[bill dedman]

Ken, did you even read what I wrote??? I said, "I have NO PROBLEM with that '67 GT 500 as it sits; it is 100-percent class-legal, and I congratulated Ken on his well-deserved win, several times; I'm GLAD he won in that car."

Does that sound like somebody who is carping about the components that make your car so fast????

I don't think so.

(If your car only had a cam and carb change, like the Roadrunner of which you spoke, yes, it would be LOT closer to an "old muscle car" than it is with the multitude of improvements that it enjoys.)

My disagreement was with Terry, who's arguably the sharpest guy on this board, when he implied that your car was "an old muscle car." I just couldn't "see" that terminology used to describe that exceedingly fast FE motored car you used to win Englishtown with.

I originally disagreed with the acceptance of the changes NHRA allowed (and the allegedly favorable HP factor, a few years back) when the many power-enhancing changes were allowed on the '67 GT 500's, but the new, supercharged '08 Mustangs and the D-P Challengers, along with these new Ford "CRATE MOTORS" all make your '67 Shelby look like an insignificant case, and I no longer have ANY PROBLEM with the paper cars like yours. Like I said; I am glad you won. You stuck with a combination you believed in, and it has paid off for you. That's admirable!!!

Terry and I just didn't see things exactly the same way this time... and that's unusual.

Ed just did what he always does and completely misunderstood my intent. But that's okay; anybody who can put John Shaul on the trailer with an inline six in a shoebox is okay by me.... and, I'm a MoPar guy!!!! LOL!

Ken, is there a blown Mustang in your future???? Just askin'.....