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daytona_2000
11-01-2009, 16:48
just got my old mexico back this week after 16 years in storage.

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq329/sebring-twincam/mex2.jpg

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq329/sebring-twincam/mex39.jpg

needs a slight refresh and a small amount of refitting and she will be on the road first time since 1982 .
john foster
11-01-2009, 16:55
great car love the colour....:cool:
paul spence
11-01-2009, 16:55
very nice
oldskooljoe
11-01-2009, 16:56
lovely:cool:
kerry
11-01-2009, 16:56
Car looks great Martin!
rwdrs
11-01-2009, 17:08
very nice motor that, 16 years off the road you say, what about the 10 years before that, was it a very slow resto?
gazd
11-01-2009, 17:12
love this motor. been a long time off the road
daytona_2000
11-01-2009, 17:16
it had laid stripped waiting to be restored when i found it for sale in the back of an avo owners club magazine just 10 miles away from where i lived at the time genuine 57k on the clock , just 2 front wings and a slam panel bodily she was superb but the paint had gone flat .
emily
11-01-2009, 17:19
tremendous , looking forward to seeing it in the flesh :cool:;)
Chris
11-01-2009, 17:24
very nice :cool:
rwdrs
11-01-2009, 17:25
get some more pics up when you've got 5 mins, we love to drool over honies like this:D
oldskooljoe
11-01-2009, 17:28
Look forward to seeing it on AVO day Martin:)
fast eddie
11-01-2009, 17:30
luuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrvvvvley!:)
daytona_2000
11-01-2009, 17:33
how about a pair of lovely mk1 german scheel seats , and genuine woodtrim as the mex is a full custom pack car.

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq329/sebring-twincam/mex8.jpg
rwdrs
11-01-2009, 17:51
now that is a rare sight :bow: like it:cool:
graham John
11-01-2009, 17:54
nice:)

cheeRS
bevo
11-01-2009, 18:05
very nice m8:D
wiggyrs
11-01-2009, 18:19
Very nice :cool:
marky4
11-01-2009, 18:23
a real beauty :cool::cool:
Dave1800BDA
11-01-2009, 18:33
heard alot about this car,looks good
daytona_2000
11-01-2009, 18:57
hi dave she is not quite as mint as she was but not far off , but a verry small amount of work and she will be an absolute stunner again.

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq329/sebring-twincam/mex37.jpg

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq329/sebring-twincam/mex36.jpg

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq329/sebring-twincam/mex28.jpg

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq329/sebring-twincam/mex23.jpg

but then i always was a fussy sod about this car.
Rallye
11-01-2009, 19:04
Credit to you, looks like a lot of new (shiney) parts on it.
daytona_2000
11-01-2009, 19:10
Credit to you, looks like a lot of new (shiney) parts on it.


most of them from the local ford garage as they where still available when the car was refinnished back 16 years ago .

makes me feel old , but i still feel 19 when i am driving one of these babies :D
RS2000EXPRESS
11-01-2009, 19:17
A beautifully balanced Escort the Mk1 Mex, I like this one!

Tim.
Tim
11-01-2009, 19:36
very nice martin,cant wait to see it :D
trialscort
11-01-2009, 19:52
I bet you got it really cheap , given how the wiper arm is missing:rolleyes:;):D
daytona_2000
11-01-2009, 20:05
I bet you got it really cheap , given how the wiper arm is missing:rolleyes:;):D

lol, i think it was cheap but the wiper arm is there :p
johnrst
11-01-2009, 20:22
very nice :cool:
lee bishop
11-01-2009, 20:25
car looks ace, love that colour, why had you left it for so long??
RS MARTIN
11-01-2009, 20:33
looking good still mate after all those years
ill have to pop round for look :D
paul mann
11-01-2009, 20:34
cracking looking car that mate :D
daytona_2000
11-01-2009, 20:35
it was left so long off the road because the clutch stuck on 15 years ago , so gearbox was taken out , i sold it as times for me where verry hard back then as they are again for some now,bought it back 3 years ago and sold it for a handsome profit and now have had the chance to get it back for the third , lucky for me i hope and for the car to finaly see the road after 27 years.
all those owners and know one wanted to put this superb show car on the road , but it will be at the avo national this year as it should have been 16 years ago :o
lee bishop
11-01-2009, 20:45
interesting story that, when you come to sell it again giz a shout.

i can fit a gearbox easy :D

pmsl
daytona_2000
11-01-2009, 20:56
hi lee

thats why i am amazed that neither of the other 2 owners ever done anything with it , perhaps it was always meant to be my car at the end of the day.

and she is staying well put now dont need the money nor the space , kids are now bringing money in rather than sponging off me and my misses, and the chances of ever getting another mexico like this i would say would be zero.

so happy days at least for the foreseeable future, and long may it last:)
lee bishop
11-01-2009, 21:06
has it got/are you gonna fit decals??

would look lush with the pin stripes ;)
daytona_2000
11-01-2009, 21:33
its a genuine late custom pack .
so fitted with triple pinstripes and black vinyl roof from factory.

also have a mint set of mk1 deep dish steels.

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq329/sebring-twincam/mex1.jpg

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq329/sebring-twincam/rssteel.jpg
youngpecker
11-01-2009, 22:28
very veeerry nice!
Aled
12-01-2009, 03:24
Nice martin.....very nice;)

See you (and the car) soon :)
Andyc
12-01-2009, 06:32
looks very nice
Aaron P.
12-01-2009, 08:50
what an absolute stunning car....love the colour and it should look pretty well when the steels are on it....your a lucky man :D
Martin
12-01-2009, 09:10
Stunning looking car and a nice story behind you buying and selling it :)
eckie
12-01-2009, 19:08
Thats lush! Love the seats:cool:
vtaggart
12-01-2009, 21:58
Very nice car

Vince
blister2
12-01-2009, 22:17
nice car mate would love one
how much it cost u like to get it back
daytona_2000
12-01-2009, 22:33
quite a bit but not as much as its worth thats for sure , but you dont pick cars like this up for nothing thats for sure.