Ford Fairlane Grows Up in 1966
What’s a shock tower and why was this important? Ford, who called themselves “the Total Performance Brand”, was caught napping. On the track, they were going head to head with the Mopar Hemi, on the street, their 427 big car was perceived as the be all end all in stop light performance. But the appearance of the GTO and the rest of the GM brand’s response in 1965 was to put a 400 CID V-8 in a mid size car.
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