A couple of preliminary pictures of Clive

[Aitch]

Clive the Bastard, sorry, Cosworth, was looking a bit tired - touching up damaged and rusty panels had resulted in him ending up several shades of magenta, the bumpers were sagging, and in general he needed some work. Some friends of mine have just opened a garage and bodyshop, and offered me a deal that I couldn't refuse to fully fettle him.

I went for a gander at progress so far. I wasn't expecting him to be so naked







That's all I've got for now, but the guys at the garage, Dave and Sarah, have been taking pictures of every stage and I will post them up with a link to them once it is all complete. Remarkably, for a 20 year old Sierra, it is relatively rust free, so buying a barn find has paid off for me.

Prescott Hill, here we come

[alanjuggler]

that's

are you planning to do any subtle under carpet modifications? a bit of stitch welding perhaps ?

[Aitch]

A few more of work in progress...









I'm still desperately hoping it will all be done by the Weekender, but time is running out

[Clouder_sx]

Theres gonne be a heck of a lot of dust to get rid of.......

You misser her?

[Chris]

Theres gonne be a heck of a lot of dust to get rid of.......

You misser her?

It's bad enough having a cow called neville but a female sierra named clive is a bit too wierd even for Aitch

Clive is a bloke car complete with chest rug and medallion

[Aitch]

It's bad enough having a cow called neville but a female sierra named clive is a bit too wierd even for Aitch

Clive is a bloke car complete with chest rug and medallion

I do miss Clive - I've need some performance back in my life and while the MX5 is a lot of fun, and the BMW does have a turbo, sometimes you just need something with some real urge under the bonnet.

Well, progress is starting to happen - paint has started to be applied, valve stem seals will be replaced over the next couple of weeks and then it is a case of rebuilding him. I should get him back in time for the weekender, as long as the guys doing the work remember where everything goes. I'm half expecting a box of leftover bits at the end of it, a bit like in Doc Hollywood

[Mick]

Looking forward to seeing him/her. Looks like they are going a cracking job mate

[Aitch]

The wheels should be done this week or next - they look like they have been resprayed with a hoover at some point, so I can't wait for them to be restored

[MEL]

Planned mods while its like that? Bushes maybe?

Coming along well

[Aitch]

Not a mod as such, but the head is being rebuilt/reconditioned at the same time. And the gearbox is being looked at because the change from second to third can be a bit "crunchy" (technical term) on fast changes from second to third. I'm running out of spare cash, so re-bushing will be done later in the year

[dunc]

Looking forward to seeing it at prescott
Dunc.

[Aitch]

Starting to look shiny...

[SidewaysThough]

That looks stunning, nice to see someone taking so much care over a lovely car!! I was going to mention the alloys, glad your getting them redone aswell!! I may try to make the weekender for a day, it will be nice to look over this, and a few other peoples car!

[bobbitt]

well done that man. spending money on a 20 yr old ford. lol. no, seriously im impressed! be great to see a gleaming cossie going down the road!

[kingj]

Good to see some attention to the cos but why oh why did you not take this as an opportunity to have him resprayed white and get rid of the horrible brown colour mine was exactly the same!

[Aitch]

Good to see some attention to the cos but why oh why did you not take this as an opportunity to have him resprayed white and get rid of the horrible brown colour mine was exactly the same!

I like the Magenta colour If I had him sprayed white then I'd only have the urge to put cow patches on him, and that would look stupid on a Cosworth

well done that man. spending money on a 20 yr old ford. lol. no, seriously im impressed! be great to see a gleaming cossie going down the road!

My 20 year old Sierra is far, far less rusty than my 12 year old Nissan was, even before the work was started on Clive . Worth spending the money on

[Mark]

I have a brand new cosworth badge to go on that bootlid somewhere

Great project and one worth doing Must resist the urge to buy a ropey sapph and do the same

I would say the 200 is a better car to drive but as a resto project I would get 10 times more satisfaction doing a cossy than a 200

whats the steering wheel like Aitch? i have a spare of those as well

[Easy007]

I can vouch that Neville had seen better days underneath and on the front inner arches....

[bobbitt]

Good to see some attention to the cos but why oh why did you not take this as an opportunity to have him resprayed white and get rid of the horrible brown colour mine was exactly the same!

because 90% of saph cossies are white!

[Aitch]

whats the steering wheel like Aitch? i have a spare of those as well

Thanks for the offer Mark, but the steering wheel is fine. The plastic gear pattern thingy on top of the gearknob is cracked so if you've got one of those lying around...