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Title: AJ's Birthday
Post by: BruceS on January 16, 2015, 07:45:06 PM

It's AJ Foyt's 80th birthday!  Attached is a photo from the Houston Chronicle dated 1967 that says he is checking out the new engine for his boat.  So check out those zoomies!   '67 was a good year for AJ; he won the Indy 500 for the second time and also won LeMans with Dan Gurney in a Ford Mk. IV. 

Hope you enjoy!
Bruce

Title: Re: AJ's Birthday
Post by: thatdarncat on January 16, 2015, 08:29:51 PM

I'm pretty sure that boat is still around with the blown SOHC. I remember seeing a photo not too many years ago. Maybe in Hot Rod magazine? Cool picture of just the engine!

Title: Re: AJ's Birthday
Post by: cjshaker on January 17, 2015, 04:28:55 PM

Cool shot. I wonder what the thing hanging off the back of the bell is? Looks like a starter, but the stock starter is still visible.

Title: Re: AJ's Birthday
Post by: BruceS on January 17, 2015, 06:52:22 PM

Maybe 2 starters?  Not sure why you would need 2 though; it shouldn't be that tough to crank a blown Cammer should it?  I was thinking the one hung off the back of the bell might be a generator but there are 2 solenoids so they both must be starters.

Bruce

Title: Re: AJ's Birthday
Post by: RJP on January 17, 2015, 08:44:43 PM

Quote from: cjshaker on January 17, 2015, 04:28:55 PM

Cool shot. I wonder what the thing hanging off the back of the bell is? Looks like a starter, but the stock starter is still visible.

It is a starter, wound to rotate opposite the one in the stock position. H/M saw the need for dual starters on high compression marathon boat engines where starting a heat soaked engine was a problem.

Title: Re: AJ's Birthday
Post by: shady on January 18, 2015, 10:46:34 AM

Oh no, not fords, dats dem chebys that don't start when dare hot.