Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, FORD
Autocrossing A Barge: This Lincoln Town Car Owns An Autocross Course!
Normally when we show you a vehicle on an autocross that you normally wouldn’t expect to be there, you get wild, sideways fun but a lap time that isn’t what you would call...
Money No Object: 1976 Mercury Montego MX Villager – Roadtrip Wagon, Ho!
The lot at BangShift Mid-West is starting to look pretty sparse. Haley’s truck is in for damage repairs and paint after an uninsured, unlicensed motorist allowed his van to re-arrange the nose...
This Throwback Look At The Lincoln LSC Shows That A Good Design Can Age Well
The 1983-1988 Fox-based personal luxury coupes from Ford are all underrated, but to differing degrees. The Mercury Cougar was the ugly duckling and didn’t have much going for it in any...
Random Car Review: The 1999 Roush/Bondurant Crown Victoria “Cobra Vics”
The Ford Crown Victora, in it’s Panther platform life, was never truly a performance car. Sure, everyone and their mother has that headlight design burned into memory, just in case they flew...
Unhinged: That Unloved Car In The Corner Will Be Somebody’s Dream Car
I remember two things about the time my friend Hunter wanted me to come check out a derelict Chevrolet LUV pickup truck with him on a sunny afternoon: one involved riding down a grass hill and nearly...
Unveiled: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach 1 – A Limited-Edition Gap Between The GT And The Shelby
When Ford last mentioned the “Mach 1” nameplate, there was a genuine risk that the hallowed Mustang model would wind up as an electric crossover SUV. Fans went nuts, media folk had...
The Hauler: This 1978 Ford Flatbed Is A Coyote-Swapped Beast!
I’ve been thinking about duallies again. Now that we’ve ditched the experiment in fuel economy and “responsible vehicle decisions” that seemed like a great idea at the time...
Money No Object: 1986 Ford Bronco XLT – One Burly-Looking Bullnose
Everybody is waiting on baited breath for the return of the Ford Bronco. The upcoming version will be retro in design, in both two- and four-door layouts and will be aimed squarely at the Jeep...
Random Car Review: The 1983-86 Ford Mustang Predator G.T. 302
If you wanted a hot Mustang in the early 1980s, the choice was simple: you ordered a Mustang GT with the 5.0 V8, a manual trans, and there you go. What you did with it after that was completely on...
Some Like It Mellow: 1976 Ford Elite, The Moderate’s Cruiser
Welcome to 1976. Muscle is out the door, personal luxury coupes are in, bumpers are now battering rams that will prove their worth at demolition derbies across the country for decades to come, and...
Bite-Sized Hauler: 1976 Ford Courier – The Little Stepside That Can
A Mazda B-series by any other name, the Ford Courier was a very appropriate answer that landed just in time for the first gas crisis and rode out through 1982 in the U.S. market just fine. A small,...
Rough Start: Torino BOGO! Two 1972 Torinos Within The Budget!
If it wasn’t for the paint color, I’d swear that I’ve seen this car before. But the slot mag wearing formal roof Gran Torino from days gone by was bronze and didn’t have a...
Troublemakers: 1972 Ford Falcon (XA) GT-HO Phase IV, The Car That Started A Panic
The Ford Pinto left people scared that if the guy in the van behind them so much as brushed their rear bumper, that their end would be a fiery one. The Bricklin SV-1 would lock you inside, the Suzuki...
Woosh Right Along: 1987 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe – The Other Turbocharged American Coupe!
Is a Fox body the same across the board? I don’t think so. There’s “Mustang”, and then there’s “everything else”, it seems. Don’t get me wrong,...