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

SPLIT DECISION • Your projects: How do manage your own projects when working on other people’s? Rich Bishop reckons he’s found the solution with this road and track-bound Capri.

PERMITTED TO DRIVE • Feared red tape banished for planned trips to EU countries in your classic Ford this summer

BLACK ’PLATE CHANGES

2022 CLASSIC FORD TOUR

FILM SEEKS FORDS

TAX DODGER

BACK IN THE DAY • From the Classic Ford archives

RUSTY CORNER

What’s On • All the must-attend classic Ford shows and events around the world for February, March and into Spring.

NEXT ISSUE • Inside the April 2021 issue of Classic Ford!

GAYDON GEARS UP FOR THE SUMMER

PRODUCT • THE LATEST, GREATEST BITS FOR YOUR CLASSIC FORD

300th ISSUE • Classic Ford is 300! To celebrate, starting over the page is a showcase the best of the mag and the old Ford scene. Enjoy.

LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPS • Original classic Fords: Touched by the hand of Colin Chapman, the Lotus Cortina and Escort Twin Cam are race-bred icons, and these two examples live on through the skills of Tiger Racing.

1968 ESCORT TWIN CAM

SPEC

WHO ARE TIGER RACING?

MALTEASER • Its sun-scorched form may have been ignominiously stuffed with a Toyota diesel motor, but Ruben Schembri knew just how to turn this genuine Cortina 1600E around…

Tech Spec

SILVER GHOST • This 3.0S kept evading Jarrod Swain but now he’s got his hands on it, and he’s made it better than new.

Tech Spec

MAILBOX • YOUR LETTERS, EMAILS & SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS

LETTER OF THE MONTH

LOCKDOWN MEMORIES

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

YOUR PROJECTS!

Classic Ford

UPGRADE GUIDE POPULAR 100E • With plenty of survivors and a well-trodden route to modifying, the 100E range makes for a great updated classic. Follow our guide.

Info

Mike’s Mk1 Fiesta • After five years, the Mk1 is finally heading in the right direction — to the road.

EXPERT CLINIC • TROUBLE WITH YOUR FORD? SEND IN YOUR QUERY AND WE'LL SORT IT OUT

QUERY OF THE MONTH

SPRINT CONDITION • Not even a global pandemic could stop Michael Sutherland from turning dreams of a sprint-focussed, concours-clean Mk1 Fiesta into reality. This is the awesome result.

UK SPRINTING

Tech Spec

WINDS OF CHANGE • Before the Cortinas and Escorts, Zephyrs and Zodiacs formed Ford’s first-ever official rally team. This is their incredible story.

CF BUYING RESTORING How to Repair front seats • Get comfy again with our step-by-step guide to fixing a collapsed or sunken seat.

SEARCH AND RESCUE • Reader’s restoration: His lifelong love of Escorts convinced Robert Delaney to undertake the three-year quest for only genuine Ford parts to restore his very rusty 1980 RS2000…

RALLYE SPORT 2000

TECH SPEC • 1980 ESCORT RS2000

BUYER’S GUIDE SIERRA MK1 • No longer considered winter hack fodder, the early, non-sporting Sierras are now seriously collectible. Here’s what to look for.

YOU’RE HISTORY • LOOKING TO THE PAST ONE CLASSIC IMAGE AT A TIME