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.

Please note: This digital version of the magazine does not currently include the covermount items or content you would find on printed newsstand copies

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

Welcome

SHIFT WORK • Your projects: Scott Ingram needed a van for work, but not just any old van, and now his Mk2 Escort project is shaping up to be pretty special — and rapid, too.

BACK FOR 2024!

DATA SHARING WORRIES CLASSIC FANS

EXPANSION FOR MUSEUM

SCRAMBLE HITS NEW HIGHS

RUSTY CORNER

PANEL THEFT

WHERE TO GO NEXT MONTH

ULEZ LEADS TO BROMLEY CANCELLATION

COMING UP • Inside your Spring issue

PRODUCTS • THE LATEST, GREATEST BITS FOR YOUR CLASSIC FORD

SUBCRIBE TODAY SAVE £51.32* • PLUS: RECEIVE A FREE MEGUIAR’S CAR CLEANING KIT

MUSCLE MEMORY • The Mk3 Cortina always enjoyed a stylish muscle car aesthetic. Antti Tiitinen shows us what it could have been like if there was a muscular V8 to match.

PIPE DREAMS • ANTTI’S TRICK HOMEBREWED EXHAUST SYSTEM

COME JOIN THE PARTY! • SUNDAY, MAY 12: SOUTH OF ENGLAND SHOWGROUND, WEST SUSSEX, UK

NO BULL • Big-engine Mk1 Transit conversions are nothing new but the normal starting point is with a Bullnose model as there’s much more room to place the extra displacement. But as you’ll learn, Tony Lee doesn’t take the easy way out…

SHARP SHOOTING SIX • COSWORTH’S BOA ENGINE

Know this: SEVEN STEPS TO BUILDING A CLASS CLASSIC FORD • All of the Fords featured in this issue were built following these essential tips…

PERFECT COMBO • This clean-cut Mk1 Fiesta may look subtle but it’s hiding a big power Zetec engine on throttle bodies — and trick suspension to go with it…

NATURAL ASPIRATIONS • THE ZETEC MASTERPLAN

SOME THEY MADE EARLIER • Featured in the magazine recently, but also debuting at the shows this Summer

PRETTY SPEZIAL • Mika Reivo spent 12 years restoring this rare German-built Zakspeed Escort RS2000 because he immediately knew it was something Spezial…

ZAKSPEED RACING • MOTORSPORT ROYALTY

Know this: DETAILING YOUR FORD’S BODYWORK • Cleaning your classic Ford should seem like a simple task, but in a sea of opinions and neighbours jeering ‘Can you do mine next?’ it can quickly turn into a chore. Here the six main stages of this hotly-debated subject to give your Blue Oval’s bodywork a Class Of 2024-worthy finish.

SELLING THE DREAM • Pestering a Ford salesperson for car brochures was once a rite of passage — now those pamphlets are highly collectable.

WHAT’S ON • Classic Car & Restoration Show NEC, March 22-24

LETTER OF THE MONTH • YOUR LETTERS, EMAILS & SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS

YOUR PHOTOS • Cars, roadtrips, shows, tattoos… share your images right here.

YOUR CARS • THE BEST OF WHAT’S DROPPED IN OUR INBOX THIS MONTH

Next month • See all this and so much more in your Spring 2024 issue of the world’s biggest and best-selling Ford magazine!

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The A B C of tuning • Z is for… Zetec

PINTO RALLY CAMS • Here we go… Graham puts a selection of rally-spec and oval track-grind cams to the test to find out which gives the best all-round results.

Ade’s Mk2 Orion • A punt on a raffle resulted in Ade winning a Mk2 Orion, but can he resist not modifying it? Probably not…

Graham’s Mk3 Capri • A little bit here, a little bit there… The Capri gets...