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Ford Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1940 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet – Beauty for Beauty’s Sake
Posted on June 11, 2021 | 60 Comments(first posted 6/11/2015) What is the purpose of a convertible? Most would probably say that a convertible’s purpose is for the enjoyment of the beauty of outdoors – at […] -
Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford LTD – The Forgotten Ford
Posted on June 1, 2021 | 100 Comments( first posted 5/25/2011) My Dad was a Ford guy. Although most everyone else on both sides of my family were firmly in the GM camp, there was almost always […] -
Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Country Squire – The Car That Made Di-Noc Millions
Posted on May 23, 2021 | 103 Comments(first posted 5/1/2012) Ah, the Country Squire. What says 1960s to 1970s upper-middle class suburbia better than one of these? Before minivans, before SUVs, and before crossovers, these were the […] -
Curbside Outtake: There’s No Escaping The Monochromaticity
Posted on May 22, 2021 | 16 CommentsApparently someone found a good thing and decided to stick with it. It’s not quite a trifecta of Escapes as the one on the right is the Mercury Mariner sister […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Ford Taurus Wagon – Redefining the Station Wagon
Posted on May 20, 2021 | 87 Comments(first posted 5/13/2014) I remember clearly the first time I saw the new-for-1986 Ford Taurus. It was around the time I turned 18, late in the summer before the Taurus […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1992 Ford Aerostar XLT AWD – Practically Museum Quality
Posted on April 9, 2021 | 47 CommentsWe’ve had our share of extremely well preserved vehicles destined to be crushed in short order that have had us crying out collectively “Why, oh why?”, but this 1992 Ford […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1976 Mercury Bobcat Villager – The Premium Compact Wagon Way Ahead Of Its Time
Posted on March 29, 2021 | 59 CommentsThe premium small car genre (and especially the small premium CUV genre) is more popular now than ever but back in the 1970s small cars in North America were generally […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Ford F-250 Explorer – At Its Age, Good To Be Anywhere
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 44 Comments(first posted 3/24/2015) Did you ever notice how seldom I share classics actually found curbside? I’m forever finding old cars and trucks in parking lots. It’s because I live more […] -
Curbside Review: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium AWD – Galloping At The Speed Of Silence
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 158 CommentsIt shouldn’t have been a big surprise, sooner or later a mainstream manufacturer was going to create a vehicle that could give Tesla a run for its money. The bigger […] -
Family COAL, Via The Cohort: 1990 Ford E-350 – Passed Around Like A Christmas Ham
Posted on March 5, 2021 | 18 CommentsSeeing this extended length one-ton Ford van posted at the Cohort by William Rubano made me chuckle. Why? I owned one for about two days. Naturally, there’s a story about […] -
Curbside Conundrum: 1964 Buick Riviera Or 1972 Ford Ranchero 500 – Eeny Meeny Miny Moe…
Posted on February 27, 2021 | 35 CommentsDriving through the little town of Eaton, Colorado the other evening I passed by this pairing that was well worthy of a quick stop. Arranged as they were it could […] -
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1948-1950 Ford F-2 Pickup
Posted on February 21, 2021 | 13 CommentsFord’s F-series trucks got their literal start for the 1948 model year with the F-1 being the standard bearer of the line-up and then the F-2, 3, 4, and all […] -
CC Capsule: 1993-94 Ford Explorer Limited – How Did It Escape Cash For Clunkers?
