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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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Is that the Ford GT Le Mans racer in the background of this Forza video?

Mon, Jan 26 2015

Shortly after the reveal of the new Ford GT in Detroit a couple of weeks ago, Microsoft announced that it was putting the new American supercar on the cover of the upcoming sixth installment of the Forza Motorsport video game series. Now it has put out a video of the process of digitizing Dearborn's latest. Whether you're into Detroit steel (or carbon fiber and aluminum in this case), exotic supercars or video games, the video is worth a watch in and of itself. But our eyes were focused on something else. In the background of one shot (around the 1:49 mark) you can see a design board with renderings of what looks to be the rumored racing version of the GT – complete with reshaped air intakes, deeper side sills, a bigger rear wing and a central rear fin like you'd find on the latest LMP1 racing prototypes. It wouldn't be the first time we've caught wind of the prospect of the Blue Oval's new supercar going racing. We first heard of the plans last October, further reinforced in December with reports of the new GT coming to Detroit. And as we reported just a couple of weeks ago following the supercar's reveal, a return to Le Mans could be in the cards Â– which would be fortuitous timing, since next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the original GT40 scoring its landmark 1-2-3 finish in the 24-hour race.

Ford ST Octane Academy [w/video]

Wed, 04 Jun 2014

The ST school is about more than just handbrake turns, hot laps, and sliding into parking spaces.
I felt like such a rock star. On my second pass around the UrbanCross course (read: fancy autocross) at the Ford ST Octane Academy, I absolutely nailed the exit, sliding the bright-yellow Focus ST sideways into a box the size of a parking space, all four wheels in line.

Ford will build Hackmobile out of Transit Connect Wagon

Fri, 27 Dec 2013

What you see in the above image is a rendering of the Hackmobile Transit Connect Wagon. What is that? It's a "mobile fabrication and hacking unit" that includes tools for metal- and woodworking, 3D and electronics fabrication, a three-axis CNC machine called "The Fabber," a video projector and screen, an air compressor, an 84x48-inch work surface that folds out like a Murphy bed and oh so much more. When not in use, all of the implements fold neatly into the back of Ford's award-winning van.
But perhaps the more important question is why is that? Because Make Magazine held an Ultimate Maker Vehicle Challenge in conjunction with Ford in which ten teams created were charged with creating "the ultimate Ford Transit Connect Wagon for the do-it-yourself enthusiast." Team Twin Cities Maker won the competition with the Hackmobile, and in addition to winning $10,000, Ford has declared it's actually going to build the thing - which is great, because if they can actually engineer a road-legal Hackmobile Transit Connect Wagon as envisioned, the inevitable A-Team movie reboot might need to think about including it.
Check out the video below for a cheeky walk-through of the Hackmobile, and get all the particulars in the press release below that.

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