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Old 02-07-2010, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by peverett View Post
As a sidenote-unibody construction of cars(at Ford anyway) was underway in 1960 with the the Ford Falcon. I have a 1963 model. I am not sure about the other makes. Front wheel drive did begin in earnest in the 1980s, although GM made a model that used front wheel drive in the 1960s.
The 1960 Chevy Corvair, GM's first unibody car, went on sale to the public in October of 1959.

The Olds Toronado was GM's first front wheel drive car. I believe it came out in '67.
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