Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, FORD, TRUCKS
SEMA 2019 Unveiled: Shelby American Shows Off “Dragon Snake” GT500 and “Super Snake” F-150 Concepts
If you get confused between the Shelby-badged Fords that already exist and the ones you are seeing here, don’t be. Look at it like this: Ford has the right to use the Shelby...
Unveiled: Ford Bronco R Baja 1000 Prototype – And It’s Going To Baja Later This Month!
Well, hello there. We’ve known for a while that Ford was planning a return of the Bronco nameplate on a boxy four-wheel-drive style vehicle, but we weren’t expecting to see much about it...
Unveiled: 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 – 760 Horsepower, Can Hit Tens In The Quarter
I can imagine a scene in an office somewhere near Detroit: a photo is thumb-tacked to the face of a dartboard. The image: a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. 707 horsepower of “America, F-...
Random Car Review: The Ford GT-70 – Where Do You Go After LeMans? Rallying!…Or Not.
(Photos: via XCAR) By 1970, Ford has quite successfully shown Ferrari two bold and brazen middle fingers, to the delight of Henry Ford II, and had won LeMans four times over. Spool in successful...
Historical Footage: When The Peanuts Gang Hawked The Ford Falcon!
For fifty years and the majority of his life, Charles Schulz brought Charlie Brown and his pals to America via comic strips in newspapers. He is considered to be the example to which many comic...
RWD Converted, 11-Second 1993 Ford Escort: So Much Win In One Unexpected Package
When we first showed off Jordan Newbury’s 1993 Ford Escort, we didn’t have much to go on, except a low-grade YouTube video showing the car burning the back tires off with a soundtrack...
Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: The 2005 Mustang GT With War Wounds
In a sea of show-worthy cars and pretty race machines, a 2005 Mustang GT wearing some wrinkled body panels on one side didn’t seem right. In fact, when I first saw the Mustang rip through the...
Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: The Taurus SHO
Not every car is going to be a performance screamer. They are more likely to be a comfortable way to get from Point A to B, economical to run, roomy enough for the needs of the operator, and visually...
Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: 1984 Ford Mustang 20th Anniversary Dominator GT
Even if there hadn’t been a billboard in sight proclaiming what this 1984 Ford Mustang was all about, I could tell you that it was something special. And no, the “G.T. 350” stripes...
Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: The Slammed Courier
If you don’t know me by now, it should be apparent that I’m going to look for the “freaks and geeks” at any given car show instead of what most people would be hunting for. My...
Level Up: Ford Performance Now Offering Suspension Leveling Kits For F-150 And Ranger
Ever since the day you brought a new Ford truck home, there’s been a nagging little voice in the back of your head. You know the one. Proudly sports a “Warranty Violator” plaque on...
Artifact Reserach: Will This Ford Model T Cough Into Life After Sitting?
Reviving a car from 1970 or so is already a bit of a challenge. Even with aftermarket support, a fan base that is one of the most dedicated, and legacy engine families that ran into the 2000s, you...
That’s Not Supposed To Do That: This 13-second Ford Escort GT Is A Surprise For Anyone…Who Doesn’t See That Huge Intercooler!
To date, my best quarter-mile time is a 13.61 second pass, running a 2006 Ford Mustang GT in the cool nighttime air at the now-dead Speedworld strip in Arizona. Not too bad for a mostly stock Mustang...
