Tag: Ford
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A Pathfinder that’s not a Nissan
Many companies have modified domestic vans to four-wheel drive over the years, but this is a pretty early version and the bodywork makes it ever more interesting. Yes, it’s a chop-top, full-size van! These guys thought of this long before Top Gear did it to their Espace. We’re not sure exactly what the use case…
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Cobra II Crazy
Are awesome restored mid to late 70’s Mustang’s and Camaro’s making a comeback sound investment soon? This example of a restored 1976 Cobra leaves us saying not just yet, with bidding currently at $3,650 with 34 bids and 2 days left. But as the supply of good bodied 60’s pony cars dry up, as do…
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Honest driver? 88 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe 5-Speed
The Thunderbird turbo coupe was a strange bird. This model was designed to take the T-Bird, which was known mostly as a “personal luxury coupe” (boulevard cruiser) and compete with the European cars that were taking over the market in the 1980s. What did that mean? Well, it started with a turbocharged four cylinder –…
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One of several V8 Foci?
Or is this a singular Focus? It seems there are several, given the dedicated V8 Focus page at Kugel Komponents. A Mustang isn’t original enough for you, but you still want a solid rear axle? Why not spend multiple used Mustangs worth of cash on a V8 Focus and then try to ask too much when selling…
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Okay, this one’s personal: 1970 Mustang Hardtop
Your humble host’s first car was a 1970 Mustang Grande, which was the luxury Mustang from 1969 through 1973. In 1970, that meant is had a landau roof (front half, oddly), some black ‘camera case’ vinyl exterior trim, the Deluxe (faux woodgrain) interior shared with from the Mach 1, extra sound deadening, a big clock…
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Merk-two-fur
How can we resist posting a Merkur XR4Ti two-fer? Car #1 is largely stock and claims to run. Car #2 is sorta-kinda a track car, at least in that it has harnesses, fire extinguisher and some somewhat-described mods. How can we beat this quote? “She drivers actually good and wants to driver fast for some…
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Quickie: Ford Ranger SPLASH
If you were sad to read that Toyota was killing the X-Runner and you lament the loss of the Chevy S-10 and Colorado Xtreme editions, you’re forced into the used market. If your’e interested in those two, you might love this Ranger Splash. Under the bright blue with 90s teeny-bopper graphics is a V6 manual…
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Quickie: This Festiva is too weird to ever really go away
We featured this Festiva a while back as part of our Two homemade shitboxes story. It appears that it sold and buyer’s remorse set in quickly. This seller actually provides more information and pictures than the last one, even though the last seller was apparently the builder. Odd note: This seller bought this strange beast for his…
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Strange on these shores: 1969 Ford T-5
Though there must not have been much volume, the early Ford Mustang was sold in some parts of Europe. Due to a copyright dispute, the Mustang was called the T-5 when sold in Germany. These pop up from time to time, usually representing the mid 1960s. This 1969 model is particularly unusual and appears to…
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Mystic SVT pizza?
Do you remember the 1996 Mystic Cobra? This was a limited edition SVT Cobra Mustang Coupe (no Convertibles were made) with special BASF paint that looked green, purple or gold depending on viewing angle. 2,000 were built – er…painted – out of something like 7,500 total coupes. This one has low miles and appears to…