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This 1923 Ford Roadster(Bucket-T) was assembled, not built...the entire Chassis, Body, Interior and Components(steering, brakes, suspension, etc.)are the proven-design and product of Spirit Industries(www.spiritcars.com). Please check the site out. It's an every day driver, reliable, safe and particularly stable at any speed...it can be taken anywhere with utmost confidence, whether its idling in traffic at 90 degrees or heading down the highway at 70 MPH...it starts cold every time with just a pump of gas and always runs cool, a tribute to the double core aluminum radiator, electric fan and, in particular, to the custom fan shroud...the ride's secure and stable feeling comes from the track-T 112” wheelbase, unique among most bucket-T's that are typically shorter and often have squirrely handling.

Particulars include...Registered in MN as a 1923 Ford Roadster, serial # 1S9ST181X52514007

FRAME: Spirit Industries Track-T, 112” wheelbase, dropped front axle, GM 3/4X11” vented front disc brakes, Vega steering, Flaming River 35X2 Tilt column, rear coil-overs, 10 bolt GM rear-end, drum brakes, Competition Engineering wheelie-bars

MOTOR: 350 small block, 4 bolt Chevy, 850cfm Speed Demon carb, Weiand Team G intake, K & N Filter, Mallory Unilite 37 Series distributor, ACCEL 140001 Super Coil, MSD plug wires, EDELBROCK Elite Tall valve covers, ROSS Racing pistons, Howard solid lifter cam, Tuf-Stuff starter, double-row aluminum radiator, electric fan and custom shroud, NOS Cheater 250HP system with tank

TRANSMISSION: TH350 GM, Lokar shifter

WHEELS: WELD Polished Rodlite 5X15 front and 14X15 rear, 195/65X15 radials front, 31X18.5X15 Mickey Thompson Sportsman rear

BODY: Spirit Industries, 1923 Turtle deck with operating trunk

MISCELLANEOUS: 11.5 Gallon tank, 12 circuit EZ Wire kit, DOLPHIN Gauges(electric speedo, tach, volt, oil, water, fuel), AUTOMETER Shift light, Yellow-top OPTIMA battery, lift out cloth bench interior with door pockets, GRANT 4-spoke GT steering wheel, battery shut-off

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Ex-PR chief Vines accuses Ford of bugging cars, phones

Fri, 24 Oct 2014

Jason Vines, former head of communications at Ford among other automakers, is accusing the Blue Oval of bugging his company phone and his car during the Firestone tire recall for the Explorer in 2001. The allegations have come to light in Vines' upcoming book What Did Jesus Drive? Crisis PR in Cars, Computers and Christianity.
According to The Detroit News, which has an advance copy of the book, Vines (pictured above) claims that after leaving the company, someone with security within Ford advised him that he had been bugged around the time of the recall. The allegations don't stop there, though. Vines further contends that he might not have been the only one to get this treatment, noting that then-general counsel John Rintamaki also believed he was being listened to.
According to The Detroit News, even if it had been a company phone, recording Vines without his knowledge still would have been a felony under Michigan law.

Ford turns Navistar from truck business customer to rival

Mon, 19 May 2014

There is a showdown brewing in the medium-duty truck segment next year as Ford prepares to launch its all-new, in-house engineered 2016 F-650 and F-750. It finally marks the end of the Blue Diamond joint venture between Ford and Navistar and, making the two entities direct competitors instead of partners.
Ford announced the end of the joint venture in an investor report in 2011, but it didn't reveal the new F-650 and F-750 until the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, IN, in March. Unlike the current, Mexican-built models, the new generation will be built in Avon Lake, OH, starting in mid-2015.
The challenge from Ford comes during a rough patch for Navistar. The company had a $248 million loss in the first quarter, according to The Wall Street Journal, and its medium-duty truck market share is currently down to 26 percent, from 36 percent in 2011. Building the previous-generation Fords brought in about $400 million a year to Navistar, according to the WSJ. To take on its former partner, Navistar plans to offer its International brand of medium-duty vehicles with more engine and transmission options to customers. It even struck a deal with Cummins to put its diesels in some of the models.

Popular Science magazine's Best Of What's New 2012 all ate up with cars

Tue, 20 Nov 2012

Popular Science has named the winners in its Best of What's New awards, the victors coming in the categories of aerospace, automotive, engineering, entertainment, gadgets, green, hardware, health, home, recreation, security and software. The automotive category did not go wanting for lauded advancements:
Tesla Model S: the Grand Award winner for being "the standard by which all future electric vehicles will be measured."
BMW 328i: it's 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder gets called out for being more powerful and frugal than the six-cylinder it replaces.

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