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True Street Performers The NMRA All-Ford World Finals is historically known for its large contingent of QA1 True Street competitors. The NMRA and Holley Performance joining forces for the Holley Intergalactic Ford Festival might’ve had an impact on True Street staging since competitors used to line up on the Read more…
Fox Fords come in all shapes, sizes and color. They come in the form of Mustangs, Fairmonts, Thunderbirds, LTDs, Mercury Zephyrs, Mercury Capris, Mercury Cougars, and more. At this stage of their lifespan some of them are multi-colored, and many times they boast just the right amount of patina for Read more…
Photo by author. In the August 2017 issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines, 1966 Pontiac GTO owner Jim Zievel discusses the events that led to him trading his GTO convertible for something that, in the end, was far more unreliable. Jim Zievel bought a 1966 Pontiac GTO convertible brand new in the Read more…
From the seller’s description: 1973 Malibu Wagon, 27,000 original miles and it shows! Engine is a 350 2bl, P/S, P/B, A/C Blows Cold. AM//FM 8-Track. In April of 1973 Miss Mildred Bunce received a small inheritance from her late sister, and walked into Apple Chevrolet in Flint, Michigan, where she Read more…
Jack Brabham’s BT-19 in the National Sports Museum in Melbourne. Photo by Bahnfrend. After a report outlined serious deficiencies in the Australian government’s ability to keep culturally significant automobiles and other cultural items in the country, the government will soon consider whether to bolster that law and possibly seize any Read more…
Photos by David LaChance. Of the countless models of automobile built over the last century plus, apparently only one has taken its name from a Canadian city, so it’s only appropriate that on the 50th anniversary of its introduction (and on the 150th anniversary of Canada itself) that the North Read more…
Ford Cougar II concept. Photo by Barry Kluczyk. [Editor’s Note: This rare Cougar spotting comes to us from frequent Hemmings Muscle Machine contributor Barry Kluczyk.] In a rare display outside of its climate-controlled cocoon, the Cougar II show car – one of Ford’s three “X-Car” concepts built in the early Read more…
Date: July 1967 Location: Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island Source: Providence Public Library What do you see here?
Restored one-of-six 1935 Ford roadster utility for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This 1935 Ford Roadster Utility “ute” is one of only 6 manufactured that year. From a contact in Australia we found out that approximately 385 “utes” were manufactured by Ford Australia in 1935. Of that number Read more…
Photo by Aaron Summerfield, courtesy of RM Sotheby’s. It apparently paid to know people who worked at Cadillac during the Fifties. Call ’em up, and whango tango, custom Cadillac delivered to your door. Or, at least, such was the case for a World War I pilot who wanted a little Read more…