Some undercarriages at NAIAS get their due - Detroit Free Press
Dynamic headlights inspire comments. A fancy center console makes people drool. The thousands of engineers — and people who love them — in attendance flocked to see me, the underbelly of a burgundy Ford Mustang GT, laying on my side. I felt like the belle of the ball bearings. He liked seeing what happens in my guts. "I'm not going around under cars," he explained. Maybe not, but I saw other car junkies walking around with telescoping poles that had mirrors on the end, like giant dental tools. My independent rear suspension was a hit with Mike O'Callaghan, 64, a retired teacher from Columbus, whose black and red 2012 Mustang has a solid rear axle. You don't want to feel the bumps," he said, as he ran his fingers along it. Who am I to turn down a belly rub. One of my admirers was my fellow Ford family member, Shiva Gumate, who had worked on my older sibling, the 2005 Mustang. I see cars on the hoist, but they're not clean," the engineer said, making me blush all the way down to my specially tuned springs and bushings. "If they're a Mustang person, they want to see this. Source: www.freep.com
