Players TV check out their very own Carl Taylor’s Escort RS Turbo – see the full feature in Fast Car magazine issue 425. Carl Taylor has always been known as one to ‘step out of the box’ when modifying vehicles,…
Soundtracked by The Beat and The Pogues, The Fence conjurs a 1980s Bristol — a world of ska, punch-ups and Mk2 Escorts. Back in 2018, Will Stone made a short feature film set in Bristol in the 1980s that revolved…
With the 2021 events season still looking a bit shaky, here’s a flashback to five years ago and the 2016 Classic Ford Show. Sun, the strip and classic Fords – what’s not to like? For the latest news and updates…
Escort XR3i, Mk1 Golf GTi, MG Maestro… find out which is the best in Classics World‘s 1980s hot-hatch shootout The 1980s were boom time for the hot hatchback market, with every manufacturer desperate to throw their hat in the ring.…
First released in 1982 then re-released in 1983, the single, Ullo John! Gotta New Motor! was a top 20 hit for writer, actor and comedian, Alexei Sayle (then best-known for playing the character Jerzei Balowski, in The Young Ones). Featuring slightly…
Featured in the July 2020 issue of Fast Ford, Christopher Neumayr’s hillclimb Escort is an absolute beast. Powered by a naturally-aspirated 308 bhp Cosworth YB engine that happily revs to 10,000 rpm, the Mk2 sports state-of-the-art aerodynamics, making this one…
We captured Andrew Dyer’s MX-5 turbo Escort project for a Grafters feature in the February 2020 issue. We’re pleased to say the car’s now finished and looking and sounding the part. Watch the video here> Read the original Grafters feature…
You’ve seen the Heritage fleet at Dagenham, but did you know that Ford has a similar fleet of classics at the Cologne factory, too? Here ex-Ford marketing guru now author, Steve Saxty takes a look around the prototype hall including…
Pete Crompton loves Mk3 Cortinas — but he loves saving them even more. Check out the first in a series of videos where he rescues an abandoned Mk3 Cortina aka Project Bramble View more videos of Project Bramble here Click…
Motorsport hero, Ken Block has decided to teach his 13 year old daughter how to do donuts in his Gymkhana Mk2 Escort. What could possibly go wrong? Check out the feature on Ken Block’s Mk2 Escort here Watch more Classic…