Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2025 i Classic Ford

A 1976 RS1800 set a new world record when it was sold at A Historics’ latest auction in Berkshire for almost £279,000 – almost 100 times its original price, and nearly £100,000 more than its upper estimate. Just £2990 plus tax would have bought a new RS1800 as it rolled off the Ford production line in 1976. But on July 19, a frenzied bidding tussle over an immaculate 49-year-old example escalated the sale price well beyond one quarter of a million pounds, with the new UK-based owner paying an astonishing £278,848 for the car. After fulfilling its promotional duties as a Ford press car in 1976, ONO 804P passed into one-family ownership. It had covered 25,000 miles before resting under cover in a farm barn for decades. It was then…

MST’s new Mk1 Sports, which pays homage to the original narrow-bodied sporting Mk1 Escorts, is already proving popular. The firm’s order book for the initial 25 cars is now filling up fast, and it looks like all slots will be sold by the end of the summer. In addition, it has also started taking orders for the initial 25 Mk2s, due to be built in 2026-2027. Armed with a 180 bhp, 2-litre Duratec and a five-speed ‘box, the Sports pays homage to the RS/AVO originals but adds modern tech to the mix. MST’s hand-built body is almost identical to an original Mexico, with a choice of six colour combinations and the iconic side and roof stripes. Prices start at £89,400. See https://mst-cars.com.…

Back in May, five brand-new builds were revealed to the crowds at the Classic Ford Show as part of The Great Unlinking, and in the November issue, on sale September 26, you can find out all about how the owners put everything into turning these car from projects to show-worthy winners. Also in this issue you can find out how to build your own show-stopping classic Ford, plus we’ll give you the full details on how to enter for the 2026 Great Unveiling. The November 2025 issue arrives on the shelves on Friday, September 26 - why not subscribe to make sure you don’t miss a copy? Turn to page 24 for details. ON SALE September 26!…

ADVANCE TICKET OFFER FordFest tickets are on sale now — make sure you grab your advance tickets for only £27! To book tickets and find out more visit: www.fastcar.co.uk/fordfest TAKE YOUR CLASSIC FORD ON TRACK Ford-only track sessions will be running all day so there is plenty of time to take to the track and test you and your Ford’s ability. If flying round the track isn’t for you there are viewing areas situated right around the track to soak up the action. As well as the public track sessions there will also be sponsor and club sessions, classic Ford sessions, and even some of the UK’s fastest Fords on track! We have packed the track timetable full of public and club track sessions to take part in throughout the…

A Cosworth YB-powered Escort’s makes plenty of sense. The initial hardware outlay may seem strong but considering 300 bhp isn’t far away, it’s actually bargain engine choice. The swap is one of the easiest in the book — if you already have a Pinto in your car then you’re almost one step away from turbo power. And if you don’t it’s quite simple to convert. But it’s not all plain sailing — there are some specific parts that need tracking down to make life a lot easier — what you need to know is, what are they… 1. ENGINE CHOICE Most YBs are effectively the same but the rear-drive version as a complete set-up makes life easier because it comes with the Borg-Warner T5 gearbox. Other versions mean parts-chasing. Sapphire…

There are several dead-easy engine swaps in classic Ford land and this has to be one of the simplest of the lot. In fact, there’s a ready-thought out formula for you to follow, since the Mk2 Zephyr/Zodiac’s engine bay is huge and simply gagging to have a V8 stuffed between its chassis legs. The engine of choice is a Ford small block, which the Mk2 was almost built for — it’s that simple. Actual fabrication is limited — the only section needed is to make up engine mounts, which is pretty straightforward. Use the right ones and they line up with the Zephyr’s existing crossmember. The formula dictates a C4 autobox too — the crossmember literally needs two holes drilled out. This is as close as it gets to a…

