Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, FORD, Videos
Oddly Satisfying: This Ford Aerostar Romps Through The Tough Truck Course!
Eight years ago, in the guise of helping out a friend (and doing something with the most questionable gift I’ve ever been given), I started to work on a theft-recovery 1990 Ford Aerostar that I...
Caption This: Give Us Your Best “For Sale” Ad For This Mustang II-Modified S-10!
I’ve sat at the computer for longer than I care to admit, looking at this thing that ostensibly started life as an early 1990s Chevrolet S-10, and the only word that keeps coming to mind is,...
Money No Object: The “Sudden Death” 1975 Ford Mustang II Is Going Up For Auction!
(Images: Mecum Auctions) For every person that has ever said that a Mustang II could never, ever be cool or worthy, ask them one question: have they ever heard of the one simply known as...
The Vent Helps: Would You Have Ever Expected A Fox LTD To Move Like This?
The Fox-body Ford LTD was a stop-gap deal: It was an improvement over the Fairmont sedan that it replaced, but it only existed to pull a few more dollars out of the Fox tooling before the Ford Tempo...
More Of The Same Fight: Ford And Ram Keep Ramping Up The Heavy-Duty War
Ford and Ram are playing cutthroat in the heavy-duty pickup truck market, and both sides are watching the other like a hawk. They’ve been on a serious ramp-up for years, because both sides want...
Your Morning Wake-Up Call: This 1969 Shelby GT500’s 427 Side-Oiler Punishes The Dyno
Chrysler had the Street Hemi, Chevrolet had the Mark IV big-block series, and Ford has their FE 427s. All of these motors appeared as race-only pieces, but by the end of the muscle car era, would be...
Wanderlust Wagon: This 2007 Ford E-350 Quigley Conversion Van Is Perfect To Get Away From The Holiday Noise
Holiday music, shopping, relatives, more holiday music, and more shopping. It’s the beginning of the end of the year, and chances are good that your blood pressure is climbing and if you hear...
BangShift Goes Racing: We Dual-Wield Two Beaters At The 2017 King Of The Heap Race At NCM Motorsports Park!
Ever since it was announced, I’ve been looking forward to NCM Motorsports Park’s King Of The Heap racing series for one reason or another. I wanted to throw a team together…that...
That Fine Print Hurts: Ford Is Suing John Cena For Flipping His Ford GT
John Cena was one of the chosen to purchase the new Ford GT. No shock there…the supercar comes with a price tag that can get you a decent house and Ford, instead of selling them directly,...
The Cleaned-Up Blue Collar Worker: This 1986 Ford F-350 Wrecker Is Day One Fresh!
I cannot wait for Lohnes to see this gem of a find. I can’t. We all know how Brian loves his trucks: big, stripped down, work-ready and utilitarian. That’s why he owns Brutus the wrecker,...
The Things You Find In The Yard: How About The Nitrous Kit On This Crunched Mustang?
Copart is the land of crushed dreams…literally. It’s an insurance house that processes out wrecked vehicles. Which means, if you are in the market for a late-model powertrain donor, that...
Whatever Happened To That Ford GAA-Powered Mustang?
Picture, if you will: an all-aluminum 32-valve DOHC V8 producing 500 horsepower, coming from the factory built to kill and meant to take an absolute beating at the hands of the operator. Ford did...
The Unloved Aero Fox: This 1988 Mercury Cougar Is A Better Choice Than Most Mustangs!
I don’t want to point out flaws with the Fox Mustang. I’m working on my wife’s currently, they are popular, and the fan base for those cars is about as rabid as any Mopar group...
