Archive For The “Ford” Category
Guest post by Kevin Olsen In the history of auto manufactures many companies have failed when releasing new concepts or business ideas. But Ford may be the only company to have failed at creating a rubber-producing plant in the amazon of Brazil. As Henry Ford started creating automobiles that were affordable to the public from [...]
Ed. note: This is part 3 of a 3 part series on Ford GT40s. Here is Part 1 and Part 2. Continuing with historic Ford GT cars, Mr. Jim Cullen of California gave me a rundown on his original Gulf color version. Jim states, “The car is a Superperformance GT-40R based on the original GT-40 [...]
Ed. note: This is part 2 of a 3 part series on Ford GT40s. Ford GT’s make up some of the more interesting participants at vintage racing events. As I mentioned in my last article, Ford GT swagger continues to this day. Those driving street versions proudly park their wheels where people like me can [...]
Ed. note: This is part 1 of a 3 part series on Ford GT40s. Back in the hazy days of my high school career, news bits from Ford’s dominance of the ’66 LeMans 24 Hour race trickled through the car klatch of friends and pseudo auto enthusiasts with which I hung out. A new really [...]
Racing season is just around the corner. As usual, kicking off the season is the festivities at Daytona International Speedway. The Daily Derbi usually doesn’t bring you coverage since the main event, the Daytona 500, is not in our particular interests. This year is no different. We are however, interested in the Rolex 24 Hours [...]
