Escort Cosworth clone, how to?

youngfg · Post by **youngfg** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:45 am

If I wanted to build a Escort Cosworth RS clone,like in the site below, is there a body shell commonly availible in the US to start with?

Escort Cosworth

MerkXRTurbo · Post by **MerkXRTurbo** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:50 am

Unfortunately, no, not that I am aware of.

Morgan · Post by **Morgan** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:20 am

The most related US shell is the Merkur, cut out a merkur floor pan and mate it to a escort top half then redo every panel with a cosworth one, it woudl be easier to import one and thats not easy, my advice is to buy a Merkur and be done.

thovey · Post by **thovey** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 3:25 pm

i though you could buy a shell from draken?

YMMV

xrian · Post by **xrian** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:26 pm

Ahhhh ha ha ha ha.
Go ahead and give it a try. Just make sure they don't rip you off!

thovey wrote:i though you could buy a shell from draken?

YMMV

Sock · Post by **Sock** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:25 am

Someone once converted a 1989 Ford Escort with a body kit from the Cosworth. The job was flawless - but the pictures have been long since lost.

Colin would remember glazz74's car from ERDT.

xxrowner · Post by **xxrowner** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:39 pm

a guy did that locally here.. but he made his own cossie wing with styrofoam, and fibreglass.

MerkXRTurbo · Post by **MerkXRTurbo** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:31 pm

Sounds like a job for Sock to me.

I hate to think about it.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:54 am

Sock wrote:Someone once converted a 1989 Ford Escort with a body kit from the Cosworth. The job was flawless - but the pictures have been long since lost.

Colin would remember glazz74's car from ERDT.

Remember it? Sheeeit, I've got the picture hanging on my wall.

It wasn't a full cossie conversion, though.. still just a 1st gen. He put an escossie wing on it, Escort GT skirts, a custom fg rear bumper, a chop-cut-rebuild style cossie front bumper, and custom morrette-style headlights... then topped it off with a serving of metallic purple paint and white 6-spoke 17's. Yummy.

Colin

Taps · Post by **Taps** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:17 am

AlexD wrote:We want to see

Have ya tried opening ya eye lids, works wonders for me

Greenturbo · Post by **Greenturbo** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:26 am

beatshack wrote:a guy did that locally here.. but he made his own cossie wing with styrofoam, and fibreglass.

you can all laugh.. but he did a good job..
and as for the home made cozzie wing... he did a sweet job .. and it was very very sturdy

heres a pic of the car befor the cozzie wing

http://forum.fastcompany.ca/attachment. ... =756&stc=1

WRCUSA · Post by **WRCUSA** » Sun May 01, 2005 11:50 am

Yeah the US escort is based on the 323, while the Esc Cos is off the sierra.

There is a former Group A shell for sale right now in Canada at Four Star Motorsports - a bit rough, but a good body shop could make it right.

suspension parts and stuff fit from a merkur, but no real body panels.

Cheers!

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