Going the distance

It’s no secret that the average classic Ford obsessive likes to play the long game. Strike up a conversation with one at a show and you’ll most likely find that they’ve been mucking about with old Fords for years, quite often leaving the scene for a while then coming back a few years later, and in the meantime holding onto whatever cars and parts they’ve amassed along the way.

Nick Manson is no exception. He started messing around with Fords before he could even drive (well, legally...), buying up cars and parts when they were cheap and tucking them away in various lock-ups around his home