Classic Ford – August 2019

THE BIG

PICTURE

SAYING GOODBYE

Austrian Formula One race legend, Niki Lauda

sadly passed away at the age of 70 at the end

of May, and while best-known for his exploits

at the wheel of a Ferrari and latterly, McLaren,

he also drove for Ford in 1974, too — in the

quad-cam 3.4-litre Capri RS3100 in the 4 hours

of Salzburg, the 1000 km of the Nürburgring,

the 4 hours of Zandvoort and at the Norisring

street circuit in Germany. He will be missed.

Terminally-rotten old Fords

With a classic Ford or two in the

garage, there’s not much excuse to

go for a walk — unless you’re

hunting treasures for Rusty Corner.

“Here are a couple of photos of

the front end of a Mk2 Escort and a

Mk3 Escort Cabriolet I recently

discovered while on a walk in a

local abandoned quarry,” says To n y

Hardisty. “I’d never noticed these

before but a recent grass fi re has

uncovered them, and as you can

see, there’s not much left!”

Spotted an unloved Ford on your

travels? Email photos and details of

your fi nd to classicford.ed@kelsey.

co.uk or you can write to us at the

address over on page 5.

BACK IN THE DAY

From the Classic Ford archives

5 YEARS AGO

AUGUST 2014

We’ve never shied away from covering

classic Fords from around the globe, and in

the August 2014 issue we highlighted six

standout cars from Malta, Luxembourg,

South Africa, Germany and of course, the UK.

Blimey! If that wasn’t enough, we also sent

Bryn to Finland to investigate one Finnish

Ford fan with enough parts stashed away to

build at least three complete cars! Veke,

where are you now?

UST 2009

e ago we were kicking off a three-

ine series, as Jon built up a Pinto to

oad2.1specwiththehelpofSteve

rsonof VulcanEngineering,

evealingtheprocessstep-by-stepso

youcoulddoit,too.Alsoonthe

enginefront,weshowedhowto

installandruna Zetecusingthe

factoryECU,saving£1000s...

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