Shelby Daytona Coupe
Engineered & purpose-built, specifically to take on Ferrari and its 250 GTO
Engineered & purpose-built, specifically to take on Ferrari and its 250 GTO
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1976 Mustang Project The second owner, purchased it in 1984 when they were in high school. “It pretty much sat in the garage for 25 years until my son wanted to get it going again.” “After rebuilding the carburetor and going through the brakes and a few other minor things, it fired right up &…
Prepare for Departure This car was featured in the Battle of the builders at the 2019 SEMA show. MDL was fortunate enough to have had a part in this beautiful build. Whipple Motorsport builds top of the line cars, we are proud to be associated with them. Don’t forget to pick up your copy of…
Overdrive transmissions are a great thing. They enable you to significantly improve the gearing and acceleration of your car while maintaining gas mileage and highway cruise-ability. Unfortunately, overdrives, manual or automatic, weren’t offered in Ford vehicles until the late ’70s. But that doesn’t mean you have to be stuck with the non-overdrive C4’s. C6’s, and…
Back in the day, Corvettes with six tail lamps were a familiar sight—even though Chevrolet never officially offered such an option. Here’s the story behind this interesting Corvette non-feature. In the famous 1964 Jan and Dean song, “Dead Man’s Curve,” The illegal street race between a Corvette Sting Ray and a Jaguar XKE, are…
In 1957 Manual transmissions were limited to three-speed, column shifted units (with synchromesh in second and third gear only). The Powerglide’s shifter went P N D L R while the Turboglide’s was P R N D Hr (although the ‘Hr’ was changed early in the production series to ‘Gr’-Grade Retarder because of drivers’ mistaken belief that ‘Hr‘ meant High…
What’s the Difference Between a Ford 351 Windsor, Cleveland, or Modified Engine? There is plenty of aftermarket support for Ford 351 engines, the tough part is figuring out which engine you’ve got. Engines are often identified by their displacement, like the ubiquitous Chevy 350, Mopar 440, or Ford 5.0 But displacement alone isn’t always the…
PONTIAC SIX GM created Pontiac in 1926. The company’s first car was an inexpensive six-cylinder “companion” to GM’s more expensive Oakland brand. Ironically, Pontiac shined while Oakland faded. The Depression undoubtedly played the role of killer, as it did to so many of the mid to expensive brands. Pontiac barely survived, and the fact that…