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(Thread Starter) |  Ford car-camo artist works his craft on Australia's new Falcon XR8  Ford is among the kings of concealment when it comes to test cars. On one recent Mustang SVT mule, the automaker went to the extreme of putting baffles over the exhausts to hide how many there were. Sounds like a lot of work, right? In a new video, the Blue Oval has decided to take fans behind the scenes to show them what it takes to camouflage a prototype. In this case the subject was the recently unveiled 2014 Falcon XR8 for Australia. Ford's prototype build coordinator Down Under has the very appropriate name of Neil Trickey, and it's his job to obfuscate the important bits of test cars to keep them out of spy shooters' camera lenses. Trickey calls his job a "dark art," and he shows off some of the tricks of his trade in the video. It turns out that the fabric we often see on mules is a type of lycra, but his team isn't above getting out a can of spray paint to conceal parts, too. Scroll down to watch a video about a man who you probably wish could be a little worse at his job.Continue reading Ford car-camo artist works his craft on Australia's new Falcon XR8 Ford car-camo artist works his craft on Australia's new Falcon XR8 originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments More... |
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