PERSIAN88: Mini Coupé and Roadster

PERSIAN88 A '49 Ford couldn't quite reach 100 mph, but hopping up the flathead V-8 was still simple, cheap, and easy. With sales still slow, the V-8/60 line was reduced to just a coupe, Fordor, and Tudor. Probe was redesigned for '93 on a new-generation MX-6 platform with 102.9-inch wheelbase (versus 99), again with much more dramatic styling than its cousin. Tempo's 1995 replacement stood to be a far easier sell. Arriving at midyear in 1965 were the poshest big Fords ever, the $3300 Galaxie 500 LTD hardtop coupe and sedan, claimed to be "quiet as a Rolls-Royce." The times were indeed a-changin'.|What Powers the Surface?