It’s rare, exotic and the one everyone wants — here’s why the Tickford Turbo is the ultimate Capri for Ford fans The Capri cemented its reputation as the blue collar exotic car, but when Aston Martin Tickford stepped in to…
It gave us the Mk5-based RS2000 and Cosworth yet more than 30 years after launch the Mk5 Escort is still considered a dud, or is it? By the late 1980s, it seemed Ford could do no wrong. But by being…
Check out Classic Ford contributor, Mike Johnson‘s coverage of Ford Fair 2021 with a huge smattering of hardcore classic Fords throughout… Watch the video here>> “A great Ford Fair 2021 at Silverstone. It was aweome to catch up with mates and…
There are some cracking Fords coming up at the WB & Sons classic car auction on Saturday, August 7, including a mint Mk2 Escort four-door, superb pre-facelift Mk2 Granada Ghia, and the stunning Tickford Capri from our Spring 2020 issue Watch the…
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…