Fast Ford

Featuring performance-tuned road and track cars, product news, buying guides, technical advice, engine tuning, plus a massive section of Fords for sale, it provides a complete guide to the modified Ford scene for the first-time Ford buyer through to the full-on Ford fanatic.

Fast Ford

WELCOME • ISSUE 467 - DECEMBER 2023

RAMPANT RABBIT • It may be finished in Playboy pink, but this Mk1 RS is no frivolous gimmick – this car has been beautifully built to be properly enjoyed

GOODWOOD REVIVAL 2023 • WHERE GOODWOOD MOTOR CIRCUIT WHEN SEPTEMBER 8TH-10TH Goodwood celebrates 25 years of the Revival, and 75 years since the Motor Circuit opened

FORD STUFF • Useful gear for your beloved Blue Oval

EMPIRE BUILDING • Resplendent in Imperial Blue, Ronan's 2WD Saff is a big power saloonatic

BARGAIN HUNT • From £600 eBay special to twin-turbo V8 show-stopper, James Price's Focus is a triumph of engineering skills and good old-fashioned bargain hunting

RADWOOD 2023 WHERE BICESTER HERITAGE WHEN SEPTEMBER 2ND • The rad spirit of retro comes to leafy Oxfordshire

WHAT LIES BENEATH • When is an Orion not an Orion? Well, firstly, when it's an Escort Saloon, but also when that Escort Saloon is something so weird and twisted it threatens to throw the whole Ford world out of whack…

SLEEPING BEAUTY • It had slumbered in storage for many, many years – but now it's been fabulously restored, Martin's RST was well worth the wait

STEADY SHOOTING • The Puma is proving to be a perfect photographer's companion

MK2 MADNESS • How many Mk2 Focus RS projects is enough? For Butsy, there's really no answer to that question

FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS • A tribute to a lost friend who will ride with Project 2000 forever

#PRINTMYFORD • See your very own fast Ford in full printed glory!

ACADEMY ON TOP FORM • British GT returned to Brands Hatch for the penultimate round of the 2023 championship

BTCC – SILVERSTONE • It's all about the teamwork for NAPA Racing UK and Cataclean

FOCUS CUP • Clark takes cup title at Brands Hatch

MANN OF MYSTERY • Painstakingly restored from period photographs, this bona fide Alan Mann Racing Escort boasts a fascinating history

MODIFYING GUIDE MK8 FIESTA ST • Unleash the true performance potential of the Mk8 Fiesta ST with our technical guide

“NOT NOW, CATO!” • ‘Obnoxious.’ That's how this Fiesta self-identifies, and who are we to argue?

THE FORD VAULT • Celebrating weird and wonderful models from Blue Oval history