Indholdsfortegnelse for April 2018 i Classic Ford

FRONTEND BULLITT MUSTANG REDISCOVERED Steve McQueen’s original Mustang Bullitt found after nearly 40 years The Ford Mustang driven by Steve McQueen in the movie Bullitt has been rediscovered after spending years forgotten in a garage. The 1968 Mustang GT Fastback stars in one of the most memorable of all cinematic car chases, with McQueen tearing it up and down the hills of San Francisco for almost 10 minutes in pursuit of two mob hitmen in a Dodge Challenger. Two Mustangs were apparently used in filming: one was the hero car driven by McQueen throughout the movie, while the other, called the jump car, was used mainly for stunt sequences. Both had been lost to history, until the jump car was found in a Mexican scrapyard last year. Now the hero…

Bespoke filters Pipercross now offer custom service Pipercross filters are well known for their high-performing panel filters and induction kits. But if you need something really unusual for that custom engine install, then they can help too courtesy of their bespoke division which is able to cater for most requirements — as this recent gargantuan creation (below) shows. Pipercross has unrivalled experience in working with leading race teams, fabricators and engineers in order to create custom solutions. But you don’t have to be a multiple Touring Car champion or military procurement officer to access this division – it’s open to any enthusiast who can sketch or describe a requirement. Any filter of any size, foam medium or (almost any) shape can be created from foam sheet, and prices start from…

COMING UP Inside the May 2018 issue of Classic Ford! Five reasons why you just can’t miss the next edition of Classic Ford: 1. We reveal the Class Of 2018 including this Fiesta XR2 turbo 2. Find out how to install an ATB diff to your IB5 gearbox 3. Full coverage of Australia’s fine Small Ford Sunday event 4. Got wood? We show you how to restore wooden steering wheels 5. Complete Mk1 Orion buyer’s guide The May 2018 issue hits the newsstands and is available to download from Friday, March 23 — why not subscribe to make sure you don’t miss it? See page 84 for the latest subscription offers.…

POPULAR 100E THE 100 CLUB At first glance this 100E has classic modified looks, yet there’s something about it that looks spot-on. Maybe it’s the stance, perhaps the well detailed finish. Best of all, it’s the V8 soundtrack… Words and Photos Jon Hill One of the motoring journalist’s greatest fears is a car with no story. Extremely frustrating when you’ve something as nice as this 100E — a common scenario where the owner’s bought it for no better reason than he loves the look, loves what it is and loves what it does. And there really is nowt wrong with that. All of us have a car for many, many reasons and it’s really their choice as to the level they want to be at. Some build and get a…

SIERRA GHIA 4X4 ESTATE A V6 and all the toys — was Ford’s 4x4 Estate the ultimate luxury sleeper? Words Graham Robson I’ll never forget the first time I drove a Sierra with four-wheel-drive — the original XR4x4 of 1985. Never, why not? Quite simply because I’d been driving a Sierra XR4i for the previous two years, and didn’t reckon a powerful Sierra could handle well enough for my liking. The XR4x4 changed all that. But in those heady days, when fast Fords were always turning into classic Fords, no sooner did the word get around than almost every enthusiast seemed to buy an XR4x4 — me included. Indeed, it was fascinating, at this time, to see how quickly almost every Ford-using British rally team seemed to acquire an XR4x4…

ESCORT RS2000 FOUR-DOOR Never offered in Europe, our friends in Australia and South Africa could specify extra doors for a more-subtle RS experience. Words Graham Robson If this doesn’t confuse you, you are officially a Ford anorak! From 1975 to 2000 all Escort RS2000s were two-door saloons with the droopsnoot nose, right? Well... er... no. If you lived in Australia or South Africa, where Escorts were assembled (mainly from kits supplied from Europe), you could also buy four-door versions. In production terms, it was all very straightforward, which always makes us wonder why Ford-Germany never built them as an option. And that isn’t all. In both these countries, but never in Europe, there were also flat-nose two-door and flat-nose four-door RS2000 variants — all with the same Pinto engines, and…

