XA scoops

It could be argued that by the time the XA arrived the muscle car was entering decline (but that's a WHOLE other story), but Ford were not about to give up on scoops on their GTs. In fact, they added more. On the bonnet were twin NACA style ducts, sunk into the metal and therefore efficiently suspect, and not connected to anything underneath either.



The ducts were painted black whether surrounded by semi flat black paint as on this car with the standard blacked out bonnet, or more highly visible on the body paint coloured bonnet cars with the delete option. However, it is interesting to note that this function was reversed during the XA’s life.