In Part 1 of our Ford’s Game-Changing Postwar Engines Series, we covered Ford’s first overhead valve V8s—the Y-Block, FE, and MEL Series. In Part 2, we took a deep dive […]

In Part 1 of our Ford postwar engines series, we covered the first of Ford’s overhead-valve V8s—the Y-block—and well as the famous FE and MEL series engines. In this story, […]

When founder Henry Ford handed control of Ford to his grandson Henry Ford II in 1945, the company was in shambles. Although Ford enjoyed great success with the all-new 1949 […]

We won’t lie to you—adding stripes and graphics to a muscle car is not for the faint of heart. You must be methodical and have plenty of patience or you’ll […]

Seat belts have been federally mandated equipment in new cars since 1966. They have saved countless thousands of lives and should be in every hot rod, street machine, muscle car, […]

The factory hood hinges on your classic American car or pickup were designed to do a simple task—hold up your hood when you’re working on the engine. After years of […]

In Part 1 of our story on Ford’s AOD-E and 4R70W transmissions, we covered some development history and how to improve some of their shortcomings to make the transmission more […]

Ford’s 4R70W automatic transmission traces its lineage back to the AOD (Automatic Overdrive) four-speed automatic introduced in 1980. Designed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce engine wear, the original AOD […]

After 60 years of continuous production, there is plenty of myth, mystery, and misinformation about the Ford Mustang. Take the Mustang’s original 1964 production launch. While we know a lot […]

You may ask why anyone outside of a concours restorer would be using a points-ignition distributor in this age of electronically controlled everything. A properly rebuilt and tuned points distributor […]