Retro Ford Magazine January 2017 Vorige editie

Inside this months issue:

- The ultimate resource for buying a MK2 Cortina 1600E
- Turbo MK2
- 16V MK1 Van/ Escort van with Zetec on big carbs

SLIDE RULE
Joe Gubb’s Escort has seen some evolutions over
the years, this is it’s latest guise and it’s mega
21 MOURNE RUN
Out in their cars again, the Irish contingent took to
the roads for the Mourne run
26 BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
A period race car for the road is what Harry Phelps
has gone and built himself. Read about it here.
38 1600E CORTINA BUYING GUIDE
All you need to know about buying the Cortina
1600e
44 RETROSTOCK 2016
The best event you’ll go to in your car if you like
balls-out action and silliness.
48 CREED FOR SPEED
Naughty Mk1 Escort van with a sixteen valve of
Zetec-ness
62 GREAT DAYS
Great days of Fords in motorsport
REGULARS
68 TRUE BLUE
Martyn chats to Howard Law about his love of
Fords and what he’s owned over the years.
74 GET THE LOOK
Food for thought from some of this month’s feature
cars
76 NEW PRODUCTS
Er, products that are new that you might like for
your old Fords
82 FAMOUS FIVE
It’s like readers cars, with a different name, because
there are five of them. See what we did
84 READER’S PROJECT
Rob Cheesmur takes a look at Scott’s Mk1 Escort
project
88 OUR PROJECTS
The highs and lows of the fleet of cars run by the RF
Team. Morley went and did a skid.
96 BARRY’S BIT
Abridged excert from Barry Lee’s book The Other
Side of Winning
102 ACCEPTABLE IN THE 80’S
A Sierra Sapphire Cosworth, marginally nudges itself
into the 1980’s, so gets in.
110 RETRO FORD REWIND
A misty-eyed look back at what was making us talk
about stuff ten years ago this month