Ford Saphire Cosworth ('88)
Discussion
thefrog said:
I've been asked many times, something to do with WOO ? As far as I know it wasn't no, but I never checked for a metal disc. Maybe the new owner can.
All the Press cars at the time were registered with WOO on them. I used to have an XR4x4 (D177SVX where are you now?) that was from the fleet, wondered what the disc was until I came across D178SVX ( White 3door Cosworth) and D17*SVX (Scorpio, can't remember the missing number) also ex fleet with the same thing. The metal disc had nothing to do with press cars specifically.
Ford would buy back or replace problem cars with there 30 day exchange plan,(not all cars were problematic) these and cars failing factory quality control would have a round disc riveted to the front slam panel, normally were the Vin plate was and then sold through closed auctions,with no factory warranty.
All Ford press cars were registered at Brentwood/Chelmsford, along with all the other retail cars.
Ford also had a habit of self registering cars to boost sales. I have such a Sierra Reg A***NOO.
Ford would buy back or replace problem cars with there 30 day exchange plan,(not all cars were problematic) these and cars failing factory quality control would have a round disc riveted to the front slam panel, normally were the Vin plate was and then sold through closed auctions,with no factory warranty.
All Ford press cars were registered at Brentwood/Chelmsford, along with all the other retail cars.
Ford also had a habit of self registering cars to boost sales. I have such a Sierra Reg A***NOO.
[quote=T66ORA]The metal disc had nothing to do with press cars specifically.
Ford would buy back or replace problem cars with there 30 day exchange plan,(not all cars were problematic) these and cars failing factory quality control would have a round disc riveted to the front slam panel, normally were the Vin plate was and then sold through closed auctions,with no factory warranty.
My new thing that I have learned today.
Ford would buy back or replace problem cars with there 30 day exchange plan,(not all cars were problematic) these and cars failing factory quality control would have a round disc riveted to the front slam panel, normally were the Vin plate was and then sold through closed auctions,with no factory warranty.
My new thing that I have learned today.
AreEssTimbo said:
Fury RS said:
Three spokes... They were cool for about 6 months in the early 90's lol.The guy I bought it off had bought them new a couple of months before I bought it... Was a clean car though.
LanceRS said:
Just out of interest, how did you end up going through three? You obviously like them. Just wondering, I have come across a few people that have done the same thing over the years. I tend to keep hold of my cars for years because I like them.
I owned a S1 Turbo for 4yrs before I bought the Ebony Sapph, was originally after a 3 door which back then were cheaper to buy than 4x4 Sapphs but I couldn't find a nice example, the Ebony belonged to a local businessman from new who i bought it off for a steal. Enjoyed the car for about 18 months and decided I wanted a 2.8i Capri (itch to scratch), whilst looking the white 2wd one came up for sale locally. I knew the car prior to the chap selling it locally again and knew it was a good clean car so I bought it, kept it about 18 months again and sold it on.I have owned various warm performance cars since but always missed the Sapphs and over the later years of the 00's I viewed several supposidly mint Sapphs to no avail. The Smokestone I sold recently I bought back in 2011, seen it advertised and viewed it a couple of times and knew it was a good one so I bought it. Lovely straight clean car but I just wasn't using it enough, 2013 it covered just under 700mls between MOT's.
Sold the car to a local older fella who collects some quite odd cars who originally offered to buy it off me after just a few days of my early ownership.
If i'm honest I wish I'd kept it. Have bought a BMW since with a bit of grunt in it and all the mod cons but my Mrs and mates said it just ain't me, a little to modern!
I've been looking at Cosworths and Mk3 RS's again of late...
andygtt said:
I know what happened to my crystal blue sapphire, I rolled it on a revs fossils track day and reshelled it from my own pocket to better than be standard, when I came to sell it it Was worthless as apparently all re shelled cars were stollen blah blah blah so I broke it for parts, still have a lot of the parts though lol
Was that the one in Revs magazine?T66ORA said:
The metal disc had nothing to do with press cars specifically.
Ford would buy back or replace problem cars with there 30 day exchange plan,(not all cars were problematic) these and cars failing factory quality control would have a round disc riveted to the front slam panel, normally were the Vin plate was and then sold through closed auctions,with no factory warranty.
All Ford press cars were registered at Brentwood/Chelmsford, along with all the other retail cars.
Ford also had a habit of self registering cars to boost sales. I have such a Sierra Reg A***NOO.
There is a silver MK5 Cortina 2.3 Ghia around on a A---NOO plate.Ford would buy back or replace problem cars with there 30 day exchange plan,(not all cars were problematic) these and cars failing factory quality control would have a round disc riveted to the front slam panel, normally were the Vin plate was and then sold through closed auctions,with no factory warranty.
All Ford press cars were registered at Brentwood/Chelmsford, along with all the other retail cars.
Ford also had a habit of self registering cars to boost sales. I have such a Sierra Reg A***NOO.
I used to service fleet vehicles for a highways contractor,all their Escort and Fiesta vans had this metal tag.
Vauxhall used to do a similar thing with Balfour-Beatty Astra vans,a thick hand stamped oval plate.
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