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US $16,000.00
Year:1969 Mileage:0
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Well over 30K invested-1969 Ford Falcon- Built for Drag Racing easy conversion to Street Rod. Professionally built 429 CI by Jay’s Automotive Machine Everett, WA- Holley, Dominator 1050 CFM Four Barrel -- MSD ignition W/Rev-limiter-special NASCAR style oiling system- Professionally wired, all lights work. Header Stinger plates- Narrowed 9" all set up by a professional chassis builder using a laser measurement bench- Richmond Gears --Strange Engineering Spool and Axels-Frame Kit 10 Point Roll Cage & Ladder Bar Suspension w/ Coil Over Shocks all Art Morrison Racing-This car is solid- C-6 W/Trans Brake- Line Lock-Hurst shifter-Fuel Cell-Auto Meter liquid filled gauges- 4 wheel disc brakes-Wilwood Rear disk  - Shift light tach.-90/10 Front Shocks Weld Racing Rodlite 93-Series Wheel's. Stock Wimbledon white with custom art. Re-plated bumpers. Full Exhaust system, new headliner and matching custom seat. Super straight body –Look at the fit of the hood and deck lid- No rust. Best of everything and done right. Lovingly built by this current owner -- it took me 4 years. It has only 16 Passes on it. 12 second E/T. Can do better the driver is not very good.

 

                                        Why "Pest Control"?

By the name of the car one might suspect I own an exterminating business, not so.

Read on and see what it means.

(Little known fact is that the Falcon is the fasted diving of all of the birds of pray) 

This art work is not only depicting a Falcon in full dive flight, it is also depicting part of the heritage of drag racing. Using a little humor only a hard core car person would get.

It is literally a challenge to a Chevrolet powered racer, a gauntlet if you will.

Here is why. 

Obviously it is a caricature of a Falcon; they do not really wear 1930's style goggles and pilot caps let alone smoke cigars. Where it becomes a challenge to the racer of a Chevrolet powered car is in the talons and the name of the car "Pest Control" Notice in the talons are two rodents (Pests). One is a rat and one a mouse. Both are wearing Chevrolet "Bow Tie" emblem hats. They are obviously being dominated by the "Ford" Falcon. In car guy vernacular the euphemism for the Chevrolet small block engine is "Mouse Motor" likewise the Big Block engine is called a "Rat Motor". Thus the name of the car "Pest Control" Get It?

 

 

 

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Ford only automaker to make 2012 Buzz Rankings, Toyota most improved

Wed, 30 Jan 2013

Ford landed itself a spot among the top 10 brands in the 2012 Buzz Rankings. The annual index scores 1,100 brands in 41 categories to determine which nameplates had the most positive buzz throughout the year.
For the third year in a row, Subway took the top honors overall with a score of 40.3, and Ford was the only automaker to break into the top 25 by earning a sixth-place finish overall. The manufacturer earned a score of 32.1 points, which was enough to push it up one spot from the 2011 Buzz Rankings. Honda managed 21.2 points overall, which is still well behind 25th-place Kohl's at 26.5 points. Toyota, Volkswagen and BMW all round out the top five automakers.
The 2012 Buzz Rankings also keep track of which brands improved the most over the past year, and this year, Toyota was the manufacturer with the largest leap forward. The Japanese automaker jumped from just 14 points in 2011 to 20.5 in 2012. Chrysler, Kia, Dodge and Volkswagen all saw sizable steps forward as well. Be sure to head over to the Brand Index site for more information.

Ford reveals automated Fusion Hybrid

Thu, 12 Dec 2013

Autonomous cars may still be in their infancy, but more and more big names in the auto industry are diving in head first. Nissan is already making strides with a semi-autonomous Leaf EV and General Motors is planning to offer semi-autonomous tech by 2020. And then there's Google, doing its thing with a fleet of Toyota Prius. Now, Ford is showing off its latest automated effort, a driverless Fusion Hybrid.
Partnering with the University of Michigan (Go Blue!) and State Farm Insurance, the project is part of Ford's Blueprint for Mobility, the company's plan for transportation beyond 2025. "The Ford Fusion Hybrid automated vehicle represents a vital step toward our vision for the future of mobility," Chairman Bill Ford said. "We see a future of connected cars that communicate with each other and the world around them to make driving safer, ease traffic congestion and sustain the environment."
The automated Fusion features four LiDAR infrared sensors that scan the road 2.5 million times every second, using a principle similar to the echolocation used by dolphins or bats. Using the infrared light emitted by the LiDAR, the car can draw a picture of everything within 200 feet to create a map of its surroundings. According to Ford, the sensors are able to tell the difference between a paper bag and a small animal from a football field away.

2015 Ford Transit

Wed, 11 Jun 2014

As a segment, fullsize vans are stealth-fighter invisible on most consumers' radar. Visit a dealership for any of the four brands that offer them and you'll be lucky to find even one on display. These are commercial vehicles primarily, even more so than pickup trucks. Vans are the shuttles for plumbers, caterers, carpenters, concrete layers, masons, electricians, florists and flooring, and a huge part of this country's productivity is accomplished using them. At the moment, Ford is the 800-pound gorilla in that room - fully 41 percent of commercial vehicles wear a Blue Oval. So when Ford announced three years ago it would be ditching its commercial bread-and-butter E-Series, it meant the Transit that would be replacing the Econoline had huge, 53-year-old shoes to fill.
We were still a bit nostalgic about Econoline vans going away until going directly from the Transit first drive in Kansas City to an E-350 airport shuttle. Climb up through the Econoline's tiny double doors and bang your head on the opening, crouch all the way to your seat then enjoy a loud, rattle-prone, creaky, harsh ride on beam-hard seats while struggling to see out the low windows. This is an experience nearly every traveler has had. By comparison, the Transits we'd just spent two days with were every bit of the four decades better they needed to be. It cannot be understated just how much better the Transit is in every single way. The load floor is barely more than knee high. There's a huge side door, and hitting your head on a door opening is nearly impossible. Stand up all the way if you're under six-foot, six-inches - no more half-hunching down the aisle. There are windows actually designed to be looked out of. The ride is buttery smooth, no booming vibration from un-restrained metal panels and no squeaks. Conversations can be held at normal levels rather than yelling over the roar of an ancient V8. The seats are comfortable. The AC is cold. There are cupholders.
Enough anecdote-laying, what's in a Transit? We're talking about a very fullsized unibody van that's enjoyed a 49-year history in Ye Olde Europe. This latest iteration is part of the "One Ford" initiative, so it was designed as a global offering from the get-go, eschewing the body-on-frame construction the E-Series has used since 1975. Instead, the Transit integrates a rigid ladder frame into an overall frame construction made of high-strength cold-rolled and boron steel. The suspension is a simple but well-tuned Macpherson strut array up front with a rear solid axle and leaf springs.