This is Lonnie Plank's 1970 1/2 Ford Falcon. When he bought this car just over 2 years ago, it was sold to him as a 1970 Torino. It was almost a year later, with the help of the Ford company, that the cars true identity was revealed.

Pre-ignition means that the mixture is set on fire before the spark occurs, being ignited by a red hot spot in the combustion chamber such as an incandescent particle of carbon; a thin piece of protruding metal; an overheated spark plug, or a bight red hot exhaust valve. The result is reduction of power and overheating

At the dawn of the 1960's, Kennedy, the new President-elect, spoke of a "new frontier." He was talking of new age of post-war prosperity and specifically, America's quest for reaching the Moon. For the big three, the new frontier was one of technical and marketing innovations. Combining the two became