I agree.... my most favorite motor, and favorite car. When I built my AC Cobra replica in 1989 this was the motor I used.

 

stuff. . . .

 

Josh Randall..... if I would have sawed the wood of my 30-30 carbine and made a mares leg out of it when I was a kid I would have been arrested. I don't know what caliber yours would have been though. T'was my favourite show back in the day and admired that gun.

 

The only railroad station built over a body of water.
Think about that.

 

How difficult was it to find such an engine back then? How did you find/come across yours?
Were those engines already considered the holy grail Ford by the late 80's?


Must have been so cool be around or build those cars, using those engines and parts back before 90% of muscle car era stuff was insanely valuable. Just read recently some guy bought his all original(but a little worn out) 1971 Trans Am for something like $1200 in '88. The good ole days, for sure.

 

Hi,


I found some more pics from the Kar Kraft plant:

 

Inform me please. What was the car Craft plant?

 

Hi abe,

Kar Kraft was located in Dearborn just around the corner to the Ford plant. They were contracted to assemble the prototypes of the Boss 302 and Boss 429 and test them before they went into serial production. There was another Kar Kraft facility in Brighton. If I'm not mistaking, Ford cancelled the contracts in 1970 but Kar Kraft remained in business several years.

There's even a small video (poore quality and no sound, but nonetheless nice):
https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j...47448319,d.ZGg

 

How I got the motor was quite by accident. My son introduced me to an elderly man he dealt with when he was on the parts counter at Ackland- Graingers, a major parts seller. My son took me up to the mans place on a different mission but as we were talking, the subject of my car build came up and he says I got the motor for that. He sold it to me that night. He was some kind of a horder for Ford stuff and he didn't have room for it any more. He said no body around here knows what it is and I don't need it. I got a really good deal. I got the block, heads, distributor, intake manifold etc. It was assembled. I took it in to a good engine buiding shop and had the engine totally built. It's not a 429 anymore

I had no problem installing it in the Cobra except for fitting the headers around the steering.

Yup, Barrett Jackson turned that market around, must be lots of rich people wanting cars.

In 1974 I bought a freshly rebuilt Mach 1 Mustang with 428 Cobra jet engine and 4 on the floor for 2600 dollars. I drove it for 2 years and sold it for 2600. If only I would have known.

 

More pics;

 

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Awesome pictures.

 

is that thing 4 wheel drive?

 

I can almost read the phone number on her shirt, I must need new glasses.