Category Archive: Craigslist Find, FORD
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...
The “WTF?” Files: Is It Weird That We Totally Want A Ford Focus Now?
The jump from the Ford Escort to the Ford Focus wasn’t a big move for Ford. Instead of a curvy, small front-driver nobody cared about until it was time to pay for the fuel, we got a small...
The Other Shelby Mustang: Shelby American Introduces The 2018 Super Snake
Ford makes a GT350 and soon, a GT500 variation and yes, they are referred to as Shelby Mustangs. But Shelby American, the company that dates back to the chicken farmer’s first go-’round...
Money No Object: This 1971 Ford Mustang Boss 351 Is The Draft Horse…Big And Powerful
Yes, you could still get the 429 Super Cobra Jet in the Ford Mustang if you worked over the options sheet just fine. The biggest Mustang with the largest amount of cubes available does seem like a...
Dyno Video: Watch This Thunderbird Super Coupe Crank Out 805 Horsepower On The Dyno!
Ok, I promise I’ll lay off of the T-bird kink after this one, but I’m running it for a reason. When the MN12 platform debuted in 1989, it didn’t come with a V8 available. Instead,...
Arms Race, Part One: More Of The 2019 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Has Been Shown!
While the general theme of the scene at the moment is a worry over fuel economy and what’s going to happen in the next five to ten years, apparently nobody at Ford’s Mustang group has...
BangShift Top 11: McTag’s Selections From Gateway Classic Cars’ Nashville Shop!
One day a year I get to act like I’m something important and today is that day. Somehow, between teenage stupidity, the military, heroic amounts of alcohol over the years and many, MANY bad...
Rough Start: The Summer Cruising Sled! This 1973 Mercury Montego Needs To Be Out Roaming!
I wish I could explain why this 1973 Mercury Montego grabbed my attention like it did easily, but I don’t know if it’ll translate through right. But here goes anyways…it’s not...
Morning Symphony: A Classic Ford That Can Go Nuclear At Will Is Tear-Inducing
I’ve said it numerous times: cars older than about 1955 tend to drop off of my radar. It’s not that I don’t understand their historical significance or the styling trends that each...
Rough Start: A 1969 Ford Fairlane You Can’t Go Wrong With
$4,500 is a very respectable starting point for a Craigslist vehicle. You can go straight into a 2009 Lincoln Town Car or a 2008 Toyota Corolla…either one of those will get you where you need...
4/27: Paying Tribute To Ford’s FE Stomper In All It’s Forms!
Four twenty-seven. Cobra Jets, Super Cobra Jets, and Boss small blocks may run with it, but there is no doubt that Ford’s seven-liter race motor was a violent beast in it’s own right....
Want A Brand-New 1969-70 Ford Mustang Of Your Own, Already Restomodded? Come This Fall, You Can Have One!
Question: If you had the ability to, would you take a brand-new 1969 or 1970 Mustang? We’re talking fresh sheetmetal, brand-new engine, zero miles on the clock, new. And we don’t mean...