Indholdsfortegnelse for March 2017 i Classic Ford

THIS ISSUE Out and about with our band of classic Blue Oval-loving writers, photographers and illustrators. MARC STRETTON CONTRIBUTOR This issue Marc gets the story behind Jerry Peter’s awesome transformation of a Cortina GT into a monster. Page 24. JON HILL CONTRIBUTOR First shot for a Grafters feature last year, Jon was pleased to see this bike-engined Fiesta finished and fishtailing... Page 46. JAMIE ARKLE CONTRIBUTOR Luxembourg is home to many a fine Capri, and Patrick Tompers’ project is adding to that list, reckons Jamie. Page 8. How To Contact Us Write to: Classic Ford, Kelsey Media, Cudham Tithe Barn, Berrys Hill, Cudham TN16 3AG, UK Telephone: 01959 541444 Email: classicford.ed@kelsey.co.uk www.classicfordmag.co.uk…

RUSTY CORNER Terminally-rotten old Fords This poorly Pop spotted by Geoff Richardson could clearly do with some help, even if it’s a break from propping up that garage door. “The 100E is near Durham and looks like its been there a long, long time,” reckons Geoff. “It is well passed saving but might yield a few spares up. The tinworm has eaten everything and moving it would be difficult without tearing it in half!” Spotted an unloved Ford on your travels? Email photos and details to classicford.ed@kelsey.co.uk , or write to us at the address on page 5 .…

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MK1 CORTINA USA OVERPOWERED and over there It’s one of the most incredible Cortinas we’ve seen for some time, yet to look at Jerry Peters’ GT, you wouldn’t know there’s a 500 bhp V8 and trick suspension under that unassuming ’60s body. Words Marc Stretton Photos Matt Jones Jerry Peters was born to be a petrol-head… literally. He entered the world in June 1949 — the same week the first ever NASCAR ‘Strictly Stock’ racers battled round Charlotte Speedway, North Carolina and his Godmother, Joyce Clark, was the first NASCAR timing and scoring official. By age four, Jerry was a regular attendee at his local racetrack in Jacksonville, Florida, and dreamed of being a racing driver — an ambition he would achieve years later as a keen amateur after a…

EUROPE Top20 Ford Factories European classic Fords weren’t just built at Dagenham. Want to know more? Here goes. Bedworth (UK) Sited just a few miles north of Coventry, and originally a mid-20th Century building owned by Coventry Hood and Sidescreens, it was bought by Aston Martin Tickford in the 1980s. Tickford carried out many contracts there, not only for Ford, but special-bodied Sherpa vans for British Leyland, too. For Ford, in the 1980s, first they built Tickford Capris, then refurbished most Shenstone-built RS200 before delivery, followed this up with the completion of 500 Sierra RS500 Cosworths, and ended by building the Escort 1600E limited edition. Boreham (UK) In the beginning Boreham north of Chelmsford was an orchard, which became a USAAF airfield in the 1940s. Later it was a racing…

MK2 ESCORT NEW ZEALAND The Four Protocol Brian McIntosh’s vision for this project was brilliantly simple: if you gave a 19 year old in 1980 a bunch of cash and told him to modify his mum’s Escort, what would it look like? Well, like this. Words Daniel Bevis Photos Sean Double One of mankind’s most enduring and relatable behaviours is our ability to play the hands we’re dealt, to work with what we’ve got. While we’re a species of dreamers and always have ideas of what we’d like to do if our EuroMillions numbers suddenly come up, we’re also keenly grounded in reality and make the best of what he have available to us. “Two-door Escorts very hard to find and they’re always expensive,” says Brian McIntosh, owner of this…

WORLDWIDE YOUR CARS THE BEST OF WHAT’S DROPPED IN OUR INBOX THIS MONTH Johan Lotter From: South Africa Car: Mk1 Capri 3-litre GT “This is my Capri 3000GT with ported heads and cam and totally built up from scratch with lots of love, as a tribute to my late father. It was put together at night and weekends in a single garage with four years of sweat and tears and lots and lots of foul language. Not bad for a car built by an Eastern Cape small-town guy.” Mario Camilleri From: Malta Van:Thames E494C “The story of this Thames restoration started when Mario was walking his dog and noticed a rusty shell half buried in mud in a field,” says Mario’s friend, Frank Cauchi. “He managed to find the owner,…

CUBA Gavin’s Mk1 Cortinas Gavin takes a well-earned holiday from building cars, and ends up in Cuba where classic Fords are still on (almost) every street corner. What’s been done this month: Taken time off from working on my various Cortina projects and headed to Cuba Next on the to-do list: Go back at some point with a shopping list “THE CARS MAY NOT ALWAYS BE PRETTY, BUT THEY ARE STILL IN REGULAR USE” It’s funny how you build up a mental image of things before you experience them. You take the information that you have been given and construct an imaginary world of your own around them. Everybody has heard of all the old North American cars that you find in Cuba — they are used to describe an…

