Hmmmm...suspicious!
Laura G. and Nigel
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
To: Spitfire List <spitfires@autox.team.net>; Triumph List
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 2:33 PM
Subject: Mustang...Spitfire???
>
>Big question and food for thought:
>
>Did Lee Iacoca in bringing out the Mustang take a lesson form the
>Spitfire?
>
>Both cars were essentially reworked from existing sedans (saloons)
>already being produced by their respective companies. 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.
>
>So with a couple years of Spitfire production as a model for releasing a
>"sporty" car in the Mustang, it is likely that Ford took Triumph's lead.
>
>Or was it purely coincidence?
>
>Joe
>--
>"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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