Mr Slack, I apologize for not showing my work. I consulted Charlie Henry's book entitled Kar Kraft. As you know, Mr Henry was a Kar Kraft employee. On page 111, he clearly outlines the misconception that the shock towers were modified by Kar Kraft.
I also had Coralsnake University Graduate Students reach out to Mr "Special" Ed Meyers and the SAAC. Both confirmed the information in the Kar Kraft book as accurate. Ed has seen a few 429s and worked on a couple cars.
As professor emeritus, I have to often remind the graduate students, an internet search is not proper research, any clown can do a google search.
I appreciate your understanding and willingness to listen. Thanks for sharing the great photos
No apology necessary, it is I who was operating on the ages old misinformation outlined and corrected on page 111, I just went back and read that page. It seems that way back when I owned KK1383 I had learned a lesson that was incorrect. it is my belief that we all continued on with that particular misinformation due to the bubbling in a lot of the sheet metal around the apron areas both front and rear that was observed in used BOSS 429 Mustangs in the mid eighties to early nineties. This bubbling lead us to believe that the aprons were welded at Kar Kraft. Which as Charlie Henry points out would be an extremely inefficient procedure. My pictures will remain up as they are still a good reference of original BOSS 429 shock towers.
A funny story regarding KK1383, It was really a beautiful Raven Black "S" engine car, the paint was gorgeous and I had bought the car from Alan Root. The reason the car was taken apart to be painted was the paint was ruined when Alan's cat threw up all over one area.
The sad story of KK1383 was that it was my dream car. I loved owning that car and ultimately sold it because at that time I was stuck in the swan song of the quagmire of "MORE" syndrome, I continued to add cars to my collection of cars and should have been happy to have what I had.....But I wanted MORE, cars, parts, engines and stuff. I traded that car to a friend of mine for an "R" code 428 Drag Pack car, and a bucket of cash. The IRS was helping me deal with "MORE" syndrome and the bucket of cash was their way of forcing me to prioritize the ever growing collection of stuff. within a year I had shedded everything that I had acquired. If left to my own I'd still be chasing the more...lucky for me I have a wife that keeps me from that.
John