Ford Falcon 2-door Station Wagon on 2040-cars
Camarillo, California, United States
Built as a reliable driver. When I worked closer to home I used to commute this classic to work a couple days a week. And it has been on a couple 600-mile road trips without a problem. The details: Drivetrain 302 from a late-80s to 90-ish Mustang Very mild CompCam essentially a Cobra replacement Aluminum heads Headman shorty headers Dual 2 1/2 ” Exhaust with X-Pipe AOD tranny with proper tranny mount (Dark Horse), shifter and pick-down cable (Lokar)
Additional tranny cooler in line with radiator tranny cooler…Like you’re supposed to. Aluminum drive shaft Electric fuel pump…so if you don’t drive it for a week it will still start immediately Brakes 71 Cougar Front (disk) Dual reservoir master cylinder Suspension All new everything in the front New shocks in rear RRS rack and Pinion (power steering) Interior Ididit Steering column Grant wood steering wheel White face gauges Custom upholstery (cloth) Power seats Center Console Custom Autosound “Falcon” Am/Fm digital deck with cassette and MP3 player hook-ups Cowl repair kit installed – no leaks Body Rewired using a Painless kit. Professionally installed. Almost all connections soldered, very few crimp connectors. Restored grill headlight trim rings, and taillight buckets Taillights have reverse light option All locks keyed alike (1 key for everything) New windshield All new rubber for glass/doors Front floor pans replaced New heater core and plenum New seals in heater box Rechromed bumpers Tinted windows Custom trailer hitch Color: Go Mango from 2007 Hemi Charger The car was completed about 5 years ago and it still looks/drives like new. The car has about 20K miles on it since restoration. It gets just over 20 MPG if you keep your foot out of it. Registration just paid – Clean title. Very well taken care of. |
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First 1K next-gen Mustangs to carry 2014 1/2 model year?
Thu, 18 Jul 2013A new report from Mustangs Daily, citing insider sources at Ford, tells us that the Blue Oval will produce 1,000 next-generation Mustangs with the model year designation of 2014 ½, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the storied marque. The commemorative half-year designation is a rumor that's been swirling in Mustang forums for quite some time now, and seems more plausible than ever with this most recent report. Certainly it's not far-fetched to believe that Ford will want to make a big deal of the golden anniversary for its most-loved model.
The story (compiled by Drew Phillips, who runs the aforementioned Mustang site when he's not directing the photography on these pages) goes on to say that the limited-run cars will be the first built on the new Mustang platform internally known as S550 (and spied testing in the attached gallery). Each car is said to carry a "special" VIN and build number, though no performance upgrades versus the 2015 cars to follow are in the works. A collector's dream then, rather than a weekend racer's.
Jaguar design boss admits X-Type was a mistake
Thu, 19 Sep 2013History has a way of repeating itself, especially in the auto industry. When Jaguar was owned by Ford, the British brand attempted to field a competitor for the BMW 3 Series, called the X-Type. Based on the bones of a Ford Mondeo, it aped the styling of Jaguar's flagship model, the XJ, while borrowing liberally from the Ford parts bin. That was 2001.
Now, in 2013, Jaguar is planning a new 3 Series challenger based on the platform previewed by the C-X17 Concept, while Ford is attempting to take the latest Mondeo upmarket. The moves have both brands recognizing where, why, and how the X-Type failed. "It didn't look mature or powerful or anything. It was just a car," Jaguar's current head of advanced design, Julian Thomson, told PistonHeads. Basing the X-Type on a front-drive car while giving it styling that was meant for a rear-driver lead to proportions that "were plainly wrong," Thomson told PH. Ford's European head of quality, Gunnar Herrmann, added that the X-Type was "a fake Jaguar, because every piece I touch is Ford."
For what it's worth, the X-Type's successor in the segment will sport rear-drive, with plenty of input from Ian Callum. Thomson described the new model, which would challenge the 3 Series as having, "Big wheels right to the ends of the car, low bonnet, short overhangs, very low cabins." Sounds good to us.
Detroit Three autoworkers could get huge bonuses
Mon, 06 Jan 2014For a long time, being a line worker for one of the Detroit Three has meant living with an uncertain future. With the health of American automakers on the rise, though, things are also starting to look up for the men and women building the cars. The latest sign that things aren't bad? Big profit-sharing checks.
According to The Detroit News, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler could end up paying over $800 million to 130,000 workers as part of a profit-sharing plan. According to The News, the economic impact of these profits in Michigan alone could exceed $400 million, besting the NFL's Super Bowl, MLB's All-Star Game and the NHL's Winter Classic for their economic impact.
This is the third straight year the Detroit Three have issued profit-sharing checks to UAW employees, and for many workers, the checks are as close as they'll get to a raise, due to the most recent contract between the union and the manufacturers. On average, employees at GM and Ford receive $1 for every $1 million in North American (not just the US) pre-tax profits. Chrysler, meanwhile, gets a similar deal, although the Auburn Hills-based company calculates profit sharing using 85 percent of the brand's global profits.