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Retro Ford magazine Jam-packed with the best well-known show, street and track cars, in-depth technical features and product testing, company profiles and amazing show reports that really capture the atmosphere, as well as focusing on owners’ club meets and much, much more. If you like your old skool Fords then this is the publication for you! Order
today: www.retrofordmagazine.co.uk
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HOME BUILDWe are lucky enough to get to seesome top-class old Fords hereat Retro towers and also getto meet their friendly owners.Whether an untouched factorystandard car or an all-out modified monster, we liveand breath old Fords here at RetroFord and all ofyou who we get to meet share that same passion.One prime example of this is Niall Maclachlan,the proud owner of this stunning beauty you seehere. We wait for ages to see a Mk1 Fiesta XR2,and when one pops up, it just happens to be oneof outstanding quality. Out of all of Fords XR range,the little XR2 must be one of the rarest seen today.Niall has done a splendid job with his example, andhe’s no stranger when it comes to retro Fords. “Iwas 17 when I got my first car,” he says. “That wasa Mk3 Escort 1.3GL, a great motor. I then movedon to the older stuff seeing me own a couple ofMk1 Escort Mexicos, a Mk1 1300 GT and a coupleof Mk2 Escort 1600 Sports.” A mighty fine line upwhich also saw a Mk2 XR2 and a 1.8 Sierra until itrusted away. An old Ford rust? Never! “I’m not oneto be put off being faced with a challenge,” smilesNiall. “I’ve previously restored a Mk3 XR3i so I kindof know what it entails which is just as well as thisone needed a lot of work!”The XR2 has been in Niall’s caring hands forthree and a half years now and has come such along way from the sorry state it was once in. “TheFiesta was local to me and I’d also known a coupleof its previous owners. I first spotted it sitting on alads driveway and would always give it a glancewhenever passing.” Sadly by the time, Niall calledin to enquire about the car it had already sold!However, not one to give up Niall kept his ear to theground and his eyes wide open in the hope that oneday he’d find its whereabouts once more. “By sheerluck, I knew the lad who’d beat me to it so, I wentto see him and ask if he was thinking of selling it.A couple of months he came back to me as he haddecided not to restore it.”Happy days, after just missing out (the firsttime) Niall could finally get his hands on it. “I reallywanted it as it’s a local car plus I’ve never owneda Mk1 Fiesta before, My biggest inspiration inowning it, is how rare it is, being the XR2 model.”See our behind the scenes footage on Instagram: @retrofordmagazine045
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HOME BUILD
We are lucky enough to get to see
some top-class old Fords here
at Retro towers and also get
to meet their friendly owners.
Whether an untouched factory
standard car or an all-out modified monster, we live
and breath old Fords here at RetroFord and all of
you who we get to meet share that same passion.
One prime example of this is Niall Maclachlan,
the proud owner of this stunning beauty you see
here. We wait for ages to see a Mk1 Fiesta XR2,
and when one pops up, it just happens to be one
of outstanding quality. Out of all of Fords XR range,
the little XR2 must be one of the rarest seen today.
Niall has done a splendid job with his example, and
he’s no stranger when it comes to retro Fords. “I
was 17 when I got my first car,” he says. “That was
a Mk3 Escort 1.3GL, a great motor. I then moved
on to the older stuff seeing me own a couple of
Mk1 Escort Mexicos, a Mk1 1300 GT and a couple
of Mk2 Escort 1600 Sports.” A mighty fine line up
which also saw a Mk2 XR2 and a 1.8 Sierra until it
rusted away. An old Ford rust? Never! “I’m not one
to be put off being faced with a challenge,” smiles
Niall. “I’ve previously restored a Mk3 XR3i so I kind
of know what it entails which is just as well as this
one needed a lot of work!”
The XR2 has been in Niall’s caring hands for
three and a half years now and has come such a
long way from the sorry state it was once in. “The
Fiesta was local to me and I’d also known a couple
of its previous owners. I first spotted it sitting on a
lads driveway and would always give it a glance
whenever passing.” Sadly by the time, Niall called
in to enquire about the car it had already sold!
However, not one to give up Niall kept his ear to the
ground and his eyes wide open in the hope that one
day he’d find its whereabouts once more. “By sheer
luck, I knew the lad who’d beat me to it so, I went
to see him and ask if he was thinking of selling it.
A couple of months he came back to me as he had
decided not to restore it.”
Happy days, after just missing out (the first
time) Niall could finally get his hands on it. “I really
wanted it as it’s a local car plus I’ve never owned
a Mk1 Fiesta before, My biggest inspiration in
owning it, is how rare it is, being the XR2 model.”
See our behind the scenes footage on Instagram: @retrofordmagazine
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