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Old 10-21-2010, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by olddog View Post
You sure Ford had a computer capable of design work in the 60's? I thought key card systems was about as advanced as it got back then.
Bob Negsted and Klaus Arning used the Ford computer (probably a punch card unit) to plot the travel of the 427 Cobra suspension in 1964. Klaus also had designed the IRS for the original Mustang that was dropped as an option before production.
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