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HIT THE ROAD! Two new official classic Ford tours revealed If you want to get more out of your Blue Oval, then check out these two brand-new Classic Ford Tours put together by long-standing collaborators, Scenic Car Tours. EUROPEAN FORD EVENT Probably the biggest Ford event on mainland Europe, the EFE which is held at Raceway Venray, Holland every September has been running for many years and is a full-on feast for Ford fans with stunning Euro show cars, excellent trade stands and the chance to try out the short oval track or slalom on the raceway! The show organisers have set aside special parking for those taking part on the tour in the Clublane, too. When: September 10-12, 2015 Where: Dover or Harwich, UK to Venray, Holland How much:…

Take it back! Back issues can be ordered online Looking for a previous issue of Classic Ford? Good news, you can find and order it online through our official online store. Copies can be shipped all over the world, and prices start from £5.50 posted to a UK address. As well as Classic Ford back issues, you can also now subscribe to Classic Ford online, and save up to 20 per cent in the process. Find that missing issue at http://shop.kelsey.co.uk/issue/list/publication/CFD, or if you want to speak to a human, call 0333 0439848.…

Top 10 Reasons to visit the Classic Ford Show It’s nearly time for Classic Ford Show 2016, and here’s the top 10 reasons why you should visit the year’s premier classic Ford event. Run What Ya Brung Be a part of the spectacle at Classic Ford Show 2016, and take to the legendary drag strip in your own Ford! For just £20 you can get four runs on the hallowed quarter-mile, and after each run you will receive a full performance print out, showing your reaction time, terminal speed, and elapsed time as well as a host of incremental measures so you can see how you got on! Retail Village Need a part for your Ford? The chances are you’ll find it in the Retail Village! Sandwiched between all the…

The Right Angle After years of mucking about with Escorts, Carl Byatt decided the time was right to head back to the ’60s, and now he’s got this fast road Anglia sorted just the way he wants it. Words Marc Stretton Photos Lyndon McNeil “RIGHT FROM THE START THE PLAN WAS TO GO FOR A BUILD CONSISTENT WITH A PERIOD FAST ROAD TUNE” Back in the day, mechanic Carl Byatt was an Escort man, owning nine Mk1s and another nine Mk2s as he worked up through the trade, including stints with a Morgan dealership, an Alfa and then BMW specialist, before spending the past 18 years with a small Toyota franchise in Bishops Stortford. After a time away from owning classic Fords to do up not one, but five houses,…

readers' rides CAR OF THE MONTH Steve Muller From: South Africa Car: Escort 1600 Sport “This is my 1981-registered Mk2 1600 Sport,” says Steve. “My dad bought her new and promptly had all the bells and whistles fitted like the Perana louvres and RS-type boot spoiler, as well as some period Cyclone mags. Over the years, he drove her very little and kept her mostly under covers in the garage.” “When I turned 16 in 2000 I got her for my birthday — with only 32,000 km on the clock. I’ve kept her original over the years and only thus far changed the rims. She now has covered 92,000km with all the original body panels, paint and interior and intact. Hope you guys approve.” We certainly do! Terry English From:…

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your tech questions answered EXPERT CLINIC TROUBLE WITH YOUR FORD? SEND IN YOUR AND WE'LL SORT IT OUT Van door Q I was reading the January 2016 issue of Classic Ford and stumbled across the feature on the Mk1 Escort panel van, which had a one-piece rear door. Here in Australia I have only ever seen the twin-door set-up, which I know as barn doors. Is this something that was original to the car, or is this a modification? If this is a mod, have the owners done it on their own, or more importantly if it’s an aftermarket purchase, where can I get one? Sam Jackman Australia A The single-piece rear door is very much an aftermarket modification and they’ve been around for years. Almost all are made from…

PHILLIP ISLAND CLASSIC 540 cars, 58 races, three days — the Phillip Island Classic is one of the biggest historic race meeting in the world, and Fords dominate. Words David Pretyman Photos Chris Avery The Phillip Island Car Classic is one of the premier historic race meetings in the world and this year there were over 540 cars entered and 58 races over the three days. Historic race cars came from all over the world and around Australia to attend the event held in Victoria, with a huge field of Group A cars including a Mustang and three Sierras. The Sierra RS Benson & Hedges car had been sitting in a museum for many years having its first outing after a ground-up restoration and then performing extremely well on the…

