PSL

Time for a rant........

Why oh why aren't reproduction parts made for the cossie?

Surely there are enough cars out there to warrant ford of somebody reproducing parts and in turn I imagine they would make a huge profit off the back of selling them to us with a huge mark up attached.

I've owned my cossie for only a year now and am frustrated that everytime something brakes the only option i have is to buy second hand parts (which is never easy). So far this has included door cards, front bumper mounts, power steering return pipe, headlight glass, window switches, fog light.

I always see programmes on the TV like wheeler dealers where they will restore 15-20 year old VW's, Lexus', Mini's etc and all the replacement parts/trim's etc are available to order off the shelf.

Are the RSOC doing enough for us RS owners?

gaz s1

im with you mate try owning a s1 even worse you dont mind things breaking but when you cant get a replacement , nightmare all you get is the usual no longer avaliable mate

saffsta

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No idea but i remember chatting to someone at Woodford Garage about this a while back, it seems Ford and Cosworth arent interested in letting their blueprints out to the RSOC from what i been told.

Whether thats true or not remains to be seen but it would be nice to keep these cars on the road for as long as possible obviously

dojj

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other than the obvious reasons, any ideas why not?

originalcabbie

There are limited amounts of parts still available, most you find if you have a good parts contact at fords. Mainly they dont have a clue or just dont give a f**k.

Some parts are located in Germany, and Europe and can cost a lot to be sent over.

I know one person who was quoted £450 for a genuine Escort Cosworth Door £250 for the door and £200 to ship it over from Germany!!!

Once I have my contact at Ford sorted, I may be able to get my hands on some hard to find items, if they are still available.

4x4

if thats the case then thats just shit from ford

we've sold the cars, made our money now who gives a shat about the idiots still running them.

ford see to be slipping

PSL

I can't understand why there isn't a eurocarparts type place for Fords. I've just been on there and for a laugh typed in a 1981 Golf GTi 1.6. They've got literally everything available brand new.

rabmc

Yep this pi$$es me off too , the parts guy at my local dealer is a right mug !!! not even going to go into some of the problems ive had lately

Rs Baz

its rubbish most ford dealers dont want to know mate, my local
allways help me and thay can still get alot of parts for the s2 that
members have stated on here thay cant get

Daveysaff

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Thats only cos they still make them in South Africa.
There's still loads of places making pattern stuff, lights, panels etc all as good as gen ford (usually manufactured by the same people) You've just got to know where to look!

saffsta

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No mate no idea at all considering there is still a lot of demand for these parts as we all know, although there are rumours of them making a new batch of 200 blocks at some stage

escossie560

I would love to sit here and call all the suppliers , tossers, but its supply and demand. Simple maths that on the vw front many more cars were produced so theres a bigger market.Look at the amount of esc cos left on the road and so where s the profit, i love both my saff and the escort but it the lack of them on the road that makes them what they are .......................you cant have it all ways

Kevin Sharp

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FFS 3 doors are 20+ years old now what do you expect?!

DAN P

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are food guy is very good

Gary F

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This is no time to talk about food are cars are fooked man!

GUZZLER

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spot on, thats the point most people miss, at work we had a guy who wanted front shocks for a 2wd saff, there obsolete & at the time we couldn't find a set in the network, he started harping on about its silly because theres still loads of saff cossies on the road etc....
i told him to drive 2 miles away, turn around then drive back, on the drive i told him to count how many cossies he saw & also how many mondeo's and focus's he saw!!!

as stated, its supply & demand, most people who come in for RS parts normally faint when you give them a price anyway, theres not that many who don't look overly surprised & just coment 'well i need it'

Paul_RS

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Mr local parts guy is spot on - He seems to be able to get anything i need, even parts people are paying silly money for on the like of ebay.

For example sapph cossie jacking covers - I've seen them fetching silly money on ebay. How about go and buy them for under a £5er each new from Ford???

Graham S1

so, whats needed then is some sort of "commitee" or group, made up of say a couple of members from each Ford site (RSOC, PF, XROC etc), then appraoch Ford to release blueprints.

Gather together some figures on how many of the various cars are left on the road, estimate sales of said parts etc. Surely it can't be that hard.

DENNIS

my ford dealer is spot on, he can get most parts ( i had to get an alternator on Monday, £95, got it Thursday !! )

although he is finding it hard to get all i need.

and some parts get silly money on eBay ( center console near £ 400.00 !! and stone deflectors are more !! )

©hatter Box

people come to me and i never let them down

but parts for the s1 turbo rs 1600i serria cosworth and escort cosworth aare very rare

still lots of parts for the s2 turbo and fiesta turbo thank god

Micky The Finn

a 20 year old lexus.that must be rare!!!

SS1

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paul_ll


https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=257619

Daveesaunders

Took me 8 months to get a new throttle cable for my 2wd Saph I ended up getting a second hand one of eBay as I needed to move the car on the drive and it cost me more than the new one

©hatter Box

8 months why did you not go to fords to get one you can still got them new

PSL

Mine was the metal return pipe. Used for cooling the fluid before returning it to the tank.

PSL

I said 15 - 20 years old.

Below is from 1990 so a year older than my cossie!!!

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www...00710274617294

dojj

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and the award for longest link in the world goes to..............................

dojj

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fuck me £950 for a lexus i'll buy 11 please