Stolen ford cosworth stories...

[Supert Stu]

early 90's has a 2wd Sapphire - F469FGT- Flint Grey.

Was 23 when i bought it, insured it with the Co=Op. ( Local agent told me he couldn't find a Cosworth insurance grouping in his book, so they would rate it as a 2.0 Ghia as it was the same engine size !) They issued the policy accordingly - did show as a Sierra Sapphire Cosworth

Years premium was £1600 - happy days!

Ended up having a Vecta immobiliser fitted ( remember those) and full blown yale locks cut into the bottom of all 4 doors. Still got nicked

[Yertis]

Apart from the badges and wings, how did thieves identify Cosworths in those days before you could look a car up on the DVLA site?

[FilH]

Yertis said:

Apart from the badges and wings, how did thieves identify Cosworths in those days before you could look a car up on the DVLA site?

Bumpers, side skirts, spoiler, vented bonnet 2dr and 4x4, front grill, wheels. A quick look through the windows, for some lovely recaros, 170 mph clocks. About a billion red flashing LEDs drilled into the dash!

That's if standard.

[s m]

Yertis said:

Apart from the badges and wings, how did thieves identify Cosworths in those days before you could look a car up on the DVLA site?

Wheels, exhaust, interior ( 170 mph speedo rather than 150 ) … they are a bit different to a 1.6/2.0

Then again, further up the thread someone mentioned a replica being nicked and subsequently dumped …. so not all thieves were clued up obviously

[hairykrishna]

s m said:

Wheels, exhaust, interior ( 170 mph speedo rather than 150 ) … they are a bit different to a 1.6/2.0

Then again, further up the thread someone mentioned a replica being nicked and subsequently dumped …. so not all thieves were clued up obviously

Someone tried to nick my 4i which was a bit of a 3dr cossie replica - had the bonnet and wheels anyway. Had popped the door and smashed the ignition. They didn't get far though as half the engine was in the boot and it had a hole in a piston. Bit greedy on the boost on the turbo technics kit...

[s m]

hairykrishna said:

s m said:

Wheels, exhaust, interior ( 170 mph speedo rather than 150 ) … they are a bit different to a 1.6/2.0

Then again, further up the thread someone mentioned a replica being nicked and subsequently dumped …. so not all thieves were clued up obviously

Someone tried to nick my 4i which was a bit of a 3dr cossie replica - had the bonnet and wheels anyway. Had popped the door and smashed the ignition. They didn't get far though as half the engine was in the boot and it had a hole in a piston. Bit greedy on the boost on the turbo technics kit...

A previous owner had put a Cosworth bonnet on my 4i too - used to let the heat out on a hot day at least

[Bob CD]

Bit of an old school story along similar lines from a pensioner!

My uncle had a 3.8 Jaguar Mk2 in London. They were the preferred vehicular transportation for bank robberies etc at the time. His was stolen several times to carry out 'jobs'. As he only used it at weekends, there was one time when the police kindly returned it to him and he didn't even know it had been stolen.

And another occasion revealed that the dealer has put consecutive number plates on the front and back. (Maybe that's why the tea leafs liked it...)