post some finished pictures in your gallery so we can see and drool some more!

 

It'll be a couple of months before the parts show up. Shelby has to fit the larger sleeves in the block. You can bet that as soon as this stuff gets here (and after I caress every square inch of it!) I'll be posting some good pics.

Scouder

 

Okay, I had a pic of Homer Simpson drooling, but I'm not sure what happened. Guess you'll have to visualize!

Stryder

 

Scouder, you're single aren't you ? I was, long ago when I bought my 427. I don't think I could buy one now. My wife wants to spend our $$ on goofy stuff like house payments and food for the kids. Anyway, let me know when your block arrives and I'll teach you the secret 427 owners handshake. I didn't see any intakes listed...do you have one in mind ? You might want to start looking now, T-port intakes are kinda hard to find sometimes. DF

 

Actually I just have a VERY understanding wife. She says things like "Honey, when I drive the truck I want it to be easy to steer, why don't you put in power steering." and "Isn't an aluminum block better than iron? Why don't you just get it the way you want it the first time?" So I have her to thank, believe it or not, for some of the decisions weve made.

As for the secret handshake, count me in! I've been wanting a 427 Ford since I was 16 (long time ago). I remember sitting on the tailgate of my 1971 1/2 ton 2 wheeler with a GT 390 talking with my friends about what engine was coolest until wee hours of the morning. My answer was always an all aluminum 427 Side-oiler. I didn't know what a Tunnel-Port was back then or I would have wanted it too. Finally gonna get it!

For the manifold Im planning on using a single plane dual four with square bore flanges. I just sold a set of iron TPort heads and single four Buddy Barr Dominator flanged manifold to finance the Dove aluminum heads. I wanted better exhaust flow to balance with the high intake numbers, and felt I couldn't get it with the factory iron heads. The Doves should take care of that. Probably in a couple of months I'll start looking for an unmilled manifold. I'm sure one will pop up without alot of trouble. Until then all I can do is pace around and wait for stuff to show up.

Nice chattin' with ya.

-Scouder

 

Not to rain on your very nice project, but from prior experience see if your insurance company will cover all of the goodies. I had a 75 F250 4X4, Dropped in a 390 crank for the tired 360,bored, 4bbl intake 600 holley, headers and swapped the front closed knuckler for a open 60and had a 60 locker in the back. She just needed paint, had all new rubber etc. etc. Came out of the gym and it was stolen. It took almost 6 months of work from me to prove to the insurance company WHY they should pay me 10 grand for a 25 year old truck. I had all of the receipts etc. etc.
I finally got the money, but the money was just for the parts, not for 2 years of blood sweat and tears.

 

You have a good point, and it's something that has been on my mind alot over the past couple of months. I'm going to talk to my insurance guy tomorrow and I'll post what he says, it may be of interest to some other people here on the forum. Thanks for the input.

-Scouder

 

I'm sure you can specify the value of your vehicle, it just costs more.

 

Be careful with "Stated Value" policies.

You need to be sure that it is a true agreed value policy and that it pays the agreed value in case of a total loss.

Many only allow the company to collect premium based upon the stated value, but still pay on the ACV. This means that you will still have to support the value in case of a loss.

In most cases you will have to have an appraisal (and keep it updated) to get a true stated value policy. Sometimes also called a "Collector Policy".

 

I talked to my insurance guy this morning. He said that I could get the insurance through my normal company for the appraised value of the truck, but that it would be expensive. The solution, he said, is a company called Haggerty Insurance. It is designed for specialty vehicles like this project and is very reasonable in price. He indicated that an appraisal would be necessary, and that a 30,000 project would run in the $2xx.00 per year range with no deductible. He made it sound pretty common.

-Scouder