Category Archive: Craigslist Find, FORD
Rough Start: This 1978 Mercury Zephyr Is The Crate The Capri Came In
Say what you will about the positives or negatives regarding the Ford Fairmont and it’s Mercury Zephyr twin. They were a great downsizing step for Ford. They ushered in a chassis that has...
Halloween Hellride: T-Bird’s Final Ride From “The Crow”
1994’s “The Crow” might have the most connections to Halloween right after “Christine”. Take your pick: the dark storyline, the death of Eric Draven and his girlfriend...
Classic YouTube: The Car And Track Test Of The 1971 Ford Torino GT 429 Cobra Jet!
Ford didn’t win the Aero Wars that they fought with Chrysler. NASCAR shut them down before the Blue Oval Boys could fire off their next salvo in the form of the Torino King Cobra (picture: 1970...
The Lincoln Commander Cody Warned You About: Nine Seconds From A Turbo Coyote!
The Lincoln Mark VIII was a very unique car for the 1990s…it had it’s own platform that was loosely based on the MN-12 platform (Ford Thunderbird/Mercury Cougar), it was only a little bit...
If You Can’t Be Good, Make It Look Good: This Ford Falcon XW Goes For The Sky At Sydney!
Going wheels-up does nothing for your dragstrip run except impress anybody who witnesses it…and possibly helps lighten the racing package after the driver proceeds to fill their shorts. This...
Historical Footage: Ford’s Battle Tactics For Dealing With The 1965 Corvair…These Guys Were Going For The Throat!
By the time the second-generation Corvair was being prepared for sale, Ford’s Mustang had proven to be a runaway hit of historical proportions. General Motors knew just how deep in trouble they...
Take A Ride Down The Strip With One Of The Most Unloved Fords Ever: An 11-Second 1982 Thunderbird!
Quick, picture a 1982 Ford Thunderbird. Did you have to Google it? Sorry about that…unlike the 1983-88 “Aero Bird” that looked pretty good and earned a legend in the NASCAR circles,...
Unhinged: I Want To Modify This Super-Original 1971 Ford Pinto Badly!
It’s low-mile for it’s age, it’s paint looks day one fresh, the interior is in amazing condition. It still looks purposeful, sitting on those teeny-tiny slot mag style wheels,...
Missing The Point Has Never Been More Awesome: A Nitrous-Snorting Cobra Runs The Strip!
Carroll Shelby made a name for himself as a race car driver, but by 1959 he had been forced to retire from wheelman duties due to his heart health. Normally, he had nitroglycerin pills to take care...
Rough Start: Mellow Out With A 1977 Ford Thunderbird
Meet the most successful form of the Ford Thunderbird line. Not the two-seaters that we dig. Not the radical “Bullet Birds”, or the NASCAR racers of the 1980s and 1990s. And certainly not...
Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest 2020: Blending The Old And The New Together
You couldn’t have two more polar opposites if you tried. Out in the show car fields sat one of my dream cars and a BangShift feature car, Jason McDaniel’s 1969 Shelby GT500. Curving...
Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest 2020: Welcome To The Blue Oval’s Burndown!
LS Fest came and went. MoParty had it’s first showing. That means that it’s time for Mustangs, for Cobras, for Broncos, and every other thing that wears the legacy of Henry Ford on...
Minted: This 1972 Ford Maverick Has Less Than 40K On The Clock!
The first time I know I was consciously aware of the cars in my neighborhood, I figured out pretty fast that just about everybody owned a Ford Maverick or it’s Mercury Comet twin. I was a...
BangShift Project Files: Take A 4.6L Ford Mustang And Add A Zero…
The good news about 1990s era Ford Mustangs? They’re dirt cheap and plentiful. You can pick up a running, driving example for a few grand and move right along, you can pick up good rollers for...