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| RE:Hemmings, 9/04 |
| By McQ - 08/25/2004 12:35:26 PM; IP 65.176.65.224 |
joe, you need to go to the newstand and buy the Sept. '04 of Hemmings Musle Machines. There's an excellent multi page feature on a pristine '61 401 horse car with a Factory installed T-10 4 speed. It tells the story of the 4 speed installation progression.
As for how fast they were: Stock off the showroom floor a '61 HP390/401 with 3 speed, non or with O.D. would easily run in the 14's. With minor prep, low 13's were common. Some locals here, The Potter Brothers, hit 13.0 and held a national record for awhile.
They, along with the '60 HP352, were very uncommon. They were built on special order basis only, as production time would permit, generally, a POA, designation. The '61 HPs were all -Z- code which was also the code for the standard performance 300 horse 390. This has lead to a lot of confusion over the years. For '62 Ford finally got up to speed on building HP cars on regular production basis so the 390HP got its own code, -M- for tri power, 401 horse. Then the 406 debuted by January '62.
You have a car well worth restoring. |
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