SHOW REPORT Classic Days Close by to the Cologne plant, it’s no surprise Fords play a big part at Germany’s Classic Days event. Words and Photos Chris Eckermann The first weekend in August marks the return of the Classic Days event at Schloss Dyck in Germany. Since 2006, the show has developed into one of the main classic car events in Germany. One of the reasons for the success is the location near to the cities Düsseldorf, Cologne and close to The Netherlands and Belgium. The location is another reason why it draws a big crowd — the moated castle, Schloss Dyck is the spectacular backdrop for an enormous show. Schloss Dyck is full of 17th Century early baroque charm, while the surrounding parks and gardens connect historic and current…

YOUR CARS CARS OF THE MONTH Juliet From: Australia Cars: Mk2 Escort van, Mk1 Escort saloon “My van is a 1980 automatic 1600 and I call him Cosmo as that is the paint colour,” says Juliet. “It was stripped down to the shell, repaired and built back up. The motor is rebuilt but the running gear was left in as it is fine. “It’s had new trim, dampers and struts, and all new glass and rubbers. Most of the parts, screws, badges, clips, grommets and seals came from the UK, and now it looks like a new car . “The two-door Mk1 is a 1972 1100 XL. It was found on a property out in the paddock rusting away, so I saved it. I call him Rusty as that he…

OUR CARS Mike’s Mk1 Sierra With the old engine deemed scrap, Mike cracks out the cans of pink paint for the new ST170 turbo-based lump. It’s certainly different... Progress on the Jellyslider drift Sierra has been slow and steady. Adam and I have finally ripped the broken 1.8-litre supercharged engine out. On inspection the head gasket had blown on cylinder one and there were what look like small detonation marks in the head and on the piston crowns — I’m assuming where it was too hot from running out of coolant while being bounced off the limiter day at the last drift day. With the knackered engine now in the scrap bin, we have persevered with the new ST170 turbo engine. After stripping off all the unnecessary auxiliaries parts we…

MOTORSPORT CLASSIC FORDS FLAT-OUT ON THE STAGE, STRIP AND TRACK MOTORSPORT EVENTS 2018 Where can you find classic Ford action on the country’s strips, circuits, roads and gravel this year? Here are all the wheres, as well as the hows and whens... MSA British Historic Rally Championship The natural home of the classic Ford is on the gravel and asphalt of this nation’s forests, moorlands and closed-off urban streets. But if you think the British Historic Rally Championship is all about the Escorts, you’d be wrong. OK, you’d mainly be right, but last year also saw Cortinas representing the Ford cause — and of course the Blue Ovals face some stiff competition from other famous marques, too. The Championship will attract the usual hardcore followers, bobble-hatted and Berghaus’d against the…

Project Hunter CLASSIC FORD PROJECTS YOU SHOULD BUY — AND MODIFY. Illustrations: Simon Coulson How do you make a pre-War Ford into a modern-day sleeper without turning it into a hot rod? With some deep, deep thinking, that’s how, but we think we can do it. This relatively complete and sound project is the perfect base to create something that still looks like it rolled out of Dagenham in the ’30s yet has enough poke to see off even the most disgruntled Vectra driver. Starting with the chassis, we’ve elected to retain as much of the original layout as possible, adding some bespoke bracketry to create a more capable suspension and braking set-up. So at the rear, the transverse leaf spring has gone in favour off an Anglia 105E axle…

THE BIG PICTURE LIGHT SLEEPER We’re not the first to come up with a sleeper concept based on a pre-War Ford design (see Simon Coulson’s Model Y treatment on page 128) — back in 2012 Geoff Cousins finished building this ultimate Anglia 103E sleeper, pictured here at the National Hot Rod & Custom Show. Hiding a custom chassis, V8 and the outer faces of the original steels mounted to a set of 15 inch Centerline wheels. This year’s National Hot Rod & Custom Show takes place at Peterborough Showground over the weekend of May 26-27.…

