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General Category => Willys Forum => Topic started by: RT on January 14, 2021, 08:20:00 PM

Title: Brazil Ford to cease production
Post by: RT on January 14, 2021, 08:20:00 PM

Interesting article from Hemmings about Ford in Brazil.  It mentions the Willys connection.

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2021/01/13/a-look-back-at-brazilian-ford-as-the-company-closes-the-book-on-a-century-of-carmaking-there?refer=news&utm_source=edaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-01-14

RT

Title: Re: Brazil Ford to cease production
Post by: MarkH on January 15, 2021, 10:52:08 AM

It's interesting that Ford used the Aero F-head in the Brazil Maverick. That version had some interesting modifications and produced either 130 or 135hp. Not bad, and quite a long run for an engine that started out decades earlier as a 70hp flathead.