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Reply #15 –
That wagon drawing looks a hell of a lot like the love-child of a T-bird and a Pulsar. :p

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Reply #16 –
The headlights sort of remind me of a late 80's camaro with covers.



I think the '87-88's ended up looking a lot better than this pace car.

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Reply #17 –
I heard '83-'86 cars were originally designed with Aero sealed lights but it got axed late before the release of the '83 because they didn't meet DOT approval or something.

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Reply #18 –
What that story was, is that the '84 Lincoln Mark VII (Which was actually designed before the T-Bird/Cougar) was designed with both quad and composite headlights, and Ford had a bunch of both front end designs manufactured and ready to bolt on. Ford wanted to make sure that no matter what happened with the pending approval of composite lamps, the Mark would be ready for sale for '84. At the last moment, the approval came through, and the Mark became the first north-american cars to feature headlamps designed around the car instead of vice-versa. The quad-lamp front ends were all destroyed.
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Reply #19 –
Where there any leaked pictures ever of the Mark quad light design?  That would be pretty interesting to see.
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Reply #20 –
If your drawing ever did come into existane it would be a rancharoesce vehicle with that removable roof.
 

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Reply #21 –
I've seen pictures of the mark concept, but i don't remember where, since I sold my last LSC I don't look much anymore because it just makes me want another one, on the GN engine in the t-bird, it could be made to work, after all, I put a 460 in a cutlass a few years ago, but shoot for the money involved, I'd much rather just stick with small block Ford, if mine would smoke a GN, and it I know it would and has, imagine if i would have put the money into it that it would have taken to put a GN motor in it.