There’s something wonderfully poetic about closing the circle in life. For John Goodwin, that circle came full when he purchased this Anglia 105E in June 2024, exactly 50 years after owning his very first one. But this isn’t just a nostalgic nod to the past; John’s Anglia is a cleverly updated classic that fuses 1960s charm with 21st Century performance, thanks to an immaculately-installed Zetec engine conversion. With a spotless shell, modern running gear, and a punchy engine under the bonnet, it’s a car that bridges eras beautifully. We caught up John, near his home in Suffolk, where his Windsor Grey and white-roofed Anglia was doing its usual job of turning heads — and not just among the older crowd. “People just seem to love it,” he beams proudly. “Although I can’t…

After receiving many requests for a show containing just older Fords, the team behind the popular bi-annual Fordmeets held at Squires Café near Leeds duly obliged in the summer of 2024. While that first attempt could be described as a successful trial, we suspect everyone knew this event had much more potential to offer. Bring on 2025 and to prove the northern old Ford scene is alive and well, the Classic Fordmeet gave us a huge increase in car numbers with over 300 in total throughout the day. The warm and dry weather undoubtedly helped matters, but much of that success is down to Simon Shipley and his crew’s passion and drive to ensure every event they hold doesn’t disappoint. “We publicised this event all year and it seems to…

Withdrawing leaded Four Star petrol from general sale in 1999 gave owners of classic Fords real headaches. The problem was, and remains, that these engines were designed to run on fuel containing lead — or, more accurately, tetraethyl lead. If older engines are run without modification on unleaded fuel, the exhaust valves and seats are likely to erode at an unacceptably high rate, and tuned engines and those running with heavy loads and/or at high revs are especially vulnerable. Effectively, without the cushioning effect of the lead, the relatively soft valve seats and sealing surfaces on the valves gradually disintegrate. One answer is to use an additive and these are effective, provided the correct dosage is administered at each fuel fill-up. A long-term approach is to have the cylinder head…

What’s been done this month? Started putting this thing back together. Next on the to-do list Keeping at it; there’s lots to do. The huge jigsaw puzzle of putting the Sierra back together after paint started off a little slow and steady. First of all, I had to find all the parts and pieces I had boxed up and stored over the last couple of years, some of which were stored with the car and some were stored at home in my garage. Once I did track down the wiring loom, fuel system, pedals, brake lines and seats, as well as all the little brackets, pipes and fittings, I began to unravel it all; quite literally. The first thing to tackle was the wiring loom, which I had stored in…

We all know that it’s the engine that provides the power for our cars. We also know that this power is then transferred to the gearbox for its different ratio cogs to make best use of it. But what happens next? So far in the power train we’ve got singulars: ‘an’ engine and ‘a’ gearbox. As you might have noticed though, classic Fords are ‘two’-wheel-drive (whether they’re front or rear drive it makes no difference), which is the only multiple in the power train. So how is the power divided up? And more importantly — for those who want to drive around corners — how is it divided up into the required amounts? Well this is the job of the differential and final drive. On rear-drive Fords (which we’ll concentrate…

HOW TO BUY USED EXHAUST MANIFOLDS When looking at second-hand, mild steel performance manifold, examine the sleeve to see if it’s been hacked off to fit a different system. Also look for cracks around welds (bottom pic), particularly on the collector boxes and the mounting flanges (that should also be nice and flat — use a ruler to check). THANKS TO: Dave Fisher, D&D Developments, 07772 740817 JARGON BUSTER 2WD Two-wheel-drive 88k 88,000 miles BVH Big-valve head BVR Black vinyl roof C/L Central locking E/W Electric windows FSH Full service history INJ Injection ONO Or near offer LHD Left-hand-drive LSD Limited-slip diff NOS New old stock O/D Overdrive Part-ex Part-exchange PAS Power steering S/S Stainless steel T&T Taxed and tested VGC Very good condition WHY? What have you? Looking for…

