ROTTEN SIERRA RS500 COSWORTH IS GETTING RE-SHELLED 

I wonder if that is my new old shell? I bought it about 25 years ago it had a dent on the passenger wing not big I paid £800 it even had the Cosworth plate under the bonnet, all taped up doors, bonnet, boot and doors Mad to think what they’re worth now

its lovely listening to two fanatics

Awesome mate. Get cracking with it

I know that garage..

As someone who knows Paul I would trust him 110% with my cars and I’m a nightmare with leaving my cars with people 😂

@@Adam151082 hahaha 😂 never the less another great video I enjoy all your content, looking forward to seeing the Reshell!

Comes with a £££ tho . Pay for what u get . So tru

Yes, but of you know anything about what your buying you should know it's legit or not, all mk2 rs body shells were made in Germany apart from oz rs2000 and rs1800. Heavy duty inner winds with reinforced strut tops with vin stamped on right, different exhaust hangers and spare wheel boot straps etc. VIN no starting GCAT list goes on. Knowledge is power.....

@@duckhunter8203Have you seen the Chinese MKII shells? as original as many cars on Ebay!

Agreed, replacing the body, it's no longer the original car

@@richardm5467 Still driving a POP and claiming it's an RS2000?

@@richardm5467 it would be more original than a car which has a different shell and panels.

You can order a bodyshell for any car, whilst it is still in production. You can still buy classic Mini Shells from British Motor Heritage who also supply MG Midget, MGB and others bodyshells too.

Nice ringer!

and technically not a factory built Cosworth LOL....

I saw it broke down in 2012 😂

What create another ringer?

@@JohnSmith-ei2pz repairing a shell with small sections of another does not result in a ringer 🙄

Yes you can but it would not be a matching numbers original

Yup, plenty of shells available direct from ford at the time. Most cars you can buy a bare shell from the manufacturer. People kept them as investments. Don't for one minute think its going to be sold for cheap though!!😅

All come out afield not too long back

Motorsport teams back in the day would hold on to shells, to be used when cars were wrecked on the track. Ford would have supplied them at a discounted rate, as successes on the track are effective advertising for the brand. Before the demise of Rover, Mini bodyshells were available to motorsports like Mini Seven and Miglia at about a £400 when they retailed at about £1600. And thank goodness they were, or there'd be none left today.

So you are saying that there are brand new rs500 shell just sitting in a shed sum where LOL​@@paulcurrie9252

The roof for sure yes

I thought the explanation of what made it rot of being on a concrete I don’t think so more a damp garage with no dpm in the floor ? I’ve got many a car that’s sat in a garage for decades and only the rust they probably entered with on them.

😂

@@foxmeister06 🤣

@@User-wollswoycegawagewill be interesting to see the workshop line up at that point, makes for interesting viewing 😂

Did u not listen to anything they said?

Think you need to watch the video again

It's a brand new shell, are you mutton?

Did you just have the video playing with no sound 🤷‍♂️ listen to what the guy says

Why reshell rubbish? Only when it's and subsidised by British tax payers!

@@JohnSmith-ei2pz There is no need for an answer like that & obviously do not know your history the British Motor Corporation was not subsidised by the British taxpayer

He did talk about this b4 I can't remember now.

@@tomasdevine7756 I can’t imagine it being cheap. “It’s only original once“ comes to mind for me. If the shell is 15k and it needs 15k of metal work, I’d be keeping the original shell but I get many wouldn’t. He’s obviously well versed on the subject. I remember seeing a car park full of these in West Horndon in Essex (where I’m from) back in 85/86. They’d come over from Germany then get shipped to Tickford for conversion. Must of been well over 20 of them. I was there to replace the windscreen in the transportation truck. TNT if I remember correctly.

@@gaillaffer7579 Yes once reshelled it is a ringer!

I appreciate this is Adam's channel, and he is a huge Ford fan, and as such the comments are going to be 90% Ford fanboys ... But without trying to come across as a troll, I am asking very sincerely, have you actually driven anything else, other than Fords ? The RS500 is a legendary motorsport icon, and a good road car, but mate, there are hundreds of other roads cars which are MUCH better to drive, seriously. From something like a Lotus Elise, with it's unreal steering feel, and precision, up to a 911 GT3 and everything in between.

Yeah. Worked for a ford RS dealer back in the 80’s. Driven loads of Cosworth’s in various forms. 3 doors. 500’s. Sapphires. Escort Cosworth’s etc. far better cars out there for sure Drive able wise yes, Mitsubishi evo, Impreza. Skylines……….M cars from bmw. Various porkers. And so on. But. Fords have become so iconic. It’s a personal thing I guess. Me personally wouldn’t have one of these as I think they are ugly. Never liked the Sierra looks wise. And the Cosworth. Side windows too big and that stupid spoiler. It may be there for a reason I’m not disputing that but……………..yeah. Essex springs to mind. Proper RS fords for me are the mk1 and mk2 escorts.

@@stupot50english82 Now you're talking my language matey ! I grew up driving Mk1 & Mk2 Escorts, and although I never owned a genuine RS or twin cam (I'd be a rich man now if I had one lol), I did have a dozen or so, mostly with pinto engines running twin DCOE45's and janspeed exhaust manifolds. I would much rather have a Mk1 RS2000 with bubble arches, rally spec, cibbies on the front, cage etc, man that is my dream. I am a serial BMW owner, currently in an OG M2, and would rather have that than a Sierra RS500, even though it's only worth half the value. Each to their own of course, and I know the RS500 is an iconic car, and Adam bloody loves them, and I can see why many do love them too. But for me, as good as they are, they are way overpriced compared to what you can actually buy for the same money.