For our first look at Ford Fair 2014, I decided to pick out some of the more interesting cars at the show which ultimately means very strange, very impressive or in some cases - both.

A Case  in point being KMS Motorsport’s Focus RS. How do you make your demo car stand out from the hundreds of others at the event? WRC spec bonnet, spoiler, lamp pods and roof scoop along with a crazy wrap and blue and pink wheels should do it!

The MkIV Escort’s been around a fair few years now and there’s little that’s not been done. I don’t recall seeing the combo of Zetec Turbo, scissor doors and cream leather before though.

How about a big brake kit that’s had the bells and calipers mirror polished?

Here’s that retrim and the doors from another angle.

I’m not sure what’s going on here. Most people with sizeable installs usually go to great effort to ensure they are perfectly integrated into the car but that doesn’t seem to have been the plan here.

It looks more like someone’s played Tetris with a stack of cheap electronics then gone glue gun trigger happy with some offcuts of orange leather.

The finishing touch has to be the Apple logo - given that the car is the antithesis of everything the company stands for!

Although almost all the cars in councours are RS, ST or XR there are people who show some love for base models.

Although, assuming it’s corrosion free, it may find itself the donor for something more potent, being the demand for clear 3-door shells.

Some Transits are spared from a life of abuse and instead are pampered and upgraded.

Sitting on air this example displayed a mirror like paint finish, clearly visible in this photo.

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One of the pit garages had a selection of race and rally Fords, including  the BTCC Mondeo and RS500 Touring Cars visible here.

This RS200 built by MDV Specialist Engineering is something pretty special. More info and photos to follow.

Nothing weird about this one - just 900+bhp of insane power making it the fastest car there by some margin. Even the MDV RS200 is a good few hundred horses down.

A Galaxy, painted Ultimate Green and fitted with Focus RS wheels, vents and badges, and a blue flashing LEDs in the grille.

Oh, and a Focus RS engine too!

If you’ve seen The Place Beyond The Pines you’ll know what’s going on here.

For those that haven’t, you can’t see it too clearly from this photo, but there’s a guy riding a motocross bike inside here, upside down.

This has been at Ford Fair a couple of times now, but this year sported a new addition…

…in the form of a couple of mannequin prostitutes.

I’m not sure how the owner of the car got to the show, but I’d imagine this would raise a few onlooker’s eyebrows upon noticing it queuing in traffic…

One of the latest crazes is to cover every available square inch of plastic in your engine bay with a garish and stomach turning pattern.

Done with a more subtle motif, and in moderation, this can look good, but hopefully the “exploded paint can” look shown here will soon be nothing more than an embarrassing memory.

Now, I’m not saying you had to queue for a long time to get into the show…

Even the smallest Fords command a following. I don’t think I’ve seen a lower one than this.

Another one to file under “weird”. I wonder if this is retired now or still functions as was intended originally?

A dented Fiesta isn’t very interesting - a dented Fiesta with plasters and some annotations is.

If you can’t quite make it out, the score on the wing reads “Range Rover - 1, Fiesta - 0”.

If you’re driving round in your own van all day you might as well make it a nice place to be.

Having such a distinctive vehicle can’t be bad for business either.

As well as period cars, some owners opted for period hair as well.

What do you do when you want your plate offset to the side but the headlight washer is in the way?

Use a vinyl graphic and cut a section for a pop out “6”.

We’ve seen GTs at Ford Fair before, and each time I wonder the same things - who’s the owner? Are they here? I can’t imagine someone who can afford such a car being interested in the other cars on show. 

Maybe some lucky employee got to pilot it there. The temptation to dodge the show and go on an epic road trip must have been huge.

It might look ridiculous but the wing on this Fiesta is defiantly function over form.

Built by Sitech Racing up in Rosyth, Scotland, it’s currently putting out 313bhp @ the wheels. Serious stuff.

This Focus ST was on a stand selling hydrodipped, er… things. They look more like polycarbonate bodies for radio controlled cars than anything for a Focus.

Still, there’s an extensive selection of designs, ranging from slightly naff to retina damagingly horrific!

Europe gets the Mustang next year and Ford’s stand had this 5.0 V8 housed in it’s own dome shaped tent.

This was a left hooker but the ones you’ll be able to buy over here will be right hand drive.

Dennis Racing had this race prep’d Mondeo at the show. Based on an ST220 the car is ran in the MSVT Trackday Trophy series.