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When did the first Mach1 debut??? JTS 71 Mach1
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Close, actually in 1966 as a concept / showcar. I did know that one. JTS 71 Mach1
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Ford first used Mach 1 in it's 1959 display of a concept "Levacar" called the Ford Rotunda.
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Your correct Bob. According to the article I read, the vehicle was called the levacar, there was no reference to it as a Mach1 in the text, but in the picture of the levacar you could clearly see the Mach1 badge on the side of it. JTS 71 Mach1
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The Actual term "Mach" goes back to Ernst Mach a scientist born in Austria in 1938. Ernst Mach published the first photos of the super sonic waves, that a bullet creates, when traveling faster then the speed of sound. Which is what creates the crack sound we hear. A bull whip cracks, when whipped because the tip is actually traveling faster then 750 mph thus breaking the sound barrier! "Mach1" 1 times the speed of sound. COOL!!! JTS 71 Mach1
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