Tasked with restoring the #TeamMike XR3i in time for this month’s Classic Motor Show, Blokie’s not feeling the pressure —much.
How did you get into cars?
It was through banger racing. I went from a very early age with my parents and also helped my father build them.
What was your first Ford?
A Mk1 Escort 1300GT I bought from my Uncle. I modified the car with a 1740 Crossflow engine and bigger brakes. What happened to it? I sold it two years later to raise the money to buy a facelift Mk1 Capri 1600GT.
How did you end up working on classic cars?
I went straight into the garage trade when I left school. Back then, the run-of-the-mill cars are what we call today’s classics with points, condensers and adjustable tappets!
How did the rebuild of the #TeamMike XR3i Cabriolet in Lancaster Insurance’s #ClassicRumble come about?
I was at the Race Retro show where Mike Brewer and Ant Anstead were asking if anybody was interested in taking part in a charity restoration project. I’ve done some work on several cars for a friend of mine, Kevin Murby, and he gave Mike one of my business cards and said, this is the bloke you need. By the time I got home, Mike had emailed me!
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RE:CREATION
Your projects: Pushed aside in the BTCC history books by the Cosworth and RS500, the 1985 championship-winning Merkur XR4Ti started the ball rolling for the Sierra’s success, and Alan Strachen is building a tribute to remind everyone why.
THE JUMP
It’s been 12 years in the making, but now Ashley Farazmand’s incredible Mk2 Harrier has raised the Escort show car game a level — or three.
Pop Rocks
The 100E was a humble and sensible thing when it launched back in the 1950s. But Rich Lakey’s radically-reworked 1959 example catapults the Pop into the 21st century — its 380 bhp turbo power ensuring that it rocks on every measurable scale…
OUT OF THIS WORLD
With outlandish wings and 460 bhp, 1.4-litre engines, the amazing Zakspeed Capris looked, sounded and drove like nothing else on earth.
FIESTA FINESSED
Aiden Powell always knew what his first car was going to be, and now this Mk1 Finesse is just the way he wants it.
Old Skool Ford Drag Challenge
Seeing out the race season in style, Round 6 saw some impressive Fords hit the strip. But who was crowned overall 2019 champion?
IT TAKES TWO
Reader’s restoration: How do you make a once-rotten Cortina GXL even better? Give it to two Ford fans to restore then refine, that’s how.
ESCORT 1300L
Original classic Fords: We all dream of finding an untouched, one-owner classic Ford, but for Allan Binns it’s a regular reality, with this Mk1 being his finest find yet— and now he’s made it even better.
BRITISH HISTORIC RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
The final 2019 round, the Trackrod Stages, wasn’t without its dramas.
1945-2019 Russell Brookes
Double British Rally champion Russell Brookes, famous for driving his Andrews Heat For Hire Escorts, has passed away at the age of 74.