All Entries Tagged With: "Talladega"
2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Photos
Linda Vaughn and First Production Talladega I just returned from what had to be one of the best Car Shows I have ever attended. Unfortunately, Katrina could not make this show since she is recuperating from hip surgery but wants everyone to know she won’t miss another one. To start with the Muscle Car and [...]
Corvette Muscle Car Nationals, Chicago
We are only few weeks out from the 2012 Talladega Family Reunion being held in conjunction with the Corvette Muscle Car Nationals in Chicago on November 17th and 18th. This will be our 3rd Reunion and is open to all 1969 Ford Talladega, Mercury Cyclone Spoiler and Spoiler II cars. The first two were terrific and [...]
2012 Bristol Speedway Aero Car Show
We just returned from the March 2012 NASCAR Race in Bristol TN. It was a wet but wonderful weekend in Bristol. We have been to the races at Bristol several times and it is a race track you have to put on your Bucket List. We have always done NASCAR races but after this [...]
FUN FORD WEEKEND
Bristol Dragway is excited to announce they have aquired the services of Tim Lopata as the “Managing Director” of the FUN FORD WEEKEND car show June 29th and 30th in Bristol Tennessee. Mr Lopata will be leaving his position as president of THE FORGE INVITATIONAL MUSCLECAR SHOW and taking over the chores of co-ordinating the [...]
Rad Rods by Troy Update on Talladega
One of the least seen cars at a car show has to be the 1969 Ford Talladega. Having one at a show modified is even more unusual. However, having a 1969 Ford Talladega reworked by a legend like Rad Rods by Troy is a real treat. Fear not Ford diehards, no real Talladgea was sacrificed [...]
Cyclone Levels Ontario Motor Speedway
This is another of our Backtracking Posts about the way it was back in the day. In 1971 the Ontario Motor Speedway opened in Ontario, CA. It was built as a clone of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In those days the Indy Track was only used for one race a year, the INDY 500. The [...]
Ford Talladega and Mercury Cyclone Spoiler Registry open for Business!
The www.TalladegaSpoilerRegistry.com web site is devoted exclusively to the 1969 Ford Talladega, Mercury Cyclone Spoiler and Spoiler II as well as the Cyclone Pre-Spoilers and 1968 Cyclone GT 500 cars. However, this new Registry also has a place for those very special Prototypes the King Cobra and 1970 Spoiler II. Registration is free as is [...]
1968 Mercury Cyclone GT 500
We have spent a lot of time researching and reporting on the 1969 Ford Talladega and Mercury Spoilers but there is another Blue Oval car that continues to make us scratch our head. It is the 1968 Mercury Cyclone GT 500. Note, I didn’t say GT; it is a GT 500! The differences are small [...]
Forge Muscle Car Show and Ford Talladega Family Reunion
We are now down to less than 30 days until the doors open on the 2010 Forge Muscle Car Show and Ford Talladega Family Reunion in Kingsport Tennessee. On October 1 and 2, 2010 you will have an opportunity to not only view some of the best muscle cars in the Country but you will [...]
1969 Ford Talladega Art Work
The first ever Ford Talladega Family Reunion is coming up on October 1 and 2, 2010 at the Forge Muscle Car Show in Kingsport, TN. You already know how rare the 1969 Ford Talladega is and what an important role it played in NASCAR history now you can have one for your very own! We [...]
1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler History
This is a continuation of our history of the Ford Talladega, Mercury Spoiler/Spoiler II 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler Cale Yarborough Special 428 CJ Ram Air As you may remember, Ford had to build 500 Talladegas to get the body modifications authorized for the track; this was also true with the Spoiler IIs. There was an [...]
Lowering your car the hard way!
In 1969 Ford wanted to lower its Talladega and Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II race cars so they would corner better and have less aerodynamic drag. However, NASCAR had strict rules about how low the car could be. The officials measured from the bottom of the rocker panel to the race track surface. The light bulb [...]
Ford Talladega Family Reunion at the Forge Muscle Car Show
Once in a lifetime opportunity if you love Fords or just enjoy rare cars! Several of us are working with Tim Lapata and his Forge Muscle Car Show to put on a very special “Family Reunion” for the Ford Talladega at this fall’s Forge Muscle Car Show. There will be an indoor show with a [...]
Ford Talladega Signature Car; Bill France prototype
In 1969 Bill France was NASCAR and Ford was after the Manufacturers’ Championship. They had been working all winter on a super speedway killer car, one that would be aerodynamic and dominate the high banks of Daytona and the new Talladega track. Nine Ford Talladega prototypes were built to test the cars potential. It was [...]
Benny Parsons Boss 429 Talladega Tribute Car
This is a car that has been on the site in our Feature Car section for almost a year now but we just added some updated photos and information. This is one of the nicest and wildest 1969 Ford Talladega cars you will ever find. I won’t repeat the story you can visit our page [...]
Art of the Muscle Car
This book just hit the shelves and if you don’t hurry it will be gone and unavailable for Christmas. This is another Motorbook coffee table book you must have if you have ever thought of owning a Muscle Car. It is a master piece of photography and turns are dreams into cars to lust over. [...]
Talladega Super Speedway Aero Car Reunion
By: Richard Fleener We are off to the 40th Reunion of the NASCAR Aero cars this weekend at the Talladega Super Speedway. This reunion is only held once every five years at the Speedway. It is a great group of people who all love the Aero cars. Most don’t care if you own a Blue [...]
1969 Ford Talladega Update
Since we purchased this Talladega, the first one off the assembly line, we have been driving and showing it in its slightly modified state. We like what the previous owner did to the car during its seven year restoration but it does not provide the true picture of what a new Talladega should look like. We [...]
Update
We have not posted for a week or so because of a long over do vacation. However, in the next couple of weeks you will be seeing such things as lots of photos from the Floyd Garrett Muscle Car Museum, Racers Reunion in Darlington, a Feature on a great 1967 Mustang Fastback, and a review [...]
Muscle Car Book; A Photo Shoot
PHOTO SHOOT I recently received a phone call from a representative of Motorbooks about photographing some of our cars for a new muscle car book they will be publishing next year, 2009. We have had cars photographed by them before and used on a calendar and some shots in a book; we also have had [...]
GoodGuys and Project Cars
Our site has only been up a few months and we have constantly tried to monitor what the readers seem to like the most. It is overwhelming; you liked our coverage of the Nashville GoodGuys event and you like reading about our project cars. Guess what? We are going to give you more! Next weekend [...]
1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II what makes it so great?
1969 When NASCAR raced STOCK CARS! It was 1969. The Stones, “Honky Tonk Woman” was one of the top ten songs along with “Get Back,” by The Beatles and “Sugar, Sugar,” by the Archies. Richard Nixon was President, a house could be bought for $40,000.00. Milk was $1.26 and gas 36 cents a gallon! A [...]
Mustang, Does Ford know what it is?
When is a Ford Talladega a Mustang Cobra? What would you do if Ford Motor Company told you that your prized 1969 Ford Mustang Cobra was in fact not a Mustang after all? What if they told you that your Mustang was a Torino or a Talladega? Not a pleasant thought is it? Well, that [...]
