MKI Escort RS2000
Discussion
nickheer said:
A guy went into a RS dealer, late 73 is, and test drove a Mex, liked it, but after test drive, pointed at a new Purple Velvet 1300E in the showroom and said, can I have looking like that?
Dealer phoned Special Build direct, and they said yes, and AVO built his Mex, with Custom Pack (vinyl roof, RS seats, wood dash & console, etc) but in Purple Velvet, and with 1300E style over-rider bumpers as well IIRC. It looked exactly like a 1300E two-door but with Mexico badges, etc. The car turned up at a AVO National Day back in the mid 80's, guy who owned, I think bought it of the original owner, thus knowing the full story of how it came about. Car was mint. Again, I will photo's of it somewhere in a box laugh
I presume (hope) it's still around, being such a unique car.
i think i have seen this car
I've sat in it Dealer phoned Special Build direct, and they said yes, and AVO built his Mex, with Custom Pack (vinyl roof, RS seats, wood dash & console, etc) but in Purple Velvet, and with 1300E style over-rider bumpers as well IIRC. It looked exactly like a 1300E two-door but with Mexico badges, etc. The car turned up at a AVO National Day back in the mid 80's, guy who owned, I think bought it of the original owner, thus knowing the full story of how it came about. Car was mint. Again, I will photo's of it somewhere in a box laugh
I presume (hope) it's still around, being such a unique car.
i think i have seen this car
Hopefully its still around.
aeropilot said:
nickheer said:
A guy went into a RS dealer, late 73 is, and test drove a Mex, liked it, but after test drive, pointed at a new Purple Velvet 1300E in the showroom and said, can I have looking like that?
Dealer phoned Special Build direct, and they said yes, and AVO built his Mex, with Custom Pack (vinyl roof, RS seats, wood dash & console, etc) but in Purple Velvet, and with 1300E style over-rider bumpers as well IIRC. It looked exactly like a 1300E two-door but with Mexico badges, etc. The car turned up at a AVO National Day back in the mid 80's, guy who owned, I think bought it of the original owner, thus knowing the full story of how it came about. Car was mint. Again, I will photo's of it somewhere in a box laugh
I presume (hope) it's still around, being such a unique car.
i think i have seen this car
I've sat in it Dealer phoned Special Build direct, and they said yes, and AVO built his Mex, with Custom Pack (vinyl roof, RS seats, wood dash & console, etc) but in Purple Velvet, and with 1300E style over-rider bumpers as well IIRC. It looked exactly like a 1300E two-door but with Mexico badges, etc. The car turned up at a AVO National Day back in the mid 80's, guy who owned, I think bought it of the original owner, thus knowing the full story of how it came about. Car was mint. Again, I will photo's of it somewhere in a box laugh
I presume (hope) it's still around, being such a unique car.
i think i have seen this car
Hopefully its still around.
Touring442 said:
My Old Man had the last Electric/Monza blue Mexico built. The first owner ordered it in August 1973 by which time Ford had gone over to the rather insipid Olympic blue. Again, a special paint request was put in and they painted one more in Monza blue - at a fairly hefty extra cost apparently. We had it at 6 months old, what a hero chariot it was!
Great story.Electric/Monza Blue is a great colour, one of my favourites of that era.
If one had a tardis to go back in time to order a car to bring back to the future, I'd go back to spring 1973, and walk into a Rallye Sport dealer and order a Special Build RS1600 in Monza Blue
Mr Tidy said:
Some stunning photos on this thread!
Sadly I bought my RS2000 when I was in my early 20s, so had to have the latest version - which is why it was a MK2 "plastic nose".
You live and (hopefully) learn.
I much prefer a mk1 though my first was a mk2 also. Sadly I bought my RS2000 when I was in my early 20s, so had to have the latest version - which is why it was a MK2 "plastic nose".
You live and (hopefully) learn.
My first car in fact back in 1980 when I was 17.
I still have it but needs restoring
aeropilot said:
Great story.
Electric/Monza Blue is a great colour, one of my favourites of that era.
If one had a tardis to go back in time to order a car to bring back to the future, I'd go back to spring 1973, and walk into a Rallye Sport dealer and order a Special Build RS1600 in Monza Blue
Indeed.Electric/Monza Blue is a great colour, one of my favourites of that era.
If one had a tardis to go back in time to order a car to bring back to the future, I'd go back to spring 1973, and walk into a Rallye Sport dealer and order a Special Build RS1600 in Monza Blue
The guy who bought it new intended to built it as a clubman rally and ordered some nice extras - Cibies, Contour front seats, Bilstein dampers, map light and something else that escapes me. He decided this was a bad idea, sold it to Touring Snr and bought a Daytona yellow trimmed shell from AVO, and built all the really good bits in. My folks were never ones for taking photos alas.
All kinds of dubious old crap is labelled classic these days but the AVO Escorts really do warrant that tag. The Mark 2 stuff just wasn't the same although an RS1800 sort of makes it.
