Classic Ford

Classic Ford is rammed full of expert technical features, the best feature cars from across the world, a dedicated motorsport section plus all the news, products and information you'll need from across the entire classic Ford scene.

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THIS ISSUE • Out and about with our band of Blue Oval-loving writers and photographers.

Welcome • NEXT ISSUE ON SALE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27

RISE FROM THE ASHES • Your projects: Off the road for 25 years thanks to a fire, this ex-rally Escort is getting ready to make a comeback. Only this time it’s heading for the track.

LONDON COUNCILS SPLIT ON OWN ULEZ SCRAPPAGE SCHEMES • Modern classics safe from locally boosted scrappage offers – for the time being

TOP DOLLAR

RUSTY CORNER • Terminally-rotten old Fords

24-CAR BARN FIND AUCTIONED

WHERE TO GO IN OCTOBER • Sunday Scramble Where: October 8 Where: Bicester Heritage, Oxfordshire, UK

WHERE TO GO IN JANUARY • Autosport International Where: January 11-14, 2024 Where: NEC Birmingham, UK

ON TOUR IN ‘24

COMING UP • Inside your December edition

PRODUCTS THE LATEST, GREATEST BITS FOR YOUR CLASSIC FORD

CAR OF THE YEAR • We’ve featured some stunning Fords in the last 12 months, now vote for your favourite!

HAPPY VALLEY • While the Welsh hills may have a stronger association with rally cars, Ian McLaughlin prefers a race livery to a set of Cibies…

INSPIRED MANN • AMR’S XOO ESCORTS

CLASSIC ENGINE TUNING • Want more power from your Ford powerplant? Here’s the lowdown broken down into three handy tuning stages.

1600 Crossflow • It’s no spring chicken, but tuning parts availability for the classic pushrod engine is still excellent.

2-litre Pinto • There a well-tested routes to getting more power from the Crossflow’s bigger brother.

3-litre Essex • Ford’s V6 gives classic sounds — and power — with carefully selected parts and know-how.

2-litre Zetec • The ever-popular 1990s 16-valver sees decent gains from largely bolt-on — or in — tuning goodies…

Sidedraught carburettors • When it comes to classic tuning, sidedraughts are still the number one choice for induction. Here’s (almost) everything you need to know about DCOEs.

Buying second-hand

How they work

BARRELL (CHOKE) SIZE

Throttle bodies • Whether as an upgrade to a modern or classic powerplant, more and more throttle body set-ups are being installed in classic Fords. Here’s why.

How do they work?

STARTER’S ORDERS • Inspired by his dad’s passion for old Fords, Lewis Wilcock chose a Mk1 Fiesta as his first car. Ten years down the line and now boasting a lairy Crossflow, that very same car has been transformed into a true showstopper.

PUSHROD INSIDE • KEEPING THE CROSSFLOW

GREAT EXPECTATIONS • The Great British Car Journey’s recent Fiesta of Fords celebrated the blue oval’s pint-sized hatchback — and much more besides.

TRIBUTE ACT • Restoring his dad’s Mk2 Capri in the garage at home, Bryan Piaskowski’s S replica is a period-perfect homage to altogether cooler times.

REFURBISH NOT REPLACE • KEEPING THE CAPRI INTACT

COAST TO COAST • The long-running Causeway Coast Ford Fair showcases the great and good of the Irish Ford scene. This year’s show was no exception.

FIVE STAND-OUT FEATURES • We pick five of our favourites from County Antrim visit.

WHAT’S ON

LETTER OF THE MONTH

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