The Ford LTD (pronounced el-tee-dee) was first built in 1965 on the Galaxie (not Galaxy) platform as a top of the line for Ford’s full sized offerings. In 1979 the LTD was downsized to Ford’s Panther platform and in 1983 it was turned into a midsized thing on Ford’s Fox platform…which was a good thing […]
Volkswagen phased out their long running Beetle for the US Market after the 1979 model year, and somewhat replaced it with the Rabbit/Golf. However, the Beetle was sized and priced more like a subcompact, which VW ignored for a few years until they remembered that they had something built down in Brazil called the Gol. […]
What are the requirements for a good deal on a cool car? Does the advertisement need have good photos? Nope. Does it need to have good description? Nope. Does it need to be a crazy sedan delivery conversion of a popular pony car? Nope. Wait. Hold up. That is a requirement. Find this 1984 Ford […]
The B1 generation Audi 80 (1972-1978) was badged as the Fox for the US market, but it was the same two or four door sedan built in Germany. The B1 was designed when Audi was owned by Volkswagen and was a legitimate break from the Auto Union era — it used 4-cylinder engines built by […]
This next car is about as odd of a combination as you’ll find around — first it is the Mercury Capri from the time when they shared a chassis and powertrain with the Fox-body Mustang, and it is equipped with a manual gearbox, but the kicker is that it is one of the few Capri’s […]
The original title for this post was Hecho en Brasil, but then somebody (more smarter than me!) pointed out that people in Brazil don’t speak Spanish, they talk Brazilian. So, I whipped out the old google translator and found it was actually Portuguese…wow…that was a long trip to get to the cheapest wagon in America […]
The 3rd generation Fox-body Mustang needs little or no introduction to most American muscle fanatics living human beings, but perhaps a refresher is in order. Ford replaced the funky shaped Mustang II in 1979 with the Fox-body, and returned Mustang proportions to its previous long-hood/short rear end setup. The early Foxes had quad headlights, with […]
Find this 1984 Ford Mustang GT350 20th Anniversary with 61k miles here on eBay bidding for $6,500 reserve-not-met with $9,999 buy-it-now and a few hours to go, located in Smithtown, NJ.
I might be getting old, but the Fox body 5.0 Mustang is starting too look like a collectible to my eyes — probably because the early examples are pushing 40 years old and my vision is getting fuzzy. It REALLY doesn’t seem that long ago that a ’93 Cobra was a new ride…but I digress. […]
Volkswagen’s Type 1 Beetle was phased out of the US market after the 1979 model year where it was somewhat replaced by the Rabbit/Golf, but the subcompact economy segment was left unfilled for a few years. In 1987 Volkswagen started importing a dirt cheap Brazilian built Gol to compete in the econobox segment, but up […]