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  1. J

    . July 2010 Seattle MCA Show, Northwest Get Together Part Two

    Renee, i checked my brother's extensive nascar collection, he only has one mark martin autograph. it's on a diecast, #6 car that is part of a large diecast collection, and he won't , of course, break up the set. i guess he really is a hard one to get. sorry
  2. J

    Shop Progress

    Welcome to my world, common sense is long gone when it comes to electrical installations. they, "the inspectors", make me draw a black line on the white wire when it is hooked up to a three way switch. they seem to think someone will confuse it with a neutral wire. and different power...
  3. J

    1968 over heating

    i have taken the back plate off of water pumps, and adjusted the impellar so as to tighten up the gap.
  4. J

    . New Color

    have you seen the new 2011 cs in "RACE RED"??? you have to see one in person and in direct sunlight!!! WHAT A COLOR!!!
  5. J

    1968 Had a kid stop by and beg me to sell him my CS

    hhmmmmm a thought maybe a person should have two 68 gt/cs cars. the one you won't sell,...... and the one you will???? .....for a reasonable profit. after all, we know where most of the cars are located. might even be able to write off some advertising expenses hhhhmmmmmmm it's a thought!
  6. J

    Tall storys

    hey mike , what's it mean when someone say's "you drive better when you have been drinking"?
  7. J

    c4 bellhousings

    yes, and it's really frustrating realizing these things after it's all bolted in the car. from what i gathered the fly wheel , or flex plate "tooth count" have to match the bell housing and the block plate. and close doesn't count
  8. J

    my new toy

    cool, now all you need is $15 grand in ford racing parts!!!!!! just kidding, it looks like a nice ride!
  9. J

    2007+ horse power

    i guess i should ask if it is a shelby gt or gt500?
  10. J

    2007+ horse power

    that would have to be something like 18 lbs of boost
  11. J

    1968 68 GT/CS price????

    do you have any pictures???
  12. J

    1968 Ouch!

    some people have no class that's a big fear of mine, i guess we need to also put out rotating clearance lights , caution signs, and post centries. some people just don't watch what there doing. sorry to see that happen to you.
  13. J

    1968 Tracking one down...

    looks like canddyapple red if marty could give a list of red 3 speed cars from dso 73, there might be enough info from the picture to figure out which car it would be. it looks like a non early, non gt with flip top gas cap, with wheel covers
  14. J

    1968 Input to my 1968 Calif Special GT/CS. Please advise!!

    first you need to get a marti report, and i would also get the personalized production stats. it verifies the car and you never know what rare options that the car might have.
  15. J

    '68 Ford F750 Engine

    guys use the cranks out of the 391's all the time. they turn the snout down to 390 specs and run them.
  16. J

    1968 Green Hornet Engine?

    i also heard if you look inside the freeze plug hole, you can see a 428 cast in the inside of the water jacket?? and i guess i'll be carefull of the fish hook
  17. J

    '68 Ford F750 Engine

    so much for wiki 352 ran much better that 360 352 9.5 : 1 comp maybe 10:1 comp 360 was 8.4:1 comp 352 was 4 in bore and i think had 250 hp
  18. J

    1968 Tracking one down...

    well there is a pretty healthy network of gt/cs owners here. how about a description and location, paint color , stripe color, eng. trans set up any info you can think of. where was it bought and where did he live. people here know where alot of these cars are. you never know, you might get...
  19. J

    '68 Ford F750 Engine

    by the way if your considering using a truck engine on a car, the heads, intake manifod, and exhaust manifolds on truck engines are different than the ones on cars.
  20. J

    '68 Ford F750 Engine

    truck engines are 361 fe 391 fe i think most are forged steel cranks i can't remember the numbers for the 385 series maybe 370
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