Most car enthusiasts know about Australia’s ubiquitous utes, the car-based pickups that inspired America’s own versions such as the Ranchero and El Camino, but these icons from Down Under are rare in...
Image via OldCarBrochures. Just as my desk is littered with the crumbs of too many cookies eaten in a horrifyingly violent manner, my memory is littered with the crumbs of the stories I’ve researched...
It does exist! A decade ago, I mentioned that one of the Strick cabunder prototypes still exists in Germany, and thanks to a post on Truque, it appears we’ve found it still in operation as a “ platea...
Restomod 1964 Ford Falcon Futura for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This is a really cool, really well done Falcon. It is super fun to drive, and gets a lot more looks and thumb...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News America’s automotive marketplace was changing drastically in the postwar era, and a fast-growing segment of buyers was purchasing vehicl...
Restored 1965 Ford Falcon Ranchero for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Beautifully restored 1965 Ford Falcon Ranchero: new paint; new clutch; 3-on-the tree manual transmission (h...
TheDieselDartGuy showed up on the AACA forums recently to show off the Nissan six-cylinder diesel-powered 1974 Dart he bought new, one of a handful converted shortly after they left the factory to de...
Photo courtesy AACA Museum. And he called it… the Cougar. Okay, so Gale Halderman might have swung and missed on the name of Ford’s sporty compact four-seater, but the design he sketched for what wou...
As if it weren’t cool enough to put a pulse jet on a scooter, artist Randy Regier decided to gin up an entire backstory to the Grand Thrust Star 100, complete with “vintage” photos, a kit, and toy re...
Driver-quality, partially restored 1961 Ford Falcon station wagon for sale. From the seller’s description: Starts easily, runs and drives well. Driver quality car. Classic Ford red and white two-tone...
Editor’’ note: The purpose of the “Find of the Day” is to promote interesting cars from our classifieds. These are not the actual ads, so to view more images or contact the seller with questions, cli...
Monte Carlo and La Carrera Panamericana veteran 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Bo Ljungfeldt and his Ford Falcon had an honourable 1963 Monte Carlo R...
1963 Ford Falcon two-door sedan for sale. From the seller’s description: I have owned this Falcon for 18 years. When I bought it in June of 1999, it was already repainted the original white color and...
Though the April 15 deadline for filing individual tax returns is still over a month away, those getting federal or state refunds have probably sent in (or electronically filed) paperwork by now. In ...
Rückblick Auch «radical» braucht einmal Ferien. Die haben wir vergangene Woche eingezogen, in den Bergen. Was aber nicht heisst, dass wir vollkommen untätig gewesen wären, so ein paar Geschichten geh...
1967 Mercury Comet 202 (top); 1966 Mercury Comet Cyclone GT (below); images by the author. Editor’s note: This or That asks you, in an idyllic world, to add a collectible vehicle to your dream garage...
From Curbside Classic comes the interesting tail of an old-car owner who put his or her neighborhood vandals street artists to work preserving a ’61 Rambler American. Apparently the unidentified owne...
Photos courtesy Joe Germann. A 289, a nitro 427, and a SOHC: Joe Germann had a few different iterations of the Wild Child – one of Canada’s most famous drag racing cars and one of its first altered-w...
“Apple,” as the car was nicknamed by the previous owner, wears a 1960-’61 front fender because of accident damage decades ago. Owner Dillon Merkl retained it because he enjoys the “Frankenstein look....
Photos courtesy Reg Uren While Cobra Jet Torinos and Shelby Mustangs may get all the glory these days, the early Ford Falcons (alongside the Chevrolet Corvair and Chrysler’s Valiant) were also consid...
Amazing how a series of windows can change the whole character of a vehicle. Take, for instance, this 1962 Ford Falcon E11 Station Bus for sale on Hemmings.com, technically a Falcon and not an Econol...
In late november and december 2010 I directed, shot and edited six small movies for the "Galaxy Tab Tester"-campaign for Samsung Germany. Six different people from different backgrounds check out the...