Mexico's

[Frosticles]

Ok, here's one for you. Exactly how many MK2 Mexico's were made and how many in each colour?? To my knowledge there were just over 2,400 built. Also how many actually left the showrooms fitted with 2 litr engines??? (I know of one ;) )

[Dave1800BDA]

i collected some 500 chassis numbers some time ago, tho this has not been updated for a long time

[GAZ W]

Ok, here's one for you. Also how many actually left the showrooms fitted with 2 litr engines??? (I know of one ;) )


I know of none apart from this dodgy ringer ive heard about

[Deepest Blue]

If there was only around 2400 produced as Kev says they must all have had about 50 ****in owners because all I ever hear is ' I used to have a Mk2 but mine was a Mexico' :agimp:

[rwdrs]

If there was only around 2400 produced as Kev says they must all have had about 50 ****in owners because all I ever hear is ' I used to have a Mk2 but mine was a Mexico' :agimp:

That's like the one about the flat front RS 2000, I'd be interested to know how many were produced as such, can't be many more than 50 I should think, if any at all over the counter vehicles

[Frosticles]

If there was only around 2400 produced as Kev says they must all have had about 50 ****in owners because all I ever hear is ' I used to have a Mk2 but mine was a Mexico' :agimp:
Yup, every man and his dog "Had" one :rolleyes:

[RUDDY]

That's like the one about the flat front RS 2000, I'd be interested to know how many were produced as such, can't be many more than 50 I should think, if any at all over the counter vehicles

Thats easy mate , Ford didn't produce any flat front RS2000's for sale through their dealer network. The confusion also arose because Ford Australia built flat front 2.0 spec cars but these were not RS2000's . My understanding anyway ........

[Frosticles]

Australian 2 litres were GL's and came with the square head lights, 2 or 4 doors. (Saw plenty of these whilst over there in 98)

[Aaron P.]

i know of a few over here including a rare blue one :eek: ...why did trofue build a blue model if none were ever made????:confused:

[RUDDY]

i know of a few over here including a rare blue one :eek: ...why did trofue build a blue model if none were ever made????:confused:

Ford homologated the flat front shell as an Escort RS I believe , the rally boys could buy an RS service shell and build a car for the forests , there was no official Ford produced flat front RS2000. Since when were Trofue , a toy company, the authority on RS Escorts ..:rolleyes:

[Aaron P.]

thats very true paul, but they do make REPLICA models.....:D .......so could it have been a special order model...i must get in touch with the old owner & see if he has any pics of it for verification ;)

[jimmer]

Yup, every man and his dog "Had" one :rolleyes:

Most had copies i.e 2 door shells with Mex logo's in otherwords 1100CC models with spotlights and a few stickers.Not many real Mexico's around now-many reshells though,copies again!!!!.

[hally]

too many cause they arnt worth owt! :D :D

[Aaron P.]

im sure they are worth more than a brown skip hally :p :D

[hally]

plant pot skip!;)

[Aaron P.]

u grown sumtin illegal in it??????:spliff: .....:D

[KL]

2400 sounds quite high. Whilst quite a few could be seen around "in period", a lot of dealers shrugged their shoulders when asked about getting one...(OT but someone I know in Wales claims dealers were often quite ready to order an RS1800. Whether they would have got one is another matter...)
Jeremy Walton says in his book about 3500 RS2 Mk1s and 5,900 odd Droopsnoot RS2 Mk2s. No figure for Mk2 Mex but 2400 seems high against that. The "man in the street" with limited memory skills who recalls he had "a Mk2 Mexico" may well actually have owned the car that killed it off - a 1600 Sport?
The flat front shell for the RS2 Mk2 was homolgated under "evolution" rules, requiring 500 off. No one seriously counted in those days so how many "Escort 2litres" (the official name homologated) were built in Aus is unclear. The homologation of the Mk1 RS2 into Gp1 (5000 off) is about as dodgy as the Lotus Cortina...
The Mk2 Mexico was homologated into Gp2 (1000 off) as evolution of the Mk1 (which by then I believe had been re-homologated under evolution at 1598cc rather than the original 1601cc forced upon it by the earlier RS1600 homolgation games).
When the RS1800 was homologated as evolution of the RS1600, the RS1600 already had the new alloy block. The Mk2 Mex evolution from the Mk1 was a step beyond that as the entire engine as well as the shell was new. For 1977, Ford had also homologated the BDA head on the 1600 Sport (despite none ever being built), effectively re-introducing a dominant 1600 class Escort for the first time since the TC (all the other bodywork mods could be freely done under Appendix J).

[Frosticles]

Was told yonks ago that about 2400 were built. RSOC say 2500 as here:-

The MK2 Escort RS Mexico was produced between November 1975 and July 1978, all the UK models were built in Saarlouis, the West Germany. Only around 2500 MKII Mexicos were sold over this period. The MK2 was a replacement for the successful MKI Mexico. Mk2 Escort Launch video Click (http://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/video/escortmk2.wmv)
The MKII Mexico was produced at the same time as both the Escort 1600 Sport and the Escort MKII RS2000 .
Available colours were:

Diamond White
Daytona Yellow
Signal Yellow
Signal Amber
Signal Orange
Carnival Red
Venetian Red
Calypso Green
Peppermint Green
Signal Green The interior was available only in black.
The Engine
The engine was a 1600cc overhead cam Pinto unit producing 95bhp at 5750 rpm. To fit the this unit into the standard Escort MKII body shell a number of components needed modification:

Aluminium alloy sump
Aluminium alloy engine mounts
Aluminium alloy alternator bracket
Cast iron exhaust manifold Gearbox and Transmission
The gearbox was a 4 speed Type-B unit featuring a quick shift action. The rear axle is known as a Timken (or English) type this was mounted using forward facing radius arms bolted to the chassis rail.
Steering was non power-assisted and used a rack and pinion. Front suspension was via independent MacPherson struts and Sachs dampers. The rear also used Sachs dampers with multi-leaf springs.
The MKII Mexico ran either steel 5.5 x 13 inch wheels or optionally 6J x 13 inch four spoke alloy sports wheels. Standard tyres were Pirelli 175/70 x 13 CN36's.
The Interior
The front seats were 'Recaro' style made by Scheel and were the same as those fitted to the early MKII RS2000 . Competition front bucket seats were listed as an optional extra. A sports steering wheel was fitted with a five white needle instrument cluster.



Sorry if I'm infringing on copyright....;)

[graham John]

Sorry if I'm infringing on copyright....;)


will be sending the 'Boys' around later Kev !!



;)


cheeRS

[Frosticles]

will be sending the 'Boys' around later Kev !!



;)


cheeRS
Yeah right, snigger. :D

[graham John]

Yeah right, snigger. :D


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cheeRS

[paul spence]

GJ, Contact these,they have all of kevs details

http://www.hair-transplant.org.uk/

[graham John]

GJ, Contact these,they have all of kevs details

http://www.hair-transplant.org.uk/

spence, well done, even a few pics of kev himself on there, suppose its only natural as everyone uses pics of his car anyway,


cheeRS

[Dave1800BDA]

:spam2: :rolleyes:

interesting thread bttt

[Frosticles]

GJ, Contact these,they have all of kevs details

http://www.hair-transplant.org.uk/
:jerk: :withstupid: :agimp:
spence, well done, even a few pics of kev himself on there, suppose its only natural as everyone uses pics of his car anyway,


cheeRS
My car is just "So last year" :D

[76mex]

was a bit of a failure the mex all them years ago but now your likely to see more rs 1800s gathered at a show than the poor old ugly ducklig:p