Ford Model A Raw Metal on 2040-cars
Delton, Michigan, United States
This car was built by Altered Image Motorsports in three and a half months. It was debuted at Detroit Autorama 2015 and we took home the Young Gun Award. I have put just over 200 miles on the car in the past 7 days and it has been a blast. This car is very fun to drive and tends to get attention out on the roads. It was built to be driven and that is what you can do with it. The car runs comfortably down the expressway at 70-75 mph at about 2500 RPM's. This was a hole themed build with holes in the frame rails, radius arms, headlight stantions, grill shell, front spring mount, motor mounts, axle, visor, seats, shifter handle, gas and brake pedals, roof support bars and door panel accent. I did tons of bead rolling and dimple dieing on the interior and exterior. The list of aftermarkets and one off parts for this build go on and on. I am 6' tall and I fit in the car very comfortably. With the driver seat being adjustable for someone from 5'6''-6'3''. Here are some of the great features. Exterior: This car was chopped 4'' and channeled 1 1/2''. The exterior was ground down and clear coated with 3 coats of semi gloss clear. The car was an original rumble seat car so the deck lid still latches with the original handle but I did use different hinges. The front grill insert was a main focal point on the car and the tac welded wings also match the seats. The body is in pretty good shape as you can see from the pictures. I didn't fix any dings or dents but I did fix the major rust. Still has some old brazed in spots here and there that I thought gave it a ton of character. The doors open and close nicely and latch with the factory style latches. I used 1''x1'' steel tubing for the roof support and drilled holes in all of them as well. We just had a nice black vinyl top made that you can snap to keep the weather off you. Some other little things consist of tear drop tail lights with smoked lenses, license plate light, and Sylvania Extra Vision headlights. Chassis / Suspension: The frame is custom built 2''x4'' that is Z'd front and rear. The front frame rails start at the firewall as 2''x8'' and taper out to 2''x4'' with holes that step down from 7'' to 3 1/2''. All seams have been plated in 1/4'' plate and it is X'd under the body. This is set up with the suicide front axle just to give it the right look and stance. The front axle is a 4'' Drilled Superbell drop axle, Superbell spring, one off hole themed radius arms, Ford 8.8 rear axle, triangulated 4 link on adjustable coil overs. This is 4 wheel disc brakes with a limited slip carrier and 2.86 gear. Rear axle is rebuilt with all new Timkin bearings and seals. Front steering stabilizer shock and front hardpan bar. Also all the frame and suspension pieces that are are not bare metal are done in POR 15 Chassis gloss black paint. All wiring, brake lines and fuel lines are nicely routed and secured to the frame for a clean look. Motor / Transmission: This has a Crate motor 355 Chevy Small block with a Big Mutha Thumper Cam, hardened pushrods, Meling High Volume oil pump, deep 7 quart oil pan, Comp Cam double roller timing chain, billet timing cover, billet finned valve cover and double shotgun air cleaner, polished intake, Edlebrock 600 cfm manual choke carb, K&N air filter, Weiand aluminum water pump, billet braided oil dip stick, chrome high pressure fuel pump, heavy duty flywheel, 3 HP mini starter, 2'' Gilmer belt drive kit, HEI distributor, black 9.5 mm plug wires, Holley fuel pressure regulator and -6AN fuel lines with black fittings. As for the transmission it is a rebuilt Turbo 400 with a 3200-3500 stall converter, adjustable vacuum module, billet braided tranny dipstick, and billet tranny cooler mounted under the body. The cam sounds great at idle, under load and moving it around. The trans shifts nice and smooth like a new car. The headers were built for the car out of 1 7/8'' tubing, with a 3 1/2''x9'' baffled muffler after the collector and into turn down tips. Car sounds great. Wheels / Tires: The rims and tires are Coker Firestones and these are Bias ply. The rear tires are the 8.20-15 Firestone Gum dipped Dragster slicks. As for the fronts they are the 6.70-15 Firestone Vintage. All four tires are tubeless. The rims are all made by Wheel Vintiques and are a series 12 smoothie. Rear rims are 15x8 and fronts are 15x5. New chrome lug nuts. Interior: One of the main focal points on the interior is the reworked 1956 Ford Dash. The interior has a ton of bead rolling on the floor, tunnel, door panels, inner quarter panels, and seats. Some other little parts are vintage Dolphin gauges (speedometer, volts, temp., oil and fuel), LED turn signal and high beam indicators, cigarette lighter, glove box with locking button, Grant wood grain steering with pull off adapter for easy access, sheet metal bomber seats and the driver seat is on adjustable tracks, black lap belts, and one off door panels to finish it off. This is all wired up with 6 panel fuse block and wiring has been heat shrinked. The doors, gas tank cowl and under side of tunnel have been in sound deadener to quite things up.
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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.
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Tue, 09 Apr 2013Just one year after launching the all-new 2013 Fusion, Ford is reportedly set to alter the sedan's powertrain lineup with the addition of a new 1.5-liter turbocharged three-cylinder EcoBoost engine. A member of Blue Oval Forums apparently got their hands on the ordering guide for the 2014 model year Fusion, and this 1.5-liter mill is set to be introduced with late availability.
This lines up with other news about the Chinese-market Mondeo being offered with a new 1.5-liter EcoBoost - a derivative of the 1.0-liter triple that will come to North America under the hood of the Fiesta (note: the 1.0 is also offered in the current Euro-spec Mondeo). In the Chinese application, the larger three-pot engine produces 177 horsepower and 177 pound-feet of torque, which is very close to the current 1.6-liter inline-four's output numbers of 178 hp and 184 lb-ft.
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The styling follows Ford's global design language, looking a bit like an overgrown Focus hatchback with the company's signature grille, wraparound headlamps, steeply raked windshield and curved roof line. Ford also implemented details to make the S-Max look longer and faster, such as a feature line on each side of the vehicle and muscular-looking fenders. The engine isn't Ford's most powerful, but the new 1.5-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engine should be potent enough with turbocharging and other efficiency related technologies.
Ford says the new interior, which seats up to seven people, features high-quality materials and fine detailing, such as an "ultra-soft" leather wrap for the instrument panel and leather and carbon-fiber details on the seats. Ford's Sync connectivity system with MyFord Touch makes the car a wireless hotspot, and there's a tablet docking station for second-row occupants.