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Category Archive: FORD, Videos

Classic YouTube: Blazing The Hides On A NASCAR-Powered Ford GT40 Replica

While we like to see every performance vehicle used to it’s full potential, there are some models that we can understand the hesitation the owners feel about doing more than a drive to a...

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Money No Object: Cossie-Cat! This Prototype 1980 Mercury Capri Has The Bad Little Four Inside!

When the 1979 Ford Mustang and Mercury Capri were introduced, Ford was quietly trying to push the Windsor V8 out of the picture. It had been a thing for a few years, starting in 1974 when the Mustang...

Big Cat Prowling: This 9.50-capable 1971 Mercury Cougar Is What Luxury Sport Should Look Like

Between 1967-1973, the Mercury Cougar was the luxurious answer for someone who liked the performance of the Ford Mustang but wanted to have more luxuries at their disposal. While it’s never...

Historical Footage: This 1973 Pontiac Firebird Promotional Film Covers All Of The Usual Bases, Plus Has Herb Adams And Transmission Torture!

As most of Detroit was starting to gasp and choke from the emissions regulations taking hold in 1973, Pontiac was still marching to the drumbeat of actual power and performance. While the GTO was...

Beating A Live Horse: This King Cobra Mustang II Gets Flat-Out Abused And Comes Back For More

I’ve admitted in the past that I have a fascination with one particular car build: a flat-black beater small Ford that can tolerate all of the abuse I could ever throw at it with a screaming...

Random Car Review: It’s A Car Up Front, An RV In The Back, And It Doesn’t Look Like An Aztek…It’s The 1972 Toyota RV-2 Concept

Saying “Toyota RV” conjures up images of one of those tiny little Hilux-based cube vans, doesn’t it? You know the ones, it’s half Toyota 2wd truck up front, and one huge box...

Unveiled: Grand Wagoneer Concept – Meet FCA’s Toe-Dip Into The Ultra-Luxury SUV Market

First and foremost, you must remember that what you are looking at is a concept vehicle. This is not the full-fat production version of what is anticipated to be the 2022 Grand Wagoneer, no matter...

Banker’s Retromod: This 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Is Putting A Truck V-10 To Good Use!

Most people can agree that the time period referred to as the “Musclecar Era” started in 1964 with the Pontiac GTO. Right? Well…kind-of. There were overbuilt, powerful machines made...

Money No Object: 1997 Chevrolet Camaro SS 30th Anniversary LT4

Colors and stripe kits are open call-outs for performance cars. Rosso Corsa Red might be the international racing color of Italy, but tell me you don’t immediately think of a Ferrari. LimeLight...

Check These Out: Rare Photos Of A 1962 DeSoto Mockup!

Ever wonder if a brand that was preparing to be killed off could have pulled out a turnaround if given just a little bit more time? Pontiac was swinging for the fences with the G8 and things looked...

If You Lost Against This Turbocharged Dodge Caravan, You Missed The Warning Signs!

One of the best lessons I ever learned in life I learned during Army basic training. Without a question, at six-foot-three and 228 pounds, I was one of, if not the biggest soldier in training during...

Historical Footage: MotorWeek’s Comparison Between The 1969 Pontiac Trans Am And The 1999 Trans Am 30th Anniversary Edition

Nobody…not MotorWeek, not GM, not even the buying public, could have seen that this would be the last Anniversary Trans Am. Sure, in 1999 rumors had started to surface that GM’s F-car...

Rough Start: Two Buick Skylarks Under The Budget!

What’s not to love about the GM X-car? Okay, no…not the Citation. The rear-drivers. The NOVA cars. The original GM compacts before they became the standard size and the Vega rolled up....

Speedy Delivery! This Chevrolet C10 Flatbed Is Giving Us Really Good Ideas!

Work truck…yeah, I remember my first one. Later 1980s Dodge D-50 Ram 2wd, baby blue, stick shift, dead stock and had only been towed behind somebody’s recreational vehicle prior to the...