1. Don’t just renew It’s all too easy to let the direct debit continue and sign up for another year with your existing insurer. Before you do though, have a look at quotes from other insurers. If they come in cheaper and you don’t want to switch, call your existing insurer, quote the cheaper prices and quite often they will be able to bring your renewal quote down to a similar level. 2. Look at classic insurance They’re often tied into Agreed Value, limited-mileage polices but classic insurance specialists can offer some great-value policies. Most class a vehicle eligible for classic insurance as being over 20 or 25 years old, but some allow exceptions for modern classics, so do your research before you dismiss a classic insurance policy out of…

FORDFEST TICKETS ON SALE NOW! FORDFESTSHOW.CO.UK Looking through all the photos from Ford Fair (see page 26), it’s not hard to see why this is the premier event on the Ford calendar — it’s just so damned big! As a one-day celebration of the great and the good of the European Ford scene, it’s got everything bar the kitchen sink, yet judging by the feedback that poured in straight after the show, next year you want it even bigger and busier! We’ll aim to do that, and plans are already in place, but first we need to catch up on some lost sleep. In case you missed it, this issue of the magazine is all about the engine swaps — whether it’s a classic Crossflow or more modern Duratec, we’ve…

Entries for the hotly contested autumn final of the Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership are now open, with 20 cars set to battle it out at Birmingham’s NEC. The competition is always a major highlight of the big season finale that is the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with this year’s taking place on November 7-9. As ever, it’s the show’s visitors that will decide who the winner will be, as they cast their votes based on the story of the car and its relationship with the owners. Open to privately owned vehicles manufactured before January 1, 2005, owners wanting to enter need to share the story of their classic vehicle – why they wanted to buy it, where they’ve driven it, their connection to it, and what they’ve done…

PRODUCT OF THE MONTH SCALEXTRIC GEORGE POLLEY ANGLIA £49.99 Scalextric Available to pre-order now, this Scalextric Anglia 105E is a 1:32 scale replica of the purple and gold car that George Polley used to dominate oval racing during the 1980s. It’s neatly detailed and captures the race-ready stance of the iconic original. Contact: uk.scalextric.com REVERSE-MOUNT PEDAL BOX £399 Rally Design Available now from Rally Design is this new Wilwood reverse-mount pedal box, designed for those requiring a clean non-exposed master cylinder set-up forward of the firewall. This allows drivers to better accommodate within race car confines, to adjust the driver position by sliding forward or rearward. It features forged brake and clutch pedals that are height adjustable in three positions, and the 450 degree rotation of the master cylinders reduces…

I’ve been interested in Fords my whole life” is Tony Ross’ opening gambit. “Up in Cumbria, rallying and road rallying were very big, so it was only natural for me to have love for the rear-wheel-drive Escorts.” Apprentice wages could only stretch to a Morris Marina as an automotive starting place, but hard graft and saving soon resulted in Tony snagging his first Ford — a 1976, P-reg Mk2 Escort 1600 Sport in Carnival Red, which was only four years old at the time, bought for the express purpose of converting it into a road rally car. “It had a 1760 Crossflow built by GRV Race Engines of Littleborough, using a siamese block,” recalls Tony. “It was a very trick engine at the time, and I also fitted all the…

The Anglia of course, had a Kent engine to start with, but a Pre-Crossflow. So, the natural progression is to swap it for its later brother with the Crossflow head. But it’s not quite as straightforward as unbolting one and replacing it with the other — the most obvious thing’s the master cylinders will be in the way of the induction set-up. Not that much of a drama if you stick to a twin-choke, but a problem if you plan to fit a pair of sidedraughts. As with most classic Fords, there’s a well worked out formula with this engine swap — you have to choose whether you follow it or not — and in this case, it’s using many parts from the Milton catalogue. There are other often cheaper…

