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Category Archive: CHEVY, FORD, MOPAR, Unhinged

Unhinged: Love ‘Em Or Loathe ‘Em, The Seventies Are Coming!

I often catch flak around here for being a fan of Malaise-era vehicles. Let’s face it: I’m 31 years old. Growing up, I rode in a mix of mid-1970s to mid-1980s vehicles, with very few...

Follow-Up: Edmunds Took A Sledgehammer To A New F-150 To Find Out How Much It’d Cost To Repair. Here’s The Answer…

Taking a sledgehammer to a $52,000 truck straight off of the lot sounds like the dumbest idea imaginable…unless you’re Edmunds, who prides themselves on wringing out new vehicles to...

Edmunds’ Road Test Of A 2015 Ford F-150 Starts Out With A Durability Test – With A BFH Straight To The Bed!

The idea of a long-term new vehicle test is simple: over the course of 12 months,  the vehicle gets subjected to real-world testing that covers everything from daily driving to random acts, like...

Are There Ways To Possibly Hate The 2005 Ford GT? Vehicle Virgins Has A List Of Some Issues With Them…

When Ford dropped the GT for 2005, the public, and more importantly the buyers lined up ready to shell out at least $150,000 for one, were feverish for the car. A modern take on the GT40 race car, it...

BangShift Project Files: Making a 1962 Falcon Into A Hard-Charger On A $5,000 Budget

It takes effort to look at a rough car and convince yourself that you can make the diamond in the rough shine through, but usually most project cars don’t start with having to move a skull out...

Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Ford Performance’s “50 Years Of Fun” – Extra Footage And Background On The Cars!

We recently showed you Ford Performance’s short film “50 Years Of Fun”, where Ford got Vaughn Gitten, Jr., Ryan Tureck, and Chris Forsberg to take a collection of Mustangs to the...

This MotorWeek Mustang vs. Trans Am vs. IROC-Z Shootout Might Be The Most Cringeworthy Review We’ve Ever Seen

Going through YouTube and watching old car reviews is pretty cool…both to see just how far we’ve come from what used to be top of the line, and to see cars we look at as classics (or at...

Sneak Preview: Ford’s Upcoming Focus RS Getting Sideways

Ford Performance stole the show in Detroit, and that was just their opening act. Hot on the heels of the GT350R, Raptor and GT is the new-for-the-U.S. Ford Focus RS. Not much has been confirmed for...

Some Deals From The 2015 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction – At Least A Few Cars Weren’t Priced Through The Stratosphere!

Barrett-Jackson equals stupid money. We’ve known this combination for years, yet somehow we still pay attention to the train wreck of “more money than brains” in the desert as cars...

Just In Case You Forgot, There Is A Third Shelby Mustang: Meet The 2015 Shelby Mustang GT

We’ve been fawning over Ford’s Shelby GT350R version of the new Mustang, and for good reason: it’s a certified badass that seems to answer most, if not all of the complaints that...

NAIAS 2015: Cadillac CTS-V, Ram Rebel, And More Ford GT News

Day two of the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit is still rife with new vehicles and other interesting bits. Here’s some of the more interesting pieces from Tuesday’s...

NAIAS 2015: The Other Two Fords In The Limelight, The Shelby GT350R And The New Raptor

Ford’s new GT is the shot across everybody’s bow, a 600+hp turbocharged six-cylinder supercar with LeMans intentions, and looks that will polarize even the most jaded. But that...

Blog War: Forget That Brady Bunch Wagon And Go For This Gorgeous Country Squire!

Okay, Gator…congratulations on finding a big-block LTD wagon. I’ll give you credit where it’s due, a big-block station wagon is getting hard to find, regardless of who made it. And you even got...

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BangShift Project Files: Not One, But Two Ford Truck Projects! A 427 In One, An EcoBoost Swap In The Other!

There are professional builders. There are skilled craftsmen. There are amateurs…like myself. And then there are guys like “EcoBoostedF100” in the forum, who make all of us look...