Joe Curry writes:
>Big question and food for thought:
>
>Did Lee Iacoca in bringing out the Mustang take a lesson form the
>Spitfire?
>
>Both cars were essentially reworked from existing sedans (saloons)
>already being produced by their respective companies. In Ford's case it
>was the Falcon which sprung off the Mustang and with Triumph it was the
>Herald which offered up the basis for the very successful Spitfire.
>
>So with a couple years of Spitfire production as a model for releasing a
>"sporty" car in the Mustang, it is likely that Ford took Triumph's lead.
>
>Or was it purely coincidence?
>
>Joe
>- --
>"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
What a stroke of genius! Making a nitch market car using parts
already in production thereby avoiding tons of tooling costs!
Could it be that both groups concieved such a breakthrough
independently? What are the odds?
Actually this sort of thing has been going on for eons. The
TR2 used many Standard Vangard parts. I'll be Sparticus' chariot
used quite a few log wagon parts, too. (Such as the power plant.
;-) )
Dave Massey
St. Louis, MO USA
57 TR3
71 TR6
80 TR8
P.S Sorry for the sarcasm. Sometimes I just can't help myself.
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