Category Archive: eBay Find, FORD
This 1970 Corvette Is The Right Kind Of Retro! Etched Glass, Killer Paint, And A Blown Small Block!
Deep in the piles of car mags that I read through, there was one particular rag from 1978 that really captured my attention. Amazingly enough, it wasn’t because it was a swimsuit issue, it was...
Question Of The Day: What Would It Take For You To Cruise This Ford Fiesta?
I have to fess up: Every time I see one of these late-1970s Ford Fiestas, I get the urge to hack it up into a mini-ute like I did when I was a teenager. Why? Why not! Ford’s globally-successful...
Pro Street Goodness: All This 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Needs Is A Massive Dose Of Power!
I love the big-bodied Mustangs. I love the shape of the front end (which is close enough to the 1969-70 Shelby Mustang for my tastes), I love the SportsRoof silhouette, I love the aggressiveness....
This 1978 Ford F-250 Is A Real Highboy! Part Freightliner, Part Show-Quality Truck, Together Is Perfect!
I honestly have no idea how long it’s been since I found a giant truck that is worthy of showcasing for the express purpose of causing Brian to make a noise that is a cross between an excited...
Top 11: Shopping At Mecum’s Portland Auction – Two Days Of Difficult Decisions!
Portland, Oregon isn’t exactly automotive Mecca, but it isn’t the desert, either. There is plenty of gorgeous iron hiding among the redwoods and Douglas Firs, and if you cross the...
Anybody Like An Old Tow Truck? This 1978 Ford C600 Wrecker Is Cab-Over Greatness!
It’s short, stronger than an ox, with classic lines and a shape that is wholly distinctive. With a big V8 (either an “FT” or a 385-series 370ci big block) hooked to a set of deep...
Bless You, Craigslist: This 1980 Ford Pinto Is Beautiful And Filled With Promise!
You just have to laugh, even a little bit. Nose-high stance, big-and-little slot mags, bronze paint, Ford Pinto. This isn’t a car, it’s a seventh-grade sketch. It’s the Rat Fink...
The “WTF?” Files: Winning At Life With The Coolest Ford Aspire We’ve Ever Seen!
(Photos: Kyle Hendrix via V.I.S.I.T.) The Ford Aspire….yeech, what a miserable little car. What did it do well? It made the Geo Metro look positively radiant by comparison, it sold more...
That Seems Safe: This 1977 Ford Pinto Cruising Wagon Now Has A Lincoln Heart And A Need For A New Home!
All of the requirements were met: monster motor, questionable installation into seriously unqualified vehicle, Washington State plates…yep, the one and only, the legend, our friend Bobby had...
The Unwelcome Three-Wheel Motion: Watch As The “Black Betty” Zephyr Gets Wild At American Outlaws Live!
The moment you realize you’ve gone too far with your car’s tune is the moment you proceed to scare yourself on a run. Stacey Kinney learned that lesson this weekend at American Outlaws...
Morning Symphony: Listen To These Legendary Ford Sierra Cosworths As They Hang The Tail Out!
Ford Performance’s current surprise for the U.S. market is the Ford Focus RS, a car that has a lineage more in common with the older rear-wheel-drive rally Escorts and this particular car, the...
How Well Can A New Truck Handle The Weight Of A Slide-In Camper? Check Out How Ford Tests The 2017 Super Duty’s Roll Stability Control System!
You often hear how a manufacturer runs their new, upcoming vehicle through batteries of tests before the first vehicle is ever sold to the public or even lent out to the press. What you don’t...
What Would It Look Like If Ford Built A No-Rules Test Mule? Jay Leno Takes A Look At Steve Strope’s 1967 Ford Fairlane!
In the mid-1960s, Ford and Chrysler were at war, period. GM might have been working the field too, but on the banked NASCAR tracks and on the NHRA drags trips, the Blue Oval boys and the gang from...