WALTER RÖHRL GERMAN RALLY LEGEND Walter Röhrl was destined to be a skier and ski instructor, until a friend noticed his amazing car control while on a trip through the Bavarian Forest Alps, and encouraged him to go racing. One of his first drives in 1967 was in a lowly Fiat 850, but he proved in that car that power wasn’t always necessary in rallying when you had immense driving skills. Working his way up through the ranks during the late ’60s and early ’70s, it was the 1972 Olympic rally where his talents were first brought to a wider audience and from then on, the works drives were on offer. Joining up with Christian Geistdörfer as co-driver in the mid-’70s was the next key ingredient in Walter’s story and…

FINLAND THE VATANEN TOUCH Famous as much for his early crashes behind the wheel of works Escorts as much as his wins, Ari Vatanen was, and still is, a firm favourite with rally fans. Here’s why. Words Graham Robson Photos Ford Photographic “FROM NOVICE TO STAR VATANEN MADE THE TRANSITION RIGHT AWAY IN 1976. RALLYING JUST ONE HARD-WORKED RS1800 LAR 801PHE DOMINATED THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH HIS VICTORIES AND HIS EXCITING ANTICS.” What is the Ari Vatanen mystique? How is that Ford fans still worship this man — the star who crashed more Escorts than any other works driver of this period? Did you ever see him drive an Escort - close your eyes, and visualise the sight, the sound, the sheer drama. That is why everyone adored him. Do you…

Welcome They say travel broadens the mind, well this issue we’ve taken the hassle of airport delays and horrendous credit card bills out of the equation, and done all the hard work for you — bringing the world to you door, well the pages of this magazine anyway. Classic Ford has always acknowledged that the old Ford scene extends far beyond the British Isles, and is just as active in many, many other countries, and while we feature Fords from outside the UK very frequently, ever so often it’s great fun to put together an issue dedicated to our worldwide movement. This one, however, is by far the most reaching with, for the first time, content from Cuba amongst others, and one thing that is good to see is that…

SHOCK TACTICS 2017 handling guide now online GAZ Shocks has just released its 2017 e-catalogue — available from the GAZ website as a downloadable PDF and as a flick-through webzine. This year the cover features Freddie Lee (son of legendary Hot Rod racer Barry ‘351’ Lee) one of our foremost up-and-coming racers, and the catalogue contains details of the range of GAZ products from fully adjustable shock absorbers to remote-canister, height, bounce and rebound adjustable race suspension systems and fully adjustable suspension top mounts, plus a healthy sprinkling of customer’s cars and GAZ sponsored race cars. Download your catalogue from www.gazshocks.com.…

FRONTEND IRELAND Small World No room for your dream garage? Build one in 1/18th-scale instead... “I ALWAYS LOVED THE IDEA OF BUILDING A SCALE GARAGE TO SHOW OFF ALL THE MODELS” We’ve all got a vision in our heads of what our dream garage would look like, and if you’re anything like us, the chances are you’d need a lottery win to be able to achieve it. Rather than waiting for his numbers to come up, instead Chris Hughes has brought out the scalpels, UHU and Humbrol enamel paints, and created his own workshop and filled it with classic Fords — only in 1/18-scale — with the help of enthusiasts and modellers all over the world. Now it’s finished, Chris is only too happy to let others see and enjoy…

EVENT REPORT SNOWDONIA TOUR UNITED KINGDOM THE SNOWDONIA TOUR With some of the north Wales' finest asphalt and scenery to explore, it's no wonder this is one of the biggest classic Ford tours going. The ninth Snowdonia Tour was held a week earlier this year in order to guarantee better weather as 2015 was slightly damp. What a great plan that turned out to be, as the tour must have had a year’s worth of rain over the course of the weekend! It was horrendous weather, but everyone put the weather to one side and enjoyed every minute once again! The tour kicked off with lots of people arriving at base camp in their classic Fords with Crossflows, Pintos, BDAs and Zetecs being heard in the forest where the log…

HOMEBUILT HERO Ninja style A bike-engined Fiesta means just one thing — entertainment! Lawrence Darcy’s Mk1 sees life through the side window… Words and Photos Jon Hill He wasn’t happy was he? Did you see it? Totally annihilated him, there was no way he was keeping up and he seriously had the hump — I mean how much was that car? A fortune and it was brand new! Just love it man, that’s what it’s all about.” Confused and curious to know what they’re talking about, I’ve just walked into early morning banter; reflections on the night before. From what I’m hearing I’m proud that one of ‘our’ cars had totally embarrassed a modern performance car just hours before. Even more so in that it was a BMW M4 and…

