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...4/Image005.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...4/Image010.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...4/Image001.jpg

put them up so we can get a look,

are you going to view it?

I am, are you?

no mate,

u could end up getting a bit of a bargain,

i would,nt hang about tho, if its a good car it wnt be there for long

I think that looks nice mate :D Defo say it's a motorsport though :)

yeah true but think its best to be a bit causios with these cars

thats good then, at least you guys think it looks straight and normal. is there any signs that you guys can see that i am missing that i should be aware off

the car looks good :top:

when were you planning to go and see it,

like i said if it's as good as it looks it wont be around long
and you dnt want to miss out on a bargain

when ever i can get the time off work. hopefully sooner rather than latter.
i dont get why its so cheap, he could break the car for more than that?

I'd want to know who rebuilt the engine and see if there is any proof of this. To me is seems a bit strange to sell the car so cheap and so soon after spending money getting the engine done. HPI it and check all the panel gaps.

The things that get my attention is that i don't think they're the seats that come with the motorsports and it's now got electric window(All of which could have been fitted aftermarket in the last 14 odd years- Fair enough)

I'd defo be going for a look though, providing the HPI check came back okay :)

yeah I know what your saying. it only had 70k on the clock, that seems a bit early to be rebuilding the engine with that amount of miles on it.
i did a check on the car and there are no accidents on the car, and it is a genuin cossy

like stoo said mate find out who did the engine work
on it and if he has any reciepts for the work done.

if everything checks ok u could have a cheap escos

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Seems cheap and looks nice in the photo's. More than likely a motorsport, thats had electrics and the recaro seats added. If its legit then it looks a bargain, its been on at least a few days as i remember seeing it a while back.

I assume you have phoned him about it. Didnt he confirm that its a motorsport?

To be honest, you'd expect something to be wrong at that price. Although bargains can be got every now and then. Id be tempted to put a deposit down subject to a proper full inspection done on it to cover yourself. :top:

those are the motorsport seats in that car, car looks like a motorsport model,there are two types of seats in theses models,is there rust bubbling on fuel cap a would phone the guy and ask about it.good luck :top:

No there not ;)

spoken with the guy, was morec concernd of engine rebuild

As long as the vin and chassis numbers match the V5 and number plate and are untampered I say it was a bargin if the shell is straight :top:

I'll buy the wheels off ya if you don't like them :cool:

Why concerned? As said, just find out who did the work and what exactlys been done.

has it still got an engine problem??

The guy obviously knows about Escort Cossie's, as you say he has had it repainted, but he has either got hold of the black strip in the back bumper or had it painted in. What ever he has done, he knows what a straight cossie should look like.
Nothing doesnt look majorly out of place, n ive seen a few posts on rep's on here and they have pulled apart within seconds..

Go have a look and just check the panels and all that.
Good luck

Motorsport, no headrests in the rear... ;)

M.A.D.rst why you say these seats are not motorsport seats 2 friends of mine have motorsport escorts and these are the seats in them there 2 diffrent seats options :?

There not motorsport seats. Your mates must have had recaro's put in at a later date.

not both the seats are recaros one car has seats which are recaro the other has seats which look near identical but in slight diffrent colour and no recaro logo on them