What’s red, gold, and likely to make grown petrolheads cry tears of joy? No, not a Ferrari wrapped in McDonald’s foil. It’s the Ford Escort Alan Mann 68 Edition—a dead-ringer for the 1968 and ’69 British Saloon Car Championship winner, and it’s back with enough historical accuracy to make a museum curator weep.
Boreham Motorworks is only making 24 of these beauties, and each one is reverse-engineered so precisely, it might as well have time-traveled from the grid at Brands Hatch. With FIA Historic Technical Passports and proper Ford/Alan Mann chassis numbers, these aren’t just pretty toys—they’re bona fide race-ready beasts.
Hand-built in the UK with obsessive attention to detail, the 68 Edition comes with bubble arches wide enough to shelter small livestock, a 205PS Twin Cam under the hood, and a four-speed bullet gearbox that’ll make your wrist feel like it’s 1968 again. And yes, even the suspension has been resurrected by the same bloke who built it back in the day—Jim flipping Rose.
Two versions are offered: Period Correct (for pure nostalgia junkies) and Modern Race (for those who like their fire extinguishers plumbed in). Either way, you’re getting a slice of motorsport history with the swagger to match.
Deliveries begin August 2025, and you might want to start practicing your heel-and-toe now.
Wanna see it in action? Well, here it is:
Images: Boreham Motorworks.
