Category Archive: FORD, Project Cars
BangShift Project Files: Building The Mother Of All Lemons To Take On The Lemons Rally! This 1959 Edsel Is Being Built To Cruise The Southwest This Year!
The LeMons Rally, aka the LeMons Hell On Wheels Rally ’16, looks to be an absolute riot. There isn’t so much a price limit, as there is on typical LeMons racing, but instead the idea is...
A Herd Of Horses: A Breakdown Of The Ford Mustang’s Many Different Models
You could consider the Ford Mustang the best platform re-skin ever performed by an auto manufacturer. Ford already had a compact car in the form of the Falcon, but executives knew that in order to...
Which Supercharger Is Best? Engine Masters Takes A Look At Two Budget-Minded Boost Possibilities On The Ford 363ci Yanked Out Of The Raunchero!
Boost…it is addictive, it is fun, and normally, it’s a bit expensive to do. Superchargers can provide enough pressurized air to make the drive a lot of fun, and blower whine is always so...
Bangshift Project Files: This 1979 Mercury Zephyr Z-7 Is Going To Become A Land Speed Car!
The leading edge of Ford’s Fox platform was the Ford Fairmont/Mercury Zephyr twins. Replacing the Ford Maverick/Mercury Comet, they first appeared in two door sedan, four-door sedan and station...
Copart Cadaver: A New Shelby GT350 And It’s Flat-Plane Crank V8 Will Be For Sale Soon!
High performance car plus low performance driver always means that inevitably, a badass car is going to find it’s way onto Copart.com, the online search hub for everything dead and crunched in...
BangShift Project Files: This 1988 Ford Ranger Is Now Packing A Turbocharged Nissan RB20DET!
What use would you have with a 1988 Ford Ranger that was all but ready for the junkyard? That was the situation that faced BangShift member “neongreen”…his Ranger had dutifully...
24 Hours Of LeMans 2016: A Record Field Of Cars And Four Fords In The Lineup!
This year’s 24 Hours of LeMans looks to be the one to watch. Not only is there the aura of the 50th anniversary of Ford’s 1-2-3 finish, but the starting grid will be packed, with sixty...
Top 11: Battle Of The Heavyweights – We Pick Our Favorite Full-Sizers!
After seeing that absolutely bitchin’ 1969 Impala SS that Mike Musto got to drive for Big Muscle, our gears started to turn. We haven’t seen big cars…really big cars…as muscle...
Like The Idea Of An SUV, But Can’t Stand The Thought Of Actually Owning One? How About This 1959 Ford Station Wagon?
Sport utility vehicles are everywhere, and long gone is the memory of the family station wagon complete with wood paneling being the trusty do-it-all vehicle. It’s kind of nice to see wagons...
Ken Block Takes On The 2017 Ford Focus RS – THIS Is How You Introduce A New Vehicle!
Say you’re in a position of power within Ford Performance. You’re still riding high after the coup d’etat that you just pulled off at the North American International Auto Show,...
Ebay Find: Anyone Want A Super-Huge Super Duty?
Say you have eight thousand dollars and a thing for huge trucks. What do you do? Sure, there’s tons of big pickup trucks on Craigslist, but that just isn’t big enough. Well, allow me to...
NAIAS 2015: Ladies And Gentlemen, Meet The 2016 Ford GT
When the rumor mill started whispering something about a revived Ford GT, we were a touch skeptical. The GT40 is an icon the world over, a testament to just how far Henry Ford II would go to show...
BangShift Project Files: “Project Neglect” Mustang…The Story Of This Fox’s Return To Glory Is A Must-Read!
We love a good “brought back from the dead” story here, and when the project is a Fox Mustang notchback that has been sitting for twelve years being returned to daily duty with some...
