| DavidS |
03-02-2011 01:17 PM |
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Originally Posted by ILuvPizzaTimes10
(Post 39927)
Now guys who can answer were the letter "F" came from??? some of you might not be happy with the answer.....
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It's a GM production code. Corvettes are Y-bodies, Cavaliers are J-bodies, etc...
From Camaro Forty Years: "It would have to be quicker in the quarter-mile, have a faster top-end speed, and handle better than the Ford. And it would have to utilize the Mustang's conventional design, with a liquid-cooled engine in front driving the rear wheels. This meant that Chevy's new pony car, internally coded the "F" body project (often theorized to be an allusion to the obvious fact that it had come into existance as a direct response to Ford's popular pony car, though in reality it was simply a random letter assigned to the car) would utilize architecture similar to Rybicki's and Haga's earlier sporty coupe concept cars rather than be a version of Mitchell's super Corvair idea."
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