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Category Archive: eBay Find, FORD

Want Your Own Family Truckster For Summer Cruising? Then Check Out This 1975 Ford Country Squire!

Station wagons and road trips to who-knows-where-this-time, a wonderful combination. Or, at least, that’s what I keep getting told by people at least ten years older than I am when the subject...

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eBay Find: This 1976 Ford B-100 Is For The Classic Ford Fan Who Was Jealous Of The Suburban!

Prior to the arrival of the Ford Expedition, if you wanted a Ford sports-utility, you had to deal with two doors and a removable roof, period. Nothing against the Bronco in any of it’s forms,...

Would You Rather, The Former SEMA Edition: Which Show Car Takes The Prize?

Every year, right at the beginning of November, there is a pilgrimage made to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Some view the SEMA show as a three-ring circus of everything automotive, some view it as...

Body Swap! Hot Rod Garage Blends The Best Parts Of A Ford F-100 And Crown Vic To Make A Shop Truck!

The guys at Hot Rod Garage have been busy lately: between a budget turbo LS rubber-nose Camaro that looks like it was dragged from the scrapyard but runs like a scalded cat, to a big-block Plymouth...

Blank Slate: This 1970 Ford Maverick Is As Stock As It Gets – Would You Change That?

If you were born well after the Ford Maverick was sold, like me, it’s hard to believe that this was a car Ford felt competed with the Volkswagen Beetle, the import car target for the Big Four...

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Would You Rather: Which Of These High-Desert Big Trucks Would You Choose For A Modern Diesel Build?

Modern diesel technology is truly wonderful…great horsepower figures, torque ratings that could slow the Earth’s rotation, and all accomplished without spewing more smoke than a tire yard...

How Would You Build It: This 1969 Ford Galaxie 500 Is Desert-Clean But Needs To Be Finished Up

I’m a sucker for 1969-1972 big Fords. It’s nothing new…for a large car from that time period, the Ford design is the right mix of muscular and formal in my eyes. So I have no...

Money No Object: This 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport Dances On The Line Between Done And Overdone

Don’t mention Starsky and Hutch…or Gran Torino…or the fourth Fast and Furious flick. Even with their star-car power, the Ford Torino line really doesn’t have as strong a...

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Classic YouTube: The Most Violent Mercury Grand Marquis We Know Of – This Thing Is A Monster!

I wear my love of strange vehicles on my sleeve for all to see. I don’t care who knows or who mocks. I like old 1970s sleds, I like strange FWD beasts that are something more than just crap,...

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Driving The Absolute Hell Out Of It: The Apocalypse Mustang At Full Kill Is Something To Behold!

Grudge-style racing has done one thing for drag racing that we are glad to see: you know cars by names, either because of the driver’s nickname or the name of the car itself. Just off the top...

Backfire: A Reader Discovers Why His Ford Focus RS Rides Like A Buckboard!

One car that we have been not-so-patiently waiting to get our greasy mitts on is the Ford Focus RS. With plenty of power on tap, all-wheel-drive, and the button that made every last Ken...

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Mud Boss: This Fox-Body Mustang Trar Is A Beast In The Slop!

If it exists in the automotive world, you can almost be certain that there is a Ford Mustang that has been modified to meet the criteria. We’ve seen just about everything you can possibly do to...

Howlin’ Half-Dozen: This Ford Falcon Gets The Job Done With A 4-71 Blown 4.0L Inline-Six!

Inline-sixes were, for the longest time, proof that whoever bought the car originally was either a cheap-ass or wanted fuel economy in my world. Every car that had six pistons in a row that I grew up...

We Need This: Check Out This Laid-Out Ford And Matching Camper Trailer!

Somebody is gonna need to check on Chad after he sees this combination. You see, everything you will see in this video is aimed squarely at the Bearded One. He likes recreational vehicles. He likes...

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