KEITH DUCKWORTH Without his legendary engine designs, Cosworth and Ford wouldn’t have had such incredible success over the last 60 years. Here’s why. Words Graham Robson Photos Ford Photographic “50 YEARS AFTER DUCKWORTH CAME UP WITH THE DFV HEAD LAYOUT, ALMOST EVERY ENGINE DESIGNER STILL FOLLOWS WHAT HE WORKED OUT” How could I possibly write an appreciation of the man who changed the face of Grand Prix racing? If Keith Duckworth had only designed the legendary Ford DFV V8 engine, it would have been difficult — but when you start to consider everything else that Cosworth engines achieved in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, it was plumb impossible. Keith was a one-off, the Duckworth-Costin partnership was a one-off, and the Cosworth company they built up after 1958 was unique. Although…

BUYER’S GUIDE MK2 ORION Booted and better-equipped than the Mk4 Escort, the Orion is still cheaper too. Here’s what to look for. Words Christian Tilbury Photos Matt Woods After the original Orion won the hearts of diehard, saloon-loving Blue Oval enthusiasts and successfully filled a Cortina-shaped void in Ford’s range, the booted model was rewarded with the same facelift as the Escort in 1986. What it added up to was a softer front end coupled with neater rear styling, while inside was updated trim and a new dashboard. Changes beneath the metal included revised steering, altered suspension locations and settings, enhanced soundproofing, and the availability of Lucas-Girling SCS (Skid Control System) anti-lock brakes on five-speed, CVHequipped Orions. Together with the CVH (now available in lean-burn 1.4-litre flavour as well as…

Welcome Some years ago, there was a really good indoor Ford show, with just the right mix of display cars and traders. That show fizzled out when its home was redeveloped, leaving a gaping hole in the Ford events calendar — until earlier this month, when the very first International Ford show opened its doors at Sandown Park Exhibition Centre. It was a big risk hosting a large weekend event dedicated to the Blue Oval, but it really gave the display car owners the chance to display their classic Fords in a controlled (weatherproof!) environment, and subsequently, showgoers were able to appreciate the owners’ hard graft just that little bit more. If seeing classic Fords in their natural environment — the street — is more your thing, then check our…

GOING BIG Capri auction madness Has the world gone potty? The 1978 3.0S Capri driven by actor Lewis Collins’ character William Bodie in The Professionals, and featured in seven episodes that aired from 1977 to 1983, sold for an eye-watering £53,760 at the H&H Classics sale at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford last month. Featured in our Summer 2015 issue, and restored by the previous owner, Ian Holly, the 77,300-mile example uses the registration VHK 495S (the registration number ‘UOO 303T’ used on camera was a fake).A proportion of the sale proceeds will be donated to Cancer Research in memory of Lewis Collins who lost his battle with the disease three years ago. Also under the hammer at the same event was the 1977 Capri 2.0S that featured in…

IN THE CLUB Sidevalve club now accepts modifieds The long-running club for sidevalvepowered Fords including the Prefect, Pop and Anglia 100E is now officially welcoming owners of modified examples — sidevalve-powered or not. “We’ve thought long and hard about this, and the club is supportive of the change,” reckons chairman, John Porter. “Owners of modified cars will be welcomed with open arms. Our members love Fords, love good engineering and are really looking forward to seeing these cars close up and chatting to the owners.” Annual membership costs £33 and includes six bi-monthly magazines, regular regional meetings, an excellent spares supply service, expert advice and guidance and much more. Find out more at www.fsoc.co.uk .…

COMING UP What’s inside the Summer 2016 issue? Are you a weekend warrior? We certainly think so. In the jam-packed Summer 2016 issue we celebrate standard and modified classic Fords built to rule the A and B-roads on a weekend. Plus we reveal top tips for getting the most out of your Ford, and not forgetting extensive coverage of this year’s Classic Ford Show with exclusive photos, interviews and more. The Summer 2016 issue hits the newsstands and is available to download from Friday, June 17. Why not subscribe to make sure you don’t miss out? Check out our latest subscription offers on page 90.…

