In the August 2002 issue of MOTOR, Ford, in all its wisdom, allowed our David Morley to build an engine for a Tickford TE50.

Well, when we say ‘he’ built it, he was very carefully supervised by Tickford’s crack engine builders, which will be a big relief to James, from Wanneroo in WA, who currently has the Tickford TE50 T3 that the engine ended up in for sale on Gumtree.

Tickford TE50 T3 rear
David Morley build plate

Morley remembers the car drank like an alcoholic sailor (even by the standards of the notoriously thirsty stroked Windsors) but that it was also the fastest Tickford the magazine ever tested, so he must have done something right.

Tickford TE50 T3 engine

Now, someone buy it before MOTOR’s TE50-loving editor Dylan Campbell drains the editorial budget and returns it to our long-term garage.

Tickford TE50 T3 interior
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