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1971 Ford F-100 Pickup Is Today's Pick on Bring a Trailer
1971 Ford F-100 Pickup Is Today's Pick on Bring a Trailer

Car and Driver

timea day ago

  • Automotive
  • Car and Driver

1971 Ford F-100 Pickup Is Today's Pick on Bring a Trailer

The fifth-generation F-series ran from the 1967 to 1972 model years. This was from the era when the F-series was a real working pickup, long before it became America's favorite means of personal transport. This truck is nicely presented, looking just as it did back in the day. By the end of the 1970s, the Ford F-Series was the best-selling truck in America. A couple of years later, it was the best-selling vehicle, a title it has retained for more than four decades. But lets wind the clock back to the beginning of the 1970s, when the F-Series was just a truck, but a charming one. Bring a Trailer This 1971 F-100 Sport Custom is up for sale on Bring a Trailer (which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos). It's so square-jawed handsome it could take over the lead role on Yellowstone now that Kevin Costner has bowed out. It's a time capsule in a cowboy hat, what with it's Boxwood Green over Seafoam Green two-tone paint and its steel wheels with hub caps. (Extra points to the seller for resisting the urge to go the restomod route with a lift kit and oversized wheels and tires.) This good ol' Ford was sold new in Oregon City in (you guessed it) Oregon. Situated just south of Portland, Oregon City marks the end of the Oregon Trail, and is filled with folks whose ancestors successfully dodged dysentery and took up forestry and farming. Bring a Trailer A '71 F-100 would have been a lot nicer ride down the Oregon Trail than a Conestoga wagon (lack of gas stations notwithstanding) but it's a pretty basic truck by modern standards. The Sport Custom was a mid-tier grade, with a rubber floor covering and a simple bench seat. This example's luxuries are limited to a three-speed automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes, and an aftermarket cassette player. You're gonna want to get some Conway Twitty tapes for that. Bring a Trailer Under the hood is a 360-cubic-inch V-8, and much recent mechanical servicing has been done, including replacing the water pump, the fuel pump, drive belts, the battery, and some gaskets. Elsewhere in the truck, the shocks have been replaced, and the braking system gone through with new parts. It should drive as honest as it looks. At 54 years old, this F-100 has earned a quiet retirement, but there is a spray-in bedliner, so it could earn its keep around the house hauling mulch or supplies for weekend DIY projects. The auction ends on June 6. Brendan McAleer Contributing Editor Brendan McAleer is a freelance writer and photographer based in North Vancouver, B.C., Canada. He grew up splitting his knuckles on British automobiles, came of age in the golden era of Japanese sport-compact performance, and began writing about cars and people in 2008. His particular interest is the intersection between humanity and machinery, whether it is the racing career of Walter Cronkite or Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's half-century obsession with the Citroën 2CV. He has taught both of his young daughters how to shift a manual transmission and is grateful for the excuse they provide to be perpetually buying Hot Wheels. Read full bio

Wayne Gretzky's 2006 Ford GT Is up for Auction on Bring a Trailer
Wayne Gretzky's 2006 Ford GT Is up for Auction on Bring a Trailer

Car and Driver

time2 days ago

  • Automotive
  • Car and Driver

Wayne Gretzky's 2006 Ford GT Is up for Auction on Bring a Trailer

A first-gen Ford GT is already desirable, and this one has celebrity provenance. With a supercharged V-8 and a manual transmission, this era of Ford GT is more old-school than the high-tech 2020s edition. This car has ultralow mileage and is a Heritage Edition with great livery. How much value celebrity ownership adds to a car can vary wildly (see: Jon Voight's Chrysler LeBaron from that Seinfeld episode). But park a supercharged-V8 Ford GT in an ice rink and you're going to get a lot more attention than the post-second-period Zamboni. The photo location highlights the fact that this 2006 Ford GT Heritage Edition on Bring a Trailer (which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos) was once owned by hockey's Great One: Wayne Gretzky. Bring a Trailer Gulf-racing orange over pale blue, an homage to the GT40s that raced and won at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, really works on this era of Ford GT. And those "99" racing decals are an obvious reference to Gretzky's longtime jersey number. Bring a Trailer Although the later, second-generation Ford GT is a technical tour de force, this first generation provides a closer experience of what driving around in a GT40 actually feels like. As such, values have been skyrocketing of late, so you might as well go for one with a great history and cool colors. It also helps that this example has just 1200 miles on the odometer. Bring a Trailer Powered by a mid-mounted 5.4-liter V-8 fitted with a supercharger, the GT packs a still-respectable 550 horsepower and 500 pound-feet of torque. Those twin exhausts emit a roar like a hometown crowd celebrating an overtime-winning goal when you goose the throttle. Add in a six-speed manual and a limited-slip diff out back, and this is some old-time rock 'em sock 'em performance. Bring a Trailer Speaking of performance, while Gretzky made his name as a playmaker and goal scorer, the GT finishes its checks like his old teammate and enforcer Dave Semenko. As tested by Car and Driver back when it was new, the 2006 Ford GT clocked off a 3.3-second 0-to-60-mph run, leaving a Ferrari 430 Challenge Stradale and a Porsche 911 GT3 in its dust. It pulled nearly 1.0 g on the skidpad, had fade-free brakes, and generally knocked the European competition off their skates. It's a bruiser. Not to the driver though. The GT comes with air conditioning and a CD player. The ride is pretty firm, but beyond that, there is no excuse for only having 1200 miles on the odometer. As number 99 famously said, "You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take." So get in there and place your bid. Don't leave this Ford GT on ice. The auction ends on June 6. Brendan McAleer Contributing Editor Brendan McAleer is a freelance writer and photographer based in North Vancouver, B.C., Canada. He grew up splitting his knuckles on British automobiles, came of age in the golden era of Japanese sport-compact performance, and began writing about cars and people in 2008. His particular interest is the intersection between humanity and machinery, whether it is the racing career of Walter Cronkite or Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's half-century obsession with the Citroën 2CV. He has taught both of his young daughters how to shift a manual transmission and is grateful for the excuse they provide to be perpetually buying Hot Wheels. Read full bio

