Make: FORD
Model: ESCORT MEXICO
Registration: OAT 269M
Engine Size (cc): 1601
Current Speedometer Reading: 35,000
Year of Manufacture: 1973
Date First Registered: 19/10/1973
Current V5: YES
Location: PICKERING
You can view from: Monday 3 March - Tuesday 11 March 2025

Current V5 present. Paperwork includes old V5s, folder containing dyno and rolling road information, Havoc reference files, numerous Rally Plates, small collectable rally plates, printed photos, vinyl decals, photo copies of previous V5's, old insurance documents, letters from the AVO Owners Club, Retro Ford magazine, various MOT certificates, details from a previous owner, performance information from Crail Raceway, laminated photos, Jim Harper news snippets, and invoices.

The vendor has provided the following:

• One registered keeper since March 2000
• Older comprehensive restoration
• Carefully upgraded rebuilt 1,640cc engine
• Well-known in AVO and Ford circles
• Former RetroFord magazine star
• Huge history file of work
• Very good condition and desirable spec
• Confirmed factory built September 1973 by AVO Club
• Extensive history folder including invoices
• Invoices from well regarded specialists such as Burton Power
• Old MOTs and print out of recent digital MOTs shown in photographs
• HPI clear
• Car rebuilt soon after March 2000 including stripping bodyshell and repainting
• Car repainted by Wee Eck Cooper
• Reassembled by most recent registered keeper and friends, including Merk and Forrest
• Engine rebuilt by JEM Engines to high specification with details in photographs and below
• Rebuilt again in 2009 over 109 days, including full strip down and rebuild
• AVO correspondence confirming chassis number, previous engagement with car and build date
• Featured in RetroFord magazine in January 2015 which appears in photographs
• Photographs of car, including those used in a magazine article
• Newspaper cuttings from Wee County featuring the car and most recent registered keeper
• Scottish 'Old Skool Escorts' calendar dated 2006 which features this car
• The car is believed to have been campaigned by Motoring News between 1973 and 1975
• Historic Vehicle that is MOT, tax and ULEZ exempt
• Last MOT expired May 2019 with 34,307 miles showing on test and no advisories
• Now showing 35,386 miles
• Old style V5 History highlights:
• Best Car of Show at Crail Raceway 2004
• Escort Club Stand at Bridge of Allan Show 2003 - Best Car
• North East Scotland Owners Club 2005 show - Best Car
• Voted one of the Top 10 Mexicos at AVO National 2008
• Best ¼ mile at Crail Raceway of 16.4secs
• Rolling road tested to 129bhp
• Used for trackday at Knockhill once per year for the last two decades
• 1640cc Crossflow JEM-built engine
• Lightened & balanced flywheel
• Kent BCF3 camshaft
• High pressure oil pump
• Big valve head & double valve springs
• Bronze valve guides
• H&H distriburator & coil pack
• Big header radiator
• Twin 40 DCOE Weber carburettors
• Twin throttle linkages
• Braided fuel lines
• Facet electric fuel pump & regulator.

Confirmed factory-built September 1973 by the AVO Club and first registered 19/10/1973, well known in local and national Ford and AVO circles Believed to have been first campaigned by Motoring News between 1973 and 1975, acquired by its most recent keeper in 2000 and subsequently restored twice - once in 2002 and again in 2009 Fitted with a 1,640cc Kent Crossflow four-cylinder engine rebuilt by JEM engines and mated to a 4-speed Mexico-correct 2000E manual gearbox Finished in Olympic Blue with a Custom Pack Recaro interior.

Multi show-winning, magazine-featured, genuine AVO Mexico with an impressive mechanical specification.