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Ford
, Italian Cars
, Rare Europeans
on December 13, 2007
The Intermeccanica Italia Spyder is a rare example of a period when Italian specialist builders frequently used American V-8's because manufacturers like Ferrari and Maserati weren't keen on s...
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Ford
, Fun Events
on November 25, 2007
Nothing like a contest to boost audience numbers, so the New York Times autos section has one aimed at classic car fans. Awfully nice of them, as how often does that happen in our hobby? Win two ticke...
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Ford
on November 9, 2007
Seems like everywhere I turn on the Net these days there's a Mustang in the news, whether it's the real thing from the 60's or an all-new version from Ford. With due respect to Carroll She...
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Ford
on September 5, 2007
There were several outstanding muscle cars at the Steamworks Concours d'Elegance but the one that immediately caught my eye was a 1968 Shelby GT500 KR Convertible. Maybe because it was the prettie...
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Ford
on June 29, 2007
It was the Mustang that traditional "Stang" enthusiasts hated. Dubbed Mustang II this was Ford's attempt at reviving its pony car following the Arab oil embargo in 1973. Ford called it t...
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Ford
on April 28, 2007
Karl Ludvigsen has an interesting article in Winding Road on the past and future of Mercury. The brand is one of several being kicked around by the motoring press, along with Pontiac, Buick and Lincol...
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Ford
on February 7, 2007
After posting yesterday's blog about the Lotus Cortina I found myself in a flashback to 1970 when, as creative director of the Ford of Europe account for the J. Walter Thompson ad agency, my littl...
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Canadian Cars
, Ford
on January 14, 2007
Because the Canadian market is smaller than the US there was a time when some American brands were re-badged to fill certain gaps in the dealer line-ups. The meteor, for example, was actually a Ford...
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Ford
, Private Collections
on January 13, 2007
Were the Detroit cars of the late 50's and early 60's big? Does a fish have fins? Admittedly our photo of Ted Forbe's (see two previous blogs) 1958 Mercury Montclair convertible exaggerate...
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Auctions
, Ford
, Vintage Racing
on January 5, 2007
It's not every day that a ready-to-compete vintage racer comes up for auction, especially one with a story like the Brown Brothers' Mustang GT350 R. It will be up for grabs at RM's Arizona Biltmore ...
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Ford
, Fun Events
, Hot Rods
on December 20, 2006
2007 marks the 75th anniversary of the 1932 Ford, a landmark vehicle in the history of the Ford Motor Company. Its famous "flathead" V8 engine was first in the low-price field and the car's graceful d...
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Ford
on July 27, 2006
India, land of mysticism and wonder, never fails to surprise me for the vastness of its car collections. Once again this was brought to my attention by Srinivas Krishnan of Business Standard Motoring,...
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Ford
on June 28, 2006
Although "Bold Moves: The Future of Ford" is not a documentary about automotive history, it contains many fascinating film clips of Ford's early days, including henry ford, the first factories, and th...
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Ford
on June 14, 2006
Imagine, if you will, 1000 restored and running Model A Fords in the same place at the same time. It sort of boggles the old imagination, doesn't it? But that is the number of "A's" expected for what ...
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Ford
on April 19, 2006
It's spring again and the sun is due to Shine almost any day. Perhaps every day for us light-starved northerners. Which gave Ford an opportunity to remind me that sunny weather and the American road h...
