Category Archive: Car Features, FORD
Random Car Review: The Ford GT-70 – Where Do You Go After LeMans? Rallying!…Or Not.
(Photos: via XCAR) By 1970, Ford has quite successfully shown Ferrari two bold and brazen middle fingers, to the delight of Henry Ford II, and had won LeMans four times over. Spool in successful...
Historical Footage: When The Peanuts Gang Hawked The Ford Falcon!
For fifty years and the majority of his life, Charles Schulz brought Charlie Brown and his pals to America via comic strips in newspapers. He is considered to be the example to which many comic...
The Family Time 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon Is Underway! Watch This New Project Come Together!
(Words and Photos by David Carroll) Where do I begin? The process started about 2 years ago when I asked a few Norcal Nova friends to be on the lookout for a 3rd row seat equipped early Nova...
Random Car Review: The 1989 Dodge Daytona Decepzione – Ground Clearance May Be An Issue!
One point five inches of airspace separated the oil pan of a Lamborghini-sourced, transverse-mounted 3.5L V8 from the asphalt that threatened to rip it open quicker than the iceberg ripped open the...
They Drove What? The History Behind The Two 1963 Chrysler 300s That Went Rallying In Canada
When you think rally car, you picture small, light, usually four-wheel drive beasts that seem to be able to do the impossible. But even before Group B and the really ballistic cars, small and light...
RWD Converted, 11-Second 1993 Ford Escort: So Much Win In One Unexpected Package
When we first showed off Jordan Newbury’s 1993 Ford Escort, we didn’t have much to go on, except a low-grade YouTube video showing the car burning the back tires off with a soundtrack...
The Family Ferrari: This 1987 Lancia Thema 8.32 Is A Sports Sedan With Ferrari V8 Power!
Picture this: it’s 1987, you’re a person of means, you’re car shopping, and you have a serious hankerin’ for something Italian. While your heart says Ferrari 308 GTS, the...
Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: The 2005 Mustang GT With War Wounds
In a sea of show-worthy cars and pretty race machines, a 2005 Mustang GT wearing some wrinkled body panels on one side didn’t seem right. In fact, when I first saw the Mustang rip through the...
Satellite Launch, Part 3: As The Flywheel Turns…
Part three of the revival of the 1970 Plymouth Sport Satellite starts off on a very high note: the starter that had been sitting in the dirt underneath the car functioned and every bit of stuck...
Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: Erik Stacey’s Wide By Violent Power Stroke Hilux
If there was one thing I was genuinely surprised about regarding Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest, it was the lack of diesel among the show field. Bowling Green has at least two diesel shops...
Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: The Taurus SHO
Not every car is going to be a performance screamer. They are more likely to be a comfortable way to get from Point A to B, economical to run, roomy enough for the needs of the operator, and visually...
Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: 1984 Ford Mustang 20th Anniversary Dominator GT
Even if there hadn’t been a billboard in sight proclaiming what this 1984 Ford Mustang was all about, I could tell you that it was something special. And no, the “G.T. 350” stripes...
Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: The Slammed Courier
If you don’t know me by now, it should be apparent that I’m going to look for the “freaks and geeks” at any given car show instead of what most people would be hunting for. My...
