A very Cosworth Story 

Love cossie content. I know john not seen him for a few years he used to work with my mate at a garsge in spennymoor very clued up fella and spot on as well. 👍👍

Cheers for this vid and sharing the info, I've not got a "COSSIE" myself however I do like them indeed the whole contribution that FORD have brought to performance motoring for common folk can't be overstated.

Great vid, that Moonstone blue one is absolutely stunning. I'm sure that white RS Turbo has its wheels on backwards though, I'm sure the spokes are supposed to go the other way - like blowing in the wind behind them rather than like ice picks digging into the tarmac as the car goes forward

Glad you’re here to tell your story John ! These cars were animals especially when tuned and need to be respected! Youth and no fear make makes mistakes and these cars at speed are not forgiving! Main thing is you are here to tell your story so total respect to you

the blockyards in the 90s loved a cozzie

Had my moonstone sapphire for 24 years....love it to bits..you are so right with the smelly rattly description it so is but don't care...she is totally standard and luckily after 124000 miles she not gone wrong once.my 21 year old lad loves it and when the time comes it will be his...like me he would sell my mk2 rs focus before he would get rid of the old girl.....enjoyed the vid....👍👍

I would be a old school Toyota person but that Moonstone blue Sierra Cosworth is just unbelievable. If that Cosworth doesn't float your boat I dont know what would.

I'm an Audi guy myself, but I do like the stories every Cosworth owner has about all the work thats gone into them.

Another good video mate keep them coming ! Cossy is king !

There's only one thing better than an 80s Ford. And that's an 80s Ford with a Cosworth badge on it's boot lid.

I just melted ..... many many years since I heard that gorgeous cold start sound of the 90s

Great video. Awesome cars. I’d love another.

my dad have two escort rs cosworths, one sierra rs cosworth frame and two rs2000 escorts. I love these cars

Great motors. Johns a very lucky chap looking at the wreckage.

Hello great video keep up the top work john !

Great video really enjoyed watching keep up great work mate

Love the vids man🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I used to have a Sapphire cosworth many years ago. Thing was always breaking down, it was a royal PITA. My best current classic car is my Saab 9000 Aero 2.3T. It has 360bhp, and i can hammer it every bloomin day and it never goes wrong. Did a fairly big trip last week of 260 miles and it averaged 39mpg. Just a brilliant all round old-school Turbo car. 70 to 100mph in 3.5 seconds is slightly faster than a R8 V10 !.

Brilliant Video. I thoroughly enjoyed it! 👍

Brilliant video pal....Best car ever made imo.. Grew up with them with my uncle having a 2wd and a 4wd from New and my dad having a series 2 rs turbo at the time and my uncle leaving him for dust 😅😅 loved them so much I skinted myself in 2007 and bought my dads 2wd off him.. loved every minute of owning it but unfortunately had to sell it last year after a full resto and new engine built by nms to fund a house deposit Gutted I don't own one anymore there are so much fun Quick edit there's a video on my channel of the guy who bought it leaving sideways 😅

Can remember that accident!! I lived 6 doors away from John.... best not mention when he put his R1 through the house at the bottom of the street.... hence the name R1 john.... haha.... good vid 👌

Whenever i see a Cossie in a bad way i die a little inside.

I remember these when they were new and looking at the wreak he was lucky not to have died.

Loved that dan great video,nice to see Cosworth’s getting looked after usher needs to get one now ha 👍

Got to respect the 2wd cossie its a animal when tuned. Been there done that. And still have one👍

From 20.19 and the music starts and the camera slowly pans along the line of old skool metal....jeez im such a sap but actually got a bit emotional....thinking back to the younger days....great video. 👌

Love your channel mate

Who doesn’t love a Cossie.. Had most fast Fords, S2 RS Turbo, Mk1/2 XR2, Mk2 STs and current Mk2 Focus RS.. but never a Cosworth. Like you say, 3 door & EsCos’s are going for strong money these days.. Lovely Moonstone that 👌🏼

Man that exhaust note gives me the chills. I had a D plate whale tale for a few months which i sold to buy a G plate sapphire as it was just too feral to keep on the wet roads. The guy paid stupid money for it. Binned it on a remote Highland road... The engine departed the car. He sadly had several seconds to reflect before the impact... The deal fell through for the sapphire.. I ended up with a estate GL 2.3 diesel which i put a peugeot 505 2.5TD engine in. It was used as a tow car. My mate had a Granada 2.9 EFI and drivetrain in a swb transit looking standard. That was fun at the lights..

