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Name: Andrew Dyer Age: 33 Job:VWTransporter specialist Location: South Wales, UK Car: 1979 Mk2 Escort 1300 auto Start condition: rolling project Condition now: dry build complete, ready for paint Estimated date of completion: March 2020 If yo

As Europe’s biggest Ford festival, Ford Fair, which takes place on Sunday, August 9, isn’t just a big static show — being based at Silverstone Circuit means the event makes full use of the track facilities, with 15-minute track sessions taking place

Burton Power is now stocking hand-made race-spec exhaust manifolds for various classic Fords. The manifolds provide maximum performance whilst ensuring that they look like a work of art at the same time. The manifolds are manufactured from 304 grade

When was the club founded, and why? The club was formed in about 1982 as a merger of what had previously been at least three clubs covering either the Classic saloon or the Capri coupe — all in competition with each other for a dwindling supply of o

We love it when a plan doesn’t always come together — for all the right reasons, of course. Back in 2008, Paul Wood bought a Mk1 Escort with the intention of turning it into something along the lines of the rather-incredible car you see before you. O

As much as we tend to focus on the build or restoration of a classic Ford, ultimately the whole point of owning these cars that we love and cherish is to grab hold of that steering wheel, turn the key and go for a blast up the road. But what if your

For as long as he can remember, Capris have played a huge part of Tom Aspinall’s life. In fact, his family connection with Ford’s respected icon stems way back before this 29-year-old was born. As we’ll find out, it’s no surprise that Tom has continu

The third Old Skool Ford Tour of the Moor happened over a fine sunny West Country weekend. With 52 cars booked in to the tour and great weather to boot, all the ducks were neatly lined up in a row for a great weekend. On Saturday morning the happy ca

It’s no secret or surprise that the values of Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts are at an all-time high. We’re seeing original survivors selling for eye-watering sums at high-end auction houses, vying for kudos with Ferraris and Maseratis and whatnot, destined for

Any Mk2 Cortina Estate is a rare sight today — they often led harder lives than their saloon-based cousins, after all. As with most of Ford’s range, the Cortina Estate was available in various specifications, but few people realise there was a range

From: Ireland Cars: Cortina 1600E, Escort 1300E Rory’s clearly a longtime fan of Ford’s Executive range, if this pair are anything to go by. “I bought the Cortina three years ago and did the refurb myself, rather than a full restoration. The Escort

Having been a reader of Classic Ford for several years, I am always impressed by the way you have covered the BHRC. However, apart from the odd article there is very little about club-level rallying, and I have never seen anything on how to actually

Before we can understand how specific fuels will offer different benefits and advantages to our engine, we must first understand how our engine uses that fuel. There are two main types of internal combustion engine — spark ignition and compression ig

Along with air, fuel is the one thing an engine really needs. An engine will run (albeit not for long), without oil, but it simply cannot function without fuel. Fuel, when mixed with air, then compressed and ignited, is what gives an engine its energ

Q I’m fitting a Crossflow engine into a 1962 Anglia and have a choice of two engines with the following identification marks: 711M6015BA and 711M6015AA. Have you any idea from these what the different is between the two engines? Josh Anderson UK

Made a new radiator, relocated the thermostat, went on a DWYB day Sort out the melted oil lines, adjust the suspension, look into getting more steering lock, book another DWYB day Bespoke Motorsport Radiators (0116 2696051, www.motorsport radiat

As everyone knows, the Cortina eventually became a great race and rally car — but the miracle is that it became competent in motorsport at all. Nothing that Ford’s engineers built into the car made it remotely promising at first and it was only a com

Ihaven’t touched my Cortina Estate for a long time — too long — and there are a few areas I’ve never been happy with, which means some fairly radical surgery. One of the relatively minor areas is the dash — I love the smoothed-out look with as much h

As soon as you think you know it all about classic Fords, someone will come along and present you with a brand new piece of evidence. Take the Sierra XR4i for instance. Production began in April 1983, they were built for just over two years until bei

With the RS1600i having already convinced many RS fans that a front-drive Rallye Sport Escort was no bad thing, Ford presented even more evidence with the December 1984 launch of the RS Turbo. While it didn’t steer from the rear like its predecessors

On sale at: www.carandclassic.co.uk Price: £16,500 For: Previously restored Against: Cracked dashboard, unknown mileage February 1986-registered RS Turbo was restored 10 years ago. Described as a very clean, usable car, the Escort has been used s