Category Archive: Craigslist Find, FORD
Rough Start: This 1974 Mercury Montego Badly Wants To Stay A Late 1970s Teenage Dream!
Looking over this 1974 Mercury Montego for a Rough Start candidate is easy enough: it falls under budget at $4,500, looks ready to drive, isn’t too bad to look at and has a kind of mean stance...
Would You Rather: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Vs. 1972 Ford Gran Torino!
The midsize sedan is a dying breed, according to every rag and blog out there right now. Whatever…they can sing the praises of crossovers and cars that drive themselves until they are blue in...
Rough Start: The Soul Of A 5.0 In A 1976 Ford Mustang II Could Be A Money Maker
Straight out of the gate: yeah, it’s another Mustang II, and it’s not even a Cobra or a Mach 1. It’s not even a hatchback, which seems to be kind-of accepted. This is the perfect...
The Most Expensive Aussie Car Ever: This 1971 Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III Sold For $1.3 Million Australian!
Every car circle has their holy grail. The Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda. The Chevrolet Chevelle LS-6. The AMX/3. Ferrari 250 GTO. Lamborghini Miura. They are the cars that have made the transition from...
Monday Shopper: This 1972 Ford Maverick Is Too Good! What A Neat Little Cruiser!
I have a special place in my heart for Ford Mavericks. They were one of the first cars I ever paid attention to, long before I truly blossomed from a car-obsessed kid into someone with a mental...
Rough Start: Will This 5.0 Ford Ranger Be Your Hot-Rod Hauler?
Small truck, V8. It’s a wonderful combination. What’s better is when the factory more-or-less offers up a do-it-yourself conversion kit to make that dream come true! When Ford started...
Free Truck? We’re All About That! Here’s The Story Behind The Rescue Of This Dentside Ford!
(Words and Photos: Kevin Brown) We all love a good deal, especially when it comes to cars and car parts, and especially when those cars or parts are free! I was lucky enough to happen across one...
Wait ‘Til You Drive It: This 1985 Ford LTD Isn’t The Family Wagon You Remember!
It’s almost a punchline, how obsessed I can be over non-traditional models that are built to high degrees. I’ll accept every level of hell I’m going to catch for that trait, but...
Can You Imagine Owning A Car Over Fifty Years? Check Out The Case Of This 1934 Ford!
Until the last couple of years, I was a turn-and-burn kind of car owner. I went through cars within months, maybe a couple of years if I really liked them. Up until this year, the longest I had owned...
Open House At Walden Speed Shop – Art, Tradition & Metal Shaping!
(Photos and words by Darr Hawthorne) – For over fifty years, the Los Angeles Roadster Show has been a Southern California tradition as a showcase for new car builds, a chance to show off your...
Rough Start: An Aged 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible For Your Summer Cruising Needs!
When we say “ratty droptop”, we certainly hope you don’t envision that decrepit 1983 Chrysler Town and Country with the heat-rotted fake wood treatments. That’s not ratty,...
Get An Up-Close And In-Depth Look At The Trophy LTD – Mad Max, Eat Your Heart Out!
One vehicle that I don’t know I’ll ever get sick of is Jon Baker’s “Trophy LTD”, a Kibbetech-built 1990 Ford Crown Victoria LTD that fits somewhere between a desert...
Road Touring Heavyweight: This 1979 Mercury Station Wagon Needs To Be On The Back Highways!
Power Tour is currently roaming the country, and in the grand tradition I go through just about every year since it first kicked off, I wonder what I would drive on the route. When it first started...
