Comments by "John h Palmer" (@johnhpalmer6098) on "Mustang Update! Reeee!" video.
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@samjones1954 Also, in case you didn't know, Mustangs were based on base vehicles when it was first introduced, and has been ever since if not mistaken. That said, I doubt the last few "stangs are based of any current platform but the last one they developed after the fox platform, which, BTW, was based of the Fairmont/Zephyr cars. I had the Fairmont, it was a POS, slow as molasses, but I suspect the cat was partly plugged up. It was a '78, the first year for the Fox platform, BTW.
So they often shared parts with the Fairmont, including the base inline 4 and 6 cylinder motors. Can't recall but the inline six in 1978 was a heavy 200CID motor and it would cause the poor Fairmonts to plow if you took a corner at anything approaching close to speed. When equipped with the 4 banger, not an issue being some of the issues with that car.
I should mention that the first mustangs were based on the plebian Falcon.
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