Naples FL Car Show
Oct 15, 2023 12:49:12 #
Just when you think they could not possibly put a bigger engine in a Mustang ......, see photo #2.
Oct 15, 2023 13:49:02 #
Oct 15, 2023 15:17:26 #
Cool shots. Ford has been doing that for a long time. They shoehorned a 429 ci into my '69 Mustang then had to create a special tool to remove the rear spark plugs. By then most owners who worked on their own cars had cut a hole in the fender liner to get to it with a regular wrench. 
Oct 15, 2023 16:35:27 #
SonyA580 wrote:
Just when you think they could not possibly put a bigger engine in a Mustang ......, see photo #2.
Interesting.
Oct 16, 2023 07:05:18 #
Pony cars have been some of the best production straight line cars since the 60’s! Big power big 1/4 mile times.
Oct 16, 2023 08:20:13 #
Oct 16, 2023 09:18:21 #
SonyA580 wrote:
Just when you think they could not possibly put a bigger engine in a Mustang ......, see photo #2.
Didn't Carol Shelby invent that trick with the AC Cobra?
Oct 16, 2023 11:52:52 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Cool shots. Ford has been doing that for a long time. They shoehorned a 429 ci into my '69 Mustang then had to create a special tool to remove the rear spark plugs. By then most owners who worked on their own cars had cut a hole in the fender liner to get to it with a regular wrench.
I remember that there weren't tires large enough to provide any meaningful traction.
I'm a Chevy guy, but the 429 c.i. Mustang was a Beast!!!
I still remember those days and those memories still make me,
Smile,
JimmyT Sends
Oct 16, 2023 19:12:32 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Cool shots. Ford has been doing that for a long time. They shoehorned a 429 ci into my '69 Mustang then had to create a special tool to remove the rear spark plugs. By then most owners who worked on their own cars had cut a hole in the fender liner to get to it with a regular wrench.
My ‘65 Sunbeam Tiger had cut outs in the interior in the transmission tunnel with grommets to get to the rear spark plugs.
Oct 16, 2023 19:13:40 #
alberio wrote:
Didn't Carol Shelby invent that trick with the AC Cobra?
Yes.
Oct 16, 2023 20:49:33 #
Bluefish wrote:
My ‘65 Sunbeam Tiger had cut outs in the interior in the transmission tunnel with grommets to get to the rear spark plugs.
Another car I lusted for, yikes!!!
Oct 17, 2023 19:07:32 #
Jimmy T wrote:
Another car I lusted for, yikes!!!
A thrill to drive Jimmy! A land rocket, but when it hit 140 mph,
it shook like it was ready to explode. Glad I’m still here to relate that😉.
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