*Pretty big video today! A big thank you to Ford UK for allowing us to come and play with their toys as well as all of you who have supported us on our journey so far, much appreciated ❤*
Important as FEV 1H is in the Escort story , I’m not sure fans of the Escort Twin Cam ( where the type 49 shell first appeared ) introduced more than two years before the 1970 World Cup Rally would agree that this is were the Escort’s competition story started though. By 1970 the Twin Cam had won the World Rally Championship For Makes twice with numerous international wins . On track , Alan Mann racing won the ‘68 British Touring Car Championship . The list of clubman level successes by 1970 are too numerous to mention. Still a decent well produced video though.
The orange mk1 Mexico belonged to my manager he bought it brand new and really looked after it, when he passed I wanted to buy it but he had left it to the ford museum. A friend did that rally but his car didn't make it past Argentina
May Hannu's soul rest rest in eternal peace, a very good feature. Tha Ford is very well prepared even in today's standards. Strangely though, the Ford did not have a roll cage or even a rear roll bar!
Hi guys. Be very sceptical with this car. The plate may be correct but the shell in not correct as a quick look under the bonnet will tell you. The engine for Mexico was homologated at 1601cc that's how it got into the 1601 to 2000cc class. The wood dash is not correct, the seats are not correct and I would guess the strut bodywork under the wheel arch at chassis rail is not correct. The only way this car should be validated is if it has the paperwork from Ford.
Well, TBR. The comment "its the strength and shell" is incorrect. There are no bulkhead to inner guard plates! The heritage museum should know that the engine was holologated at 1601cc. The rest I can't see but to have it sitting there with the front bumper not straight is just another clue.
@@stephenberry3565 Good grief! Some of us are not that anal! Bound to be a lot of poetic license in these depictions.That is what history being retold to a newer audience is all about...Like it or not.
@stephenberry3555. Sarcastical mocking of & at you (buttercup/snowflake) Mitchell & Webb, or Blackadder alike... _...Oh look, its captain thinks he knows every single detail, so minutely embittered in pompousness, he's gone into angry rivet counter armchair anorak mode._ _...whom with a vast knowledge that rebukes their learning how to not read & sound like a total buttwholing gimboid._
& like a metro 6R4 it shares absolutely no parts with the road version ! Down to the siamese over bored x-flow engine block . The road version is NOT even an R.S. as every bit if ford's literature does not show R.S. even though r.s. accessories were available, alloy wheels , steering wheel , underboot wind deflector etc etc . Yet the mk2 Mexico was advertised as an R.S.
I had a twin cam years ago it was very low geared. Very quick acceleration. 85 top speed. Loved it Tuned to 140 bhp. No good on motorways. Screaming like a demon at 80. I should have changed the diff back to standard. Then would have hit about 120 mph. Ans a lot more mpg. Instead of about. 10 mpg.
