FINDING THE DONOR CAR
Being the persistent bugga I am I would only accept one engine choice for my Rush, which invariably made my life a lot more difficult than it needed to be (scenic route remember) as a V8 would be far more driveable and far easier to attain like a 'turboless' engine. But none the less I pressed on with my mission.
The primary problem was to find a suitable donor car (for the running gear parts) and a complete, 'fresh' Cosworth engine (including gearbox and ancillaries like the wiring harness).
Having looked throughout the country and seen a number of engines (at ridiculous prices I might say) and received a lot of bogus information, I was ready to shelve the project once again (which would have been MUCH cheaper).
However, as is often the case with these sorts of projects,lady luck still had her say in things! So after having criss-crossed the country, I was at my local scrappy's looking for some parts for my brothers car with my dad when......
.....In hindsight I suspect that Marco (scrap yard proprietor) must have been eavesdropping on the conversation I was having with my dad, as I had only just finished telling him that I was going to give-up on the project, as I couldn't find a Cosworth donor engine, when Marco butted in to tell us that he may have 'something of interest' for me and that I should go have a look round the back of the warehouse.
I couldn't believe what I saw when I walked round the back of the warehouse.... a Cossie (as can be seen in the pictures below):
Front View Left Side View
My project could now go ahead! But wait, where are the engine and gearbox and how much would I have to pay for the 'COMPLETE' car as I need so many parts?
We agreed a price (very reasonable) and what I bought reads as follows:
A 1988, white, four door Ford Sierra Cosworth (red top with 4*4 exhaust manifold) that had covered 155.000 kilometres and was, as far as I could trace, imported into Holland in 1995 (probably from Germany).
The reason for its sorry state, was that the car had been stolen & recovered after the thieving b*&t$�ds had not only crashed the car, but had also nicked off with the seats and the ECU. After this episode, the car was only fit for the scrap yard (luckily for me) and to be resurrected as the heart of my pocket rocket!
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