Roy Brown Jr.—designer of the much maligned, ’50s flop the Ford Edsel—passed away on Feb. 24 in Ann Arbor, Michigan,...
The Ford Thunderbird was introduced to the U.S. market in 1955 as a response by Ford to the Chevy Corvette,...
Gilles Villeneuve Mark Donohue 1 Al Unser Jr. wins the CRA sprint car main event at Imperial, California (1981). 2 Gilles Villeneuve wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in a Ferrari 312T4 (1979). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
If you visited a car show in 1963 or 1964, you would have seen concept cars on display from many...
The 15th Salon de l’Auto et de la Moto de Collection will take place October 10-11, 2015 at the Automédon...
Ford’s Personal Luxury Car Ford, over the last half century, has occasionally introduced cars that are just a little different than what was being offered by the competition. The Mustang, for example, created the genre of “pony cars.” Recently, Ford introduced the Flex—not really an SUV, not a station wagon,...
Mecum Auctions will stage Mecum Anaheim 2016 next weekend, November 17-19, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California, featuring...
Twenty-eight years ago, Mecum Auctions held its very first collector car sale at the Rockford (Ill.) Airport, and on the...
Generation 7, Littler Birds:1977-1979 This next generation of Thunderbirds resulted from conditions outside the company’s control. Lee Iacocca was in charge at Ford, and he saw the Thunderbird as too big, expensive and inefficient. With the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) looming, the 1977 car had to be smaller, more...
Louis Wagner Gaston Chevrolet 2 Jacky Ickx and David Hobbs drive a Gulf Ford GT40 to victory in the Rand...
Jim Hall, driving a Lister-Chevrolet, wins the sports car feature race at Hondo, Texas (1959). 1 • Dan Gurney, driving...
Spring Carlisle Auction April 26–27, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner products....
Leake Auction Company will kick off its 2018 auction season at Oklahoma City’s Bennett Event Center February 23–24 with a...
The 1957 Ford Thunderbird bid farewell with a sense of pride, showcasing refreshed aesthetics and an array of new performance...