Re: Mustang...Spitfire???

[Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@huntnet.net>]

Art, The original Mustang was nothing more than a Falcon with different sheet 
metal
and a bit more wheelbase.  John

ArthurK101@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 13-Mar-99 17:21:52 Eastern Standard Time, spitlist@gte.net
> writes:
>
> > 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.
> >
>
> Joe, I'm not sure that the Falcon "sprang off the Mustang".  Falcons came out
> in the early '60's.  My roommate had a '64 Falcon Sprint (four on the floor
> and a V-6 -maybe even a V8).  This car was HOT and was ordered (Dec '63 or Jan
> '64) before the Mustang was even available to the general public.  I drove
> that baby from Atlanta GA. to Daytona Beach, Fl and can tell you that it was
> impressive.
>
> >From Daytona he and I went (courtesy of a USAF "hop" out of McGuire) to the 
>UK
> to pick up my TR4.  So i drove both cars within 10 days of each other.
>
> I believe that the Mustang used many components from the Falcon.  Just a
> thought for you.  Cheers.
>
> Art Kelly