Category Archive: 1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, eBay Find, FORD
Pro Street Rescue: This 1993 Ford Probe Has Only Been Driven 500 Miles Since It Was Built!
I love it when someone does a full-tilt Pro Street build on a front-wheel-drive 1980s or 1990s car. I consider it justice for seeing these cars as rear-drive race cars in competition, but as a...
eBay Find: A 1988 Ford Falcon XF Ute That Is A Long, Long Ways Away From Home!
Ever since the day I saw the 1975 Ford Fairmont that a pilot I worked with pull into the hangar parking lot, I’ve dreamed of bringing in something Australian to drive. I knew it was...
This 1967 Ford Fairlane 500 Sedan Is A Great Take On A Dirty Moonshine Car! Check This Thing Out!
It’s visually rough, partially cooked, plenty rusty and it is freaking awesome. I don’t care that it’s a four-door, that most of the car is “young secretary” blue, or...
Think Six-Cylinder Mustangs Are Worthless? This Pressurized, Barra Six-Powered Ford Mustang Might Change Your Mind!
It’s the golden rule of Mustang ownership: if it has a six-cylinder under the hood, just keep on walking, that’s not the one you want. Doesn’t really matter the year, doesn’t...
Can Your Mother Drift The Ford Focus RS? Carfection Set Out To Prove It’s Possible…
“It’s so easy your mom could do it.” That tagline is a bit cliché, if I must be honest. It’s 2016…and I know plenty of mothers who could run rings around plenty of...
Rough Start: In Defense Of The Neglected Hand-Me-Down Car, Or How This $500 Ford Thunderbird Could Be A Steal
You see that sad 1986 Ford Thunderbird sitting underneath the tree? This is the end result of handing a car down one too many times. The story is familiar: someone in the family bought the car new,...
For Full-On Insanity, You Can’t Beat This 2007 Ford Crown Victoria…When The Apocalypse Arrives, Drive In Style!
If you are going to test the depths of insanity, don’t just dip your toe in to see how it feels…take a running start and cannonball right into the deep end. Half-measures never do justice...
TAKE OUR MONEY NOW: This 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Is One Angry-Looking Beast!
Holy hell, does this 1969 Mach 1 look purposeful. Goodyear slicks at all four corners, a slightly enlarged scoop on the hood, and dark green paint…oof, be still our hearts. There isn’t an...
Would You Rather, Strange Australian Burnout Machine Edition! Which Badass Old Merc Floats Your Boat?
The normal Aussie burnout machine is usually one of two makes: it’s either a Ford of Australia product, or it’s General Motors’ Australian division, Holden. It never fails…you...
Driving A Fully-Restored (Smog Pump And All!) 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 – Is It As Rowdy As Legend Says?
It’s considered one of the rarest muscle cars out there, is certainly one of the more valuable ones, and has one of the more interesting creation stories. The Ford Mustang Boss 429 isn’t...
More Dare To Be Different: This 1988 Ford Thunderbird Is Testament To A Vision, A Unique Ride, A Budget And Some Talent!
A quick story: for Christmas one year, my brother and I got remote-controlled New Bright cars. I’m not 100% what he had…I think his was a third-gen Firebird because he missed our...
This Street-Driven, 8-second Late Model Turbo Mustang Is NASTY! Check It Out!
The good old days were fun, but damn if the modern day stuff isn’t anything short of awe-inspiring. Twenty years ago, who would’ve expected Z/28 Camaros carving corners well enough to...
Classic YouTube: Vaughn Gittin, Jr.’s WFO Drifting At Road America In 2010
Many writers like to wax poetic about drifting. They liken it to driving art: it’s completely unnecessary, but there is a certain skill to it that not everybody has, and you can’t deny...
