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RE: '69 390 gt?
By McQ - 10/20/2004 10:43:38 PM; IP 65.176.113.236
Please don't think this overly nit picky but was a '69 -S- code powered car really a 390 GT? It's a fact that the 1969 -S- code 390 was "de-tuned" from the '66-'68 -S- code 390. What I mean by the "d-t" is that the camshaft in the '69 -S- code was no longer the vaunted C6OZ-B shaft which saw usage in the '66-'68 390GT, the '67-'68 428PI + the '67, early '68 Shelby GT500 Mustangs, the 428 Cobra Jet, and Shelby GT 500's from KR's on, and I think this cam was also used in the very limited early '68 427 hydraulic 390 horse. In addition to this cam/lifter combo, FoMoCo also topped the '66-'68 390GT off with a Holley 600 cfm. Not so the the '69 -S- code 390(I can't bring myself to add the GT label to the '69 -S- code 390. I think Ford referred to the '69 -S- code as "Improved Performance".

To add a little more credibility to my stance, the '69 -S- code 390 was available in any unibody configuration, i.e., 4 dr. sedans, wagons, etc. I personally have a '69 Torino Country Squire wagon with....yup, an -S-, 5th unit in on the VIN. An -S- code 390 was NOT available in all unibody configurations from '66 - '68, only the '66 Fairlane GT/GTA and Cyclone counterparts, the '67 Mustang and Cougar, the '67 Fairlane GT/GTA & Cyclone GT again(although the -C- code 289 became standard in these cars in '67 with the -S- code 390GT optional), and finally the '68 Torino/Montego GT, Mustang/Cougar GT.

There was, of course, a GT appearance package available to the Mustang/Torino buyers of 1969. But it did not come standard with an -S- code 390. The entire V-8 line up was available to the GT appearance buyer.

I can sum up my long diatribe here with nothing speaks more to there not being a '69 -S- code 390 true GT than that -S- code Country Squire Torino I mentioned above. That engine was exactly like the one planted in the '69 -S- code Mustang coupe blocked up right next to it. Both of these cars ran fine but nothing like the two '66 390GT's I've owned also. The '66 390GT's ran easily to 5,700 RPM. Not the '69 -S- code 390 IP's....4,800 was max. Just like the standard 390 4V's in the old Galaxies.
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23018&Reply=23018><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23018" onclick="return false;">'69 390 gt?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>pop428, <i>10/20/2004</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23018', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23018') }); </script>  '69 390 gt? -- pop428, 10/20/2004
 "Ran them out..."? Where did you hear/see that info? [n/m] -- Mr F, 10/20/2004
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23031&Reply=23018><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23031" onclick="return false;">RE: '69 390 gt?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Kevin Marti, <i>10/20/2004</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23031', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23031') }); </script>  RE: '69 390 gt? -- Kevin Marti, 10/20/2004
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23037&Reply=23018><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23037" onclick="return false;">Page 112......</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>pop428, <i>10/20/2004</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23037', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23037') }); </script>  Page 112...... -- pop428, 10/20/2004
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23038&Reply=23018><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23038" onclick="return false;">Any chance a '70 model could have a 390?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>pop428, <i>10/20/2004</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23038', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23038') }); </script>  Any chance a '70 model could have a 390? -- pop428, 10/20/2004
 You mean a chance of it being 'factory'? Uh, no. :-) [n/m] -- Mr F, 10/20/2004
Collapse <b>RE: '69 390 gt?</b>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>McQ, <i>10/20/2004</i></font>RE: '69 390 gt? -- McQ, 10/20/2004
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23046&Reply=23018><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23046" onclick="return false;">I think Peter's thinking of the GT Equipment Group. [n/m]</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Mr F, <i>10/20/2004</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23046', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23046') }); </script>  I think Peter's thinking of the GT Equipment Group. [n/m] -- Mr F, 10/20/2004
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23060&Reply=23018><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23060" onclick="return false;">RE:Peter?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>McQ, <i>10/21/2004</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23060', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23060') }); </script>  RE:Peter? -- McQ, 10/21/2004
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23061&Reply=23018><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23061" onclick="return false;">Sorry...'pop428' = Peter. He's a customer. :-) [n/m]</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Mr F, <i>10/21/2004</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23061', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23061') }); </script>  Sorry...'pop428' = Peter. He's a customer. :-) [n/m] -- Mr F, 10/21/2004
 My name was in the messages. : ) n/m -- pop428, 10/21/2004
 ...which, by the way, offered more than 'appearance'. See... -- Mr F, 10/20/2004
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