first seen rs ?

[grum]

cant remember really - dad had a few over his works some time -

when i was 15, there used to be a Terracotta one that used to drive up 'our' road every night at 5.15ish -

from then on i had two A4 sized pieces of cardboard that were totally filled up with Autotrader cut outs of rs mk2 RS2's and Harriers - must have been best part of 150 cars on it - also used to get Exchange and Mart for the Mike Youngs adverts and others

wish id kept the boards, but i know they were thrown out

[lenny-mex]

I was about 8 and came home from school and a mk2 rs2000
in white was parked in my street,and all my friends where calling me but i just stood there looking and waiting to see who owned
the car,that was the beginning of the end for me.

[BGA VI]

I was 12 or 13, i saw 2 x-packs going to the local hangout. i promised myself one day i would buy one.

[JAVAGREENGUF]

I must have been about 12, i saw a Red RS 2000 screaming around a roundabout in Norris Green LIVERPOOL with about 4 lads in it, probably just robbed it .... i actually heard it b4 i seen it, BIG Cherry Bomb exhaust on it.
And from then on HOOKED!!!!

[topaz]

I'd be about 14 sat in the back of my Dads car at some traffic lights in Preston. Ironically right next to where Bradshaws motor house used to be. (RS dealer)

I looked to my right and sat there was the most amazing looking orange MK2 RS2000.

There also used to be a W reg lowered white Custom that used to go through Preston town centre.

Looking around Fast Lane motors, Brooklands etc for those who know Chorley. God they were the days.

CheeRS,

Joe.

dont forget coppul motors

[Tongy]

copull motors were my sunday drive too in my look alike 1.3 gl on the the way to southport .
allways had i good collection there,and remember the rs 200 in fast lane cars every time we called up for a tyre kick the went up ,last price was £125.000 big ones

[vinny]

not an rs but a m8's brother had an electric blue mk1 13 sport and loved mk1's from that day in what ever size or spec they come in

[68 Bullit]

For me it was 1970 , I worked as a technician at Strakers in Newcastle which later became Longs, late on in 1970 we started to see RS 1600 and later on Mexico as well as 1300 sports comoing through the pipeline. I can not describe the feeling checking out these cars for the first time they were awesome, never thought back then to take photos.

[bortaf]

My first RS memory i can remember is an RS1800 me mate Howard used to hoon about in when i first moved where i live now back in 82
We used to hang about while he washed it and ask stupid questions (well i was only 13 at the time), it was due to him i took a mechanics course instead of woodwork at school if he wernt dead already i'd kill him for starting me on that slippery slope to being broke constantly

[sutty234]

copull motors were my sunday drive too in my look alike 1.3 gl on the the way to southport .
allways had i good collection there,and remember the rs 200 in fast lane cars every time we called up for a tyre kick the went up ,last price was £125.000 big ones

the guy that owned fast lane was steven philips and at the time he used to deal in lotus cortina mk1s.i remember the rs200 and he had a ferrari (his own cars but for sale) and both cars had "i would rather be driving my lotus cortina" stickers on the tiny rear windows.he also had a concours orange mk1 rs2000 that was £8000 and that was back in 1989/90.my dad bought a 3 year old xr4i off him.it was a truly stunning garage but i think it went t+ts up for some reason.shame.

[gary goldsmith]

must have been 14 or 15 sitting on a wall in boness on windermere beside a zebra crossing a rs1800 pulled up at the crossing then blasted away can still hear it today ......awsome!!!!

[wayne]

Used to deliver papers to a house that had a w reg sierra beige custom under a tatty old car port in connahs quay. I was only 12 then but knew that was the car for me

[steven f]

the first one i seen in the flesh i bought in 1978/9 its the sliver/blue one above which is now owned by a member on here

[Mk2steve]

my uncle used to own a ford dealership and i remember aged about ten sitting in a new red 16 sport escort loving the new smell and the sporty looks,it was then i think the bug bit me.

[Joe]

Fast Lane motors

the guy that owned fast lane was steven philips and at the time he used to deal in lotus cortina mk1s.i remember the rs200 and he had a ferrari (his own cars but for sale) and both cars had "i would rather be driving my lotus cortina" stickers on the tiny rear windows.he also had a concours orange mk1 rs2000 that was £8000 and that was back in 1989/90.my dad bought a 3 year old xr4i off him.it was a truly stunning garage but i think it went t+ts up for some reason.shame.

Yup I remember the MK1 RS2000. I think its now owned by one of the Scottish guys. I'm sure there are pictures of it on this site. The last car I saw there was a W RS2000, white with beige trim. It was a one owner car with 48k on the clock. It had a blaupunkt tape player and the drivers seat was having a small piece of trim repaired. I can still remember the fresh smell of the interior now .

I've even got the Ford RS twenty year V formation dealer poster that was on the wall .

CheeRS,

Joe.