What was your first Ford daily driver?

[Dmc]

1987 mustang notch back 5.0 5spd . Had the no frills package . Aka crank windows no power locks . I wish I still had it ?

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[Bsenecal]

1987 mustang notch back 5.0 5spd . Had the no frills package . Aka crank windows no power locks . I wish I still had it ?

Very sweet, those were the lightest and fastest.
Brian

 

[Grooge]

I use to be a pure Chevy guy, and that is all I bought. Chevy started to change in quality and care for their customer at a corporate level. Bit by bit they demonstrated that they no longer had their customers best interest. For example, when they brought out the 3 cylinder for the Colorado, and the community complained, the VP publicly told them to go buy something else.

The final straw came with Chevy's ignition switch that killed 124 people. Thier response was don't use a key chain on your keys.

I admired Ford's handling themselves during the recession. The way they lead the pack with the muscle car resurgence with the Mustang. Where Dodge and Chevy just didn't care anymore.

Since then I have owned 4 Fords. All have been great cars. One of them was an Escape that saved my life from a drunk that ran a red light going over 70 mph in 35 mph road. So, I bought another Escape to drive my family. Now, I got my truck. It only has been a week, but I can't stop smiling.

Long story, sorry. I just very much a Ford guy now.

 

[Sheepdog]

'71 Pinto sedan (the one with the trunk, not the hatch). 1.6 Kent and a 4-speed stick. Cost me $400 in 1981. It ran about 21.05 on the quarter mile, and I made more money at the drag strip with it than it cost me to buy.

 

[P. A. Schilke]

'71 Pinto sedan (the one with the trunk, not the hatch). 1.6 Kent and a 4-speed stick. Cost me $400 in 1981. It ran about 21.05 on the quarter mile, and I made more money at the drag strip with it than it cost me to buy.

Hi Sheepdog,

My 71 Pinto Sedan...SCCA Class B -Sedan ....1.6L Kent 4speed..14:1 CR 8500 rpm redline Side draft Weber DCOEs 4.6 rear gear (special from Sterline Axle) in Ford 8" housing. Was told it would be a pig.....So I made it an awfully fast pig

best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

 

[Bsenecal]

Hi Sheepdog,

My 71 Pinto Sedan...SCCA Class B -Sedan ....1.6L Kent 4speed..14:1 CR 8500 rpm redline Side draft Weber DCOEs 4.6 rear gear (special from Sterline Axle) in Ford 8" housing. Was told it would be a pig.....So I made it an awfully fast pig

best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

Sweet ride Phil, what track is the picture from?
Brian

 

[P. A. Schilke]

Sweet ride Phil, what track is the picture from?
Brian

HI Brian,

Waterford Michigan 1.6 mile 7 turn road course.

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

 

[Sheepdog]

Hi Sheepdog,

My 71 Pinto Sedan...SCCA Class B -Sedan ....1.6L Kent 4speed..14:1 CR 8500 rpm redline Side draft Weber DCOEs 4.6 rear gear (special from Sterline Axle) in Ford 8" housing. Was told it would be a pig.....So I made it an awfully fast pig

best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

Very cool.

Is that B Production, IT-B, or what?

I was surprised at how well the Pinto handled (for it's day). It was just tremendously underpowered...

 

[P. A. Schilke]

Very cool.

Is that B Production, IT-B, or what?

I was surprised at how well the Pinto handled (for it's day). It was just tremendously underpowered...

It was B Sedan. A Sedan was also on the pro side of SCCA as the Trans Am. Weighed 1680 lbs. Class became GT4 but I had already moved on to Formula Supervee....

best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

 

[Sheepdog]

It was B Sedan. A Sedan was also on the pro side of SCCA as the Trans Am. Weighed 1680 lbs. Class became GT4 but I had already moved on to Formula Supervee....

best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

Cool. I worked for a rotary Mazda race shop in the '80s. They fielded cars up to GTO if memory serves. That car was tube-framed, with a peripheral port engine.

I was drag racing a bridgeported rotary Mazda door car at the time, in NHRA Pro ET.

 

[Bsenecal]

HI Brian,

Waterford Michigan 1.6 mile 7 turn road course.

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

Thanks for sharing I have been a Ford loyalist for most of my life(2 slip ups in the late 80s with 2 Dodges) everything else has been a Ford, Lincoln or Mercury.
We appreciate all of your posts and info from when you worked at Ford.
Brian

 

[Michel Jeanneau]

My first Ford daily driver was a 1984 Ford Escort L 2-door hatchback with a 1.6l 4-banger and four speed manual...fun little car...bought it in '86 after I finished OSUT

 

[PltFX4]

1989 (I think) Ford Taurus... company car... was surprised how much I like it as I was a Chevy guy till then. When the 4 years were up, I bought it from the company. Had 26K on it.. but at 22K I had an issue, took to the Ford dealership and Ford wanted the engine (some issue, that I don't recall) as they had not seen that on such a low mileage car and replaced the engine!! So I had a 4 year old car with a new engine. I keep it for 3 or 4 years till I got my first Ranger...1995 Extended cab. White.
Then a 2005 "4 door" extend cab... White... do you see a pattern ??

 

[J Haggerty (RADAR1)]

My first Ford was an English Ford Anglia Prefect, 4 cyl, manual everything, 2 door. My first American Ford and first new car was a 72 Ford Pinto, 4 cyl, manual everything, hatchback.

 

[mustang marty]

I use to be a pure Chevy guy, and that is all I bought. Chevy started to change in quality and care for their customer at a corporate level. Bit by bit they demonstrated that they no longer had their customers best interest. For example, when they brought out the 3 cylinder for the Colorado, and the community complained, the VP publicly told them to go buy something else.

The final straw came with Chevy's ignition switch that killed 124 people. Thier response was don't use a key chain on your keys.

I admired Ford's handling themselves during the recession. The way they lead the pack with the muscle car resurgence with the Mustang. Where Dodge and Chevy just didn't care anymore.

Since then I have owned 4 Fords. All have been great cars. One of them was an Escape that saved my life from a drunk that ran a red light going over 70 mph in 35 mph road. So, I bought another Escape to drive my family. Now, I got my truck. It only has been a week, but I can't stop smiling.

Long story, sorry. I just very much a Ford guy now.

Much the same with me . Even the chevy dealers could not make the proper repairs on their vehicles . I would be in shock with the answers they gave me . Switched to Ford in the late 80s .

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