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| RE:Don Frey and Dave Evans too |
| By McQ - 09/13/2004 12:47:14 AM; IP 63.191.224.73 |
Interesting post blinker. Don Sullivan was the guiding light for numerous successful Ford engine projects from the flathead V-8-60 to the current 351 Ford Racing blocks. And yes he was the Engine Engineer for the first High Performance 352 in '59.
There's a picture in Motor Life, January 1960, of four guys stnading at the back of a '60 Ford checking out the speedometer attached wheel with this caption:
"Proud fathers of the Interceptor package are, from left, Dave Evans, Project Engineer; JOhn Crowley, Chassis Engineer; and far right, Don Sullivan, Engine Engineer."
I have another quote regarding Don Sullivan, this from Motor Trend, May 1985, that says:
"It seems any time Ford needed more power in a hurry, they called on Sullivan."
This was an entire column devoted almost exclusively to the numerous contributions Don Sullivan made to FoMoCo racing engines over his many years with the company.
This column tells the story of how the HP team worked on the new engine wherever they could....."developing power by how it sounded. When they thought it was right they dumped it into a '59 Ford prototype they had purloined from the press pool, and they sneaked off to run against the kids driving Chevys and Ponitiacs at the Detroit Dragway. The initial runs were promising, but the faded into the Michigan darkness before the elimination runs because they didn't want the racing world to know what they were doing."
Ford went racing again in 1960. |
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