Ford only actually made 496, that is all that ever rolled off the production line.
From that answer Blood i take it you read Fast Ford magazine?. The Cosworth special edition magazine they brought out to celebrate 20 years of Cosworth did indeed state this, but all hardcore enthusiasts of the car know this is not true. The proof is at Tickford more than anything as it was them that were commisioned to build the cars.
Blood, with all due respect mate I know RS500's inside out and the brand new Motorsport shell I have was bought from my mate Paul Linfoot, who is one of the registrars of the RS500 Owners Club. 500 Cosworths went to Tickford for the 500 conversion, not 496. If you have any queries regarding this matter then please go to his site here -
http://www.rs500cosworth.com/2.html and the build list is displayed - all 500 cars were built at Tickford - all 500 of them. It is common thought that the 4 missing models went into storage after the homologation process, a nice little nest egg so to speak for certain people.
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