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| Re:wow! |
| By McQ - 05/14/2003 3:04:07 PM; IP 206.193.5.4 |
For me the '60/'61 HP cars are the greatest. Oh sure any '60s Ford with G-B-R-W-Q, and -S- are outstanding but the '60 - '61 true HPs are so rare they border on mythical to me.
You are very fortunate to have had the experience first hand to own a '61 HP at the tender age of just 16 and to work in a Ford dealership at that time too. Add to that that you currently own a HP '61...well I'm just darned envious and pleased.
A friend of mine in Yakima, WA, Jerry Pruitt, is currently restoring Portland, OR's Bill Ireland's '61 HP Starliner. It's an early 375 car that went through the few changes to be competitive in SS back then. Tri Power and 4 speed. Jerry is putting it back to original column shifted T-85/OD although with the heritage of the car he wouldn't mind running a Hurst Synchro Lok on the floor. It's Rangoon red with factory black interior.
I'm personally about 2/3 done restoring a '60 Sunliner documented 352HP -Y- code. Restoring meaning resto-modding with a '63 427 fitted with C3J marine dished pistons that offer 10:6.1 CR with the COAE-D heads. It "looks" like a 352HP. I have the original short block which dropped #8 exhaust valve one summer evening 1968. Just 54,000 on it then. It has not rolled under its own power since that night. I do plan to eventually restore/build the original B9A 352.
Please e-mail me directly with more details on your '61s. I'm one of a few who really cares to know more.
Hey you -R- code fans.....I just took a little drive to look at a local car I've never seen or knew a thing about. A '64 Galaxie -R- code. Not an XL just a 500 Whimbledon White with blue interior. It's a total mess and so rusty. Engine's gone but the T-10 is laying the trunk and it's complete rust too. It looks to have been sitting under a tree for 20+ years. Lots of other little pieces are gone too, i.e., generator/fuel filter but oh .... it's got the factory original transistor ignition box still there on the left inner fender panel! The 3/8" fuel line and the unique to HP cars from '61 on..cross over brake line that ran to the front and behind the radiator over to the pass. side. Yes, we're negotiating. Even as rusty as this thing is you just can't pass up an -R- code Ford/Merc. |
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