A Concours 3200

[rossyl]

I purchased a couple of barely used tyres off another Masser owner last week.

In his garage, tucked in under a fleece lined cover, was a rather beautiful, and concours, 3200. Get this, in the winter months it is stored in an air-conditioned bubble in the garage, now that's love of a car.

A lovely car in exceptional condition (you could almost eat off the engine bay) and a great chap who owned it and loved the marque.

Just thought I'd share, unfortunately no pictures.

R

 

[roger102]

i keep the TVR in one of those, keeps the air dry

 

[rossyl]

Are you fairly involved with TVR clubs then as well as here?

Just a thought - doesn't moisture in the air help to keep everything rubber (tyres, seals, hoses) in good order and stop it from drying out? Happy to be wrong, but just wondered.

 

[GransportFan1]

Crikey, that is nothing compared to the Ford RS owners; check this collection out !!!

http://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/rsocbb/showthread.php?t=201436

 

[Parisien]

......not entirely sure long term laying up is a good thing for the modern era Masers..............great for body and interior etc.......but dodgy electrics etc.....hhhmmmmmm


P

 

[BennyD]

Some lovely cars there but I think I would take the yellow RS2000. Still only a slow Ford though.

 

[rossyl]

Ford Escort Cosworth is a favourite of mine - with the huge "Whale Tail" spoiler.

Those cars might be clean - but are they stored in air conditioned spaces!!

 

[BennyD]

The Cossie was an ok car in its time but not as good as the Integrale or the Evos that came towards the end of its life. I don't remember it doing much in International competition although I could be wrong.

 

[Phil H]

I purchased a couple of barely used tyres off another Masser owner last week.

In his garage, tucked in under a fleece lined cover, was a rather beautiful, and concours, 3200. Get this, in the winter months it is stored in an air-conditioned bubble in the garage, now that's love of a car.

A lovely car in exceptional condition (you could almost eat off the engine bay) and a great chap who owned it and loved the marque.

Just thought I'd share, unfortunately no pictures.

R

Was it a red Assetto by any chance?

PH

 

[dem maser]

Red one was up for 30k few years ago

 

[dem maser]

The escort cosworth was lovely.....i liked the rs500 sierra

 

[BennyD]

Apparently the standard RS500 turbo was too big for road use and it led to massive turbo lag. The standard Sierra was a better everyday car.

 

[dem maser]

Rare to find one.....

 

[dem maser]

Dont like fords but the cosworth was good......

 

[BennyD]

The Cosworth brought huge performance to the great unwashed. The biggest problem Cosworth had was keeping the power down to 206bhp. They said they could have got 270+ without any effort but the safety campaigners wouldn't have liked it. Remember the Lotus Carlton? Questions wee asked about that in the house and it had, IIRC, 377bhp.

 

[rossyl]

I always thought, even when they were brand new in my childhood, that the Sierra was one of the ugliest cars I had ever seen. Hence, while I appreciate what is under the shell....the shell offends me too much!

The car I saw under wraps was a light-ish green 3200 - not sure if it was an AC, I forgot to ask.

My friend had a Escort Cosworth, it was his 19th birthday present! So I have a few good memories of being stunned by the speed of the thing. I remember an Imprezza trying to take us and either it stood no chance, or, he backed off.

 

[dem maser]

Wont be an AC.....

 

[BennyD]

The early Sierra had a problem in that if you drove at over 90 with both front windows open, the back window blew out. They soon rectified it to stop the m1/m6 being carpeted in glass.

 

[dem maser]

Typical ford.....haha

 

[BennyD]

Great cars in their day though. I only ever had one; a Sierra 2.8 injection 4X4 estate. Only had it for 2 years and had 5 gearboxes in it. Wouldn't have another.