Touring442 said:
The guy who bought it new intended to built it as a clubman rally and ordered some nice extras - Cibies, Contour front seats, Bilstein dampers, map light and something else that escapes me.
Sounds like the Special Build Rally Pack, or the Clubman Pack.Touring442 said:
The Mark 2 stuff just wasn't the same although an RS1800 sort of makes it.
That's because the 100 or so RS1800's were assembled by the left over staff at the old AVO plant 
aeropilot said:
Great story.
Electric/Monza Blue is a great colour, one of my favourites of that era.
If one had a tardis to go back in time to order a car to bring back to the future, I'd go back to spring 1973, and walk into a Rallye Sport dealer and order a Special Build RS1600 in Monza Blue
I had a Mk 1 RS1600 in monza blue in 1979/80. I had it re sprayed due to the "normal" rust issues of the day, it looked lovely for while, when the dreaded tin worm returned, I PX'ed it for a series 1 Lotus sunbeam. It was the Best "standard" Escort I have driven and I have driven a few.Electric/Monza Blue is a great colour, one of my favourites of that era.
If one had a tardis to go back in time to order a car to bring back to the future, I'd go back to spring 1973, and walk into a Rallye Sport dealer and order a Special Build RS1600 in Monza Blue
Mark A S said:
I had a Mk 1 RS1600 in monza blue in 1979/80. I had it re sprayed due to the "normal" rust issues of the day, it looked lovely for while, when the dreaded tin worm returned, I PX'ed it for a series 1 Lotus sunbeam. It was the Best "standard" Escort I have driven and I have driven a few.
I can remember them being 10 years old and absolutely rotten by 1982/3 and scrapped. aeropilot said:
nickheer said:
A guy went into a RS dealer, late 73 is, and test drove a Mex, liked it, but after test drive, pointed at a new Purple Velvet 1300E in the showroom and said, can I have looking like that?
Dealer phoned Special Build direct, and they said yes, and AVO built his Mex, with Custom Pack (vinyl roof, RS seats, wood dash & console, etc) but in Purple Velvet, and with 1300E style over-rider bumpers as well IIRC. It looked exactly like a 1300E two-door but with Mexico badges, etc. The car turned up at a AVO National Day back in the mid 80's, guy who owned, I think bought it of the original owner, thus knowing the full story of how it came about. Car was mint. Again, I will photo's of it somewhere in a box laugh
I presume (hope) it's still around, being such a unique car.
i think i have seen this car
I've sat in it Dealer phoned Special Build direct, and they said yes, and AVO built his Mex, with Custom Pack (vinyl roof, RS seats, wood dash & console, etc) but in Purple Velvet, and with 1300E style over-rider bumpers as well IIRC. It looked exactly like a 1300E two-door but with Mexico badges, etc. The car turned up at a AVO National Day back in the mid 80's, guy who owned, I think bought it of the original owner, thus knowing the full story of how it came about. Car was mint. Again, I will photo's of it somewhere in a box laugh
I presume (hope) it's still around, being such a unique car.
i think i have seen this car
Hopefully its still around.
nickheer said:
aeropilot said:
nickheer said:
A guy went into a RS dealer, late 73 is, and test drove a Mex, liked it, but after test drive, pointed at a new Purple Velvet 1300E in the showroom and said, can I have looking like that?
Dealer phoned Special Build direct, and they said yes, and AVO built his Mex, with Custom Pack (vinyl roof, RS seats, wood dash & console, etc) but in Purple Velvet, and with 1300E style over-rider bumpers as well IIRC. It looked exactly like a 1300E two-door but with Mexico badges, etc. The car turned up at a AVO National Day back in the mid 80's, guy who owned, I think bought it of the original owner, thus knowing the full story of how it came about. Car was mint. Again, I will photo's of it somewhere in a box laugh
I presume (hope) it's still around, being such a unique car.
i think i have seen this car
I've sat in it Dealer phoned Special Build direct, and they said yes, and AVO built his Mex, with Custom Pack (vinyl roof, RS seats, wood dash & console, etc) but in Purple Velvet, and with 1300E style over-rider bumpers as well IIRC. It looked exactly like a 1300E two-door but with Mexico badges, etc. The car turned up at a AVO National Day back in the mid 80's, guy who owned, I think bought it of the original owner, thus knowing the full story of how it came about. Car was mint. Again, I will photo's of it somewhere in a box laugh
I presume (hope) it's still around, being such a unique car.
i think i have seen this car
Hopefully its still around.
When we all first saw it back in 84 or 85, it was still as it had been ordered, with the 1300E overriders, and the steel wheels.
Looks like its lost the overriders and gained a set of alloys
I have had several fast Fords, RS2000 Custom, 280 Turbo technics Capri and 3000S unusually on a Y plate. There is a 1600 Sport in a Copper Gold colour LHD for sale reg EEL that seems cheap. It’s been up for ages anyone know why? Seller seems to sell a lot of performance Ford bits and Porkers.
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