Trivia Thread

[Sharp shooter]

Not the garage, just the door. It was a guess.
Think its a accident that the majority of flat bottoms are roughly 18 ft, or smaller and have been since the 50s?

The FE Ford engine was introduce "officially" on Sept 4th 1957. Henry Ford II 4oth birthday.

Well I have often wondered why most flats are 17' 10'' instead of 18....?

The wing was set that at that height just to clear the trunk lid. lol

I wasn't far off on the FE but still wrong none the less.

[gn7]

Well I have often wondered why most flats are 17' 10'' instead of 18....?

The wing was set that at that height just to clear the trunk lid. lol

I wasn't far off on the FE but still wrong none the less.

I never really paid attention to the fact that the spoiler is connected to the rear quarters and not the trunk lid like 99.9% of the spoilers out there. Makes complete since when you look at it.

The FE "officially" launched on that date according to Ford. Reality is, like you said, it was the 1958 model year. Ford simply refused to allow any dealers from selling FE powered cars until that date, which was only a matter of days from their delivery date anyways.
They did the same thing later with the release of the SN95 Mustang, but Galpin was granted permission to sell one before that as a Christmas present to a valued customer's son, but "delivered" it on Christmas day.