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Ford Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Custom 300 – A Migration To Parts Unknown
Posted on September 14, 2022 | 41 Comments(first posted 9/14/2016) It was a surreal glimpse into an event that would have been far less noteworthy forty years earlier, but this vision was as certain as the heat […] -
COAL: 1963 Ford F-100 – Chapter 9, A Post-Breakup Pick Me Up
Posted on September 11, 2022 | 43 CommentsIn the early fall of 1986 I was living the life I thought I wanted. I was a young lawyer in a small law firm, I had a nearly-new […] -
COAL: 1992 Ford Crown Victoria – The Secret Storm
Posted on September 10, 2022 | 33 CommentsMy father-in-law has a huge talent for finding and procuring both cheap cars and low mileage cars. It’s even better for him when he is able to combine the two […] -
Museum Report: The Celebrity Car Museum in Branson – Covering The Spectrum Of Relevancy
Posted on September 8, 2022 | 86 Comments(first posted 9/8/2016) It takes all sorts for the world to go around and we are all the better for it. Tapping into those various sorts, combined with a good […] -
COAL: 2001 Ford Taurus SES – Another World
Posted on September 3, 2022 | 49 CommentsNothing in life is perfect. Keeping that snippet of wisdom in mind really helps put things in perspective for my ownership of our 2001 Ford Taurus. Enough of such introductory […] -
COAL: 1986 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – The Guiding Light
Posted on August 27, 2022 | 55 CommentsFor several years now, my wife has had the observation about events in life not aligning in a conducive manner. She says the figurative gears grind since nothing meshes they […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1976 Ford Pinto Runabout – Who Does A Bare-Metal Restoration Of A Pinto?
Posted on August 25, 2022 | 68 CommentsNobody, that’s who. And to be fair, this one wasn’t ever finished and is unlikely to ever be, certainly not in time for Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale. Maybe someone confused it […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Simply Original and Just Right
Posted on August 17, 2022 | 165 Comments(first posted 8/17/2016) The reason that the childhood story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears resonates so deeply with many of us is that there are so […] -
COAL: 1996 Ford Thunderbird – The Young & The Restless
Posted on July 30, 2022 | 73 CommentsThe hankering had been growing for a while. I knew what I wanted, had test driven two or three examples, and it was just a matter of acting upon it. […] -
CC Geography Outtake: The Intersection of Ford and Fairlane
Posted on July 25, 2022 | 42 CommentsA while back my sister sent me an email at work which contained this picture. Her sole statement was: Did you know this intersection existed? No, I did not. -
COAL: 1962 Ford Galaxie – The Brighter Day
Posted on July 23, 2022 | 18 CommentsYes, the title is correct. While I had the 1963 Galaxie for a very long time, there was an interloper in there for about ten years, with this pair stored […] -
CC Compare and Contrast: ‘74 Gran Torino Elite vs. ’77 Monte Carlo vs. ’77 Thunderbird
Posted on July 21, 2022 | 126 Comments(first posted 6/27/2013) For whatever reason, I’ve seen some vehicles recently that have me contemplating the road not taken (ha ha). Here I shall speak of three icons of the […] -
Curbside Classic: Ford Cortina MK3 – Cortinas In The Hood
Posted on July 18, 2022 | 17 CommentsWe left Puerto Rico and arrived to El Salvador in August ’76; behind us was a land of American land yachts and Beetles, ahead one filled with Japanese econo sedans […] -
COAL: 1989 Ford Mustang LX – Search For Tomorrow
Posted on July 16, 2022 | 76 Comments(Author’s Note: Upon taking the dive to present a COAL series, it occurred to me life is a grand soap opera of sorts but with somewhat less melodrama and […]
![Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Custom 300 – A Migration To Parts Unknown (first posted 9/14/2016) It was a surreal glimpse into an event that would have been far less noteworthy forty years earlier, but this vision was as certain as the heat […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_4480.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: 1963 Ford F-100 – Chapter 9, A Post-Breakup Pick Me Up In the early fall of 1986 I was living the life I thought I wanted. I was a young lawyer in a small law firm, I had a nearly-new […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1963-Ford-F100-01b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: 1992 Ford Crown Victoria – The Secret Storm My father-in-law has a huge talent for finding and procuring both cheap cars and low mileage cars. It’s even better for him when he is able to combine the two […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/92-crown-vic-2.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Museum Report: The Celebrity Car Museum in Branson – Covering The Spectrum Of Relevancy (first posted 9/8/2016) It takes all sorts for the world to go around and we are all the better for it. Tapping into those various sorts, combined with a good […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_0515.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: 2001 Ford Taurus SES – Another World Nothing in life is perfect. Keeping that snippet of wisdom in mind really helps put things in perspective for my ownership of our 2001 Ford Taurus. Enough of such introductory […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/P9070011-Version-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: 1986 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – The Guiding Light For several years now, my wife has had the observation about events in life not aligning in a conducive manner. She says the figurative gears grind since nothing meshes they […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1986-Ford-4.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Recycling: 1976 Ford Pinto Runabout – Who Does A Bare-Metal Restoration Of A Pinto? Nobody, that’s who. And to be fair, this one wasn’t ever finished and is unlikely to ever be, certainly not in time for Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale. Maybe someone confused it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_2269.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Simply Original and Just Right (first posted 8/17/2016) The reason that the childhood story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears resonates so deeply with many of us is that there are so […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1961FordFalcon14a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1992 Ford F-150 – My Road Trip With Grandpa Albert (Refined and expanded since first published January 2, 2013) You must be looking at this picture and saying, “A ’92 F-150! What in the world is so special about this?” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/P8220014.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: 1996 Ford Thunderbird – The Young & The Restless The hankering had been growing for a while. I knew what I wanted, had test driven two or three examples, and it was just a matter of acting upon it. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/96-tbird.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![COAL: 1962 Ford Galaxie – The Brighter Day Yes, the title is correct. While I had the 1963 Galaxie for a very long time, there was an interloper in there for about ten years, with this pair stored […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Galaxie-and-Plymouth.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Compare and Contrast: ‘74 Gran Torino Elite vs. ’77 Monte Carlo vs. ’77 Thunderbird (first posted 6/27/2013) For whatever reason, I’ve seen some vehicles recently that have me contemplating the road not taken (ha ha). Here I shall speak of three icons of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1974-Ford-Gran-Torino-Elite-Rayford-Rd-Woodlands.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: Ford Cortina MK3 – Cortinas In The Hood We left Puerto Rico and arrived to El Salvador in August ’76; behind us was a land of American land yachts and Beetles, ahead one filled with Japanese econo sedans […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_20220614_155206913.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: 1989 Ford Mustang LX – Search For Tomorrow (Author’s Note: Upon taking the dive to present a COAL series, it occurred to me life is a grand soap opera of sorts but with somewhat less melodrama and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1991_Ford_Mustang-06-07-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