Had one in the 90s never want to see one again. Had a 2.8 4x4 worked by turbo tecnics best car I ever owned.

I'd let him repair mine but he ain't driving it ! Lol 😂

Loving the cosworths but i must admit saphs are the one's for me especially the 4x4s and hopefully this time next year I'll have my 4x4 takes a lot of saving as you probably know I just wished I bought mine before the prices went through the roof and I've just realised who you are your Dan Adam's friend I've seen you in one of his vids you's lot are lucky twats (no a fence) as everyone of you's have cossies except for one and that's the chunky lad that you work with any way I don't know how your friend survived that crash and even kept his legs I can't work out what position he has then in or are they just snapped and mangled up

That was a good story so he was lucky to survive I would say he is a lot more careful with his driving

Lots of hard work..lovely cars mate 👌

that first cossie similar spec to mine, 55lbs Blacks, T35, MSD chip 380bhp ish peaks 32psi holds 28psi in a 2wd though. cool video.

Omg how stunning are these sierras. I am the proud owner of the 1:18 scale and even those are expensive to purchase, I’ll just admire my model and keep admiring the real thing from afar as I’ll never be able to afford to purchase 1. Cheers for the videos lads 👍👍

Crazy to think think that those 4 cossies and series 2 Escort could be worth getting on for a quarter of a million + now or in the near future and only 15/20 years ago you could have picked them all up for maybe £25/30k combined!

I used to check my mirrors as much as John back in the 90s when I had no insurance or tax and I was out my nut on drugs

​ @On The Limiter Car Registration G314 WVM my mate got the car in 2002. he bought it from a guy in newton hall, county durham. the car had around about 40k miles on the clock. he paid £6500 for it, the the guy he bought it off had is own engineering company, my mate had the choice to buy a rs500 steering wheel, stainless steel polished rocker cover and a stainless steel polished turbo heat cover, full sound system with bass box but he didnt choice to buy them. the car was kept in a garage with a dehumidifier. the car was fitted with a garret t34 hybrid rally turbo with two settings low boost at 15psi and high boost around 30psi, the car use to rev up to 7500rpm-8000rpm, the car was fitted with AP Racing 6 piston calipers on the front with 360mm vented and drilled discs and 4 piston on the back. it had a 4" straight through stainless steel mongoose exhaust, it had a half roll cage, koni adjustables on all four corners, it had a one off hand made aluminium billet gear shifter, it had £13500 spent on the engine at castle performance, on the receipt it said credit to previse owners of the sierra sappire cosworth this is if not the cleanest example in the country. the car had receipts for all the work and parts on the car, totalling £17500. i have near heard a car do such loud bangs through the gear changes, the car was that fast it use to beat yamaha r1 and gsxr 1000, we raced a c32 amg supercharged merc which tops out at 190mph up the a690 dual carriage way carrville to sunderland, we were coming back down the dual carriage way as he was still heading up to sunderland. nothing could come close to how fast the car was. the car started to loose boost from the dash 33 waste gate, so i took it to a performance garage where i got a forge group a spec waste gate, he asked what psi the car ran at and he said 30psi, the new waste gate couldnt handle that much psi so he fitted a stronger spring in it, we took the car out with the new waste gate fitted for a test run down a duel carriage where a porcshe 911 turbo was right up our ass so my mate said to me watch this as he drop the cossy in to 3rd the boost hit the car squatted and we just took off. We took the car out for a cruise with a friend in a 4x4 cossy, we were racing each other and out of no where the temp gauge went to the top. we took the car home as it sat on the drive it was badly leaking oil and water so next day we took it to the performance garage and took the head off the engine and found out that it had melted number 3 piston. some personal stuff happened which then i sold it to my mate whitch i think he put a new engine in, then i hadnt seen the car for 17 year till i seen this video!

Now I want a Sierra sapphire cosworth 😂 Love a Sierra cosworth rs500, all the classic fast fords only going one way and that’s up in price, proud to own a classic Ford! Good content from Dan

Bet spender takes his cossie there

Great vid! Amazing cars will always have a soft spot for the Cosworth! The working mans supercar! Nice to see you all keeping these awesome bits of kit on the road for everyone to enjoy👍. How John survived that crash is a miracle 🙏 wow man what a fkin mess🤯!

The issue would be if you were fortunate to own a Cosworth, rattles, smells, and breaks. If you sell it and replace it with what?????

