oav_andy

Yeah mate, they are shite. Sold me the Mex as a genuine car but it ended up being a re-shelled rotter. I was wet behind the ears and was none the wiser until the MOT tester stuck a crow bar throught the footwells. He had a go at welding up the footwells but there was nothing to weld them to. A bitumin and rotten metal sandwich for a floor. They built the car up for me, where do I start....... Engine with floating cam seals (lots of oil everywhere) Toasted coil Engine fan fowling radiator Misaligned prop with knackered centre bearing Knackered engine mount rubbers 4 speed box held into auto tunnel with Sierra crossmember with two bolts instead of four No strengthening washers in the floor Front tyres both had slow punctures Spare tyre punctured Two different headlamps. Wiper motor failed within a week Loose door strikers Different locks on each door, key only opens driver door Heater/blower non operative They did replace the engine with one that had..........floating cam seals!!! Payed 3.5k for it and that was seven years ago which was just right for a pukka Mex at that time. Rose tinted specs and all that and fell for all the bullshit. A very valuable lesson learned. Nice car now though, took a while and a few quid, it deserved saving, needless to say i have never set foot in the place since.

Hi folks, I own a MK2 Mexico and wonder if the car has been known to anyone on here. MK2 Mexico OAV 151R Daytona Yellow First registered at PM Cars in Peterborough 01.08.76 I purchased the car from Retrosport near Dundee in 2003. I have the history from DVLA and the car stayed in the Peterborough area until being shipped up to Scotland. Any info on it's obvious hard life under it's 13 previous owners would be fantastic. Cheers, Andy

Hi from Sunny Aberdeen, Names Andy and I own a Daytona Yellow MK2 Mexico. Hoping to trace some history. Will post in the relevant section. Cheers!