The Ford F-150 has been America’s top-selling pickup truck for 38 years running. And the first 18 of those years stretched between Ford F-Series trucks spanning Ford’s sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth-generation pickups, which is the focus of our latest Ride Guide. We already gave you the map for learning how to identify the first
The Pontiac GTO is arguably the car that started the American muscle car movement. The legendary “Goat” started as an option for the Pontiac Tempest in 1964, became a standalone model in 1966, and returned to its original option status in 1973. The early model GTO ended life as an option package for the LeMans in
Yes, the Dukes of Hazzard General Lee is highly recognizable. But can you identify a Dodge Charger that isn’t a 1969? Or one that isn’t bright orange with a Confederate flag on top? Fact is, Dodge made some pretty sweet Chargers before and after the General Lee jumped its first washed-out bridge. If you’re a Mopar fan, you’re probably accomplished at
The time period between 1967 and 1972 was the height of the Detroit muscle car wars. While those wars raged on, Chevy and Ford were also fighting a separate battle for truck supremacy. Both companies unveiled redesigns of their flagship trucks in 1967. We covered the second-generation (1967-72) Chevrolet C/K series truck here. Now, we’re
In the latest installment of Ride Guides, we take a closer look at the Ford Mustang Fox Body era, a 14-year Mustang production run beloved by Ford Mustang loyalists and performance enthusiasts (and also sometimes hated, possibly because of beige 1981 notchbacks). The ability to identify the year, make, and model of certain vehicles is
A Brief History of Jeep CJ and Wrangler Vehicles Civilian Jeep CJs CJ-2A (1945-49) The first civilian Jeep vehicle was built to replace farm horses on working farms. CJ-3A (1949-53) Fun fact: from 1949-1964, either a complete Jeep vehicle or chassis was used on all Zamboni® ice resurfacing machines. CJ-3B (1953-68) This was the first
One of the most popular Mopar platforms ever, the 1970-74 Dodge Challengers (and their E-body brethren, the Plymouth Barracuda) represent the tail end of the Muscle Car Era and remain a favorite of muscle car enthusiasts everywhere. Despite earning a “sad face grille” nickname from 1972-74 because of the shape of the nose, in our
Look up the term “muscle car” in the dictionary, and you just might see the second generation (1968-72) Chevrolet Chevelle as the illustration. But which year? The purpose of this edition of Ride Guides is to help you pinpoint the model year of one of America’s favorite muscle cars. Although there are two basic body designs that make up
Want to know what model year you’re looking at? That’s what Ride Guides are for—to help you learn to how to be an automotive year/make/model encyclopedia. We gave you the map for learning how to identify the first three generations of Ford F-series trucks in our Quick Guide to Identifying 1948-60 Ford Pickups. Now, we’re
We can’t all be walking automotive encyclopedias. But we can all read Ride Guides and learn a new thing or two. Ride Guides is our series of infographics and posts designed to better help you identify classic and performance vehicles. In our first installment, we showed you how to identify 1960-66 Chevrolet pickups. Then we
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