Indholdsfortegnelse for October 2018 i Classic Ford

FRONTEND THE COVERS ARE COMING OFF Entries now open for The Great Unveiling at the 2019 Classic Ford Show. “STANDARD OR MODIFIED, BUILT BY YOURSELF OR A PRO, IT DOESN’T MATTER AS LONG AS IT WILL TURN HEADS“ Is it that time already? The 2019 Classic Ford Show may be some nine months away, but when you’ve got a deadline to finish a fresh classic Ford build, that’s no time at all. With that in mind, we’re on the lookout for new projects and rebuilds that will be completed in time for next year’s show in June 2019. The best five will then be revealed one-by-one at a ceremony in front of thousands of enthusiasts at the show. Prior to the unveiling, the cars will be kept under wraps so…

FRONTEND 1939-2018 Jim Porter Roger Clark’s longtime co-driver and RAC rally maestro. We are very sorry to report the passing of Jim Porter, who was Roger Clark’s famous, but silent and modest, co-driver for many years. Not only that, but in the 1970s he was also the principal organiser of the RAC rally, and never lost his interest in classic motoring thereafter. Born in Leicestershire in 1939, he soon met up with Roger Clark in the local motor club scene, where the two started rallying in cars as unsuitable as Renault Dauphines and 850 Minis. Since Roger’s family owned a local garage business, it was then not long before the two moved up to using Cortina GTs. Once Ford saw how quick, and successful they were, they were signed up,…

POP 100E special k Set Menu K Look at this 100E and it’s easy to dismiss it as a car you’ve seen a dozen times before – but pop the bonnet and there’s a K-Series surprise waiting for you that again isn’t mounted as you’d expect. A road rocket that handles — this is a hot rod you’d seriously want…. Words and Photos Jon Hill Chinese restaurants are wonderful places — full of delicious food that very often, you can’t decide what to have. Not really surprising - look at the menu, it’s usually packed and all you see is a wall of text — all of it making your tummy rumble but at the same time, you simply can’t decide as you gaze off into space with an, oh-I-don’tknow...…

readers’ rides YOUR CARS CAR OF THE MONTH THE BEST OF WHAT'S DROPPED IN OUR INBOX THIS MONTH Roar Inge From: Norway Cars: Mk3 Cortina “My Dad bought the car — a 1.6L - in 1978, and used it as a family car for many years. In 1994 I got the car from him on my 18th birthday. I used it many years but at some point when newer cars got more interesting, the Cortina was stored away — thankfully I never thought about selling it. “Then in 2006 I got the idea to build the car up again. I started the big work to strip away all the paint back to a bare shell. I had already decided to build the car with an independent rear end and the…

TECH How to Cylinder head porting Porting and port-matching a cylinder head means a more efficient engine — and it can be done at home. Here’s how. For an engine to work as efficiently as possible, the airflow through the cylinder head is crucial. The most critical area lies around the valve seat. This is where the flow is most disrupted, on both the intake and exhaust ports. A step or ridge on the inlet port or bowl can cause an ‘eddy’, leading to atomised fuel dropping out of the air during induction. Small burrs of metal heating up and igniting the mixture at the wrong time are a common cause of pinking and running on. Malcolm Darlow and Mike Bedford of Bell Classics showed us the cleaning-up process on…

mk1 escort BINARY IMAGE Forget the complexity of the modern world. Tony Ginns is transporting us back to simpler times with his historic-spec, monochrome Escort… Words Daniel Bevis Photos Dan Sherwood The late 1960s and early 1970s were interesting times for the average British household. While post-War recreation had been increasingly gearing toward growing family time in front of the television, interior designers and manufacturers were specifically integrating the TV into the home in the 1960s, aiming all the living room furniture towards it, acknowledging that it was becoming reflexive to flick the set on in the evenings, and it was around this time that broadcasters began to transmit shows in colour. BBC2’s 1967 Wimbledon coverage was the first colour broadcast in the UK, with each channel increasing efforts until…

RACER PROFILE LEWIS LAVENDER Car: Mk2 Fiesta Spec: 1680 Crossflow, BC ’box, Quaife ATB 24-year-old Lewis has three rounds of the OSFDC under his belt and is already hooked. His 1987 Mk2 Fiesta now has a 1680 Crossflow with big valve head, BCF2 fast road cam and a 32/36 Weber under the bonnet which was lovingly built by Dad, Simon who is always there trackside to support Lewis. Finished off with a four-speed ‘box, Quaife diff and running on Pepperpots with Toyo tyres this is one smart little Fez. “I’ve been following the OSFDC in Classic Ford magazine for years and after we completed the engine conversion in 2017 we wanted the car to be used properly. I’m really enjoying the racing and have met lots of new people along…

