Archive for 2012
1969 1/2 Mercury Spoiler II and 1969 1/2 For Talladega
We are taking a week off of the Speedway Fords and Mercurys Newsletter reprints to bring you this breaking news from Ford! For all this time we all thought we owned a 1969 Ford Talladega or 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler/Spoiler II and now the truth comes out. Ford called them 1969 1/2 models! This practice [...]
More Aerodynamics for your Talladega and Spoiler II
Here is another reprint from the Speedway Fords and Mercurys newsletter from back in the day. This is something I have never seen before; it is a way to improve the aerodynamics of the Talladega and Spoiler II. This brief article provides no details of how much these help and if they were intended for [...]
Henry Ford Racing
The Ford Talladega may be the Blue Oval race car we lust after and collect but it was not the first Ford to race. Henry Ford built his company on racing. This video is 8 minutes long but it is well worth it.
Speedway Fords & Mercurys-1969 Ford Talladega
There will be no special Monday Morning Article for the next two weeks since we are so close to Christmas and since I prepared this early in December. This issue is a very special Christmas present for you. It starts with an update on the King Cobra program and ends with a description of the Talladega [...]
Color Code Car For Sale
Although we track and record information on the Color Code cars (Pre-Spoilers) there is not much information available on them and you never see one. If you do you will most likely mistake it for a Cale Yarborough Special, which it is not. It is very similar but different. If you think this is something you [...]
Speedway Fords & Mercurys-1963 1/2 Marauder
If you are a real Blue Oval lover or if you are just into the Aero Cars from Ford you need a good background in the history of the Company’s racing heritage. What better way to do that than with some vintage Speedway Newsletter articles. Our Monday morning posts from the old Speedway Newsletters will [...]
Aero Warriors Display at 2012 Muscle Car Corvette Nationals
One of the best displays at the 2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals was the Aero Cars. These include the Ford Talladega, Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II as well as the Dodge Charger 500, Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird. As in production numbers the MOPARS out numbered the Blue Oval cars. Our Talladega Family Reunion for [...]
Speedway Fords & Mercury – Talladega
This is our first in a series of historical article reprints from the early 1980s Club Speedway Fords & Mercury. Our first article may contain the name of a person you are familiar with, Steve Honnel. You may also recognise the name Don Amadio on the artwork. Both are active in the Registry and our [...]
It is 2012; do you know were your Talladega is?
One of the primary benefits of having your car Registered in our Talladega Spoiler Registry is to document its ownership and history. On more than one occasion I have been asked to find a certain car by its VIN. With a complete Registry it would be a simple task to know who the current owner is or [...]
Talladega / Spoiler Coffee Cups
Coffee Cups now available! We are constantly looking for new items that will help promote our cars and at the same time provide hard to find memorabilia for enthusiasts. You have to admit it is very hard to find anything with a Talladega on it and nearly impossible if you want a Spoiler II image [...]
