The changes are easy to chart: standard four-speed overdrive automatic transmission and 255-cid V-8, a new uplevel series reviving the Crown Victoria name (1980); no more 351 option (1982); standard 302 V-8 with throttle-body fuel injection for all models renamed LTD Crown Victoria (1983...
Wheelbase (L101) Vehicle length (L103) Upper structure length (L123) A4 Front Clips Windshield slope angle (H122) SgRP - front “X” coordinate (L31) A5 B-pillar F/A Wheelbase (L101) redistribution A6 Rear clip Wheelbase (L101) Vehicle length (L103) Rear wheel centerline to second SgRP...
7.The electronic method of claim 1 wherein the one or more vehicle level parameters is a wheelbase. 8.The electronic method of claim 1 wherein the one or more component level parameters is a flange length. 9.The electronic method of claim 1 wherein the dimensional input are SAE dimensions...
Some 175.3 inches (4,453 mm) long on a 102-inch (2,591mm) wheelbase, the 1955 Ford Thunderbird is roughly the size of a modern Honda Civic sedan. The first Thunderbird was one of the lowest cars in America: only 52.4 inches (1,331 mm) high, around 6 inches (152 mm) lower than...
Broughams also featured in the 1970 Torino line, which shared new exterior panels "shaped by the wind" with a three-model Fairlane 500 series. Wheelbase grew an inch; profiles were lower and five inches longer. The Torino Cobra returned as Ford's "budget muscle car" with standard 360/375...