Time to shine Own a show-worthy classic Ford? Then why not enter it into the Show & Shine at this year’s Classic Ford Show. The concept of the Show & Shine — which takes place at the Classic Ford Show, Santa Pod Raceway on Sunday, June 3 — is simple: if you’ve got an amazing, pre-1998 classic Ford, then you could be in with a chance of winning some great prizes, and take home a trophy, too! Whether your car is an impeccably-detailed rebuild, quarter-mile demon or highly-tuned track weapon we want it to take pride of place at the centre of the UK’s premier classic Ford event. How to enter Go to the Classic Ford Show website at www.classicfordshow.co.uk and fill in the online form, then upload a couple…

5 minutes with Alan Lambert When it comes to building sleepers, Alan’s got the concept nailed, but he’s the first to admit that his background’s deeply-routed in the hot rod scene — just don’t ask him about the 1979 Custom Car Show... How did you get into cars? I got into custom cars and Mk1 Cortinas especially because of Dave Collis’ jacked-up black Cortina, which was as straight as anything. That was back in the early heyday of the custom car scene — I loved that car so I basically copied the look. My Dad was an engineer, which is where I inherited my mechanical skills. What was your first Ford? A Mk1 Cortina, of course! It started off as a 1200 and was jacked up on extended shackles at…

Top10 Classic sleeper tweaks 10 fail-safe ways to uprate your classic Ford without giving the game away.... Big-bore engine conversions 1800 Crossflows, 1900 CVHs, 3.1 Essex V6s, 2.1 Pintos... we could go on. A big-bore conversion is a straightforward route to more power and torque, and like a modified cylinder head, once the engine is in one piece and that air cleaner is in place, no-one is any the wiser. Estate body Before you even start down the sleeper route, consider your base — saloons may be the most popular body styles but estates and even vans make the best sleepers, because they’re so unassuming, and being a Ford, they’re just as easy to uprate — what fits a saloon will fit an Estate, too. Hidden injection Modern, electronic fuel-injection…

ALTERNATIVE FACTORY SLEEPERS FIESTA RS TURBO With a 129 mph top speed, Ford’s early ’90s pocket rocket was a bona fide giant killer. Here was a short-lived model, the fastest-ever Fiesta, and the only one to carry both the RS and Turbo badges, but it was a marketing failure. So what went wrong? Really no more than a second-generation Fiesta, with an Escort RS Turbo engine, it was a speedily-developed model by SVE. Rod Mansfield’s team also modified the steering and suspension package, but there were complaints that it was too stiff. Certainly this was the hardest-riding Fiesta ever, and it got a street-racer’s reputation almost at once. Inside the car, Recaro front seats, along with a special steering wheel, electric windows, central locking and a sunroof feature made the…

CRAYFORD CORSAIR STOP, DROP & ROLL The Crayford Corsair represents classic British headscarf motoring with a stylish Transatlantic twist. But if, like Steve Pardoe, you shoehorn in a modern motor, that headscarf gets blown right out of the car and over the hedge… Words Daniel Bevis Photos Adrian Brannan An interesting phenomenon presents itself in Britain whenever the sun shines — every other driver (or so it seems) wheels their convertible out of the garage, rolls back the roof and goes for a spin. It’s an oft-quoted demi-fact that Britons buy more cabriolets per capita than any country on the planet; this may not be strictly true, but there are certainly a lot of them out there. The windy thrills of driving a convertible hardly need to be reiterated here;…

HERITAGE Escort RS2000 Mk2 Classic Fords restored: Phil Maeer bought his Mk2 Escort RS2000 in rare Tuscan Beige on the suggestion of his son Rob, and he’s never regretted it for a minute. Words Mike Renaut Photos Matt Woods To be honest it’s Phil Maeer’s son Rob who’s most responsible for him owning this 1978 Escort RS2000. Rob has an Escort himself and felt it was time his Dad shared in the fun of driving one. “I retired in 2008 aged 65,” explains Phil, “and Rob said to buy an old car to give me something to do. I saw this RS2000 for sale, and it looked really nice, so we drove to Newark for a look.” The Escort had undergone a complete rebuild. “The seller, Jonathan ‘Bo’ Rollins, had…

