{"id":136080,"date":"2022-09-13T13:09:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T20:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=136080"},"modified":"2024-11-03T13:40:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T13:40:10","slug":"ford-and-the-can-am-an-incompatible-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/ford-and-the-can-am-an-incompatible-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford and the Can-Am &#8211; An Incompatible Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ford_logo.svg_.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-626606 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ford_logo.svg_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ford_logo.svg_.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ford_logo.svg_-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ford_logo.svg_-1024x393.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ford_logo.svg_-100x38.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ford_logo.svg_-770x295.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ford_logo.svg_-293x112.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ford_logo.svg_-1400x537.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a>Unleashing the rampant horsepower of its global \u2018Total Performance\u2019 campaign, Ford funded many racing stables but could never quite commit wholeheartedly to the world\u2019s most rewarding and highly publicised sports car racing series.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ford Motor Company took \u201cTotal Performance\u201d seriously. When it stepped into motor racing with fanfares around the globe, it planned for worldwide success. Its 1963\u00bd models in America marked the beginning of Ford\u2019s open defiance of the agreement among the U.S. automakers dating from 1957 that they would not openly use racing to promote power and speed. Now, hot Ford-powered cars were everywhere: Indianapolis, rallying, stock-car racing, drag racing, Le Mans and soon Grand Prix racing. Ford let the world know it was back on the track\u2014and proud of it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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Its 1963\u00bd models in America marked the beginning of Ford\u2019s open defiance of the agreement among the U.S. automakers dating from 1957 that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":626482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13172,263,64,11272,18207],"tags":[17152,65,22129,22010,18211,6461,11351,17140,11471,17143],"class_list":["post-136080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-can-am","category-car-culture","category-ford","category-members-only","category-special-feature","tag-car-culture","tag-ford","tag-ford-featured-race","tag-ford-featured","tag-ford-history","tag-ford-model-in-depth","tag-motorsport-history","tag-members-only","tag-can-am","tag-special-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ford and the Can-Am - An Incompatible Marriage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karl Ludvigsen examines Ford&#039;s inconsistent efforts in the Can-Am, and what might have been.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/ford-and-the-can-am-an-incompatible-marriage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ford and the Can-Am - An Incompatible Marriage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karl Ludvigsen examines Ford&#039;s inconsistent efforts in the Can-Am, and what might have been.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/ford-and-the-can-am-an-incompatible-marriage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-13T20:09:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-03T13:40:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16_16a-1-770x496-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"496\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Karl Ludvigsen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Karl Ludvigsen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"28 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/ford-and-the-can-am-an-incompatible-marriage\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/ford-and-the-can-am-an-incompatible-marriage\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Karl Ludvigsen\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ea984f0fc364a5febb746a964e82a584\"},\"headline\":\"Ford and the Can-Am &#8211; 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