The Story of the ORIGINAL Ford Escort Mexico

The Ford Escort Mexico is a car that has legendary status amount the motoring career with its well-deserved reputation is a fantastic competition car and drivers car alike. But do you know how the 'Mexico' Escort earned its name? This is the story of how Hannu Mikkola drove the legendary MK1 Escort to victory in the 1970 London to Mexico rally, covering over 16,000 miles in some of the most challenging conditions known to man.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Introduction to the MK1
00:59 Enter the Mexico Escort
02:00 The original Mexico Escort
02:03 The London To Mexico Rally
04:54 Why this car is special
06:34 Walk around the car
11:08 Outro
11:44 Thank you

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DISCLAIMER: This video was filmed in compliance with government Covid guidelines at the time of production.

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[TheBackRoads]

*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 ❤*

[daviddixon]

Had a Ford Escort mk1 Mexico !! Lovely Car !! In 1976 !!

[tonydownunder]

As a 65 year old (2023) Rally nut 🤗🤗🤗 All my life. Wow, , Fantastic to see 👍👍👍👍👍 Thanks for sharing 👍

[ryanmcneill]

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.

[patricktennyson]

FEV 2H was bought by a friend from Northern Ireland many years ago. He bought it from someone in England who it seems was a well known personality. He later sold the car to another friend of mine and I was the navigator for a time in the car. It had a lotus twin cam 1600 installed at the time. Following the Mullingar Stages rally in Southern Ireland I was driving the car home and rolled the car at high speed causing a lot of damage to it. It lay in our yard for years and eventually was disposed of in the local council dump just outside my home town of Dundalk. I hope this is of some interest. Enjoyed your video.

[colinhutcheson]

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

[briangardner]

Well Narrated, had me hooked from the start, this is top quality content, thank you 😊

[trevorlangenbahn]

How are people not watching more of your videos?? Really good quality and production! Keep it up man

[megapangolin]

Brilliant video. Fantastic car. The 86bhp is the same output as my Skoda Roomster. Cant imagine how anyone was impressed by the performance...

[jameslightfoot]

The cars in that room 😍, 77 RAC winning car and also looks like 94 Monte winning escort, RS200. Love to spend a day in there

[frenchenstein]

Great video👌🏽🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟(must get my Mk1 painted soon!)

[DjNikGnashers]

One of the best videos I have ever watched, thank you.

[memofrf]

Miss my MK1 1300E . Great video cheers.

[malcolmwebb]

I have hannu's mk1 copduster works Escort reshelled into a mk2 the car came to new zealand in 1976 after the safari rally

[tomlepski]

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!

[crajjgcorjan]

Alright sooo is this a series lol I need more everything was top notch.

[Rlea]

Did the production Mexico have “Mexico’ decals down either side or where they an add on

[stephenberry]

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.

[scottbrown]

The Escort Mexico was not minimalist. For its day. Every factory works car had the best equipment and components available at the time! The mechanics were top notch professionals.

[MegaReddevil]

Couldn't use the twin cam lotus engine or the new at the time bda they didn't think they would last the distance due to the conditions