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Ford's response will be interesting. Hopefully, they have a resident archivist who can help out, but I wouldn't be too hopeful. The engine is old and so is the history. Too many kids working there that were born way after the introduction of that piece of Detroit iron.
Case in point. I was at the Chicago Auto Show a couple of years ago and there is this gal showing off the new Chrysler cars. Much of the styling was sort of retro with strong accents a la Virgil Exner, the great Chrysler designer of the 50's. I mentioned that fact to her and she didn't have a clue as to who I was talking about. No sense of history and Chrysler Marketing didn't appear to think that maybe a little education on their design history might have been appropriate in this situation. When I mentioned the 300 letter cars of the 50s, the Thomas Special Ghia built cars, and the K-310, she didn't know what I was talking about.
I just walked away.
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