For 1958, Ford countered all-new passenger Chevys and modestly restyled Plymouths with a glittery facelift featuring quad headlamps and taillamps, a massive bumper/grille a la '58 Thunderbird, and more anodized aluminum trim. V-8 choices expanded via two new "FE-series" big-blocks: a 332 o...
Then from Santa Fe they would go on into California. It’s very important. It’s been depicted on the Canadian River at the mouth of the Little River, Edward’s Trading Post, which is down there in Hughes County. The California Road was active from the time of the gold strike in ...
He grew up in Austin, Texas, with his parents (both realtors) and sister (now a high school English teacher) until the family moved to Santa Fe, N.M., when he was 11. Even as a kid, he felt the weight of the world, probably thanks to overprotective parenting. “I mean,” he ...
Early 63 Ford used a 405 hp tripower 406 cube FE big block. Mid year they brought out the 425 hp dual quad 427. 2 Reply Camaro guy Dec 7, 2020 at 4:01pm Yeah and the fast back roof at the same time but some of the fast backs still had left over 406’s in them had a fri...
V-8 choices expanded via two new "FE-series" big-blocks: a 332 offering 240/265 horsepower, and a 300-bhp 352. A deep national recession cut Ford volume to just under 988,000 cars. Chevrolet sold over 1.1 million, but spent much more money to do so. Chevy then unveiled an all-new...
men known ascowboys, who were hired by ranchers to drive cattle across hundreds of miles of Western pasturelands to railheads where the animals could be shipped eastward to market. The cattle and mining industries spurred the growth of towns, and the gradual imposition of law and order that ...