5 minutes with Gary Martin The ace, classic Ford-biased race car builder and fabricator kicks off our new series of quick Q&As. How did you get into cars? I was actually into racing pushbikes but I damaged my knees, and as I was about to turn 17, the obvious thing was cars. Plus I got into design and fabrication at school and the next thing you know, it got a bit more serious... Did you study engineering at college? Yes, mechanical engineering along with metal structures, and chassis design and construction. So your first job was in motorsport, right? No! I got a job making steel fencing and gates. I was on good money! Then in 2000 I started Retro Motorsport with the late Graham Ford doing race car fabrication…

The Only Way To Go Stumbling across a rare but unloved Escort GT, Jeff Watson knew it was the perfect base for a Pinto turbo’d, street and strip project car. Words Jason O’Halloran Photos Andrey Moisseyev “THE ESCORT WAS STRIPPED AND IN A BAD WAY, BUT I RECOGNISED IT WAS CERTAINLY RESTORABLE” If you look closely you’ll see it. Go past the flawless paint, the gorgeous rims, and look deeper. The clue is in the stance. At first glance, this stunning Vermillion Red 1970 Mk1 Escort GT belonging to Jeff Watson from Adelaide in South Australia appears to be a standard orientated affair. True car enthusiasts with an eye for detail will immediately know it’s anything but that. There are no forest arches, no roll cage, no stripped-out interior. The…

YOUR PROJECTS Classic Fords being built in garages, workshops and on driveways! Keith Haddock From: Australia Cars: Mk1 Escort “I am presently working for BHP Iron Ore in the small mining town of Newman in North Western Australia, 1200 km north of Perth,” says Keith,“and I drive the 250 tonne dump trucks there. Not long after arriving in Newman I saw this Mk1 two-door Escort in town. I tracked it down and approached the owner to see if he wanted to sell it and to my surprise he did. I thought all my Christmases had come at once and I paid $500 Australian Dollars for it. It is a standard 1100 and has lived it’s whole life here and has been used to run to work at the mine and…

How To Upgrade Fiesta suspension Last issue we upgraded the front – now it’s time to sort the rear suspension of Matt Barton’s Mk1 Fiesta with a GAZ suspension kit. Here’s how. Words and Photos Jon Hill We’ve already lowered Matt Barton’s Mk1 Fiesta at the front using a GAZ coil-over front suspension kit. So to complete the picture, now it’s time to do the back, with a similar system from GAZ. The front’s obviously different to the back since the struts were converted to adjustable platform, meaning Matt can drop the car almost as low as he wants. However, at the moment he’s not able to set it finally because he’s midway through a Zetec conversion and the weight’s not properly on the front yet. He reckons he may…

QUERY OF THE MONTH CARBON COLUMN Q Interesting feature on the Zetec-powered Ford Pop in the April 2016 issue. I love the carbon fibre steering column with the billet aluminium cowling housing a blinker switch — I wonder if it’s possible to ask the owner, Danny Vincent where he got this made, or did he purchase it? If so where? Gerry Rodrigues Email A Danny made the steering column himself, though working for Titan Motorsport, he does have access to some pretty good equipment. Here’s what he told us: “It wasn’t too hard to make in fairness, however the carbon tube isn’t cheap! A steering column is effectively just a tube with a splined shaft in it, usually on a bearing at the steering wheel end and a…

ROAD GAME Keen to get back into the road-rally game, Phill Rock knew a Mk2 Escort was just the car for the job — and now it’s just the way he wants it. Words Jamie Arkle Photos Michael Whitestone There’s no getting away from the fact that, in old-school Ford terms, we live in deeply interesting times. Cars like Mk1, Mk2 Escorts, early Cortinas, 100Es, Anglias and even Fiestas have been through a huge transition over the last 15 years, with prices inflated by their cult appeal, raw fun and, in the case of the Escorts, continued popularity in motorsport. It means that we’re blessed to live in a car community that’s nothing if not varied, and it isn’t at all uncommon to see immaculately restored classics rubbing shoulders with…

