CNC Motorsport delivers first continuation Ford Sierra RS500

Fans of old Fords seem to have it good these days. After Boreham Motorworks revealed that it would be making blueprint-accurate and period-sympathetic versions of the Ford RS2000 and a replica Ford MK1 Escort, a new firm, CNC Motorsport, has now revealed that it has delivered its first continuation Andy Rouse Engineering specification Ford Sierra RS500.

The car is said to have been created in partnership with the four-time saloon/touring car champion, features a 575bhp Cosworth YB engine built by Harvey Gibbs, and is one of three RS500s that the road and race preparation specialist is building for use on track.

Alan Strachan, an employee of Andy Rouse Engineering from 1989 to 1996 and Mechanic on the Team Labatts Sierra RS500 in the British Touring Car Championship, together with his son Andrew, assembled the first car over the past 24 months alongside other projects including the build of a Group A BMW 635CSI, the restoration of a Merkur XR4TI, and a period Sierra RS500.

CNC Motorsport states that it is already building a second car, which will be made to a motorsport specification, and that the third donor shell has already been sourced for its final car.

The firm completed all the fabrication work to the bodyshell alongside producing all of the machined parts, such as uprights, rear arms, hubs, brake callipers, wheel centres and roll cage in house, to the exacting specification of the period Andy Rouse Engineering cars.

Input from Andy as well as access to a period Labatts Sierra that CNC Motorsport engineers today, ensured that the build was faithful to the original cars. This includes the use of a Getrag five-speed gearbox, period style gauges, fuel tank enclosure and roll cage that matches the specific Rouse design.