JULY TO NOVEMBER SUMMER EVENTS GUIDE Here’s a rundown of the Ford-fuelled shows and events taking place in 2018. Get that diary filled up now! JULY TRAX Donington July 1 Donington Park Circuit DE74 2RP, UK www.thefastcarfestival.co.uk Le Mans Classic July 6-8 Le Mans, France www.lemansclassic.com Goodwood Festival of Speed July 12-15 Goodwood House, Chichester PO18 0PX, UK www.goodwood.co.uk Anglias AtThe Ace July 14 Ace Cafe London NW10 7UD, UK www.105speed.com XR Owners’ Club National Day July 15 Hatton Country World, Warwick CV35 8XA, UK www.xroc.co.uk WHERE TO GO IN JULY Old Ford Rally When: July 15 Where: British Motor Museum, Gaydon CGV35 0BJ, UK Love pre-1990 Fords? The long-running Old Ford Rally always attracts a strong gathering of classic and period-modified examples from the ’50s and ’60s and now…

MOTORSPORT CLASSIC FORDS FLAT-OUT ON THE STAGE, STRIP AND TRACK AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL 2018 There’s no better way to brush off the post-Christmas blues than the NEC in January, with its halls packed with choice cars and perfect parts. Words Jon Hill Photos Jon Hill, ASI Anew year might mean fireworks and hangovers for some, but for those in the world of performance cars it means Autosport International is just around the corner. Always a good one to open the season, it signifies the good weather’s not far away and there isn’t much time left to get that car done to enjoy it in 2018. A reality shock maybe, but what the Autosport Show does is fire you up with new ideas and products that find their way onto your project…

IMPROVING YOUR CLASSIC FORD JUST GOT EASIER how to: replace a cv boot How to Replace a CV boot Fix this common MoT failure point before it does any lasting damage. Words and Photos Mike Renaut The CV (constant velocity) boot forms a protective covering around the CV joint, ensuring the joint is always surrounded by grease and is safe from any damaging debris. When the boot starts to wear it usually splits and this enables the grease to leak. A lack of grease can cause the CV joint to heat up and seize without warning – with potentially fatal consequences if at speed. We replaced ours using a one-piece boot, rather than the split type that can be wrapped around and glued together. On some cars, this job could…

your projects: cortina estate xxxx THE LONG(ROOF) GAME Your projects: It’s taken him 10 years, but Alex Teet’s ’60s sleeper project is finally (and quietly) coming together. Words Marc Stretton Photos Adrian Brannan Name: AlexTeet From: NorthYorkshire Age: 27 Job: Parts Advisor at a Toyota dealership Car: Mk2 Cortina Estate 1600 Deluxe Start Condition: rolling shell, 90 per cent restored Condition Now: fully welded up, painted, semi-trimmed, air suspension fitted Time taken so far: 10 years Estimated date of completion: late Summer 2018 OK, so this month we’re talking sleepers and the perfect base for a project that packs a surprise under the skin of a subtle exterior is, of course, the estate version of one of the classic Ford models. There weren’t many cars ever produced by Ford in…

HARD CURRENCY Limited edition 10-year coins buried in pots of detailing wax Forget Bitcoin, this Spring everyone’s talking about a new currency called Decade.To celebrate 10 years in the wax business, Dodo Juice has today launched the new currency, which they reckon is harder to obtain than a freshly boiled Dodo egg, with very few in circulation. The only way to get hold of a Decade now is to actually mine them — 10 Decade coins have been buried in pots of Dodo Juice Purple Haze 250 ml wax, just waiting for lucky recipients to discover, and dig out.The pots will be mixed into general stock, so not even the team at Dodo Juice will know which ones contain a coin. Those who are lucky enough to find a coin…

MK1 ESCORT Cracking the code It’s taken 24 years to perfect, but Derek Mitchell reckons he’s built the ultimate incarnation of his Mk1 — a 2.1 street sleeper. Words Marc Stretton Photos Adrian Brannan “BACK THEN I COULD HAVE BOUGHT ANY NUMBER OF MEXICOS OR RS2000s, BUT I WANTED A PROJECT I COULD BUILD UP AS MY OWN” We’re all mad for old cars… that’s probably why you’re reading this feature in Classic Ford now. But talking to Derek Mitchell, a Snap-On Man from Falkirk about this excellent Daytona Yellow Mk1 Escort street sleeper, we got quite nostalgic about the fact that the buying process has changed so massively in a couple of decades. These days, of course, 99 per cent of searching out and buying a classic involves the…

