For those that didn't attend...

There wasn't a ton of FE stuff represented (as usual), however, we did get to stop by the Trick Flow booth, got to meet Barry R in person, and ran into some FE powered cars in one of the main hallways.

We quizzed the Trick Flow rep about 1x4 manifolds coming back. He assured us that they are in the works. The foundry those intakes were being produced at went under and they had to switch foundries, which meant re-tooling for the new foundry's needs.











Not FE, but definitely SOHC inspired...this was in the Indy Power Products booth. 5.0 Coyote adapters and valve covers that make it look old and cool.

I posted these on our website this morning, FYI. We're slowly going through parts and purging stuff that we never see ourselves using.

These heads were intended for a full NOS 427 engine, we have an original cam, block, intake. The intent was to build a factory correct engine and see what numbers it produced. The project sat in the machine shop for wayyyy too long and the idea died.

https://brunsonperformance.com/product/nos-medium-riser-fe-heads/

We have started to receive some boxes of these filters so I figured it's time to show everyone what we've been working on. At the PRI show in December we ran across a guy making air filters for the Hemi guys. Almost walked past him but the thought crossed my mind, maybe he can make the Galaxie ones everyone has been needing. We sent him a correct R-code air filter, he priced it up, and the price was reasonable enough to move forward.

We also had him make a 3" tall version because the only 3" tall oval filter we can find right now is a K&N.

To make purchasing/shipping easier, we have been setting up a website. Honestly that part of the operation has been much more work than getting the filters made. The site should be set up by the end of the month. I'll let everyone know when we get that live and we can start selling/distributing these things.

Check this out. It made the car 1000% more valuable in my opinion. The Shelby Series 1 cars were originally powered by a 4.0L Oldsmobile engine......not sure why they did that? It's now a 750hp stack injected FE.

The weather is turning nicer here in Colorado and I have gained back my motivation..... decided last week to clear the drag car project out of my workshop while it sits and patiently waits for the engine block machining to be finalized. The '68 Cougar will take it's place for a Holley Sniper install.

This car is the first car I ever worked on. My uncle flew me out to Colorado from Omaha on my summer break between 2nd and 3rd grade. We took the car around for a drive, got it back in the garage and dumped all the fluids, and spent the week pulling the 390 2 barrel engine out of it. It's a fond memory of mine. I love any chance to work on this car now.

History on the car: Ever since it has been completed it has always been the most temperamental car we own. My aunt calls it "Christine". It's like Eleanor, have to talk to it and tell it to cooperate with you. I think a large portion of the problem is under-hood heat issues. A few summers ago I put a very good electric fan setup on it and that helped quite a bit. The next step is to get one of these Sniper units on it and have the Sniper manage the fan controls. I'm also hoping that accurate fueling can help out engine heat as well. Running new large fuel lines wont hurt either.

The engine is a 427 w/ 428 crank (452"), Edelbrock ported heads, blue thunder dual plane intake. Transmission is a C6 (I don't think this helps with heat issues either).

I will need some help from you guys once I get everything complete and ready to run. There are some of you on here (like Ross) that seem very savvy with the setup of these things and I'll need some guidance. I have never done anything that wasn't carbureted.

We finally have enough done on the car that I figured I would share some pictures. This car came from Richie Pauley in California. I had heard that he may be interested in selling it, I spoke with him 2-3 times over the course of a couple years and he was finally ready to let it go. Bought it as a roller, without engine or trans. It was run in NHRA stock class, B/SA. We will not use it for that initially but may get back to that over the course of a few years. For now we're trying to run with a local group of nostalgia racers. The first engine that will go in it is the tunnelport that Blair recently built for us, it was intended for a Galaxie but will go in this for now. We'll replace the wonky dual plane intake and install a single plane 2x4.





Right now the only modifications we are making to the car are purely for looks. Removing the front fender emblems and adding GT badges, adding GT fog lights, putting on C-stripes, and painting the black cobra jet stripe up the hood. We also had a friend make some "Cobra Jet" script stickers for the rear quarters.

I'm curious if anyone on here knows what colors the Harvey Ford cars were typically painted. I see that 80% of their cars were gold and blue, do you know the specific colors? My closest guess is the Gold is "Anniversary Gold", and the Blue is "Brittany Blue"??