Category Archive: FORD
A Call For Parts: This 1954 Mercury Got Rear-Ended…Anybody Know Where To Find Taillight Lenses?
Consider this an official call for parts, BangShifters. While scouring the show fields at the Holley Hot Rod Reunion, I happened upon Hollis Booker’s 1954 Mercury. I’ve seen the car at...
Caption This: Ever Heard Of A “Truck”, Cowboy?
At some point in life, you expect to not be surprised at what you see anymore. You will believe that you’ve seen it all, that there is nothing left that will leave you drop-jawed, staring,...
The Long Black Car: This 1970 Mercury Marquis Is A Dream Road Trip Cruiser!
The call of the open road is getting louder and louder…mainly because everybody and their mother is currently rolling across the Midwest area together and will be in my backyard tomorrow. They...
Swagger Sled: This 1978 Ford Thunderbird Is A Luxo-Cruiser For The Open Road!
It is difficult to believe that the seventh-generation Ford Thunderbird (1977-79) was the best-selling version, but it’s true. For the three years it was produced, Ford cranked out just shy of...
Morning Symphony: A 1993 Ford Falcon ED Without E.D. – Import-Legal Next Year!
The 25-year vehicle import rule bites. But until the law changes, you have to play by the rules, and for 2018 (when, if you start now, you’ll probably end up actually shipping your car of...
We Had Never Heard Of A Ford Courier “Sasquatch”, But They Exist! Neat Little Truck!
Are you familiar with the Ford Courier? Ford Motor Company’s knee-jerk reaction to the Toyota Pickup and the Datsun 520 was to strike a deal with Mazda to rebadge the B-1800/Proceed pickup and...
How Good Can A $1,000 Craigslist Mustang Really Be? The Smoking Tire Takes On This Well-Used SN-95!
The Rough Start posts we do, where I go digging through Craigslist while sticking to a five thousand dollar overall budget, is a reasonable approach to low-buck hot-rodding at it’s finest....
Money No Object: The One Thunderbird That Lohnes Would Happily Drive?
Ford Thunderbirds are a kind of polarizing topic around here. Lohnes only likes the two-seaters and wishes the rest were shredded into a fine metallic mist. I’m actually not that big of a fan...
Rough Start: This 1977 Ford Pinto Wagon Is Too Nice…How Did It Survive?!
The idea of rolling around in a ten-year-old crossover thanks to your budget issues has to be a low feeling. Nothing says “car guy” quite like a beat-up Toyota RAV4, huh? The only thing...
Money No Object: A 1970 Shelby GT500 With A 427 Tunnel Port In The Engine Bay!
For the 1969 model year, the Shelby Mustang had gotten bigger, plusher and more refined…and the chicken farmer from Texas whose name was plastered all over the car was not pleased in the least...
Unhinged: As We Send The Rollover Explorer To The Crusher, We Balance The Books! How Did We Do?
Well, as far as I’m concerned, the Rollover Explorer has outlived it’s usefulness and will soon be dragged off of my property, to be ground down into tiny bits, never to hurt another...
Rough Start: This 1968 Mercury Marquis Is Patina’d Perfection. Just Fix The Interior!
Is it because I’m a sucker for a car on slot mags, that this 1968 Mercury Marquis speaks to me? Is it because I’ve got visions of this Merc blasting down some desert road somewhere,...
Holy Freakshow! This Homebuilt Hot Rod Packs Twin Big-Block Fords And Straight Moves!
The twin 429 cubic inch Fords that power this freakshow of a hot rod might be the third most interesting thing about Littrell Family Racing. This is just one vehicle out of a fleet of race machines...
Shakeup At Ford: Mark Fields “Retired”, Jim Hackett Now The CEO
(Photo: Ford Motor Company) Mark Fields, the man who took the reins of Ford Motor Company, produced the aluminum F-150 pickup truck, expanded the hot-rod side of the house that is known now as Ford...