pics from Dave n Rich's toy shop

I'm a little confused about this topic now.

The car you are picking up looks like a Zetec that's had an RS implant, am I correct?

Also... you refer to M-Sport but the premises doesn't look like M-sports facilities. I went up there 2 years back and it's located in a HUGE estate and they don't allow you to take pictures of the garage which is amazing.

This is Malcom Wilsons Manor that M-Sport is built into and behind. They even have a Museum which you are allowed to get photos... Here's a few:

its not m sport the chap im buyin my car off is close friends with m sports owner. he gets the majority of parts he uses from m sport the body
panels, floor pans, engines etc and is based in Annon
the majority of panels he uses for the show cars tho are replicas but made from the same molds as the carbon fibre ones
obviosly tho my panels are not carbon fibre as i would be paying through the roof prices
and just to clear the rs bit up... the white 1 is an rs, mine the T reg is an 1800
love the pic of the rs1700t
take it youve had the tour of the premesis?

Thanks for clearing that up readie

I have indeed had a tour of the premises... it's all very secret and took 6 months to get a tour which there was very limited times to. Both the WRC Focus were there but we weren't allowed within a couple of meters of them for obvious reasons. M-sport and Ford are the only WRC team to allow tours of their premises...

He did say though that you couldn't run a WRC car having a few million, you'd need to be stinking rich with tens of millions to compete as the parts cost so much and only last 1 rally... for example the Tyres cost £20,000 per stage... the clutch costs £8,000 and has to be re-built after the every 200km traveled... etc etc

What have you done to your 1800?

ive always wanted to go, going to have to get my arse in gear lol i was pretty shocked to see one sat in his garage i swore i took a pic of its engine bay but its not on my fone <!-- s:-( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s:-( --> but the engine itself was mounted almost under the wind screen all i could really see was the side of the block and a huge inlet plenium with ''powerd by cosworth'' written on it its not in the tidyist condition but its just somthing you dont come across every day

ive paid a deposit on it to take it off the market, have now got the cash together ready to collect it sunday <!-- s:-D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:-D -->

This is the focus in your siggy that you are collecting?

yup thats the 1 <!-- s:-D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:-D -->
i was going to go look at it a few months ago after i stumbled across it on ebay i had made a fone call and had a chat about it and found out the the car was in my price range, but before i could get a lift organised the auction ended, i hadnt saved the chaps number or got his bussiness's name and address.
all i knew was that the company was somwhere near carlisle and that they where using M-sport parts, so i sent an email to m-sport to to see if they could help me with locating it. i was in talks with a chap called neil who deals with the sales of their replica panels but he came across as if he didint have the time of day, so i just assumed the car had sold i was speakin speakin to dave an rich who know neil, and they confirmed that neil was a miserable bastard and about a usefull as a chocolate tea pot.

2months later i was back on ebay again looking for a focus, i had gone all thru the listings and found nothin i liked, so out of bordem i typed modified car in to the search tool and after 2 or 3 pages of chav boxes there it was! it had only been back on a day or so, so this time i rang them back and arranged to view it the following week
from the pictures it was advertised with it looked like it was at some sort of performance car breakers, bearing in mind at this point i knew nothing of the nature of the bussiness so i assumed at worst i was going to a scrap yard that happend to have a few tidy lookin cars for sale. im always cautious of cars off ebay, so i didnt get myself all excited just in case it did turn out to be a couple of northern monkeys feedin me a load of bull, but as you can see its not a scrap yard i really wasnt expecting anything like that <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->

I bet you can't wait

What has it got done to it in total?

full Wrc replica kit these are replacement panels not bodged onto the original bodywork, Wrc bonnet vents, carbon fibre rear spoiler 18'' kahn alloys with cossie offset to help fill the arches, cat back stainless exaust, lowerd by 40mm and full bare shell re spray in performance blue

these are the pics the car was being advertised with on ebay, personally i think that they managed to catch the car from all the wrong angles <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: --> it looks alot better in the flesh

Rich rang me earlyer to sort a few last details
said he had been sortin the stobart fez out n sent me a few pix







new lights, wheels, brakes and suspension