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Ford Torino Machete Concept, 1968

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I remember when these first became available. Our division had 3 of them for sale. All sold immediately. Within the first 7 days, all 3 were in the service departments. There was a flaw in the cooling system and the cars overheated. One had a blown engine - less than 50 miles on it. Of course we at Ford Motor Credit felt bad for the owners who insisted on making no payments on any of the 3 cars. All demanded refunds. All 3 cars were repo'd. AFAIK it became a lawsuit. That went to Dearborn, out of our hands thank God.

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In business, I was taught early on . . . when everyone is going left - make a right - untrampled ground. Just be careful to avoid any quicksand. Looks like car design isn't much different. This one fell into the quicksand IMO.

Well if it didn't, it should have.

so was this gokart built off of this experimental car? look very similar to me

Yes -

Here locally the Shriners used them in parades, and they were one of the available rides at Flint's Kearsley Park (the Flint Industrial Mutual Association's "Safetyville").

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