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Modified 1968 G.T. 500?

Started by deathsled, November 26, 2021, 11:48:51 AM

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deathsled

"Low she sits on five spoke wheels
Small block eight so live she feels
There she's parked beside the curb
Engine revving to disturb
She's the princess from his past
Red paint gold stripes damned she's fast"

shelbydoug

I can't remember ever having heard an engine idle like that.
68 GT350 Lives Matter!

Bob Gaines

Quote from: shelbydoug on November 27, 2021, 12:29:19 PM
I can't remember ever having heard an engine idle like that.
It sounds like a super size version of a hit and miss engine.
Bob Gaines,Shelby Enthusiast, Shelby Collector , Shelby Concours judge SAAC,MCA,Mid America Shelby

shelbydoug

Quote from: Bob Gaines on November 27, 2021, 12:37:47 PM
Quote from: shelbydoug on November 27, 2021, 12:29:19 PM
I can't remember ever having heard an engine idle like that.
It sounds like a super size version of a hit and miss engine.

I think it is "Vogue-ing".
68 GT350 Lives Matter!

Side-Oilers

Pretty badazz to hear it come about 2-degrees away from dying, then taking a big breath and continuing.

Sorta like my grandpa.
Current:
2006 FGT, Tungsten. Whipple, HRE 20s, Ohlin coil-overs. Top Speed Certified 210.7 mph.

Kirkham Cobra 427.  482-inch aluminum side-oiler. Tremec 5-spd.

Previous:
1968 GT500KR #2575 (1982-2022)
1970 Ranchero GT 429
1969 LTD Country Squire 429
1963 T-Bird Sport Roadster
1957 T-Bird E-model

Bill Collins

I saw this car at the National Mustang Day show held this past April at the AACA Museum in Hershey. It was trailered into the parking lot of an adjoining hotel, unloaded and driven into the show. It is a fastback customized to look like a Shelby. The footage was shot at the nearby Tanger Outlets Mall in Hershey, about a mile away.

The wave idle is a common effect with large Rootes style superchargers, I heard it many times when working on the NHRA National Event crew in the 1970's. 
Enthusiast since 1965, SAAC charter member since 1975 and Regional Rep since 1985, GT350 Owner since 1971, 289 Cobra owner 1979-2016, Ford GT owner 2006 - 2017

69mach351w

#6
Quote from: Bob Gaines on November 27, 2021, 12:37:47 PM
Quote from: shelbydoug on November 27, 2021, 12:29:19 PM
I can't remember ever having heard an engine idle like that.
It sounds like a super size version of a hit and miss engine.
That's the blower surge.

Check this Mopar out!!  Bad Azz as hell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8nCAoyRDI

deathsled

#7
That is quite the Challenger.  Look at those meats in the back and little runners in the front.  Perfect stance.  I can almost smell the racing fuel through my laptop.
"Low she sits on five spoke wheels
Small block eight so live she feels
There she's parked beside the curb
Engine revving to disturb
She's the princess from his past
Red paint gold stripes damned she's fast"

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69mach351w


shelbydoug

Way back John Paradise had a '69 GT500 that was similar. I don't remember ever having heard it run?
I just saw pictures of it. I haven't seen the car since. That's got to be '75 ish?
68 GT350 Lives Matter!

Wedgeman

My recollections were that it was a 68 GT500..called .." WARLORD " ?

shelbydoug

I'm thinking of a red 69 GT500. There may be a 68 also that I don't remember.

I'm pretty sure I have those Super Fords bound and on the shelf.
68 GT350 Lives Matter!

Wedgeman

yeah, he had a big spread on the WARLORD  in one of his magazines. If you find the pics please post them !

69mach351w

Quote from: Bill Collins on November 27, 2021, 06:50:17 PM
I saw this car at the National Mustang Day show held this past April at the AACA Museum in Hershey. It was trailered into the parking lot of an adjoining hotel, unloaded and driven into the show. It is a fastback customized to look like a Shelby. The footage was shot at the nearby Tanger Outlets Mall in Hershey, about a mile away.

The wave idle is a common effect with large Rootes style superchargers, I heard it many times when working on the NHRA National Event crew in the 1970's.
Some on here must've never heard a pure race Drag Car  ::)  ;D