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Gary Lewis

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I'm thinking about turning the key to ACC on Big Blue for the show in September and playing "car tunes". So this thread is for y'all to suggest tunes to add to the play list.

Realizing that some of these aren't Fords, I'll still suggest the following. Y'all chime in please.

Hey Little Cobra

Hot Rod Lincoln

Maybellene

Get Your Kicks On) Route 66

The one about the engine with the W-shaped valve covers. (Bill knows)

G.T.O.

Mustang Sally

Take Me Home, Country Roads

Lord, Mr. Ford

Convoy

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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

mat in tn

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I can't drive 55!

ArdWrknTrk

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Born to be wild, by Steppenwolf?

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Nothing Special

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"The Church on Cumberland Road" by Shenandoah (has the line "Oh no, I never knowed a bored out Ford could go so slow")

"Good Directions" by Billy Currington (again complaining about how slow his old Ford is, there might be a trend here that you don't want!)

"Mercury Blues" by Alan Jackson (lyrics changed to "crazy 'bout a Ford truck" for the commercial)

"F150-50" by Morgan Wallen

"Take it Easy" by the Eagles

"Drive" by Alan Jackson

"One Piece at a Time" by Johnny Cash

(I better get to work now!)

Bob
Sorry, no '80 - '86 Ford trucks
"Oswald": 1997 F-250HD crew cab short box, 460, E4OD, 4.10 gears
"Pluto": 1971 Bronco, 302, NV3550 5 speed, Atlas 4.3:1 transfer case, 33" tires
"the motorhome": 2015 E-450-based 28' class C motorhome, 6.8L V-10
"the Dodge": 2007 Dodge 2500, 6.7L Cummins

Gary Lewis

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You guys are on a roll, and let the good times (continue to) roll!

Some of those I don't know but will go and listen to them. Obviously Once Piece At A Time is perfect for Big Blue since he started as an 85; has a steering wheel, A/C compressor, & speed control from a 90; a front axle from a '95; hydroboost from a different '95; an EEC-V system from a '96; and springs from a 2005.

Take It Easy is perfect cause:

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JimJam300

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Bad on Fords - Ray Wylie Hubbard

8 Miles a Gallon - Scott Miller & The Commonwealth
This one contains profanity just FYI. But at least give it a listen because it's maybe the only song written about the 460 V8.

1982 Bronco restomod in progress: Built 4.9L, T19 4spd, 9" 3.00 rear w/ Eaton TrueTrac, 31" tires, fuel injection soon
https://www.youtube.com/@jimjamauto

Nothing Special

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"Little Deuce Coupe" by the Beach Boys

"Car Crazy Cutie" by the Beach Boys

Ballad of Ol' Betsy" by the Beach Boys

"Cherry, Cherry Coupe" by the Beach Boys

"Our Car Club" by the Beach Boys

"Fun, Fun, Fun" by the Beach Boys

Gary Lewis

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I'll check out the others listed, but I'd forgotten about Ballad of Ol' Betsy" and "Cherry, Cherry Coupe". I've even seen the Beach Boys in concert and I'm not sure I remember those songs.

Luckily Apple Music has them.

Born in '32
And was she ever pretty
She rode a freight train west
from Detroit city
Betsy!
She may be rusted iron
But to me she's solid gold

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Nothing Special

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All of those except for Fun, Fun, Fun were off the Little Deuce Coupe album, which was one of the first albums I ever bought, probably in about 7th grade. I don't know how many times I listened to allof those songs! Be True to your School, 409, Shut Down, Spirit of America, No-Go Showboat and Custom Machine are other good ones, but less Ford related. (I was never a big fan of A Young Man is Gone)

Gary Lewis

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I was just about to post the same thing, Bob. I’d pulled the album up on Apple Music:

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ckuske

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Most of the Beach Boys were way more into cars than surfing, Mike Love especially. The only real surfer in the group was Dennis Wilson.

Chris

'84 F-150 XL 2WD Flareside, 302 w/ AOD transmission, Motorcraft 2150 feedback carb w/ CA Emissions, EEC-IV w/TFI, factory A/C, Tilt Column, Borgeson/Bluetop Steering, Speed Control, 308,000+ miles - Info about me and my truck - My project thread

Rembrant

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Gary, you need to add in some 1980's music!!

One of my favorites from the last year of the Bullnose

1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

mat in tn

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that's an 80s picture for sure!
you might even throw in "my old yellow car" for the country folks. hell "east bound and down"!

Gary Lewis

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Chris - I wasn't aware that the Beach Boys were more into cars than surfing. But looking back on their songs I see that there were a bunch about cars. Cool!

Cory - I've been of the opinion that Don McLean was off by about a decade on when The Day The Music Died. But that Billy Joel song is very good. However, while it is of the Bullnose era, the closest it seems to come to old trucks is "You can't go the distance".

So while I agree we should have some Bullnose era music in the mix, is there anything in that era that is about at least cars if not trucks?

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Rembrant

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Gary Lewis wrote

Cory - I've been of the opinion that Don McLean was off by about a decade on when The Day The Music Died. But that Billy Joel song is very good. However, while it is of the Bullnose era, the closest it seems to come to old trucks is "You can't go the distance".

So while I agree we should have some Bullnose era music in the mix, is there anything in that era that is about at least cars if not trucks?

I can't think of anything Gary, but like mentioned above, "East Bound And Down" by Jerry Reed is always a crowd pleaser, as is the theme song for The Dukes of Hazard by Waylon Jennings.

I dunno...there's a lot of car/roadtrip talk in this one:

ckuske

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In their personal lives they were more into cars, but there was lots of pressure to keep turning out the surfing songs of course!

Brian Wilson helped Jan and Dean out with some songs including “Dead Man’s Curve”

Gary Lewis

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Cory - That one does have a lot of car talk. Hadn't heard it before. Thanks.

Chris - The Beach Boys were certainly close to Jan & Dean. In fact they let them, or at least Dean, into the studio while they were recording Barbara Ann.

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salans7

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Corb Lund - Truck Got Stuck

F.O.R.D - James Lann

Danny G

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Wouldn't be right without East Bound and Down by Jerry Reed.

It's probably my favorite Ford truck commercial as it has all the generations of F series trucks.

"Whatever party you got going in the back... We've got the business up front"

https://youtu.be/vzFdiCN4ko4?si=K18uALT7mM1IpnkE

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1986 F-150|Standard Cab|4x2|300Six|C6Transmission w/3.08 rear|Name:TBD
2021 Ranger XLT Super Crew | Cactus Grey | black out package | max tow

viven44

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Any of the songs/tracks used in the Cars movie series soundtrack ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_(soundtrack)

Vivek

- 'Big Blue 2WD' - 1984 F350 RWD 460/C6
- 1978 Bronco with a 460 from an 86 Bullnose/C6