Project Cars Update: Simon’s Corsair – In V4 we trust
Simon Woolley | Project cars | 31/01/2010 00:00amIt’s not worth the bother of tuning up an Essex V4, right? After a bit of page-flicking, Simon’s not so sure…
It’s officially winter here in the UK – a time when many classics come off the road until the Spring months – and these Corsairs hit the lanes for a last run out before the weather turns.
The front end bodywork repairs on Simon’s Corsair project are complete? Are you sure?
Watch this clip of a rare export two-door V4 Corsair being dragged – literally – out of storage. Some day, we too will find a car this way!
Check out this run of pics from the recent Ford Corsair Owners’ Club National Rally – there’s some cracking examples here. Many thanks to Paul Watts from the club for the images.
Ace restorer of classic Fords, Jason Pillar whose Broadspeed Escort 1300GT tribute we featured in the June 2011 issue has gone and got himself a new website.
The continual discovery of rot where it’s not wanted is not putting off Simon and Jon Hill from ploughing on with the Corsair rebuild.
Unearthing classic images from Ford’s past.
The Corsair’s been butchered… but for all the right reasons.
Here’s a detailed look inside the new edition of the biggest and best-selling classic Ford mag — in the shops now!
The E-for-Executive was just that – a top-spec model for the cul-de-sac’s social elite.
It’s minor update time – with the emphasis definitely on the ‘minor’ part…
It’s not worth the bother of tuning up an Essex V4, right? After a bit of page-flicking, Simon’s not so sure…
In the 1960s, a saloon car hitting 100 mph was a big deal, so Ford built a Corsair to take on the ’100 mph for seven days’ record. Here’s what happened.
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Here’s Mike ‘Boxxer’ Bradley’s NA YB-powered, Mk2 Escort fitted with a sequential gearbox, performing for the camera at Santa Pod Raceway recently. Full feature in the December 2011 issue of Classic Ford magazine.