how old,when you owned you 1st rs

[Chesney]

No son.... plenty on top at that point....
Your snotter was still a big un though

pmsl

[Frosticles]

where you bald as a coot then as well son

I remember him with hair. Wasn't a pleasant sight.................

[sharks]

i was 17 and the car was a monza blue RS1600 mk1

HWD 897L now belongs to Mick Matthews

[GrahamT666]

I started a lot later than any of you, 1st RS is the one i got now, AOO 330 S, bought it for my mid-life crisis/divorce prezzie aged 40 in 2005, had a Mk1 1300 GT rep ASP 514 M at 18 and a mad black 1760 MK2 URC 324 S at 19 swapped that for an SD1 Rover 3.5 then got married/3 kids/nae money etc etc and hit the boring family cars (except for a year with an XR4i and 5 or 6 with an MG Maestro) for next 20 years until divorce.

Graham

[mike77cos]

First RS at 23 G703XVW (shed)



First Escort at 16 GAF127W (wish I could find a shell for her )

[sgt_bilco_2000]

20 - Mk1 RS2k, still got it.

[RS MARTIN]

21 when I got my first RS white pre custom SNK 750R

[mark2marty]

25 in 1997 when I could get classic insurance looked at a Modena mk1 mex but seller had no book for it , got auto trader every week then scouring classic and american section saw black rs2 for sale ,seen it with local plate to me, bought it and still have it

[JamesJ]

18

Wasn't an RS. More like a 1100 cc MK1 with bubble arces. Yellow with Black Bonnet. The decided to make it go faster. Bought a 1800cc full race kent motor from Alex Poole in dublin tested at 165bhp, that cost more than the car. Then had to make it stop. Brake servo! (Still on drum brakes) Had to drive in 3rd (to keep on the cams) Blew up the gear box, fitted 2000E. then when tha was all done, i noticed the front end almost lifed if the ground if i planted it. Hmmm
decided I had done somthing wrong (I had no idea what) decided to sell it an buy an S4 elan.
Gaud... to be that young and dumb!
James

[sidari]

18 in 1979 MK1 Mex Sebring red UTC175M, it was rotten in places then at 5 years old!
Traded it in 1981 for MK2 Mex WVS998S, sold to mate & it caught on fire & written off.
Now in Oz with Mk1 Mex replica.

[Nick Mexi-cos]

17 years old Daytona yellow 1300e with Full Mk1 Rs2000 running gear , got stolen but then found , still have it now 25 years on

[Skids]

VEV484L My First RS Escort

30 Years ago was an RS1600 Reg VEV484L was destroyed several years later in a RTA by a mate of mine and shell was crushed and buried in a Farm Yard ,that is where the original one is anyway
It had a miraculous recovery a few years ago aided by a well known MK1 Restorer

[wetandwindy2]

got my first RS when i was about 20 mk2 mexico EDS370T and got her back in 2007 and still got her in the garage

[Phill Barker]

Sadly owned only two!

I was 22 when I owned my first RS, it was a Mk2 Mexico 1978 ATO 303T. Had it for four years then gave it away for £2500.

Now got my dream car, my MK1 Mexico, see signature.

[hotrs2000]

First car I owned was a mk4 1.6 cortina at age 13.
First RS was a black Mk2 RS2000 at age 23