Old Skool Ford Drag Challenge 2016 New season, new cars, new people! Round One of the evergreen strip shootout saw Fords controlling proceedings at The Fast Show. Photos Kieran Jenkins Round 1: The Fast Show, Santa Pod Raceway, April 10 One small step for the regulars, one giant leap for the newbies as OSFDC 2016 kicked off in style at Santa Pod and The Fast Show. We welcomed Garry Mitchell in his homebuilt 280 bhp twin-turbo VR4 Mitsubishi 105E Anglia and Lewis Munson in his purple sleeper more-door MK1 Escort sporting a Zetec with PH3 fast road cams and twin 45 Weber carbs. After finishing in third place overall for the past two years, 2013 winner Glenn Jefferson was back to try and regain the title. Despite the six month…

Project Hunter CLASSIC FORD PROJECTS YOU SHOULD BUY — AND MODIFY. Illustrations: Simon Coulson E-scort You saw it here first. If our Cortina Targa (opposite) is a world debut, then here’s another — an electric-powered Mk1 Escort! And why not? The Estate’s spacious rear load bed is the perfect place to install a series of lithium batteries for the electric motor (which surely in itself must be an easy install — just bolt it onto the gearbox with an adaptor, erm right?), before hiding them away under a false floor. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves — before the e-motor swap, we need to finish the job the current owner started and restore the bodyshell, only we’re turning it back into a Mk1. Once done, and with wallet suitably lightened,…

your projects: rsr escort KIT AND CABOODLE Your projects: Working on track cars for a living meant sooner or later James Middleton had to build one of his own. Enter the RSR Escort... Words Dan Furr Photos Dan Sherwood “AN RSR ESCORT COMES WITH THE 24-VALVE COSWORTH , BUT LUCKY OWNERS ARE AT LIBERTY TO DECLINE THE V6 IN FAVOUR OF THE POWERPLANT OF THEIR CHOOSING” Name: James Middleton Age: 35 Job: Co-owner of Relentless Performance Location: Cambridgeshire Car: RSR Escort Start condition: A collection of parts Condition now: It’s beginning to look like a car! Time taken so far: I ordered the kit a year ago Estimated date of completion: End of 2016 Let’s face it, owning a top-notch Mk1 Escort is going to set you back a big…

Where to go in June Cortina Day When: June 4-5, 2016 Where: Monmouthshire Showground, Monmouth NP25 4LG, UK What’s going on: Cortina Day, the UK’s largest annual gathering of Cortinas is now a weekender, has a new venue and is also joined by Wye Fords show, which all adds up to a massive must-do event for Cortina and all classic Ford owners alike. Some 200-plus Cortinas and 400 Fords overall are expected at the twin shows, which are organised by the Three Counties Ford Group. With Cortina Day now in its 29th year and Wye Fords in its eighth, the event will be bigger and better than ever, with car displays and competitions; clubs stands; Ford-only traders and autojumble; on-site camping with full facilities plus catering and a licensed bar.…

PRODUCTS THE LATEST, GREATEST BITS FOR YOUR CLASSIC FORD RALLY SPECIAL £82.48 John Brown Wheels Get some period cool on your Ford with JBW’s tribute to the classic lattice wheel design. Available in 7x13 with the classic Ford four-stud PCD and ET-7 offset, wheelnuts and caps are included, and JBW will also do complete wheel and tyre packages. Contact: 01926 817444 www.johnbrownwheels.com CORDLESS IMPACT WRENCH £94.99 Wolf Tools Wolf has introduction of its most powerful cordless half-inch square drive impact wrench kit, the 18v. Delivering 380 NM (280 lb.ft) of torque the new wrench is more powerful than many air-operated impact wrenches used in garages. The full kit includes a rapid one hour charger, carry case, four impact sockets (17, 19, 21 and 23 mm) plus a 100…

White NOISE Despite being dented, rusty and fitted with a diesel motor, Robert Riolo saw the potential of this now street-sorted Mk1 Cortina. Words Marc Stretton Photos Chris Wallbank “THE CORTINA’S BODYSHELL SEEMED TO BE RUST-FREE BUT BOTH SIDES WERE FULL OF BUMPS AND SCRATCHES” “I ALREADY HAD A PINTO I’D REMOVED FROM A MK5, SO WHY NOT GO WITH THAT AND KEEP LIFE SIMPLE?” As a source of incredible feature cars Malta is the gift that keeps on giving, because not only is the Mediterranean isle chock-full of classic Fords for us to photograph and ogle over, but it always comes up with little variations for the mix, too. Take Robert Riolo’s Mk1 Cortina, for example. While most are desperate to spend their time and cash on the two-door…

