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Documentary: The Design Makers – Inside Ford Design

Ben Branch October 9, 2016
  • American
  • Art
  • Design
  • Films
  • Ford

The Design Makers is a ’70s era film produced by the Ford Motor Company as a look into the lives and philosophy of their…

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1966 Ford GT40 Mark I

Ben Branch August 13, 2016
  • American
  • British
  • Cars
  • Ford
  • Le Mans
  • Racing

The Ford GT40 is almost certainly the most famous, and most successful, result of Britain and America’s special cross-Atlantic automotive relationship. Many cars have…

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Continental MkII

Ben Branch July 6, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Ford
  • Luxury

The Continental MkII was released in 1955 as the pinnacle of the Ford model family and a return to the heady pre-WWII days of…

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1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Trans Am

Ben Branch July 5, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Ford
  • Muscle Cars

The Ford Mustang Boss 302 Trans Am was built with a very specific task in mind – Ford wanted to trounce the Chevrolet Camaros…

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1957 Ford Courier Sedan Delivery

Ben Branch June 24, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Ford
  • Rare

The Ford Courier Sedan Delivery was built between 1952 and 1960 as a solution for those who needed cargo space but didn’t want or…

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1969 Boss 429 Ford Mustang

Ben Branch June 14, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Ford
  • Rare

The Boss 429 Ford Mustang was built specifically to allow Ford to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – the homologation requirement was…

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Ford GT – The Return

Ben Branch May 29, 2016
  • American
  • Films
  • Ford

The Return is a brand new documentary produced by Ford Performance as a look behind the curtain of their historic Ford GT program –…

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1976 Ford Bronco Ranger

Ben Branch May 28, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Ford

The original Ford Bronco hasn’t quite piqued the interest of historic 4×4 collectors in the same way as the two-door Range Rover Classic or…

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Ford Escort Mk1 RS2000-R

Ben Branch May 27, 2016
  • British
  • Cars
  • Ford

The Ford Escort Mk1 is perhaps Ford’s single largest success outside of the United States, over 2 million were built between 1968 and 1975,…

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Ringbrothers Carbon Fiber Mustang

Ben Branch April 20, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Engineering
  • Ford
  • Retro

The Ford Mustang was first released in 1964. What happened next took Ford and the entire American automotive industry by surprise. The bean-counters at…

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Henry Ford Wallpaper

Ben Branch March 28, 2016
  • American
  • Ford
  • Wallpapers

Henry Ford is almost certainly one of the most influential men of the 20th century, his creation of an automobile that was affordable for the…

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1966 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 350

Ben Branch March 3, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Ford
  • Shelby

There are few cars I can think of that are more American than the Ford Mustang – and the Shelby GT 350 version of the model…

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