Think Capri and V6 or Pinto-based swaps are obvious. But think again because, except for the bonus of a longer engine bay, the car’s almost identical to an Escort. Now consider a Zetec. Which classic Ford was first to receive all the fitting kit attention? Yes, the Escort. So how hard can it be to adapt said bits to the Capri? A whole system’s out there — the core material’s ridiculously cheap, while Zetecs have more options than a smartphone. There’s a tonne of budget-suiting ways, at the same time providing building blocks for future mods, too. Here’s how it’s done. 1. ENGINE CHOICE Any mainstream Zetec is suitable, and don’t dismiss the 1800 either — a load of cost-effective options means a Zetec in the bay provides budget building…

1. ENGINE CHOICE There are two versions of the 24-valve — early and late — and one’s easier to swap in than the other (parts do interchange but it’s a drama so choose one or the other). The BOA — with Cosworth written on it — originates in 1991-1994 Granadas and is easier to hook up because of its simpler EEC-IV system, while the BOB version is from the 1994-1998 Scorpio with the later type of management. ENGINE MOUNTS At first glance, these are pretty straightforward — use the 2.3’s engine mounts — the Mk5’s crossmember and front suspension system’s basically identical across the three marks but the later one’s the best, since it has all the revisions and beefier bits. However, in this case, Capri 2.8i engine rubbers interchange…

When you’ve owned more than 100 Fords in your time and spent your working life fixing and restoring commercial vehicles, you might think there’s little left in the Blue Oval back catalogue that could surprise you. But for Graham Clarke, it’s not a concours restoration or a modified monster that stands out above the rest. It’s a bone-stock, totally original 1984 Capri Laser that hasn’t seen a welder, spraygun, or an aftermarket part in its life. “I’ve always been a Ford man,” says Graham proudly, eyeing up his claret-coloured Capri while sitting on a stack of felled logs on a gravelled forest side road. “I’ve modified them, restored them, used them and abused them over the years, but this one… this one’s different. This one will be cherished and is…

Show us yours! Email hi-res photos and details of your pride and joy or project to classicford.ed@kelsey.co.uk, or write to us at the address on page 6. Owen Tyerman From: UK Car: Mk2 Fiesta “This is my project Mk2 Fiesta,” says Owen. “It’s also my first car as I’m 18! I’m currently doing a Zetec swap on bike carbs — with a lot of bodywork needed as well!” Richard Hubble From: UK Car: Mk6 Escort Estate “I bought this as a rough project,” says Richard, “and have spent six years of weekends working on getting it to how it looks today. It still has its 1.6 Zetec engine but it now has ST170 brakes all round and it sits on Peugeot 17 inch steels, though I do have a nice…

Info Costs: 13-row 235 mm Mocal oil cooler: £112.62 Installation kit with black rubber hoses: £97.79 Contact: Think Automotive ww.thinkauto.com All cars are designed to work at an optimum temperature, which is determined by the designers and is usually set at what they consider to be ‘under normal circumstances’. When you start to mess around with engine modifications or thrash the nuts off your classic Ford though, it stands to reason that it’s going to generate more heat. This increase in heat will be transmitted to the oil, which will become thinner and lose some of its viscosity, which can lead to internal damage as metal comes into contact with metal. You could opt for thicker oil, but then when you are simply pottering around town and the oil isn’t…

QUERY OF THE MONTH Electronic speedo Q I have an Escort fitted with a Pinto and running a five-speed Type-9 ‘box. I’m having problems with the speedo. The trouble is that the box has a cable drive system and I’ve fitted electronic VDO gauges. Do you know if there’s a way around this problem such as a sender device that converts to electronic from mechanical? Ian Taylor UK A There might be a couple of possible solutions here. The first would be to contact VDO itself and see if it can supply you with a sender to suit your speedo. There are kits available which place a sensor close to the front wheel — usually mounted on the front strut. These can be very accurately calibrated using the radius of the…