HOMEBUILT HERO SLEEPER CELL Form the outside this Mk2 may look fairly ordinary, but under the skin it’s a feisty XR2-based street machine complete with 2-litre Zetec on bike carbs! Words and Photos Jon Cass The term ‘sleeper’ has become more common in the past decade or so, as the idea of having a standard-looking car packing more punch than anyone expects is quite a buzz. Whether that’s on track, at the drag strip, or even just your local set of dual carriageway traffic lights, a car that is capable of more than is expected always raises eyebrows and earns an appreciating nod from fellow car fans. Think back a few years earlier and the modified car scene was the total opposite; the era of huge bodykits, lambo doors, lairy…

SUMMER EVENTS GUIDE MARCH TO JUNE Here’s a rundown of the Ford-fuelled shows and events taking place in 2018. Get that diary filled up now! MARCH 76th Goodwood Members’ Meeting March 17-18 Goodwood Circuit, Chichester PO18 0PH, UK www.goodwood.co.uk Techno Classica Essen March 21-25 Messe Essen, Germany www.siha.de Restoration & Classic Car Show March 23-25 NEC, Bimingham B40 1NT, UK www.necrestorationshow.com Wheels Day March 30 Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot GU11 2ET, UK www.facebook.com/surreystreetrodders WHERE TO GO IN APRIL Kent’s All Ford Show When: April 22 Where: Aylesford Priory, Aylesford A newish show, the previous Kent’s All-Ford Shows have proved to be a great success and the organisers are hoping to repeat the trick for 2018. Held in the peaceful Aylesford Priory, it’s a laid-back affair and perfect for easing you into…

mk1 fiesta GREEN Light First built 20 years ago as a homage to the works Fiestas, this Mk1 is now enjoying a new lease of life on the European Historic rally scene. Words Marc Stretton Photos Adrian Brannan Back in the late ’70s and early ’80s, with the Mk1 Fiesta at the top of the sales charts, and the men at the top of Ford’s motorsport programme looking for a Mk2 Escort replacement there were several attempts to get Fiestas onto the rally stages. The Mk1’s debut came in 1979 at the Monte Carlo Rally with legends, Ari Vatanen driving a left-hand drive Ford Germany-built car, and Roger Clark in a Boreham-built Ford Motorsport racer, both in Group 2 guise. Ari finished 10th overall with some fast stage times and…

EXPERT CONSULTATION Reader’s restoration: When Colin Gilderson bought this 1959 Consul it turned out to be full of hidden rust, getting it repaired was far from straightforward. Words Mike Renaut Photos Darren Woolway Everyone has a different story as to how their interest in classic cars came about. Colin Gilderson’s is unusual. “I’m 6 foot, 10 inches tall and needed a car I could fit in,” explains Colin. “I thought the column-mounted gearlever on a 1950s classic might offer more interior space and spotted this 1959 Consul at Affordable Classics back in 2000 when I was 20 years old. It looked very good and original, so I bought it before I’d even passed my driving test. With hindsight a car with vacuum wipers wasn’t the best choice as my first…

buyer’s guide: escort cabriolet BUYER’S GUIDE ESCORT CABRIOLET MK4 Summer’s on the way, so get in on the act early and keep cool with a slice of late ’80s open-top motoring courtesy of this bargain front-wheel-drive Ford. Words ChristianTilbury Photos Matt Richardson “SHABBY HOODS ARE EASILY REPLACED WITH VINYL ITEMS COSTING AROUND£250” Following the success of the Mk3 Escort Cabriolet, Ford once again included a roofless version when the revised Mk4 range surfaced in March 1986. Like the tin-top variants of the latest Escort, the Cabriolet benefited from the same series of improvements that included smoother, more rounded styling, a dashboard modelled on the flagship Granada and the option of the SCS Lucas-Girling anti-lock braking system. The 1.3-litre engined Mk3 Cabriolet accounted for very few sales, so Ford ditched the…