How to Rebuild your diff Eliminate annoying clonks and whines from your rear axle by rebuilding its differential. “OVERALL THIS JOB SHOULD TAKE AN AXLE EXPERT AROUND 2 TO 3 HOURS” This differential being rebuilt is a Dana Spicer 30 from an American Ford but the process applies to any rear-loading diff. Bexhill Gearboxes are specialists in gearboxes and axles. Although a lot of their business is modern taxis and vans, they can turn their hand to any manual gearbox regardless of age. Manager, Steve Shrubshall undertook the work on this diff himself. Overall, the job should take a specialist two or three hours, but until all the parts have been examined it’s impossible to tell what might need to be replaced. In this case, Steve found it needed a…

Welcome For a design that is now over 50 years old, the Mk1 Escort is shaping up rather well, don’t you think? Its clean lines, lack of fins and that slimline, dog-bone grille help it to look far more contemporary than its rivals of the period. That’s just one of the main reasons why, five decades on, the original Escort is held in such high regard so for this issue we’ve put together a selection of celebratory features highlighting its achievements both as a main player in the classic Ford scene and as a icon of the motorsport world, too. I still find it hard to accept that a car that was so prevalent on our roads when I was a kid is now positively vintage, yet here we are…

ON SALE October 5! COMING UP Inside the November 2018 issue of Classic Ford! The November issue? Surely some mistake? Yes, it’s true, and if this time of year signals a retreat into the garage or workshop to work on your project over the incoming winter months (at least in the Northern Hemisphere...), then we’ve got just the issue for you with another classic Readers’ Projects Special! Packed with expert top tips and inspiration, plus of course, all your own builds and restorations, it’s definitely one not to be missed. The November 2018 issue hits the newsstands and is available to download from Friday, October 5.Why not subscribe to make sure you don’t miss out? Check out our latest subscription offers on page 90.…

WHERE TO GO THIS MONTH Manchester Classic Car Show When: September 15-16 Where: Event City, Manchester M17 8AS What’s going on:The show takes place within EventCity’s huge indoor halls and hosts one of the UK’s biggest and most diverse exhibition displays of vintage, classic and retro/modern classics. The show offers live restoration demonstrations, traders and autojumblers offering a huge selection of classic-related products and services, classic cars for sale and concours. Plus you get to see some true icons of motorsport in full-on sideways action just outside the halls, with classic rally cars going full throttle around the special stage, along with a supporting cast of classic vehicles and drivers to entertain you. Find out more: www.manchesterclassiccarshow.com…

Ford Fair 2018 With Blue Ovals literally spilling out of the Silverstone Circuit infield, there’s nothing else quite like Ford Fair. Here’s why. Words Daniel Bevis Photos Rob Schaverien, Chris Frosin “FROM TRACK SESSIONS TO THE SPRINT TEST, IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN STATIC DISPLAYS” Ford Fair bills itself as Europe’s biggest Ford show, and when you see the scale of the event it’s impossible to argue. Now in its 33rd year, the 2018 running of the colossal gathering took place at sun-drenched Silverstone, with in excess of 4,000 cars on display. The show, sponsored by mountune, has been developing and evolving over its many years, and offers a showcase of the true breadth and diversity of blue oval ownership; alongside countless modified, standard or track-prepped new-wave Fords, you’ll also find…

MK1 ESCORT VIZARD OF OZ Originally built in Australia, this Mk1 Escort has made the hemispheric shift to the Emerald Isle, where it’s been gifted a fresh new look at the enchanted hands of a serial Ford hoarder… Words Daniel Bevis Photos Adrian Brannan Classic Ford enthusiasts, it’s fair to say, tend to be quite loyal to the marque. You’d know this, being one yourself. Sure, this is true of plenty of other brands — Vauxhall fans get feverish if you suggest they might want to drive anything without a griffin on the nose, VW lovers have tiny little VR6 logos etched on their blood cells — but Fords in particular tend to be a way of life. It’s like some wonderful drug, hugely addictive but with no negative side…

history: twin cams in motorsport TWIN PEAKS Developed and homologated in just three months, the Lotus-powered Twin Cam kickstarted the Escort’s incredible and long-running competition career. Here’s why. Words Graham Robson Looking back over 50 years, it is quite amazing to see how quickly and successfully the Escort Twin Cam progressed from ‘what a good idea’ to ‘first victory’. First mentioned early in 1967, first put together as a working prototype nine months later, and homologation achieved after only 14 months was a quite miraculously speedy programme. Many were involved but the most notable heroes in this programme were Boreham engineer Bill Meade who uttered the famous words, ‘Blimey, one of those who go like stink with a twin-cam in it…’, team boss Henry Taylor who took up the challenge,…

