1970`s escort @ 30K - Pistonheads link
 

Suerly not ??!!

Ford : ESCORT TWIN CAM

6k i should imagine!

i can believe it, my m8`s mk1 cortina is worth 25k

Put a picture of your mates cortina up and let us decide if it is worth 25k ;)

the car looks very nice ,Im after one myself but I don't want to give that sort of money but its a true RS collectors car,getting older by the day:notworthy

I'm a big fan of classics but I'd prefer a ferrari 308 GTS or an Austin Healey for that money!

Sounds about right, a good group4 mk2 escort can sell for upto 50k. My mate just paid 26k for his mk2 rally car.

These cars have shot up in value over the last 10 years.

Wow, I'd have given a lot for one of those when I passed my test:eek:
They were the ultimate "Q" car, looked just like every other Escort on the road, went like sh* off a fork, stuck to the road like sh*t to a blanket;)

Alcazar

Maybe. If someone hadn't put the back box under the bonnet. :lol1:

Ok, I get the classic Escort thing, very nice, but its still an old Escort at the end of the day, I think people are getting carried away, 30 grand buys something a lot more interesting than an Escort !

Well spotted. Looks like a UK spec new-age WRX back box. Just needs a pair of chrome tail-pipes from Halfords to really set it off.

With a set of BOB'S bulbs and WOW!!! :D

looks very nice, apart from the front panel, look as bit ropey :nono:

Mmmmm interesting my mum has a rare RS Mexico 73 with the AVO, must see if I can have it as it's been sat in a lock up for over 12 years !!

Just found this
1973 Ford Escort RS Mexico MkI For Sale £3,700 ono

So maybe not the 20-30K i was expecting lol, still wouldn't mind it though.

I actually HAD a '74 one, the yellow one with smaller stripes and "Mexico" on the wings. It had the full rally lights (surprise, to those who have read any of my posts), a pair of Super Oscars and a pair of oscar fogs crossed for cornering.

Lovely cars.

Oh, and the underbonnet exhaust?
Most folk removed it and put polished "trumpets" in place with mesh filters..........just to hear the intake roar:D

That old Lotus chain driven twin cam was a LOVELY engine.

If your mum wants to sell and you don't want it, can I have first refusal?

Alcazar

I wonder if its an original Twinc?

My Bros in law and I have tried a few times to take it off of her but she aint budging, seems silly that it doesn't see the light of day.

What do you mean "with the AVO"..:wonder:

what a gash way to spend 30k. manky old ford

:rolleyes: Have you no soul? The ORIGINAL successful rally car. Forget Minis, forget Fiats, Saabs, Lancia, remember the Escorts that RULED rallying for years;)

Alcazar

Dunno exactly, but the early Ford rally-type cars, (Lotus Cortinas, Twin Cam Escorts), and then the RS's etc were all made at Ford Advanced Vehicle Operations, (AVO), at Borehamwood.

Alcazar

I can think of worse ways but I do think you have a point, I remember when you couldnt give MK1 Escorts away, I have a big soft spot for these old school Fords but not one that could justify 30 grand on one, ten maybe for a minter, although they were legendary rally cars they werent groundbreaking in the way of the Quattro.

I cant get that excited about a chassis number and an extra camshaft to make the leap to it being worth 30 grand, I can get excited about a sorted YB engined one though.

I grew up with mexico's,RS's and the like and I'll have to agree with this poster,things have moved on,incl technology,give me a modern sports type anyday.

Here,:)

Thanks Alcazar, thats the one ! and she still has the RSOC AVO membership, strange considering it hasn't moved for so long.

I know where there's a mint Mk1 escort, only 7 miles or so on the clock from new!!

Mart :D

agreed :)