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How can people not see it cannot be policed? Yes, it would be nice to have it all classic Fords, but it's just not feasible! A 1985 cut off or any other cut off would stop same cars of different years coming in. It would mean late registered Capris couldn't come in but early ones could. Could you imagine the outcry that would spark? And how it would alienate Capri owners who would no doubt band together? And how would a cut off even work - checking logbooks on the door? Can you imagine the queues?! I enjoyed the show this year. I thought there was plenty to keep me entertained and anything I didn't like I walked past - the same as any car show, whether that was a Mk1 Focus RS or a Mk3 Cortina in a colour I don't like

This comes up every year and there the fact is there is no way to restrict what cars enter. How would you suggest it's done? By model? By year? By judges at the gate? You can't do it by model as people like different things - is a 3-door Cosworth a welcomed classic? Some will say yes, say will say no. Is a standard Sierra a classic? Some will say yes, more will say no. So what's the solution? You let some Sierras in but not others? Who would determine which are 'worthy'? You can't do it by year either. Say the cut off is 1987. Then some Escort RS Turbos can come in, and some built a month later can't. That seems fair. And judging on the gate on the day seems perfectly feasible when you consider the queues to get in as they are. End of the day it's a big show that's getting bigger. It will attract all kinds of people and there's no feasible way to stop that from happening. Just enjoy what you like looking at and look away from things you don't

Such a shame this, I wrote Darren's feature for Classic Ford and spoke with him a few times. He was a lovely, cheerful, clever bloke who was a good businessman, and loved his family sincerely. A tragic loss

Retro Ford, Retro Cars and Performance Ford have all been sold to other publishers and will continue to be printed as per usual. The staff will more than likely be different though.

Glad you're happy Paul - it looks great! Well done.

That's an amazing achievement, well done!

Glad everyone enjoyed it!

In theory, no businesses should have to close if what they are proposing goes through - they're not making modifying illegal. From my understanding and a bit of research it seems what they are suggesting is that cars that don't meet original type approval will require an IVA test - which most well built cars should go through anyway. Secondly, it seems the MoT tester will be the one that determines whether a car needs to go for that IVA test, which again shouldn't be a problem for most of us. It would take a massive investment to make it work, which is why personally, I don't think it ever will. You never know though!

Depends how far you go and how much needs doing of course, but materials alone came to £500 on my recent respray which me and few mates got stuck in with.

Personally wouldn't go near a ZVH. The CVH heads were crap and if you've gone to the trouble of fitting the Zetec bottom end then it makes sense to keep the much more modern and better flowing Zetec head.

He knows about it and did have plans to make a replica at one point...

Looks good and a nice evening!

Cheers mate! Colour seemed to go down well. Luke Ginn's Escort was only just finished in time - he knows the rear wheels need to go wider, they simply ran out of time to do it. It will be going lower with the wider wheels soon

Cheers mate! Still recovering now! Surprised you remembered that late in the evening

Cheers, that was my car