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There is a very literal reason this car wears the "225" badge, and it has nothing to do with engine displacement. It proudly advertises the vehicle's overall length in inches. At nearly 19 feet long, this 1959 Buick Electra occupies more real estate than most modern heavy-duty pickup trucks...

Was that MTG saying that?

Fair amount of these 3 wheelers around here. Most common is the T-REX model

I hope you salted it!

The Mustang II is the Mustang nobody wants to talk about. Built from 1974 to 1978 on a Pinto platform during the oil crisis, it was smaller, slower, and more sensible than anything the Mustang name had ever been attached to. Most came with four-cylinder or V6 engines. The performance crowd moved...

The 1969 Mustang was a different animal. Bigger than its predecessors, wider, more aggressive. The days of being a rebodied Falcon were gone. This was a purpose-built muscle car that couldn't be confused for anything else. Scalloped outboard headlights, an open-mouth grille, and new dual...

Ford made the right call in 1964. The Mustang was a four-seater, not a two-seater. That decision opened the car to young families, commuters, and people who needed a back seat even if nobody sat in it very often. It defined the pony car category and separated the Mustang from the Corvette. The...

The 1967 Ford Mach 2 was a mid-engine, two-seat GT based on a production Mustang floor pan. Read that sentence again. Ford took a 1967 Mustang convertible, chose it specifically for its reinforced rocker sills, cut it apart, installed a small-block V8 and a ZF four-speed transaxle behind the...

Hudson locomotive, on turntable, at Smiths Falls, 1958