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| RE: Bonneville/Karol Miller |
| By McQ - 07/17/2005 12:33:46 AM; IP 4.242.45.235 |
Interesting that you mention the salt flats. A guy from Texas, Karol Miller, used to drive his Fords to Bonneville to rum 'em. He ran a '56 Y block car and then in '60 drove a '60 Starliner with 352-4V, built with HP equipment himself, and set a record at well over 150 mph.
I agree completely with you regarding the lack of an reasonably priced, reasonably economical optional HP package for the '66-'68 Fairlanes/Mustangs, etc. I've beat that thread to death. The 427 was available but it was very limited, very expensive, and had a very limited 90 day warranty. Ford did not want to sell many 427 powered cars in '66-'68. They had the right idea for sure for '68 with the hydraulic liftered 390 horsepower 427 but it never was actually released except for the fortunate few who bought the very rare '68 Cougar GT/E's. The 428CJ was Ford's answer by mid '68 and it was a great but late response to the GM/Mopar options.
A 390 built to '61 390HP specs in a '66-'68 whatever would have been an instant legend. Even with the extremely restrictive exhaust manifolds used in the unibody cars, it would have been a killer. |
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