Regular readers might well be familiar with Tom Jackson. He’s a Classic Ford Tour veteran, his Mk2 Cortina project was the subject of our June 2019 Grafters article and his then ST170-powered Mk1 Sierra Estate was featured in August 2021. Tom’s younger brother, Kieran is five years his junior and has worked with Tom on all of his numerous cars. And it was only a matter of time before the siblings and their gang of South Yorkshire-based mates got busy on a car that has Kieran’s name on the V5.
The Jackson family have petrol in their veins. Tom and Kieran’s father was always working on a Jag or Capri and Tom’s daughter, Elena is already getting the bug. “The 1969 Cortina is actually hers,” admits Tom. “I’ve had her name painted on the
