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ECONOCAR
BECOMES
HOT ROD'S
EXOTICAR
PART 1
here's no doubt about it, the was selected to power the hottest- the bolt-on body pieces are now
NEXT
MONTH:
Mild to wild, the folks at
Automotive Development
tell Lis how it's done in .
next month's installment.
_-==".... ====~~====b:::== This particular motor
features twin Webers,
AD's own Fiesta exhaust
system and lots more, yet
_ ......liol cold-starts easily,' gets
. , -4great mileage and hauls
. hay, needless to say!
Power a!1d handling
secrets coming right up in
Part 2: Freaky Fiesta.
ext to making the payments, automobile can be the inevitable equipment and technology already
in America," states a guy who should hot rodders. Not all of them live in built, factory-flogged European items
know. And with that, Automotive Europe either. sought by American enthusiasts. Cor-
Development's engine-builder, Jules Since the late 'Sixties, two primary tina owners get extra credit for creat-
Williams, begins pulling big-bore pis- stateside sources for Ford of Europe ing the demand which in turn creat-
tons and dry-sump oiling systems parts have been Automotive Develop- ed a U.S. dealer network. These
from his shelves, all the while flipping ment and Villa Ford, unrelated firms hard-to-establish connections are an
through aftermarket catalogs and that happen to be headquartered in unspecified, if very important, part of
FoMoCo racing manuals. Virtually all Orange, California. While an author- every Fiesta's standard package.
of it applies to the 1600cc "cross- ized Ford parts outlet in its own About that standard package:
flow four," so named for its cylinder- right, AD is quick to credit its friendly Right from the factory, the box-stock,
head design that comes with every neighborhood new-car dealer for smog-legal, 49-state U.S. version pro-
American Fiesta. Turned sideways "importation" assistance. Because duces about 60 actual, flywheel
this time and connected to a front- not all of the nation's 5200 Ford horsepower; enough to put a stock
drive transaxle, yes, but this engine dealers share Villa General Manager Fiesta in the low-18-second range at
is hardly new. And as one might ex- Chuck Foulger's fondness for fast the drag strip, which is pretty re-
pect of the "small-block Chevy of and freaky Fords, AD does a brisk spectable for the size and cost. How
Europe," this motor is a favorite with mail-order business in the factory- much quicker the package ultimately
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comer. Details and pricing on Fiesta
components, including the fiberglass
body package (February '78 HOT
ROD), are available for $1 directly
from Automotive Development, 501
West Maple, Unit V, Orange, Califor-
nia 92668; phone (714) 633-6672. HA
HOT ROD MARCH 1978109