| ***Team Laven*** 'Bara Ford på våran gård'-klubben  'Twice as nice, for half the price' |
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Laven, så kallar vi oss lite skämtsamt eftersom garaget
som vi huserar i är en gammal gruvlave från bergslagens
storhetstid när gruvdriften stod för en stor del av
sveriges exportinkomster. Laven i Håksberg är dessutom
K-märkt som den första som byggdes i betong och året
var 1917... Ett riktigt kulturminne med andra ord. Vi har sedan den gruvan lades ner rustat upp och inrett ett garage där vi nu försöker hålla ihop våra bilar och då företrädesvis Ford Granada (årsmodell 72-85) som är det stora intresset bland oss. |
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Så
här önskar vi väl alla att det såg ut under huven
när man väl lyfter på locket... |
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Svenska Granada
Klubben |
Här får du en liten historia om varför vi åker Ford Granada...!
This
man in a Ford Granada pulls up next to a guy in a Rolls Royce at
a stop sign.
Their windows are open and he yells at the guy in the Rolls
"Hey, you got a telephone in there?"
The guy in the Rolls says "Yes, of course I do."
"I got one too... see?"
"Uh huh, yes, that's very nice."
Then the man in the Granada says, "You got a fax
machine?"
"Why, actually, yes, I do."
"I do too! See? It's right here!"
"Uh-huh."
The light is just about to turn green and the guy in the Granada
says
"So, do YOU have a double bed in back there?"
And the guy in the Rolls says "NO! Do you?"
"Yep, got my double bed right in back here see?!"
The light turns and the man in the Granada takes off.
Well, the guy in the Rolls is not about to be one-upped, so he
goes immediately to
a customizing shop and orders them to put a double bed in back of
his car.
About two weeks later, the job is finally done and he picks up
his car and drives
all over town looking for the Granada. He finally finds it parked
alongside the road
so he pulls his Rolls up next to it. The windows on the Granada
are all fogged up
and he feels a little awkward about it, but he gets out of his
newly modified Rolls
and taps on the foggy window of the Granada. The man in the
Granada finally opens
the window a crack and peeks out and the guy in the Rolls says,
"Hey. Remember me?"
"Yeah, Yeah, I remember you. What's up?"
"Check this out I got a double bed installed in my
Rolls."
And the man in the Granada says, "YOU GOT ME OUT OF THE
SHOWER TO TELL ME THAT!"
Lite fakta om Ford's racinghistoria (dock bara den amerikanska ännu):
1901 Henry Ford defeats Alexander Winton in Ford's first and only race in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
1903 Barney Oldfield laps Indiana Fairgrounds' 1-mile dirt track with the Ford 999 at 60 mph, fastest speed ever obtained on a closed circuit.
1904 Henry Ford Model T's finish 1-2 in a New York to Seattle race.
1923 Lora Corum drives Chevrolet brothers-prepared production-based Fronty-Ford to 5th in the Indianapolis 500 against thoroughbred Millers.
1933 Fred Frame, 1932 Indianapolis 500 winner, drives Ford V8 roadster to victory in first major U.S. road race in 13 years, held in Elgin. Ill. Fords finish 1-7.
1934 Stubby Stubblefield drives Ford V8 to victory in the first major airport race in the United States, at Mines Field, Calif. Fords finish 1-10.
1936 Milt Marian wins first Daytona Beach road race in Ford V8 roadster. Race ends early when high tide floods beach.
1949 First-ever NASCAR Grand National race held at Charlotte, N.C. Glen Dunnaway finished first, but was disqualified for technical infractions.
1956 Ford Driver Johnny Mantz wins inaugural USAC Stock Car title. Ford Fairlanes claim numerous long-distance records at Bonneville Salt Flats, including 19 days at 108 mph.
1957 Ford tops NASCAR victory list for first time with 27 wins in 52 races.
1960 Ford wins the USAC stock car title for the fifth straight year.
1963 Colin Chapman teams with Ford to build rear-engined cars powered by production-based pushrod engines. Jim Clark claims 2nd at Indianapolis 500 in Lotus-Ford, 1st in Milwaukee 200. Tiny Lund wins Daytona 500, NASCAR's most prestigious race, as Fords finish 1-5.
1964 Ford introduces double-overhead cam V8 at Indianapolis. Clark wins pole in Lotus-Ford; Rodger Ward takes 2nd in race; Bobby Marshman unofficially turns first 160-mph lap in practice. Parnelli Jones covers for an absent Jim Clark in the Lotus-Ford and wins Milwaukee 200 and Trenton 200.
