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This list of fastback automobiles includes examples of a car body style whose roofline slopes continuously down at the back. [1] It is a form of back for an automobile body consisting of a single convex curve from the top to the rear bumper . [ 2 ]
While the GT/CS was only available as a coupe, the 'High Country Special' model was available in fastback and convertible configurations during the 1966 and 1967 model years, and as a coupe for 1968. [51] The 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback got a popularity boost after it was featured in the 1968 film Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen. [55]
Sep '67: Regular 1968 Mustang production begins. Oct '67: Lee Grey visits Shelby American to borrow Little Red for one week. Lee Grey wants to buy parts from A.0. Smith to modify Mustang coupes at L.A. area dealerships. Oct '67: Lee Grey meets with Lee Iacocca to discuss a Mustang for California. Little Red is there to illustrate his idea.
Its fastback roof design was previewed on the 1964 Rambler Tarpon show car, based on the compact Rambler American. The 1965 and 1966 model year production Marlins were fastback versions of the mid-sized two-door hardtop Rambler Classic , and 1967 brought a major redesign in which the car was given the new, longer AMC Ambassador full-sized chassis .
First-generation American subcompacts, left to right: AMC Gremlin, Ford Pinto, Chevrolet Vega. American automakers had first countered imports such as the Volkswagen Beetle with compact cars including the Ford Falcon, Ford Maverick, Chevrolet Corvair and Plymouth Valiant, although these cars featured six-cylinder engines and comprised a larger vehicle class.
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Sales of convertibles were dropping, and AMC did not have the resources to design separate fastback and notchback hardtops that were available on the Mustang and the second-generation Plymouth Barracuda, so the AMC styling team led by Dick Teague penned only one body style, "a smooth semi-fastback roofline that helped set Javelin apart from ...
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