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Ex-works Ford Sierra RS Cosworth for sale!

Due to a new project, C234 HVW is now offered for sale - P.O.A. (Serious offers only please). We can email full details along with many photographs from it's fresh rebuild - CLICK HERE to CONTACT US...

SORRY, CAR SOLD.

From 01/01/11 the Sierra RS Cosworth is eligible for drivers points on the FIA Historic Rally Championship, and team points from 01/01/12. Currently in Club Gp A spec, she comes with an original DOME differential and gearbox as part of a large spares package, to return to period Gp N.

One of the first Ford Sierra RS Cosworths in production, it was sent to Fords Works Competitions department at Boreham, Essex in November 1985 and was registered for FH Peacocks Ford of Balham.

C234 HVW was then built as one of 7 'Securicor Sierra Challenge' cars for the 1986 season, to be driven by Chris Mellors (3-times National Champion) and sponsored by Victor International Plastics, finishing this one-make series a very close 2nd behind Phil Collins in sister car C240 HVW.

Archive images from 1986, 1987 & 1988 with Gwyndaf Evans and Chris Mellors from the RAC & Securicor Challenge

The car debuted the Sierra for Ford on the World Rally Championship (with 2 other Securicor cars) on the '86 Lombard RAC Rally being homologated in Group B for this event (and the '86 season) before Ford re-homologated the Sierra for Group A & Group N after the FIA banned Group B at the end of that year.

Once converted to Group N for 1987, the car was driven by various drivers including Bertie Fisher (5-time Irish Champion) on the Manx International (leading Group N, until an electrical problem on SS35).

C234 HVW Sierra Cosworth undergoing a major rebuild by MacArthur Motorsport...

In late '87 the car was bought by Gwyndaf Evans (1996 British Champion) and he entered his first of over 20 RAC rally's in November of that year (with Howard Davies co-driving) after testing it on the Bulldog rally. They comfortably lead the Production category of the World Championship qualifier for 3 days, until an excursion on the final day into a ditch in Kielder left the car well and truely stuck.

In 1988 Gwyndaf Evans (with preparation and event management supplied by Dennis Osbourne of DOME) competed in and won the Production category of the Shell Oils British Open Rally Championship and C234 HVW became the most successful Group N Sierra Cosworth in the History of British rallying.

In 1989 the car was sold to Don Bailey, campaigning it (again run by Dennis Osbourne) on 2 International championships, the Hewlett Packard Irish Tarmac Championship (winning Gp N) and the Shell Oils British Open Championship (2nd Gp N behind Pentti Arrikala) proving reliable with 10 finishes from 11 International starts.

During the 90's the car spent its life in Ireland, competing on various National & International tarmac rallies driven by the likes of Shane Braniff (Eurocables Belfast, before returning to the UK around 2003).

The car has been out of competition for the last 4 years and has undergone an extensive, photograpic rebuild to its current condition ('88 Ulster International livery) by MacArthur Motorsport, with the help of Dennis Osbourne of DOME, Roger Pitts of Brooklyn Ford and Lee Owen of Owen Developments.

1985 - early production car (Nov '85) built by FMC works dept at Boreham, Essex to GpB regs
1986 - 2nd Securicor Sierra Challenge 1986, driven by Chris Mellors (3 times UK champion)
1986 - debuted the Sierra for Ford on the WRC on the ‘86 Lombard RAC Rally (Gp B)
1987 - various drivers including Bertie Fisher (5-time Irish Champion) on the Manx International
1987 - Gwyndaf Evans ('96 BRC Champion) on the RAC - lead GpN for 3 days (DNF Kielder ditch)
1988 - Gwyndaf Evans winner of GpN Shell Oils British Open Rally Championship
1989 - Don Bailey (and DOME) wins GpN Hewlett Packard Irish International Tarmac Championship
1989 - Don Bailey (and DOME) 2nd GpN Shell Oils British Open Championship (behind Pentti Arrikala)
1990 to 2002 - continued in competition in Ireland
2003 - returning to the UK, very little use since
2007 to 2011 - full photographic rebuild by MacArthur Motorsport to immaculate condition
2011 - now eligible to score drivers points on the FIA Historic Rally Championship
2012 - eligible to score team points on FIA Historic Rally Championship.

C234 HVW has won 2 international rally championships, many overall podium finishes & class wins, including:

1st GpN, 3rd O/A - Cartel Rally ('88)
1st GpN, 7th O/A - Scottish Rally ('88)
1st GpN, 9th O/A - Ulster International Rally ('88)
1st GpN, 12th O/A - Welsh International Rally ('88)
1st GpN, 6th O/A - Cork 20 International Rally
1st GpN, 7th O/A - Manx National Rally
1st GpN, 14th O/A - Killarney 'Rally of the Lakes' Rally
2nd GpN, 13th O/A - Ulster International Rally
3rd GpN, 15th O/A - Manx International Rally
2nd GpN, 9th O/A - Welsh International Rally ('87)
1st GpN, 8th O/A - York National Rally ('86)

C234 HVW's current specification

Engine:
1994cc 16v twin-cam Cosworth YB. New Garrett T5 360 degree turbo (quick release) on 34mm FIA restrictor by Owen Developments. 3 bar map sensor and Grey injectors. Competition mounts. Mountune baffled sump. OMP Group N exhaust. New twin Bosch Group A fuel pumps and Cosworth filter. Mountune Group N ECU.

Engine management and fuelling correctly set up on Owen Developments rolling road by Mark Harrison, to produce a safe 295 bhp on its 34mm restrictor. Engine on 100 stage miles since full rebuild.

Transmission:
Rebuilt Borg-Warner T5 with Glebe Phase 2, SCCR dog gearbox (TVR Tuscan race car) with competition mount. New 7.5" (4.4 CWP) LSD by DOME with quick-release driveshafts. AP 4-paddle Group A clutch.

Suspension:
Group N 2¼" Bilstein front dampers with new tarmac springs and helpers. 909 Group A top mounts. New competition bushes all-round. Group A Bilstein magnesium cased rear coil-over dampers, with new tarmac springs/helpers. Front and rear anti-roll bars. Group A adjustable TCA's. Droop cables to front uprights. New hub bearings all-round. New Eibach hub-centric wheel spacers. 909 alloy strut brace. Group A wheel studs.

Brakes:
Sierra RS Cosworth front & rear brake callipers / discs (new) with Pagid pads & Castrol SRF fluid. Braided brake lines inside & out. Hydraulic handbrake & Outlaw bias valve. Refurbished, original cross-spoke alloys.

Bodyshell/Interior:
Ford 909 motorsport bodyshell with period Safety Devices multi-point bolted cage in original livery ('88 Ulster International Rally). Flocked dashboard, carbon floor trays and dash inlays, carbon interior door cards and ¾ cards. Sparco Evo II seats (in-date) with Sabelt 6-point 3" harnesses (in-date) and Sparco steering wheel.

OMP plumbed-in and hand-held extinguishers. OMP helmet net. Aeroquip fuel and brake lines throughout. Spare wheel carrier. New fuel tank and pipework with correct tank guard. 909 kevlar sumpgaurd and alloy diff guard.

Documentation:
Current DVLA V5c, MOT, MSA Logbook plus previous V5c's (including Gwyndaf's).

The car has been featured in numerous motorsport and car magazines of the period (copies available) and appeared on TV many times lots of old Grandstand/World Of Sport footage from the Securicor challenge, RAC and BRC events - plus lots of period photographs from various rallies.

For more information about C234HVW - CLICK HERE to CONTACT US...