When it comes to engine swaps, the car you’re looking at here was one of the original Godfathers. The Fiesta fanatics reading might well recognise this legendary XR2, which was at one time arguably the most famous, modified Mk1 Fiesta in existence. Through his website ZetecInside, previous owner Graham Blackwell promoted and detailed Zetec, and then Duratec, conversions for many, so there’s a good chance that anyone that’s built an engine-swapped Fiesta will have used the internet guide he set out way back in 1998; I know I did. This genuine XR2 started out with a hot Crossflow before the engine conversions and Graham used the Fiesta as a sprint/hillclimb car. It was eventually sold in 2015, but the Fiesta was built up by the next owner with yet another…

There’s nothing to it — buying a pair of axle stands is easy, right? Wrong. They come in all shapes and sizes, and prices differ wildly, so going for the cheapest or the prettiest is not how to buy. Your life might be at stake so choose wisely based on the design of your car, the task they will be primarily used for and their essential stability when in use. Everything else takes second place, surely? Being able to appraise several over the course of a day highlights perfectly the differences between the various designs. Some are very much traditional axle stands, complete with a shaped saddle to sit an axle on. Others are better suited to flat surface sill and subframe use and definitely not ideal for round axle…

Ford Power Live When: Sunday, September 14 Where: Brands Hatch, Kent UK What’s going on: Brands Hatch’s celebration of blue oval performance, Ford Power Live, returns on September 14, and it’s shaping up to be a great way to see out the outdoor show season here in the UK. The majority of the show’s key attractions are back for 2025, including the bumper racing line-up which includes everything from one-make Focus Cup Championship and Modified Ford Series races. The meeting’s signature car displays will return too, with a strong entry of Ford cars expected to attend. The best-presented cars in the venue could leave with silverware in the boot too, as part of the show and shine competition. Tickets are £23 for adults in advance. Find out more: www.fordpowerlive.co.uk…

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With big-bhp Crossflows costing too much it’s time we looked elsewhere for a suitable powerplant for the early Fiestas. The Duratec was designed to supersede the Zetec, and with its lightweight aluminium block and tuning potential, popularity for these powerplants is growing rapidly. The install might not be straightforward as a Zetec, but looking at the Mk1s out there sporting the Duratec powerplant, it’s definitely a recipe for a lot of fun. Here’s how to fit one. 1. ENGINE CHOICE These are a Mazda-derived engines so many of the older Ford gearboxes are not interchangeable. The ideal donor is a Fiesta ST150 with its 2-litre engine, IB5+ gearbox and solid flywheel. Mk3 Mondeos also come with 1.8s and 2-litres but these used the larger MTX75 six-speed ’box and some come…

1. ENGINE CHOICE There are three major capacities: 2-litre, plus 2.3 and 2.5. You’ll need to source the latter as they’re US-based, although core engines are widely available as they’re seen in the kit car world as plug and play — ringing power from them’s that easy! The larger engine’s 15 mm taller in the block but it mounts in the same way, the heads are all similar dimensions. SUMP The Mondeo sump is rear-bowl, which seems ideal to clear the Escort’s crossmember, but it’s not quite if you want to avoid cutting the bulkhead. Retro Ford make a purpose-designed, fabricated steel sump and pick-up pipe to get around this. Raceline also make a flat, cast alloy shallow sump, which could be useful, but the Retro Ford one is designed…

Fitting a Zetec into a classic Ford is much easier than it’s ever been thanks to specialists offering adaption parts. But in several cars there’s more than one route to fit one – and this includes the early Cortinas. You can replace the whole front suspension with a rack-and-pinion kit, or adapt the steering box set-up with minimal shell alteration; although this often means keeping the existing four-speed gearbox. The induction side is rife for choices too, — from EFi to a single downdraught carb or twin DCOEs. However, it’s all been done before, and the good thing is, some of it can be done in stages. Here’s what you need to know. 1. FRONT SUSPENSION Making this decision determines the car’s build route–1200-powered Mk1s need disc brake struts at…