Round 5: Harry Flatters Rally, July 29 BRITISH HISTORIC RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP Williams tops the BHRC contenders on the notorious Epynt stages. Words Paul Lawrence Photos Russ Otway Neil Williams and Peter James made a triumphant return to the Fuchs Lubricants MSA British Historic Rally Championship to take maximum points on round five, the Harry Flatters Rally on Epynt. The Mk2 Escort crew used all their experience of the daunting asphalt stages over the Epynt ranges in Wales as testing weather conditions added to the challenge. Paul Barrett, co-driven by Dai Roberts, strengthened his place at the top of the championship with an excellent second place despite limited prior Epynt knowledge. Category victories went to Simon Tysoe/Paul Morris (Mk1 Escort) and Dessie Nutt/ Geraldine McBride (Porsche 911). As well as being…

BUYER’S GUIDE CORTINA MK1 If choice, great spares back-up and classic ’60s styling are what you’re looking for, then the original Cortina is the one to have. Words ChristianTilbury Photos Chris Frosin “THE CORTINA ECLIPSED ITS RIVALS ON PRICE AND OUTSHONE THEM IN TERMS OF SPACE, TOO” With a need for a volume-seller that would take away sales from the Mini, Ford decided that it wouldn’t bother with a direct competitor but instead offer drivers the novelty of a medium-sized car at a price that was more akin to that of a much smaller one. Announced on September 21, 1962, the result was the Cortina. Available from £639, the Cortina was indeed keenly priced, Ford able to partly realise its desired price point by ushering in new build processes that…

Project Hunter CLASSIC FORD PROJECTS YOU SHOULD BUY — AND MODIFY. Illustrations: Simon Coulson If there’s one golden rule to stick to when messing around with the good Ford’s work, it’s that with four-doors KISS (keep it simple, stupid) should always apply. So unlike a politician, we’ve practised what we’ve preached with this peachy Portuguese 1100 and not thrown everything from the Burton Power catalogue at it. Instead, we’ve carefully stripped the shell down before respraying it in Ford’s finest Maize Yellow — a suitably period shade that is bound to get the diehards nodding their heads in appreciation. Once the paint has hardened, we’ve refitted all of the external brightwork, most importantly keeping the full-length bumpers and overriders, adding some 1300E hockey sticks to the rear panel, before jumping…

your projects: mk1 escort MURRAY’S MINTER Your projects: We delve into the engineering behind one of the country’s most hotly anticipated Escort builds, the Mk1 Retropower is currently creating for Gordon Murray. Words Jamie Arkle Photos Davy Lewis Car: Mk1 Escort Start condition: Rolling shell Condition now: Dry build complete, now being TIG braised and prepared for paint, then reassembly. Estimated date of completion: Summer 2019 It’s not every day that you get a call from a bone fide motorsport hero, one of the foremost engineers of our time and an individual who can quite rightly claim to have had a massive influence on the wider automotive landscape, but that’s precisely what happened when Retropower received a call from Gordon Murray. Murray’s CV is too mighty to condense here so…

Club together NEC Classic adds extra hall to host world’s biggest gathering of clubs The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery is adding an extra hall to this year’s event, and inviting even more clubs to display at the event to create the World’s biggest gathering of classic motoring clubs. Held at Birmingham’s NEC from Friday, November 9 to Sunday, November 11, around 300 classic car and classic motorbike clubs will showcase vehicles owned by members, interpreting this year’s show theme of ‘Built to Last.’ Hall 8, which takes the overall show space to one million square feet (the equivalent of 18 full size football pitches) will be called The Debutant Hall as it will host 15 clubs that have never exhibited at the end of season finale ever…

PRODUCTS THE LATEST,GREATEST BITS FOR YOUR CLASSIC FORD WEBER DGV/DGAV INLET MANIFOLD FOR ZETEC £209.63 Burton Power Burton Power now stocks an inlet manifold to enable Weber’s 32/36 DGV/DGAV twin-choke carburettor and also the 38 DGAS/DGMS carbs to a Silver or Black Top Zetec engine. The manifold bolts straight onto the engine with no modifications required. It is cast and machined in the UK and contains bracing around the top face to prevent fatigue cracks. It comes pre-drilled with a ¼ NPT vacuum inlet but is supplied bare; vacuum union and studs are available separately. Contact: 020 8518 9127, www.burtonpower.com LOTUS CORTINA REAR DAMPERS £153.79 GAZ Shocks GAZ now offers bump and rebound adjustable rear dampers for Mk1 and Mk2 Lotus Cortinas. The rear dampers feature a zinc…

LIKE YOUR CAR! EMMA CARTER MK1 CAPRI Emma Carter’s Mk1 Capri is a genuine 3-litre GT XLR, its yellow paint gleaming beautifully in the relentless summer sunshine. “It’s a UK car, although we have fitted the Australian Super Roo stripes just for fun,” she says. “We’ve owned it for about four years and we take it to shows all over — it’s regularly driven up to Scotland, and we’ve recently taken it to Belgium and Luxembourg.”This Capri’s a Ford Fair regular — a superb example of a straight Mk1 being used as it should.…

