Autos: Changeover in Detroit

In Ford's large and clangorous Wixom plant just west of Detroit, the first 1966 autos—restyled Lincolns and Thunderbirds—rolled off the line last week. Throughout the industry plants closed down their production lines and began the changeover to the 1966 models, which will hit the showrooms beginning in late September. So insatiable is the national curiosity about Detroit's new models that the industry has, as usual, begun to be besieged by leaks, peeks and broad speculation. With the new models ride the automakers' hopes that the nation's most important industry can continue in...

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