What is a "fox body"?
10-02-2004, 02:34 PM
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RE: What is a "fox body"?
ORIGINAL: xc_ute
Thought I'd throw this in too. All those drag racers removing weight from their Mustangs seem to have never glanced at the shipping weight of a cheap Fairmont two-door...hint, hint.
Thought I'd throw this in too. All those drag racers removing weight from their Mustangs seem to have never glanced at the shipping weight of a cheap Fairmont two-door...hint, hint.
The Fairmont only had a straight 6 in it, still trying to figure out why in the world I bought it that way! I do know of at least one very famous Ford drag racer who liked the '79 Fairmont, check out this picture.
As I recall, he was pretty damn hard to beat with it too! LOL
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10-02-2004, 03:04 PM
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RE: What is a "fox body"?
No way, I think he was driving a Ford Probe like this one when he won his last race in Englishtown in '92 at the Pro Stock challenge. And IMO, he will still be the most famous Pro Stock racer in NHRA history for some time yet to come too!
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10-04-2004, 12:40 PM
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RE: What is a "fox body"?
Haven't been following drag racing, I seem to recall the Probe was follwed by the Pro Stock Fairmont.
About the "SN-95":
FoMoCo gives their products development code names to confuse the other car companies and employees of outside companies that help with the development work. The auto industry has industrial secrets just like the military has its secrets.
Another FoMoCo product development code you may have heard of: "Thunderbird XK", the 1960 Falcon which the early Mustang shared suspensions with.
Each all-new Ford product carries a development code. Best example is in Australia where Ford doesn't use model years. For example their "1960" Falco was called the "XK series" which was replaced by the "XL series" after major modifications were made to the original package.
The Falcon that stared in the Road Warrior films was an XB series that in stock form looks much like the XA and XC series because they had the same styling with different front sheet metal. But underneath the skin there were enough changes to make the design a new series.
The EA series was an all new platform design which used 6 clinder engines. When Ford OZ decided to onece again offer the V8 that car was an EB series.
Each series is meant to sell for several years before replacement. The North American Fords have model years but the factory calls each year by its series name: "FOX', SN-95" etc. internially. If you work for an OEM company that supplies Ford you would see the code listed on your employer's drawings etc.
The last Mustang chassis platform carried the SN-95 code name.
About the "SN-95":
FoMoCo gives their products development code names to confuse the other car companies and employees of outside companies that help with the development work. The auto industry has industrial secrets just like the military has its secrets.
Another FoMoCo product development code you may have heard of: "Thunderbird XK", the 1960 Falcon which the early Mustang shared suspensions with.
Each all-new Ford product carries a development code. Best example is in Australia where Ford doesn't use model years. For example their "1960" Falco was called the "XK series" which was replaced by the "XL series" after major modifications were made to the original package.
The Falcon that stared in the Road Warrior films was an XB series that in stock form looks much like the XA and XC series because they had the same styling with different front sheet metal. But underneath the skin there were enough changes to make the design a new series.
The EA series was an all new platform design which used 6 clinder engines. When Ford OZ decided to onece again offer the V8 that car was an EB series.
Each series is meant to sell for several years before replacement. The North American Fords have model years but the factory calls each year by its series name: "FOX', SN-95" etc. internially. If you work for an OEM company that supplies Ford you would see the code listed on your employer's drawings etc.
The last Mustang chassis platform carried the SN-95 code name.
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