1965 Clark wins the Indianapolis 500. Ford cars finish 1-4. Ned Jarrett wins NASCAR Grand National title as Ford wins 48 of 55 races.
1966 Ford-Mk IIs finish 1-2 at Le Mans. Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby lead Mk IIs to 1-2-3 in the 24 Hours of Daytona, then win Sebring 12 Hours in "open" X-1. Mustangs put Ford atop of the manufacturer's standings for Over-Two-Liter class in SCCA's inaugural Trans-Am season.
1967 Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt win Le Mans in Ford Mk IV, averaging more than 135 mph, 10 mph more than the old record. Mario Andretti and Bruce McLaren win Sebring 12 Hours in Mk IV. Ford Cosworth DFV engine debuts in Formula One at Dutch Grand Prix. Jim Clark, in a Lotus chassis, wins the first time out, and Cosworth powered cars go on to win 159 grand prix through 1991. A.J. Foyt wins Indy 500 with dohc Ford V8 for Ford's third straight Indy 500 win.
1969 Mario Andretti wins Indy 500 with turbo Ford V8, introduced in 1968, mounted in a Brawner Hawk.
1970 A.J. Foyt wins the Riverside 500 NASCAR race, eight straight in this event for Ford.
1971 Al Unser wins 2nd consecutive Indy 500 with turbo Colt-Ford, Ford's sixth win in seven years.
1976 Al Unser wins Pocono 500. It is the first victory for the turbo Cosworth V8.
1977 Tom Sneva breaks the 200-mph barrier during the first two qualifying laps to win Indy 500 pole in a McLaren-Cosworth. He would finish second to A.J. Foyt in a Coyote-Foyt Ford V8.
1978 Al Unser wins Indy 500 in Lola-Cosworth. Bobby Allison wins Daytona 500 in a Ford Thunderbird.
1981 Start of an 81-race winning streak in Indycars for the Cosworth V8.
1985 Ford Thunderbird driver Bill Elliott wins a record 11 NASCAR superspeedway events, including the Talladega 500 at 186.288 mph, fastest 500-mile stock car race ever held.
1987 Bill Elliott wins Daytona 500 and sets all-time qualifying record at Talladega, 212.809 mph. Al Unser wins Indy 500 in a March-Cosworth, 10th in a row at the Brickyard for Cosworth.
1988 Bill Elliott wins NASCAR Winston Cup championship in a Thunderbird.
1989 Ford division wins its first Trans-Am manufacturers' championship since 1970 with 25th Anniversary Mustangs. Pro Stock driver Bob Glidden, winningest driver in NHRA history, marks a record 75th win at the Keystone Nationals in a Ford Probe.
1992 Davey Allison wins Daytona 500, as Thunderbirds finish 1-2-3-4. Alan Kulwicki wins the NASCAR championship in a Thunderbird. New Ford-Cosworth IndyCar engine, the XB, debuts at Surfers' Paradise, Australia.
1993 Nigel Mansell captures IndyCar Rookie of the Year and PPG Cup in a Cosworth XB-Powered Ford-Lola.
1994 Ford wins its second NASCAR Winston Cup Manufacturers' Championship in the modern era by winning 20 of 31 races.
1995 Jacques Villeneuve wins the Indianapolis 500 and the PPG Cup drivers' championship, while Ford and Cosworth claim the first-ever CART manufacturers' title with the Ford-Cosworth XB.
1996 Ford and Cosworth debut a brand-new IndyCar engine, the XD, in Homestead, Fla. The XD produces four top-10 finishers in its debut race. Michael Andretti pilots the XD to its first victory at his hometown track in Nazareth, Penn. Andretti wins a total of five IndyCar races for the year. Dale Jarrett drives a Ford Thunderbird to Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600 and Brickyard 400 victories in NASCAR Winston Cup competition.
1997 Ford wins NASCAR Winston Cup Championship behind Dale Jarrett's seven victories. Ford wins 11th Trans-Am Manufacturers' Championship behind Tommy Kendall's record- breaking fourth drivers title and 11 consecutive wins. John Force ties Bob Glidden's NHRA record of five consecutive championships (seven overall) leading Mustang drivers Tony Pedregon & Whit Bazemore to a 1-2-3 sweep of the Funny Car ranks.
This page was last uppdated 2001-06-28
ÓMarkus Bartsch
