ECOBOOST MK6
Offbeat thinkers have always driven the modifying scene forwards. The ability to view an established form or entity with a fresh perspective is not something everybody can successfully deploy, but there are characters for whom this stuff is just second nature. Take a look, for example, at kustom legend George Barris, who devised such lunatic creations as the original Batmobile and the Munster Koach in the 1960s. Or Jamie Shaw of Carisma in the ‘90s, who did weird and peculiar things to Renault 5s, and then took that mystical witchcraft and stirred it into a TVR Cerbera. These are not normal things to do, but c'mon - who ever wanted to be normal?
Within this realm of visionaries and dreamers resides Daniel Brown, the owner of this particularly peculiar Fiesta. And while first glances may not lead you to believe that anything especially radical is going on here, the relatively sober exterior actually hides a great many secrets. There are distinctly unMk6-like things going on here. For starters, there's an EcoBoost under the bonnet. Peep inside the cabin, and you'll find that it's been fully Mk7-swapped. And the ethos for the whole thing comes from a distinctly unexpected angle too: Daniel's dream Ford was always the Sapphire Cosworth, but with values of those having skyrocketed, he decided on the Mk6 Fiesta instead – something which couldn't be more different to the old ‘80s saloon, really.