Cast your minds back to the late 1990s and early 2000s, a time when 1980s Fords littered UK scrapyards along with their associated components, which are now proving just a little tricky to find. These were good times for sure, and we’d like to think those that were part of the Ford scene all knew that, too. Even this very publication would regularly suggest nipping down to your local scrappy to rob a Sierra of its 2-litre Pinto and Type-9 gearbox to upgrade the tatty Mk1 Escort you’d just managed to buy for £800. If only we could do that so easily now! Among the ranks of old Fords to be found in scrapyards would be many an RS Turbo, often condemned to the crusher after a stint behind the…

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What’s been done this month: Had a three-rail ’box fitted with 2000E internals, adapted a pair of coil-over struts Next on the to-do list: Keep up the momentum Thanks to: Dave Fisher, D&D Developments, 07772 740817 Retro Ford 01536 204823 www.retroford.co.uk Every project has its up and downs doesn’t it? I had a loose plan in my head with my two-door estate in which I thought I could just throw it altogether and drive off into the sunset. But progress ground to a halt because one single part was just 2 mm too big! Fitting a Crossflow would be straightforward I thought, just bolt the gearbox to the engine and lower them in. But then when I came to offer the gearbox up, I found that the diameter of the…

If you’ve been around the classic Ford scene for long enough, you’ll know that nothing sparks debate quite like an engine swap. The purists cry foul, the tinkerers get curious, and the more open-minded folk lean in for a closer look. Few have leaned in further than Adrian Hall, however, the man behind Hallscorts Performance — a Kent-based business that’s rewriting the rulebook on Escort power by pairing Blue Oval icons with screaming, high-tech Honda engines. Adrian has been a Ford man through and through since the mid-1980s. His initiation came in at just 18 years old, when he bought his first Escort — a 1977 Mk2 — that he still owns to this day. Over the years, that Escort has evolved through countless stages, from spirited street car to…

It’s not unusual to regret selling a car and if you’re lucky enough, you might even get the chance to buy it back one day. This is exactly the situation John Kirk found himself in with this Mk2 Cortina 1600E in Dragoon Red after a lengthy time apart of some 24 years! “I bought my first 1600E, a Series 2 model in Aquatic Jade in 1982,” John recalls. “I used it as a daily driver, but I wasn’t particularly taken with it initially.” In fact, John and his wife were left so unimpressed by that first 1600E, they were both keen to sell it and find a replacement as soon as possible! “I’d heard on the local radio of a pub meet run by the Nottinghamshire branch of the 1600E…

Ford literally put the boot into its model range in July 1983, kicking its saloon-lacking line-up into touch with the introduction of the Orion. With familiar three-box styling, the Orion filled the hole left by the dearly departed Mk2 Escort and Cortina, giving saloon car fans a more than valid reason to return to the blue oval fold. Better still, traditionalist customers’ egos were further massaged with the Orion being pitched as more upmarket than the Mk3 Escort, although it didn’t take a genius to determine that the new booted model shared plenty with the latest version of Ford’s best-seller, not least some of its sheet metal and running gear. In line with the Orion’s lofty aspirations, the range focused on the Ghia models rather than the lesser GL option,…

SOLD Recent Fords that went under the hammer 1968 Anglia 105E Sold by: Hampson Auctions, July 27 Sold for: £11,025 We loved this 1968-registered Ford Anglia 105E, which looked remarkably restrained externally (aside from the bold colour) but boasted a 2.1-litre Pinto engine with twin Weber 48 DCO/SP carbs and mapped ignition. With a five-speed gearbox and countless further upgrades, it looked a lot of fun for £11,025. 1991 Escort XR3i Sold for: £2970 Sold by: Hobbs Parker, July 9-10 A very late Mk4 indeed, this very clean and original-looking and 1991-registered Escort XR3i Cabriolet was being sold by the popular YouTube channel, Salvage Rebuilds, with the buyer’s premium set to be donated to the Demelza Hospice Care For Children charity. It changed hands for £2970 — great value. FORTHCOMING…