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Re: Re: 1942 Farmall M torque amplifier
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Posted by Paul in Mich on May 06, 2004 at 04:49:18 from (68.188.227.110):
In Reply to: Re: 1942 Farmall M torque amplifier posted by Hugh MacKay on May 06, 2004 at 03:02:17:
Hugh, I thought the "Parisiene" was a neat looking car, and who could forget the 1950 "Meteor". Mercury front and Ford back. We here in the States had to work awfully hard in our Dad's garages fo make our fords look that good. Actually, I read an article that the "Parisiene" was sort of the culmination of all the prototype designs. Since GM used a common body, many of the other design features were interchangable. The Company could have very well, for example, put a 55 Chevy front grill on the standard body, and put a pontiac rear deck, and called it the 55 Chevy. many designs hit the head designers desk, and many were applied to clay models before final design was agreed upon for a particular model. Some were mixed and matched to bring about what would eventually become a Chevy, Pontiac, Olds, etc. heck, they still do that to a great extent. The only difference being is that the only visable difference in a true Candaian car and an American car is the speedometer. Cars built for Canada default to Kph readings minimized and MPH minimized, and American cars MPG maximized. maximized
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