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Category Archive: Craigslist Find, FORD

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...

Another One Bites The Dust: Farmtruck Versus A Lamborghini Huracan! When Will They Learn?

Several years ago, seeing Sean Whitley and his 1970 Chevy truck stomp the crap out of a supercar was the stuff of legends. I know…long before “Street Outlaws” was a gleam in a...

Morning Symphony: A 500+ Horse Camaro SS Blasting Through The Canyons

It’s my “love it and hate it” car, one I’ve almost pulled the trigger on twice. The 1996-2002 Chevrolet Camaro SS was my teenage lust, the new car I wanted badly, and could...

MORE: CHEVY, Videos

Farm-Find Freak: This 1974 FiberFab Aztec 7 Is Part Volkswagen, A Pinch Of Pantera And A Dash Of Bricklin!

It’s amazing what people can do with the floorpan of a Volkswagen Beetle and some resin, isn’t it? Think about all of the interesting creations that have been made using those items:...

Question Of The Day: Is It Finally Time To Quit Picking On The C4 Corvette?

Chevrolet’s performance offerings of the 1980s might have the most maligned stereotypes out there. If you like the G-body Monte Carlo SS, you must be a beer-swilling redneck who adores NASCAR...

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...

eBay Find: This 1971 Oldsmobile Toronado Would Be Perfect For Highway Cruising…It Even Has That Familiar Interior Smell!

That nearly perfect interior that still smells like you remember…is that the kind of sales pitch that you look for when hunting down a set of wheels? The smell? Sure, you don’t want to...

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...

MORE: FORD, TECH, Videos

Rough Start: Pay By The Ton With This 1972 Plymouth Fury III Two-Door Hardtop!

The era of cars like this 1972 Plymouth Fury III two-door are long gone. What was considered the proper sized American car was quickly becoming too big for everyday use for a lot of people, and sales...

Pro Street Poncho! This 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix Is Ready To Cruise, Show Or Tear Up The Track!

Welcome back to the early 1990s, where monochromatic paint was in, chrome was out for the most part, and finding tubbed-out Pro Street cars was still very likely. We would like to introduce you to...

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...

Holy Mother of Airbrushing: Is This GMC S-15 Lowrider A Classic Or Just An Old Trend Throwback?

I’m all but convinced that I’ve seen this 1987 GMC S-15 in a magazine as a feature story in one of the hundreds of magazines I flipped through years ago. I couldn’t tell you if it...

Top 11: The Best “Decal GT” From The 1970s – When Looks Mattered More Than Performance!

It’s a new phrase in my lexicon: “Decal GT”, coined by Jim Wangers, the guy better known for Pontiac performance, but is responsible for some of the most well-known examples of...