my old mex

[Credders]

 

 

sold my mk2 mex about 6yrs ago, any1 know if its still about?

[lotusless]

still taxed so good news

 

The enquiry is complete

 

The vehicle details for YRH 550S are:

 

Date of Liability 01 05 2011

Date of First Registration 20 04 1978

Year of Manufacture 1978

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1993CC

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type Petrol

Export Marker Not Applicable

Vehicle Status Licence Not Due

Vehicle Colour WHITE

[Credders]

thank you very much for that, good 2 know its still about, might drag sum more pics out of my old fords.

[tilly]

Hi Credders,

I now own YRH550S, it's a full group 4 tarmac rally car !, owned it for about 3 years, not sure if you will be happy or sad ! Have a look at any of the following websites to find some recent pictures.

Woodbridge stages

Richard Burns Memorial Rally

Kings Lynn Charity Stages

 

Sorry for the late reply, only just joined site.

[caprinut]

Very nice

[caprinut]

Very nice

[Credders]

thats fantastic mate, made my day! wot motor have you got in it ?

[tilly]

Hi Credders, Running XE Coscast, all steel, forged pistons, pace dry sump, taper throttle bodies, DTA management, 250bhp, Quaife 5speed pro-box all alloy, motorsport prop, fully floating Rix Atlas, 6R4 brakes, 15" compomotive ml's, six link rear, all adjustable front with compression struts and anti roll bar, power steering, floor mount pedal box, centre mounted tank with no firewall, tank is bunded. I've been trying to get it reliable this year, it is fast enough but has been a little fragile, and anything that can go wrong has done, but hey thats better than being slow and reliable !

Sorry I've butchered your pride and joy but it really likes a good thrashing !

Steve.

[Credders]

dont be sorry thats the dogs danglies, i like the xe had a fairly std one in my G3, used 2 have a dry sumped 2.4 holbay pinto, made good power but still a heavy old lump that cost a fortune to rebuild when i wrecked a crank.

[GT_lenny]

come on tilly lets see what she looks like now

[SebringRS]

http://www.kingslynndmc.co.uk/images/rsgallery/original/08_WBr_018_4283.jpg

[SebringRS]

[Big_man]

Looks the nuts, before and after

[nickmi16]

Hi, sorry to drag up such an old post, but I have been looking for my old Mex and have now found it!!

 

I'm not sure if it is still relevant to anyone on here, but I can fill out a bit of it's history.

 

I owned the car for about 3 years in the late 80's. I bought it in Derby for £1500, standard except for a 2.1 pinto on the standard carb. It was a bit rough round the edges, so I decided to give it a bit of TLC. I had a bit of welding done (being a Ford, you know I mean loads..!) both sides of the boot (tank and spare wheel wells) repair sections to both front footwells, windscreen out and repair section in the flitch (?) panel, two new/pattern wings and a couple of second hand doors... plus loads of other bits and bobs. After that It had a complete respray in diamond white, which I'm assuming is what that is in the pic at the top of the thread. The engine was rebuilt by me, with a rebore, new pistons, shells, bearing, bottom end lightened and balanced etc... throughout and a Piper 285 cam to finish it. All this lot came to over a grand, which, in the late 80's was a lot of money!! The car looked mint and drove fantastic, seeing off my mate in his Cavalier 130 and just about hanging on to my mates 2.8i Capri!!

Sadly it was stolen on new years eve and found in a field a couple of days later... They had jumped all over the roof and marked just about every panel, which was gutting. The insurance wrote it off (even though it was mechanically fine, due to my financial situation I took the payout) the car went of to a salvage company in Birmingham where I thought it would be crushed. A couple of months later a mate of mine bought a Cossie rep, which, bizzarely had my rebuilt engine in, I recognised it by the painted blue block and the single replaced coreplug under the exhaust manifold!!

 

Anyway, sorry for the ramble on my first post, but I loved that car and it has been nice to reminisce, hopefully it has also provided some info for whoever has the car now.

 

Cheers,

 

Nick