Remember the high profile RS500 thefts in the 80's..........
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Remember the high profile RS500 thefts in the 80's..........
One being nicked whilst on a magazine testdrive (Autocar I think), a Ford directors 500 being craned over a wall and taken?
Are there any more and did these cars turn up in similarly strange way?
Are there any more and did these cars turn up in similarly strange way?
05-11-2005, 07:21 PM
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My mate had a new RS500 in the 80's.
He came home one day to find it missing, when knocking on a neighbours door to ask if he had seen anything he said that a ford tow truck with 2x guys in ford overalls dragged it onto the flatbad with a winch, the neighbour heard the alarm and when he asked what they were doing they said they were taking it back because it has an alarm fault.
Turns out they wasnt from fords and the towtruck was later found dumped!
He came home one day to find it missing, when knocking on a neighbours door to ask if he had seen anything he said that a ford tow truck with 2x guys in ford overalls dragged it onto the flatbad with a winch, the neighbour heard the alarm and when he asked what they were doing they said they were taking it back because it has an alarm fault.
Turns out they wasnt from fords and the towtruck was later found dumped!
05-11-2005, 07:33 PM
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eventually, it was used in a bank job 
Then he sold it to a young lad who fell in love with it, the day he bought it the wheels got nicked and then a week later it was stolen and never found!
Then he sold it to a young lad who fell in love with it, the day he bought it the wheels got nicked and then a week later it was stolen and never found!
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05-11-2005, 09:20 PM
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Shit, didnt know about these! Anyone know how many RS500's are left?
Just watched the 1990 & 1992 Australian Touring Car championships tonight and i'm amazed at how fast they were, the sheer speed of them is immense!
What a machine, possibly the best RS ever made? 
Just watched the 1990 & 1992 Australian Touring Car championships tonight and i'm amazed at how fast they were, the sheer speed of them is immense!
What a machine, possibly the best RS ever made?
05-11-2005, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan
Shit, didnt know about these! Anyone know how many RS500's are left?
Just watched the 1990 & 1992 Australian Touring Car championships tonight and i'm amazed at how fast they were, the sheer speed of them is immense!
What a machine, possibly the best RS ever made?
Just watched the 1990 & 1992 Australian Touring Car championships tonight and i'm amazed at how fast they were, the sheer speed of them is immense!
What a machine, possibly the best RS ever made?
there was a press 500 stolen from the rac rally back in 1987 could off been the Autocar 1 i cant remember
anyway there is a thread on passion ford in the ford sierra/sapphire/ rs500/cosworth page titled .......how mant rs500 left have a look mate
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Not an RS500, but it's along similar lines.
Back in the early '90s Newcastle-upon-Tyne was known as the Car Crime Capital of Britain. Not an accolade to be proud of. To combat this Northumbria Police acquired a good few Saff Cossies, which certainly looked the part! Awaiting preparation they were held in Killingworth workshops. One night someone broke into the compound and stole a prized Cossie!
The police eventually got their car back, in one piece and the Twocker was duly arrested.
Back in the early '90s Newcastle-upon-Tyne was known as the Car Crime Capital of Britain. Not an accolade to be proud of. To combat this Northumbria Police acquired a good few Saff Cossies, which certainly looked the part! Awaiting preparation they were held in Killingworth workshops. One night someone broke into the compound and stole a prized Cossie!
The police eventually got their car back, in one piece and the Twocker was duly arrested.
06-11-2005, 10:07 AM
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Didn't Malcolm Wilson prep some Escort Cossie's for use in Manchester and the officers to drive them given special training. Or is that another of the urban legends that does the rounds
06-11-2005, 10:22 AM
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Weren't there more cosworths blagged then made (Or is that another of the urban legends that does the rounds).
06-11-2005, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Oranoco
Originally Posted by lead_foot
Weren't there more cosworths blagged then made (Or is that another of the urban legends that does the rounds).
06-11-2005, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Oranoco
Didn't Malcolm Wilson prep some Escort Cossie's for use in Manchester and the officers to drive them given special training. Or is that another of the urban legends that does the rounds
06-11-2005, 10:58 AM
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Also one in Hull, large turbo on an M-Plate with white Monte wheels, cloth interior. Prolly was a Monte!
I saw that on a programe on Bravo the other week. It was working in tandem with an Omega.
I saw that on a programe on Bravo the other week. It was working in tandem with an Omega.
06-11-2005, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Oranoco
Didn't Malcolm Wilson prep some Escort Cossie's for use in Manchester and the officers to drive them given special training. Or is that another of the urban legends that does the rounds
06-11-2005, 11:36 AM
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They used to steal cossies over here, head up the motorway and wait for the police. When the police got near they would speed off for a bit, then slow down again and let the police catch back up, it was just a game to the scum!!! The police never had anything fast enough to catch them!
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there was a program about manchester police on the TV a few years back,
a pair of coppers used to cruise round in an unmarked moonstone saph.
and of course,undercover bloke spender had a saph too
a pair of coppers used to cruise round in an unmarked moonstone saph.
and of course,undercover bloke spender had a saph too
06-11-2005, 11:51 AM
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there was a program about manchester police on the TV a few years back,
a pair of coppers used to cruise round in an unmarked moonstone saph.
a pair of coppers used to cruise round in an unmarked moonstone saph.
They had a black, Moonstone and 2 magenta's all unmarked.
06-11-2005, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by fudgeass
dunno about the thefts but i sat in mike costins 3 door in the cosworth museum
its the one they done a lot of development work on
tried to find the keys too
its the one they done a lot of development work on
tried to find the keys too
06-11-2005, 06:45 PM
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What about when an early 3 door was stolen and the polce could not keep up? Not sure where it happend but Clarkson did a bit of a report on it in one of his specials.
06-11-2005, 06:52 PM
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im sure i read once years back... where a tarmac spec rally cos was nicked and baited police around town for a few nights coppers could never catch it 
it was found minus spare wheel in a garage cant member the town now 
it was found minus spare wheel in a garage cant member the town now
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Originally Posted by Chris S
i remember the x cars programme was mint.
any one any old vids of it?
any one any old vids of it?
06-11-2005, 09:47 PM
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they had raised suspention too (escost police cars)
http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/police202.htm
06-11-2005, 09:54 PM
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I know for a fact the GMP were not allowed to follow on foot if the Police driver was in a cosworth,
Hence the theives got a whisper of this so when being chased by a Cossie dumped the car and gave it some Linford.
Just on a backnote, did you know it takes roughly 25 minutes for the Police helicopter to get permission to fly into airport airspace,
Just abit of advice for all you bank roobers out there
Hence the theives got a whisper of this so when being chased by a Cossie dumped the car and gave it some Linford.
Just on a backnote, did you know it takes roughly 25 minutes for the Police helicopter to get permission to fly into airport airspace,
Just abit of advice for all you bank roobers out there
07-11-2005, 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Big G
I know for a fact the GMP were not allowed to follow on foot if the Police driver was in a cosworth,
Hence the theives got a whisper of this so when being chased by a Cossie dumped the car and gave it some Linford.
Just on a backnote, did you know it takes roughly 25 minutes for the Police helicopter to get permission to fly into airport airspace,
Just abit of advice for all you bank roobers out there
Hence the theives got a whisper of this so when being chased by a Cossie dumped the car and gave it some Linford.
Just on a backnote, did you know it takes roughly 25 minutes for the Police helicopter to get permission to fly into airport airspace,
Just abit of advice for all you bank roobers out there
and yeh there used to be a couple of escoss and saphs used by gmp/x cars
and iirc they used to have the upper spoiller removed on the escos when unmarked
