Do you know why the 1962 Ford I concept had side vents?
Posted: January 13, 2014 Filed under: Mediasphere, Science & Technology, U.S. News | Tags: Detroit, Ford, Ford Motor Company, Ford Mustang, Lee Iacocca, Makes and Models, Mustang, Pony car, Twitter 3 Comments
Detroit 2014: The Ford I Concept, Or, Why Mustangs Have Fake Vents
PopMech‘s Andrew Del-Colle writes: At its showstand Ford has the 1962 Ford I Concept on display. The first Ford to wear the Mustang badge and feature the galloping pony, the aluminum-bodied Ford 1 had big vents to cool the mid-mounted 1500 cc V-4. The vents aren’t needed for production Mustangs with front-mounted engines, but the design cue just stuck. We like to call that carchaeology.