Posted on February 4, 2021 | 57 CommentsI was 22 when Ford introduced the Explorer. I was sitting in my living room watching TV with my girlfriend when we saw our first commercial for it. We were […] -
Curbside Classic Capsule: 1978 Ford LTD Coupe – The Last Of The Whoppers
Posted on February 2, 2021 | 136 Comments(first posted 1/11/2012) Henry Ford II was in many ways, a lot like his grandfather. They both were not big fans of change. The idea of smaller cars drove “Hank […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973 Ford F-100 Ranger XLT – Slow And Steady Wins The Race
Posted on January 29, 2021 | 45 CommentsFord and Chevrolet had been locked in mortal combat since at least the late 1920s. From that point through the 1970’s it was more often than not that Chevrolet came […]
![Curbside Classic: 1940 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet – Beauty for Beauty’s Sake (first posted 6/11/2015) What is the purpose of a convertible? Most would probably say that a convertible’s purpose is for the enjoyment of the beauty of outdoors – at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lincoln-1940-Conti.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford LTD – The Forgotten Ford ( first posted 5/25/2011) My Dad was a Ford guy. Although most everyone else on both sides of my family were firmly in the GM camp, there was almost always […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009a1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Country Squire – The Car That Made Di-Noc Millions (first posted 5/1/2012) Ah, the Country Squire. What says 1960s to 1970s upper-middle class suburbia better than one of these? Before minivans, before SUVs, and before crossovers, these were the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CC-60-057-800.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: There’s No Escaping The Monochromaticity Apparently someone found a good thing and decided to stick with it. It’s not quite a trifecta of Escapes as the one on the right is the Mercury Mariner sister […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_7812.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Ford Taurus Wagon – Redefining the Station Wagon (first posted 5/13/2014) I remember clearly the first time I saw the new-for-1986 Ford Taurus. It was around the time I turned 18, late in the summer before the Taurus […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Taurus-1990-wagon.jpg)
![Curbside Recycling: 1992 Ford Aerostar XLT AWD – Practically Museum Quality We’ve had our share of extremely well preserved vehicles destined to be crushed in short order that have had us crying out collectively “Why, oh why?”, but this 1992 Ford […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_0610.jpg)
![Curbside Recycling: 1976 Mercury Bobcat Villager – The Premium Compact Wagon Way Ahead Of Its Time The premium small car genre (and especially the small premium CUV genre) is more popular now than ever but back in the 1970s small cars in North America were generally […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_0492.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 Ford F-250 Explorer – At Its Age, Good To Be Anywhere (first posted 3/24/2015) Did you ever notice how seldom I share classics actually found curbside? I’m forever finding old cars and trucks in parking lots. It’s because I live more […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-f250.jpg)
![Curbside Review: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium AWD – Galloping At The Speed Of Silence It shouldn’t have been a big surprise, sooner or later a mainstream manufacturer was going to create a vehicle that could give Tesla a run for its money. The bigger […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_0261.jpg)
![Family COAL, Via The Cohort: 1990 Ford E-350 – Passed Around Like A Christmas Ham Seeing this extended length one-ton Ford van posted at the Cohort by William Rubano made me chuckle. Why? I owned one for about two days. Naturally, there’s a story about […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/50808865671_3281feb111_c.jpg)
![Curbside Conundrum: 1964 Buick Riviera Or 1972 Ford Ranchero 500 – Eeny Meeny Miny Moe… Driving through the little town of Eaton, Colorado the other evening I passed by this pairing that was well worthy of a quick stop. Arranged as they were it could […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_0047.jpg)
![Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1948-1950 Ford F-2 Pickup Ford’s F-series trucks got their literal start for the 1948 model year with the F-1 being the standard bearer of the line-up and then the F-2, 3, 4, and all […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5548.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1993-94 Ford Explorer Limited – How Did It Escape Cash For Clunkers? I was 22 when Ford introduced the Explorer. I was sitting in my living room watching TV with my girlfriend when we saw our first commercial for it. We were […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93-94FordExplorer1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic Capsule: 1978 Ford LTD Coupe – The Last Of The Whoppers (first posted 1/11/2012) Henry Ford II was in many ways, a lot like his grandfather. They both were not big fans of change. The idea of smaller cars drove “Hank […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1973 Ford F-100 Ranger XLT – Slow And Steady Wins The Race Ford and Chevrolet had been locked in mortal combat since at least the late 1920s. From that point through the 1970’s it was more often than not that Chevrolet came […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1973-Ford-F-150-08.jpg)


