All-New For 1979: Ford's "Rakish," Downsized Mustang скачать в хорошем качестве

All-New For 1979: Ford's "Rakish," Downsized Mustang

1978: The Car Has Pickup, But the Complete Failure of the Electrical System Was a Disappointment WTVJ's Bob Mayer gets "Behind the Wheel" of Ford's new 1979 Mustang -- the Ghia version, list price $7,184 -- and finds that while the car's performance is solid, its chassis (or something) is loose, with "more rattles, squeaks and groans, at least in this particukar car, than in any new car I've driven." "No telling," Mayer says, "how many things were not tightened properly when the car was made." Nobody who drove a late-1970s American car or saw thow quickly more reliable imports took over the market will be surprised to learn that Mayer's test Mustang had other troubles as well: spotty interior finish, grainy paint, and an electrical system prone to...Shutting down completely, especially when it rained. But on the bright side, there was the new Mustang's "rakish" styling, inspired by the current Mercedes coupe, a "fancy" digital clock and lots of warning lights in the dash to alert the car's driver to problems. Given the problems Mayer found with his test car, those warning lights got a real workout. Subscribe to the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives’ YouTube channel and tune in to the fascination and fun of Miami and Florida’s past, captured on film and video and preserved by the Wolfson Archives at Miami Dade College. This video and audio is copyrighted/owned by the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives at Miami Dade College. This clip is derived from news video in the WTVJ Collection. Accession number 140-28; airdate October 16, 1978.