1959 Lincoln Continental on Bring a Trailer Is Full On '50s Exuberence
1959 Lincoln Continental on Bring a Trailer Is Full On '50s Exuberence

Car and Driver

time25-05-2025

  • Automotive
  • Car and Driver

1959 Lincoln Continental on Bring a Trailer Is Full On '50s Exuberence

Here's a late-'50s land yacht with all kinds of angle-eyed, pointy-finned, chrome-plated charisma. It's crammed with features including ultra-cool, reverse-canted, power rear glass for summer breezes. Expensively restored, it's a former AACA winner. The 1950s was a decade that saw the widespread adoption of television, the building boom of America's suburbs and the Interstate highway system, and the physical expansion of the United States with Alaska and Hawaii's admission to the union, all set against a backdrop of a rising standard of living for most people. It was a time to dream big—and to drive big. Courtesy: Bring a Trailer The cars reached their zenith in size and outlandish style at the decade's end, as epitomized by the offerings of America's three luxury-car brands. Cars like this 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV four-door hardtop, up for sale on Bring a Trailer (which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos). This is a sedan so big it should probably have "SS" painted on its bow. Spectacular in Cameo Rose, it glitters with chrome and mid-century optimism in equal measure, just shy of nineteen feet of opulence. Courtesy: Bring a Trailer This example was refurbished in the early 1990s, going on to win a national prize with the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA). The restoration looks to have been thoroughly comprehensive, more than $60,000 worth of ground-up work—and that's in 1990s money. After earning 100 points in judging, it then spent two decades in long-term storage, surfacing in 2016. Courtesy: Bring a Trailer If you think this car's big on the outside, check the interior. There's enough legroom for an NBA forward, two sofa-sized bench seats, and a voluminous trunk that gets the seal of approval from the Springfield Legitimate Businessman's Social Club. Courtesy: Bring a Trailer There's also a surfeit of options including six power side windows and the power-retracting "breezeway" rear glass, a power seat, central vacuum door locks, and an automatic headlight dimmer. Everything works, and the air-conditioning has been overhauled and blows cold. Although you'd probably want to keep all the windows down when summer cruising in this majestic land yacht, especially with that opening rear glass. Under the hood is a huge 430-cubic-inc V-8 that put out 350 horsepower and an unstressed 490 pound-feet of torque when new. That elephantine torque and three-speed automatic should make this Continental an effortless tourer. Courtesy: Bring a Trailer Lincoln threw everything it had into this generation Continental in a desperate attempt to outdo Cadillac, and it shows. But the effort failed to break Cadillac's lock on the luxury-car market. So, while the similarly outrageous '59 Caddy has become a visual shorthand for the decade that spawned it, the lesser-known, less-often seen, but every bit as exuberant '59 Lincoln arguably carries a bigger visual wallop today. Courtesy: Bring a Trailer The auction ends on May 29. Brendan McAleer Contributing Editor Brendan McAleer is a freelance writer and photographer based in North Vancouver, B.C., Canada. He grew up splitting his knuckles on British automobiles, came of age in the golden era of Japanese sport-compact performance, and began writing about cars and people in 2008. His particular interest is the intersection between humanity and machinery, whether it is the racing career of Walter Cronkite or Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's half-century obsession with the Citroën 2CV. He has taught both of his young daughters how to shift a manual transmission and is grateful for the excuse they provide to be perpetually buying Hot Wheels. Read full bio

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