Soul Survivor
Classic Ford|May 2017

John MacNiven’s put his heart and soul into the latest build of his XR2, with enough trick touches to keep you guessing for hours.

Jon Hill
Soul Survivor

Sometimes it’s hard to look at a car as a mere machine — as something that gets you from A to B. But then, because we’re reading a magazine about preserving and modifying old Fords, I guess it’s safe to say, none of us are normal.

The longer you’ve had a car, the more difficult it is to part with, especially if you’ve been modifying it from the day you bought it — it becomes part of your soul. Even if it were a stocker, when someone says, why don’t you just sell it, it’s impossible to explain why you simply can’t – it’s yours, has your stamp and even if it were a rusty wreck in the corner, it’s like losing a limb to let go of.

John MacNiven’s XRZ-badged Fiesta is a car he’s had for forever. Back when he first bought it, it was a white stock XR2 and it’s true to say it’s evolved. John’s gone through plenty of paths — from the usual hot Crossflow to the current Zetec power that simply looks like it should be there, hence the XRZ graphics - a clever play on XRV, the now rare Mk1 Fiesta van but sporting XR underpinnings — but the shift up the alphabet to hint at the more modern powerplant.

Evolution theory

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