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Just saw a mk1 mexico, on the autotrader website. Those were the days, rwd,1600 crossflow, or in the RS 2.0 pinto, webbers ohhhh those were the days. I think he wants £7000 for it. Fully rebuilt and looks the dogs. How many of us out there had a mk1 or mk2???

NotoriousREV

Had a Mk2 1.3L for a total of 6 hours before I wrote it off. Just as I thought I was getting the hang of drifting...

This was 12 years ago, though

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I had a blue mk1 1.1L and it was my first but not last venture into, the world of rwd escorts. Just as i got used to it, my mate, suggested i buy a 1.6 lump from the scrappers, and drop it in . Easy? no, but we did it. And two days later we were upside down in coleshill high street.Hehe.

C. Jay. k.

Had a 1300E Mk1(2nd Car) , 3.1 V6 Mk1(recently) and a well sorted Mk2 1740 (even more recently)crossflow 40's,fully balanced etc etc...**** what a car, sold it to a guy from Northern Ireland.

Barmyclown

My dad had 2 mk1 mexico's , The first was madeira green, he had it for over 12 yrs from nearly new to when we went overseas for 2 yrs, He still wishes he kept it, He`s seen it about but without it`s vynil roof. The second was a bit more mad. Fitted with a supercharger, he got rid of it summit to do with the fact it was a bit to quick for family life and he couldn`t afford to run both of them.

cw42

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I had a white mk2 mexico, twin webbers, 2.1 bored engine, fettled by ford themselves at the time, went like stink
Got knicked one night, never to be seen again
Before my scooby, by far the best car I'd ever owned.
Moved on to rs2000's for a while after that, that crappy xr3i's

chris.

DJ140

MK2 RS2000 for me. Well modded and great fun. Rust was a "bit" of a problem!!!

MARK MORRIS

my father in law had a mk 1 rs1600, mk2 rs 2000 and now rallies a gartrac mk 2 with a n/a cossie lump, never had an escort myself, i went the other way and had opel mantas, a gte later fitted with a 2.1 16v astra engine and a factory i240
mark

mr freeze

i used to have a mk1 mexico , wish i still had it though it'd
be worth a fortune now .............heres a pic , didnt have time to
finnish her off as it was costin me toooooo much

rooferman

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Had a black 1600 sport with gold Jps stickers al over it,ful rolcage,big bore exhaust,bucket seats,revolution 4 spokes and of course a square front no. plate.......



Had more near mises in this car than in any other,at the age of 17 and drove it like a complete w@nker................

Kevin Groat

1980 Mk2 RS2000 - Owned it for about 6 years from 1984. Spent £3k under the bonnet only to get 140bhp at the rear wheels on twin 45's and a race cam. Had the engine in and out at least a dozen times - could do it myself in about and hour and a half. Ended up having to fit new inner wings because of rust. Saw the car last year but it's a rust bucket now but I believe someone's restoring it. I'm still considering a MK1 or MK2 with a Cossie lump as a plaything..

Darbo_wrx

I had my mk1 for over 10 years with constant development within a clubbie budget
car started as a 1300gt bodyshell put in a 1600 x flow then a 2L pinto on 45's-then it got serious with a 2.4 holbay cosworth engine on 48's alloy flywheel twin plate clutch 4 speed dog box ,wide atlas ZF motorsports diff etc- it was loads of fun but it ate tyres and i got flustrated by the guys in 4x4 scoobys etc beating me in the stiks lmao

so i joined em hehehhee
good fun but i wouldnt go back to it without a lotto win

had some good crashes still have the titanium inserts to prove it :/


Darbo

dingy

I still got mine.....

Had mk2's in all my driving life 14 years.

Current one is GRP 4 tarmac soon to be 500+bhp

Dave uk blue mica

i've had 3 MK 2 RS 2000's, fantastic cars and i'd definitely have another one if i could find a minter

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Great cars without a doubt. Prefer the mk1 RS, that six dial dash and the way you knew what was going on. Plus how easy were they to work on. I've had a nose through the ford and classics mags, and even sheds are pulling good money. I think (personally) that they are a much better car than the mk1 gti golf, different i know, but still with the same idea in mind.

glen4

I had a venetian red 1600 sport, gold alley cats and piper cam, K+N filter, followed by a Mk 1 Mexico, olympic blue with white stripes, revolutions. Last one was a Mk2 RS2000, signal orange, built a 2.1 Group 1 motor for it, run with 45 webers, janspeed exhaust, 140 bhp at wheels on sigma's RR, also had LSD, vented discs, bilsteins and lowered 2" all round, was a quick car, more than a match for my mate's Lotus Sunbeam.

