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Category Archive: Car Features, FORD

SEMA 2015 Debut: Ringbrothers’ 1965 Ford Mustang, “Espionage” – Carbon Fiber Body, 959 Horsepower And Over Three Years’ Worth Of Work

Jim and Mike Ring’s creations are well known for their high-end, high quality creations that start life as standard muscle cars such as the “Recoil” 1966 Chevelle and the...

This Skyline-Nosed Nissan Sunny Truck Was An Eye-Catcher At SEMA 2015 – Here’s The Scoop On It!

Throughout the entirety of this year’s SEMA show, I was stunned at how many Japanese imports were catching my eye…that isn’t something that is easy to do, but cars such as the BRE...

SEMA 2015 Gallery: Chevrolet’s Camaro Is Alive And Well, And Thriving!

“A small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs”. Hmm…while the sales executive might have been feeling a touch creative when he blurted out that gem at a press conference, the...

This First-Year Pontiac Grand Am Has Been Put Up For Adoption By It’s Loving Owner – Would You Give It A Good Home?

Colonnade GM cars are a weakness, especially when they are in excellent condition, and this 1973 Pontiac Grand Am is hitting that weak spot like seeing a sad puppy. The 400ci Pontiac, a luxury...

900+ Ford Falcon XR8 Ute! This Purple People Eater Rips Off Nines All Day Long

Any Ford engine known as a “Boss” is worth paying attention to, end of story. While the intake of this Falcon XR8 ute says “Boss 260”, ignore the number. It references the...

The Sloppy Mechanics Give A Buick Regal GS A Turbo, A Buttload Of Nitrous And A Viking Funeral In One Shot!

In their annual tradition of giving a junkyard-bound beater the ultimate sendoff, the Sloppy Mechanics turned their tools onto a car that coincidentally enough, has a relevant feature for BangShift:...

Used Car Lot Review: 2006 Cadillac STS-V – Meet The CTS-V’s Equally Angry Big Brother

There are really three types of Cadillac: the old-school all-visual, ultra-luxury Caddy that pretty much went away after the early 1970s Eldorado, the big floaty barges that filled in both front and...

This 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V Is 100% Cardboard And Full Scale

(Photos: PD Rearick) I often incorrectly say “Now I’ve seen everything”, because just as soon as those words go flying out of my mouth, something comes along that requires me to...

SEMA 2015: A Quick Look At Some Of The Highlights! From Upcoming Project Builds To Cool New Products, We’re Shooting It All!

BangShift is on the ground here at the Convention Center in Las Vegas and we three are running around, taking in everything that SEMA 2015 has to offer. There is a LOT to digest, and we will be...

Unhinged: I Willingly Hopped Into Roger Norman’s Prerunner Ford During The Baja 1000 Qualifier At Las Vegas Motor Speedway

The best way to get me away from SEMA is to offer me the chance to see a bit of four-wheeled action, so when the folks at BFGoodrich offered up the chance to see the qualification for the Baja 1000,...

SEMA 2015 Coverage: Hey, Lohnes: I DARE You To Hate This Steve Stanford-designed Thunderbird!

I’ll explain later why, but for Tuesday’s coverage at SEMA, I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked. So Monday night I was jotting down a list of cars and people I needed...

Classic YouTube: Motorweek Takes A Look Back At The 1993 Escort Cosworth RS – The Escort We Deserved, But Didn’t Get

The 1993 Ford Escort, for American buyers, was pretty much the same boring pile of “blech” that had been served hot and fresh on a paper plate since 1990. The nicest thing we will ever...

Bringing Four Generations Of Family Together Over A 1951 Chevrolet – How One Car Connected A Family

To some people a car is just that, a car. Even gearheads can think this…they build, they break, they enjoy it just the same, but in the end it is still glass, metal and rubber. To others, the...

Classic YouTube: This 1951 Dodge Truck Sales Film Pits the “Job-Rated” Trucks Against Whatever Ford Offers!

Trucks nowadays are overloaded luxury barges in the fine tradition of land yachts, boulevard-crushing station wagons, and the megalithic sports-utility vehicles…they are big, powerful,...