Great video 👊👊👊🍻 I just hate the crappy music people feel they must put on these days 😖

Probably wrong place to say it, but the way the shell of the car has collapsed is scary. Modern car wouldn't do that. I know new cars don't have as much character, but even so, it's old technology.

If they are Done Right they do not Break and this series was scrapped on the track they were up to 600 Brake so Had the Racing continued whom knows where they would of ended up on the Bhp Scale. What Puzzled me was Cosworth did not make a 24 Valve Straight six Turbo to Rival the 2JZ . But Truth be told the engines will fold on you around 13.000 RPM .it was destined to be a Normally Aspirated F1 Engine it warped on testing . so they then built the boa+bob 24 Valve V6.

Great video dan ,i got ito your channel when you got the red rs4 which i loved ,and was gutted when you chopped it in for the cossy ,im not a ford man ,but i have to admit i do like the cossys , they always seem to have a good story to go with um 👍👍

Good to see a unicorn

Don't think I've seen old school muscle like that since the chippendales came out on vhs😂😂

The garage (body shop) I worked at in the 80's used to do police work the wrote 3 of there Cosworth's off at a certain humpback in Northumberland she how far they could jump them , I repaired a MK2 Golf they tried the same with was a b/tard of a job , a mate of my mates was a motorway cop he told me he put his in the bend at retail world end on the A1 at Team valley trading estate at 137 mph , my mate at that time was buying them and I put a new roof on an ex cop car for him . Worked at a place in Sunderland they repaired cop cars too , think 90% of Sunderland cops drove write off's , a cop used to come into another garage I worked at asked if someone could check out a clunking a lad jacked it up shouted me across the thing was a 2 halver LOL , I was standing outside my brothers one sunny day heard this racket screech of tires and a back we ran around the corner a Cosworth in a wall doors open kids legging it down the street next thing cops arrive , thing had been nicked from a dentists in Gateshead the guy had just parked it up and walked in , he showed shortly after . I like Fords but but still have a passion for Vauxhalls my first job was at a Vauxhall dealers . Cops showed up at the Vauxhall dealers on the Felling bypass when they put one on the forecourt , get that thing inside now LOL , at another garage I worked at I had to repair an MK RS2000 front and back end smash asked the boss for the old nose cone couldn't believe it when he said yes stuck it in front of the space heater and the thing popped straight out grafted on my MK2 Mexico copy was well chuffed .

thoroughly enjoying watching these videos and listening to the old stories. great channel. thanks.

Would give my right nut to have one . When I was a kid. Was a dream car to have one not going to happen 44 years old now and couldn’t afford one now . But what a car prober beast. 👍👍

Nice collection. I miss driving mine. Love the exhaust note.

That John seems like a real cool costumer.

Make sure your mate knows his kiddy seat aint strapped securely in as its sliding across the back seat.

i bought a classic mini off john three and a half years ago which i still have and he was showing me the picture of his cossie bent in half it looked mental lol

I've noticed recently that all the coossie's at the big top end sales, it's completely standard one's with none of the bolt on crap or Christmas tree coloured hose shite that allways make the top prices.

I had a F reg 2wd only about 350 bhp loved it but you had to be on the maintenance all the time lots of fumes in the cabin all part of the experience

It’s radge watching a video of ya dream car on RU-vid driving past ya own house , I’ve seen you a few times your car is a Beut

I had the same rims as the crached Sierra. OZ Chrono Evolution at my RWD 1988..

Are ye never afraid showing off the likes of the garage that it would higher the risk of theft??? Some serious motors....

Great video 👍

R1 John top man with a old ford

mate ad delete this video, no doubt if it's left up 50x robbing twats will try and break in

Could never afford one in my 20s as insurance was v expensive now luv to drive one at least. Can i drive it

in my opinion those Sierra are the equivalent of the bimma M5 back then! But of course they are great bc of the AWD and well known on Rally championship

Lost respect after the shitty porsche comment! Switched off at 3.30. Obviously never driven the legend that is the 911. It’s only 60 years old and going as strong as ever. How long did the sierra cosworth live for?

can't help but feel really bad for this guy

I love a good cossie

What are the Saph's selling for now in the UK? mine has been in Australia since 1989. 3rd owner paid $25k aud back 21 years ago.