LIKE YOUR CAR! REDLINE CARDIFF BASTOS SIERRA RS COSWORTH Recently completed by Redline Cardiff, this is a recreation of the Eggenberger car that won the 1989 Spa 24 hours. Built from a 909 Motorsport shell, it’s got a period roll cage and centre-lock wheels, and there’s a lot of angry stuff under the bonnet – the long-studded 200 block is currently pushing out a safe 450 bhp and soon to be tuned closer to 500 bhp. Redline’s intention is to beat the best Spa lap time set by the original car in period. The company’s presence at Ford Fair has led to invitations to events all over the world!…

HERITAGE Transit Mk1 Dormobile Original classic Fords: Peter Lee never thought he would be able to get his hands on the rare Mk1 Dormobile Freeway camper, but now he has, he’s certainly one happy camper… Everyone loves a Mk1 Transit. There’s certainly something beautifully stylish about them, not forgetting what the model went onto represent. In our book it’s a true great, in every sense. Another big fan of the model is Peter Lee, well known for his valiant efforts at the Transit Van Club, which is no surprise. Having already owned other Mk1 models, Peter had been trying to source an elusive Freeway camper version for some time. “I’ve been looking for a Transit Dormobile for around 10 years,” confirms Peter. “Freeways are extremely rare and I have only…

THE MK2 CHALLENGE I travelled over to Carlow to watch the Mk2 Escort Challenge recently. I don’t know if you’ve been over to watch the Irish lads rallying, but they are complete nutters behind the wheel, and the prep and finish of the rally cars puts a lot of show cars I’ve seen to shame — they’re that nice. Although most of the cars were running Millingtons or XE engines, the James Cassidy Motors, Pinto-powered Escort (top right) really moved. I don’t know a great deal about it other than its got throttle bodies and it went like stink! The man we came to see was Frank Kelly, and he didn’t let us down. He and his co-driver, Lauren Kelly drove to second place and when we caught up with…

OUR CARS Mike’s Mk1 Fiesta Those small steps are all starting to add up as Mike’s Fiesta takes a step closer to returning to the road (and track) in its radical, revamped form. What’s been done this month: Mounted the Quaife diff, fitted the pedal box and rear disc conversion, fabricated the boot mounted radiator, bought new seats Next on the to-do list: Mount the seats, fit the gearbox, flywheel and clutch Thanks to: Zak at Power Engineering, 01895 255699 GSM Performance sport seats, 0115 9893488 Carlo at AR Valli & Sons, 01895 232087 I have fully committed to the six-speed conversion now and there is no turning back. Yes it will cost me more time and money but it should be better in the long run. The gearbox is…

TANK STRAP RUBBERS? “THE RUBBERS ARE ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK” Q I’ve changed the tank straps on my Mk3 Capri, which I’ve had for 25 years. In doing so I found that I’d removed the rubbers off the old ones when they perished years ago. I can’t seem to find anyone that does replacement ones of the correct width — having not had them on there for a long time, are they actually needed? Nigel Sheepwash Email A “There are no rubbers on the tank straps,” reckons Capri specialist, Trevor Steadman of Steadspeed. “The only rubbers are on top of the tank were it presses against the bottom of the boot floor.”…

Round 3: Retro Show, Santa Pod, June 17 Old Skool Ford Drag Challenge The classic Ford strip teasers were back in force for round 3 at the multi-marque Retro Show. Words Jo Peters Photos Kieran Jenkins “AS THE 2018 COMPETITION REACHED THE HALFWAY STAGE, THE 22 OSFDC ENTRANTS WERE RARING TO GO”COMING UP: Round 6 — September 30 FordFest With barely enough time to draw a breath since the last round, the OSFDC racers were back up to Santa Pod for a hot and sunny Retro Show. Billed as a show for pre ’95 models of all marques you can always be sure to spot a classic from back in the day when Datsun was king of the UK market, Minis really were mini, your Dad rocked up in a…

BUYING RESTORING THE PAST, REMASTERED Reader’s restoration: Setting out to relive his Mk1-owning youth, Stuart Cheshire’s ended up with one of the finest Mexicos going. Words Marc Stretton Photos Gerard Hughes When is the perfect Mexico not the perfect Mexico? Check out the pictures here of Stuart Cheshire’s immaculate Sebring Red Mk1, which is everything as good as it looks in the photos. This car is so mint, it recently won third in Class for Mexicos at the AVO Owners’ Club show (and that was just as a ‘turn up and see how we get on’ situation that Stuart had no expectations of winning any trophies in), with the bodywork so clean that a fly doing its business on the bonnet during the photoshoot actually could be made out as…