Is this a real Cosworth?

[yanyan]

My son sent me a few pictures of a Sierra Cosworth he saw whilst out and about. It's on a "D" plate and it checks out online as being registered as a Ford Sierra Cosworth. However... I'm certain the rear wheels should fill the arches more than they do in the attached picture. Or were the wheels and tyres really that narrow "back in the day"?

[timrud]

Looks real to me

[MattOz]

Looks normal to me. They were 205 section from what I remember, and in a 15" diameter, so never going to fill an arch. That looks as it should.

[s m]

7x 15s with 205/50s
Looks about right

[njw1]

The angle of the picture probably makes the wheel look a bit more lost than it really is, plus the actual arch itself is probably about an inch and half behind the plastic arch, and Sierra rear arches are huge and 205/50/15 tyres are small....

.....So yeah, looks like a Cosworth to me!

[Fleckers]

If it’s a 1.6 version it will have drum brakes on the back

A Cossie has disks

[yanyan]

A couple more pics...

[generationx]

Looks flippin’ great, and yes they all look like that!

[Red 4]

Looks like a real Sierra Cosworth to me.

The rubbing strips along the side are unique to the Cosworth - slimmer/ thinner than other Sierras and sit higher on the body (and are rare as hens teeth).

Edited by Red 4 on Friday 5th October 18:23

[PAUL500]

Ford shelved the base 3dr in 1985 in the UK when they did a small revamp on the Mk1 Sierra, so a D plate will be an original Cosworth.

Rear decals in the wrong place though! so its had paint.

[Red 4]

PAUL500 said:

Ford shelved the base 3dr in 1985 in the UK when they did a small revamp on the Mk1 Sierra, so a D plate will be an original Cosworth.

Rear decals in the wrong place though! so its had paint.

Yup ... And the sticker is too small.

Nice car, though.

[rufusgti]

The wheels on my 90 H plate 944 really look tucked into the arches. Wheels just didnt fit flush back then, such was the style. Interesting that "tuck" has been floating round the aircooled and i believe watercooled scene for a few years. Maybe the filled out arches is nearing its end days. Everything comes round again with fashion.

[ZX10R NIN]

All Cossies look like that.

[Skyedriver]

rufusgti said:

The wheels on my 90 H plate 944 really look tucked into the arches. Wheels just didnt fit flush back then, such was the style. Interesting that "tuck" has been floating round the aircooled and i believe watercooled scene for a few years. Maybe the filled out arches is nearing its end days. Everything comes round again with fashion.

That's not your 944 in the other thread is it?

[SidewaysSi]

Haven't most Cossies been stolen, crashed and thrashed in their lives?

[s m]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

From the photo the wheels look non OEM, which could well mean the incorrect offset has been fitted.

They do look like the standard Rials but they’ve been refurbed

[gothatway]

Skyedriver said:

rufusgti said:

The wheels on my 90 H plate 944 really look tucked into the arches. Wheels just didnt fit flush back then, such was the style. Interesting that "tuck" has been floating round the aircooled and i believe watercooled scene for a few years. Maybe the filled out arches is nearing its end days. Everything comes round again with fashion.

That's not your 944 in the other thread is it?

I don't think anyone will admit to owning that one after the ribbing it's received !

[Skyedriver]

gothatway said:

Skyedriver said:

rufusgti said:

The wheels on my 90 H plate 944 really look tucked into the arches. Wheels just didnt fit flush back then, such was the style. Interesting that "tuck" has been floating round the aircooled and i believe watercooled scene for a few years. Maybe the filled out arches is nearing its end days. Everything comes round again with fashion.

That's not your 944 in the other thread is it?

I don't think anyone will admit to owning that one after the ribbing it's received !

Just had to ask

[rufusgti]

Skyedriver said:

Just had to ask

Ha. No, thankfully that's not my 944. Mines not great, so seeing that gave me a little boost. It could be much worse i guess.