If you guys ever come across F500 RBP - a white Sapphire - , it was mine. Bought new, 10th January 1989. ‘Hendy Motorsport’ pack, a tweak of which was a 250hp Detection Techniques “chip” remap. I’ve forgotten the name of the former racing driver who ran Hendy Motorsport in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, but he was so comfortable with the robustness of the engine itself - as you state - that he was happy to back the normal Ford warranty with Hendy Lennox’s own 12-month backing, should anything have gone bang. 250 is nothing special, by your (outrageous!) horses, but I and my wife, loved it. Love the stories! Keep up the good work and the attention to detail...

Theres not many decent mechanics about now as all new ones are mainly trained on computers,my trusted ford and cosworth mechanic up north near me would only be Paul linfoot tbh!!! Such sick cars dude !!👍🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😊

Wonderful video,wonderful story, wonderful times.....stay safe and well boys 👍🇬🇧

When you say Nathan, do you mean Nathan who worked on the oil rigs ?

Looks like someone gave it a bit too much Welly

Cracking video Dan m8!!

Great stuff

Yes man that's right a legend

My dad was a car sprayer never forget this Reg EHF 5Y it was a XR3 Completely reshell full Respray For me My dad and Gary Carter spent hours on that car.it was a car what I will never forget It looked like new My dad sprayed the car in Sun Burst Red. Gary Carter loves his Escorts XR3 I Rs 1600 i the Cosworth memories never go away

I got a Ford Sierra 4 speed 2L gear 1st generation 4 door and am doing a 2000hp sleeper build so I’m leaving it so it looks stock to the untrained eye any tips the car hasn’t been on the road since I was born 18 years ago it got parked after my father got a company car

I've a similar story,it wasn't my car but I knew who the owner was,I heard this thing coming along Wallace well road in Glasgow,a long curving road that go's from left to a right hander then a great bitta straight to a round about,anyway,I hear this beautiful sound n instinctively knew it was a cossie,, as I turned to see iit was moving,but as it crested this hill where it goes right,I could see the back end step out n said she's losing it,(guys gf was driving)she tried to correct it n went broadside off a tree, l catapulted sideways across the road off a street light,n still going sideways went right along a hedge hit a handrail n flipped onto its roof were it rested,five people piled out all with not a scratch ran across the road n flagged down a taxi,the police n firebrigade n ambulance where there in no time,the old folks who lived in the house came out to a cossie upside down on their footpath,the old fella took a heartattack,he did recover n passed a few years later,the guy who owned the cossie had bought it two days before,a beautiful grey 4x4 cossie with the wire wheels,he was an armed robber so I guess he could afford it,maybe he'd bought it for his next bank,

I love they cars mate costhworth escort and ford saissar costhworth mate I got one of each mate and they are very fast mate as you say mate DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT MATE i drive like mad in them mate when the kids are not in the cars mate

would like to know how to contact John, Do not know how to leave you a message in a drop box.

Love these, my Dad had one back in the day, he's from chester-le-street as well. Sold his house and moved back in with his parents to get it 😂.

I can’t believe it ! That’s my brother old RS Turbo he had back in 96!!! I need to buy this now !! 🤦

How many people wish they still had their sporting Ford from the 80/90s , that said I miss my Pug 309 GTI's also

Brilliant honest video...love the banter too...worth the sub mate

How long is the gear shift, 1.5 m?

guy near me around 17 years ago ,got a semi rolled cossy and no engine and gearbox gone clean in side swapped lots of panels for fibre glass and aluminium stuck a supra twin turbo in it and dont now what gear box but not supra,last time i saw it had more work on it very fast and smooth ride even though its a mix and match frankinstien car ,i now it had audi 4 wheel drive bits on it as well

must agree with madpadi,but I get 400,000 from my mondeo"s Rust is my enemy not my cars.Love the Mondeo 3's. Be Safe Be Blessed. Ex Pat. PS,wasn't a series of Scorpio's made with 6 cylinder Cosworth motors?They sound interesting.

Nice to have you back on the channel mate. Great video, very well made

Old Story ran out of lock or talent !

Get rid of all that blue Samco shit !..boy racer crap ,also devalues the car .

Nathan bought his 500 off my dad I know a few lads from Sunderland so still own rs cars

the mad mile

G314 WVM reg of the sappie

Owning a Ford necessitates knowing a good mechanic because they are total crap.

Gorgeous Evoque at 17.12 now that’s a car boys 🧐

You gotta love how long the reach is on gearbox bloody hard work these days 😂😂😂

What's the standard tires on the Sierra cosworth 94/95. Cheers