CAR OF THE MONTH Colin Ivey From: USA Car: Mk2 Cortina GT “This is a Mk2 Cortina GT that I built and restored myself. I got the car from a friend in the Summer of 2012 and finished it Summer 2016. It was just a roller when it was given to me and it needed a lot of work. I wanted a nice street car but also wanted to be able to take it to the track so I kind of met in the middle. “All of the suspension has been redone with poly bushes, GAZ shocks in the rear, and a coil-over conversion at the front. I sanded down the car inside and out, painted the inside, but left the outside in primer and wrapped it with 3M charcoal…

LETTER OF THE MONTH Our favourite letter, email or social media comment each issue wins a superb Meguiar’s Ultimate Wax kit worth £28.99 and containing a 532 ml bottle of Ultimate Liquid Wax, an applicator pad plus a Microfibre towel. For details of the Meguiar’s range, call 0870 2416696 or visit www.meguiars.co.uk . LUX INTERIOR I have just enjoyed reading the latest issue, being particularly impressed with the feature on the Cossack replica. Paul Owens stated that pictures of the interior of the original car were difficult to come by. This is a shot taken during an Autocar test shortly after the rally finished. Apparently they tested works rally cars regularly and compiled many of them into a book, called, Rally Cars, Given the Works. If you…

AUSTRALIA THE SPECIALIST YESTERFORD For nearly 30 years Mike Kirkpatrick has been helping Aussie classic Ford owners thanks to his foresight all those years ago. Words Jason O’Halloran Photos Chris Avery “YOU’LL BE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH THE WORKSHOP FEELS LIKE THE ONES IN THE UK. THERE’S SOMETHING REASSURING THAT COMES FROM FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS” Here in the UK there are a number of iconic classic Ford workshops. Travel south of the equator, and head down under to Australia, and there is one name most of our southern Ford cousins know and love — Yesterford. From Escorts to Anglias, Cortinas to Capris, no matter the part, chances are Yesterford has it or at the very least knows where to find it. When you drop passed their small Ford emporium you will…

GERMANY OLDTIMER GRAND PRIX The Nürburgring plays host to some of Europe’s finest Ford-powered historic racers. Words and Photos Jeannot Boesen With the 44th edition the AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix at the Nürburgring having recently taken place, this event has a very long tradition. This year there were over 500 old and youngtimers on the starting grid, taking part in 20 races featuring different categories including historic sports and GT cars. A lot of cars were powered by Ford engines from BDA to big V8s, and in the Touring Car categories from the 1960s through the 1990s you could find Cortinas, Escorts, Capris, Mustangs, GT40s and a few Sierras, too. It’s particularly interesting to watch the Capris chasing the Porsches in the over 3-litre class. A great event in sunny…

MK1 ESCORTS SWEDEN SMOKE & MIRRORS Your eyes do not deceive you: this isn’t trick photography, it really is two identical Mk1 Escorts, with identical specs, and identical ability to go all smoky and sideways at a moment’s notice… Words Daniel Bevis Photos Paddy McGrath “Why am I into cars? Well, it’s my dad’s fault.” That’s something we hear time and time again in our line of work; whether it was a case of the old man picking the person in question up from school in a droopsnoot Escort, or the childhood home being perennially scattered with bits of Cortina engine, it’s those fledgling, formative years that so often inform a lifetime of automotive obsession. And in the case of the two brothers behind this spookily-identical pair of Mk1 Escorts…

EVENT REPORT CAPRI MUSTER AUSTRALIA NATIONAL CAPRI AND CLASSIC SMALL FORD MUSTER Factory Capri convertible? XR2 Turbo? That’ll be a show dedicated to the Aussie version then. Words and Photos Stephen Roser Each year the ACT Small Ford Owners’ Club put on their National Capri & Classic Small Ford Muster and enthusiasts from far and wide head to the Nation’s capital to take part in this very popular and well-run event. The activities over the weekend include a meet ’n’ greet on Friday evening, while Saturday started with an observation run, then a lunch break and show and shine, while in the evening there was a dinner and trivia quiz at a local hotel. Another observation run was held on Sunday when ended at the Murrumbateman Inn for lunch and…

GERMANY Salad days No matter how rotten a classic Ford is, if it’s the Capri RS2600 that launched Walter Röhrl’s rally career, you know it just has to be saved. Words Marc Stretton Photos Jeannot Boesen The story of this Capri begins back in the early ’70s when the Kleint tuning company in Hamburg, Germany, run by Erni Kleint, produced a number of Capris to take part in European rallying under a semi-works agreement — much like the one that Ford UK would have great success with in later years when Malcolm Wilson’s M-Sport operation ran the World Rally Team. For the 1972 Olympia Rally (to celebrate the Munich Olympics that year), Kleint built two RS2600 Capris to 230 bhp spec and it was one of these two cars registered…