1953 Ford X-100

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"Paris Match" magazine 1953, Salon De L’Auto 1954 editon

"Paris Match" magazine 1953

Ford X100 Accessories Demonstration - "Paris Match" magazine, Salon De L"Auto 1954 editon

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11/15/2008 7:29:14 AM | Jason

If ever a show car was meant to be mass-produced, this was the one!

1/26/2010 3:52:58 AM | Dennis

Today I visited The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan with some gear head friends. We spent some time looking at the Ford X-100 concept car. Does anyone know about the "entirely new carburator system"? It seemed like there were 5 carbs. Very interesting.

2/27/2010 4:01:42 AM | d2r

2Dennis
you seem to be right, about 5 carbs (or, it just looks so)

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Probably the first true Ford dream car was the X-100 of 1953, which anticipated the torpedo styling themes of later Fords like the 1961 Thunderbird. Another indication of Ford’s new directions from the same year was the Mexico — only a scale model, but the result of wind-tunnel testing and an important pointer to future trends. Ford claimed 50 engineering firsts for this car, including a moisture-sensitive cell on the roof, which automatically closed the plastic sliding roof panel.

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