Roy 22 Report post Posted April 10, 2014 Let me be clear, these are not my cars but the owner of them Carl has given me permission to post updates of his restoration work on these cars here for us RS500 lovers.These are the cars that drove in the 1991 BTCC and in 1994 did the European Touring Car Championchip. Both cars were located in Portugal and had been converted from RHD to LHD. Shell no 1 will be restored back to the original BTCC spec with a 280 BHP na Wilcox engine. Shell no 2 will be as close as possible but that will be hard due to sourcing original parts.First some pics of shell 1Back in 199119942014 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roy 22 Report post Posted April 10, 2014 Looks like the original bumper ist still fitted to shell 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roy 22 Report post Posted April 10, 2014 Some original parts have been sourced allreadyI will update this as Carl will progress. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lee2cossies 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2014 Great project these are and I'm sure Carl will do a cracking job restoring them. Did he get the Wilcox engines with them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roy 22 Report post Posted April 10, 2014 I believe so Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickoG66 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2014 this is going to be a great thread that i will be looking at with owning a sapphire cosworth its great these have been saved to be re built Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roy 22 Report post Posted May 5, 2014 A little update from Carl:Original alloysOriginal seat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PAUL S 11 Report post Posted May 5, 2014 One of the original enginesĀ and the special rear bias mounted gearbox, that apparently was useless and they canned it mid season Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MT-Motorsport 15 Report post Posted May 5, 2014 That's a good update I bet his chuffed with getting the original partsĀ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites