We recently happened upon some publicity photos issued by the Ford
Motor Company that illustrate some of their design studies, as they're
termed commonly today, for the 1966 show car season. As you'll see,
they were lifted almost directly from 1966 production models, and in at
least one case, if I remember right, inspired a model kit. These photos
from the collection of the Chicago drag racing icon Ed Rachanski, who
now lives in Henderson, Nevada, where he operates Zmax, the additive
formulator.
The first one's got a name you gotta love: The Fairlane GT A Go Go.
Taking a 1966 Fairlane GT, Ford painted it in white metalflake with
blue stripes, then added cooling scoops for the engine in the lower
headlamp buckets, predicting the soon-to-be-common NASCAR practice of
routing brake ductwork where the headlamps were originally installed.
We can also see an unusual treatment of incorporating side exhaust
dumps into a big trim molding.
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