MK1 RS2000 going rate?

[mk1gaz]

Anyone with a Halfords socket set can fit those bits so it's hardly worth calling it "Advanced Vehicle Operations" then is it ?

[Aled]

Anyone with a Halfords socket set can fit those bits so it's hardly worth calling it "Advanced Vehicle Operations" then is it ?

I take it you have never fancied being an AVO Club member then ?... ;-)

[mk1gaz]

I was in the AVO club for 10 years in the early days . AVO cars were just regarded as normal bed and butter XR's , GT's etc back then , the only special ones where the twin cam and BDA models . All the clean Mexicos/rs2000's gave up their shells to save the rotten twin cam/BDA cars in the 1980's early 90's and were for sale in the autotrader for only 2 weeks wages . You couldn't give them away at one stage , i had about 4x of them at a time .

[mk1gaz]

I bought 2x battery in the boot Mexicos in one week for £800 in 1986 !!!!! . I scraped one of them a built an MOTable one from the bits and put it in the Autotrader for £1,200 . It was in there for 4 weeks before i sold it and it was quite nice . The neighbours would moan about all my "shitty Escorts" outside and when i said they were "Mexicos" they just laughed and said they were just Dagenham dustbins covered in stripes !!!!!!!

[Smudger]

All the clean Mexicos/rs2000's gave up their shells to save the rotten twin cam/BDA cars in the 1980's early 90's and were for sale in the autotrader for only 2 weeks wages .

built an MOTable one from the bits and put it in the Autotrader for £1,200 .

£600 a week in 1986... What the hell did you do to earn that?

[mk1gaz]

I used to get £350 a week in 1986 and a tatty Mexicos were £600 (or less) and nice ones £1200 . They were all 12+ years old and hanging normally . These weren't loved classic cars then , they were just old cars that nobody wanted except youngsters . All the flash blokes at work had 2.8 capri's and XR2' s !!!!!

[mk1gaz]

All the flash blokes at work had 2.8 capri's and XR2' s !!!!!

and mullets , baseball boots , skin tight jeans and slower motors than me !!!!! My 15sec tuned up mk1 mexico used to kick their arses everyday on the way home .

[Dave1800BDA]

and mullets , baseball boots , skin tight jeans and slower motors than me !!!!! My 15sec tuned up mk1 mexico used to kick their arses everyday on the way home .

so did you own a halfords socket set back then to tune the cortina motor

[mk1gaz]

lol , i had a full monty 1700 pushrod with barking carbs in 1986 which was built in the doorway of my mums flat !!!!! Even a novice mechanic with a Halfords adjustable spanner and a swiss army knife can fit one of those into an escort in 5 mins . It certainly didn't need an AVO factory !!!!!!

[richy c]

so how much has this chap gotta pay for one then

[mk1gaz]

Nice rs2000 mk1's sell for £12,000 , Mot'd but tatty ones £7,000 , basket cases which need new shells etc under £3500 . They get advertised for alot more normally but nobody buys them unless retarded or desperate !!!!!!!

Concours cars with top notch restos go for more (but so do Beetles etc in the same condition , lol) but above is a realistic price guide for people selling cars .