£20,000 - £25,000
1972 Ford Escort Mexico
United Kingdom • 21 Feb 2026
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This Ford Escort Mexico, built around a genuine AVO Type 49 bodyshell, has a successful BHRC history with 38 class victories. It underwent a complete rebuild in 2016 and is equipped with a modified 1600cc crossflow engine and competition-ready features, making it an appealing classic rally car despite needing updated safety equipment.
Condition
6
Moderate wear, requires some reconditioning.
/ 10
Manual
Transmission:
BFATMR23937
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Odometer:
[Odometer Reading]
BNT 80K
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RHD/LHD:
RHD
It seems likely that Ford already had plans to introduce a high-performance Escort to fit in the range between the 1300GT and the Twin Cam/RS1600, but their victory in the 1970 World Cup Rally, which finished in Mexico, provided an ideal platform to launch such a model.
The engineers at the newly formed AVO (Advanced Vehicles Operations) quickly developed the 'Mexico', marrying the Type 49 bodyshell as used in the Twin Cam and RS1600 with the 1,600cc Kent 'crossflow' engine and 2000E gearbox.
So, effectively, the Mexico was basically a re-engined Twin Cam/RS1600.
The Mexico was AVO's most successful and numerous of the 'Rally Sport Escorts' and it had a number of advantages on the road in that it offered decent performance, was easy to maintain, relatively easy to insure and above all it was great to drive, something which is still true today.
This impressive example was built in 2000 around a genuine AVO Mexico Type 49 bodyshell to complete in the BHRC Class C2 and over the followi...
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£830
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£31,238
Median Price (Since 2020)
£58,500
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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