CFTECH TOP 10 Things you didn’t know about Ford’s Special Vehicle Engineering Responsible for so many of Ford’s fab fast road cars, SVE were behind the XR2, 2.8i and more. 1 Early days Rod Mansfield (above) was a successful racing driver in the British Saloon Car Championship, before he joined AVO in the early 1970s. Appointed manager of the newly formed Special Vehicle Engineering (SVE) department in February 1980, he quickly appointed a dozen engineers, who produced two seminal new products — the original Fiesta XR2, and the Capri 2.8 injection, within a year. Even so, SVE soon got a forked reputation — for producing magnificent cars on very limited resources, but sometimes missing deadlines to do that! 2 Special Capri Special Vehicle Engineering had to engineer cars which required…

Capri 3-litre Ghia Classic Fords restored: When it comes to buying classic Fords you can’t be too fussy, but Martin Speller’s persistence paid off with this Mk3. Words Marc Stretton Photos Adrian Brannan Buying a classic car is a bit like astrology, according to Martin Speller from Kent, the proud owner of this immaculate and original Mk3 Capri 3-litre Ghia auto. “All the heavens have to line up correctly,” he explains. “First you have to have the money in place — and back in 2011 when I went out looking for a new Capri, I’d just had a work bonus that needed spending. Second, the right car has to come up before that cash is spent elsewhere — and as I wanted a 3-litre, with Ghia trim and auto ’box,…

Know this Moulded Escort Carpets Trim gurus, Newton Commercial are reproducing Mk1 and Mk2 carpets —just like Ford made them. Words Jon Hill Photos Jon Hill, Matt Woods Just about everything is now available for the Mk1 and Mk2 Escort range, although the complete bodyshell may not be quite there yet, which leaves us with the major items to support it — like a proper, moulded carpet set just like the factory originals. Now this area’s easily overlooked — a carpet’s a carpet right? You just use a black bit off a roll! Well, you couldn’t be more wrong as plenty of cars of this era use a one-piece moulded carpet - a unit that fits and hugs the floor and is completely self-contained. You just can’t replicate that look…

Gavin’s Mk1 Cortina Shortened Atlas axle, five-stud conversion, custom 16 inch steels... Gavin’s showing signs of OCD with his Estate project. “THE AXLE FITTED SNUGLY IN THE ARCHES WITH SOME BANDED STEELS” I’ve used Atlas axles in both my project Cortinas, since axles and parts are relatively cheap and easily available. But they are generally 4x108 PCD and the style of wheel I want are five-stud, so I had to find a way of swapping. There are plenty of disc conversions available, but I don’t know of any which change the PCD, so a home-baked kit was called for. The axle has been narrowed to get a near-zero offset to the wheels, which meant I needed new halfshafts. I ordered mine from 3J Driveline who can manufacture to order, not…

On test: CAR CREEPERS Want to save your back and have easy access to you car’s underside? Here’s our lowdown on what to look for when buying a creeper. Photos Gerard Hughes It’s raining and you have to check that vital component underneath your car. Do you: A) don your work clothes and lay in the gutter; B) throw down a piece of cardboard and check before it gets saturated or; C) get horizontal on a creeper and hover mere inches above the wet and dirt while being be able to manoeuvre yourself easily up and down the underside of your car, potentially with your tools following you as you go? Having done A and B more times than we care to remember, C really is the way to go.…

BRITISH HISTORIC RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP Classic Fords took to the gravel stages for the second round of the BHRC, with superb results. Photos MarkWrittle Photographic Round 2: Rally North Wales, April 2 Jason Pritchard and Phil Clarke took their second win of the season on the Rally North Wales, the second round of the 2016 Mintex MSA British Historic Rally Championship. Once again, Pritchard and Clarke traded times with Nick Elliott and Dave Price and it was a chicane in the opening stage that proved central to the final result. Elliott hit the bales and his engine stalled, taking around 20 seconds to restart, while Pritchard was also delayed. After that, the two leading crews traded times and Pritchard went into the final Gartheiniog stage just eight seconds ahead but extended…