BOB.T

I had a Black 1600 Sport, lowered at the back with blocks, K+N filter and A.N.Other webber carb that was in the boot when I bought the car! As a car it was an utter bag of sh*te but I loved driving it, going sideways was ace!

I can't really afford it at the moment plus I don't have anywhere to keep it but I'd love to get another and throw bucket loads of cash (never to be seen again!) at it!

Dingy, any more recent pics of yours and an ETA?

RON

There's a MK1 in Classic and Sportscar this moth with a 5ltr TVR V8, built to touring car standards, for a mere 30K!!!!! I bet that goes well!!

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SCAAAAAAAAAAAAARY!!!!!

falkster

I hate it when I read threads like this!!!!

When I was 19 (Im 30 now) I drove passed this house and saw an RS2000 MK2 on the drive. I stopped my car and starting talking to the lady that was in the garden saying how much I like them (Im wearing my Proffesionals T shirt now LOL) and wanted one since I was a kid.

She told me that her and her husband had split up and it was his old company car that he'd kept. She produced an original bill of sale and the logbook with NO previous owners and she said it had to go aswell as it was taking up space. I asked her how much she wanted for it and she replied......your not going to believe it but 500 QUID. The car had done only 34500 miles and was mint in every way other than a bit of dust and the top of the back seat had perished with being out in the sun.

I had the car 12 months, it cost me a set of steering rack gaters to get it through the MOT and I got £3500 for it when it was sold but I see them now getting anywhere up to 10k for a proper original mint one.

AHH well

falkster

And after I cried for so long I got another one. R reg Java green.....got the rolling road print somewhere.....think it was 146 at the wheels or there abouts. Did the Jim Clarke memorial at croft about 7 years ago in it and it was ace.

dingy

Used it all summer...

no pictures uploaded cause my ISP shut my site down for going 10meg over 200meg when i have 500mpeg of space the tossers

Got 2 tho, from dono last track day after a mate ran into it the bast'rd





Did do a few more laps before i foooked the box...quaife one needs to be fitted LOL

falkster

Nice looking arches

GC8

.....jumpers for goalposts...eh?

crofty

Had two mk1 mexicos, genuine avo cars, one I rebuilt the engine to Burton stage three spec, the other had a Lotus elan sprint twin cam engine in it, also had a mk2 RS2000 custom I modded that to! happy days

"MADDOG"

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Dingy, leave you alone for one minute and look what happens

Keep it sideways !!!!!

regards "MADDOG" AKA "BIGBOY"

The Zohan

Had a 1980 Mk2 RS200 in Black with the bitter chocolate interior, fishnet Recaros. Had it two years back in '86 and loved every minute of it.

Really liked the MK1's but never owned one.

MARK MORRIS

anyone remember the white mk2 at the start of minder ?
that was in a car sales near swansea years ago, must have been about 89, was rotten back then, still wanted to buy it though
mark

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I had my ultimate mk1, before i got into xr3i's(oh dear). Primer grey, mexico wings, RS dash, roll top recaroes, 2.1 PINTO, twin webbers, mk2 RS box, straight through prop,(off an anglia, i think) Fabricated 2.8 injection front legs and brake set up, luton transit rear leaf set up, straight through exhaust, on a smooth road it was awsome for its day, but get onto any potholed surface and the set up was so hard it bounced everywhere. But the all out ***** and fuel consumption was unreal. Was king of the street for ages, then my mate(spoilt git) had a mk3 escort xr3i, converted to RWD, YES, RWD, with a rover 3.5 V8 in it. Sounded and looked ace, but not all that quick. Spoilt git then got a series 1 RS TURBO.

Gompo

I'm 22 in a month or so and have had 3 Mk2's since 17. All 2 doors obviously.
Started off with a 1.1, then a 1.3, then bought another 1.3 and had a 2.0 Pinto fitted (see Classic Ford Dec 2003 for my car having the transplant), with fast road cam, stage 2 unleaded head, and soon to be fitted Twin 40's. Wanted something relatively tractable in traffic, and that's what i've got..
Loads of fun to drive and the reactions you get are great - they can certainly be a challenge to drive at licence losing speeds though.

Cant ever imagine not having a Mk1 or Mk2, unless i got another 70's rally weapon like a Chevette HSR.

Cheers, Greg.