[X-TECH MAN]

[QUOTE=boster;From what he told me the cars has raced NHRA for a very long time with at least 4 or 5 owners . He stated he had the 427 engine for the car but because of health reason he ran the 289 .
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He might have "A 427 at home" but the only way you can put an FE engine in a 64 or 65 Comet is to cut the shock towers completly out and plate over the hole left in the fender panel as the way the out sourcing compamies like Dearborn Steel Tubing did on the T-Bolts. Also a little known fact is the REAL A/FX 64 Comets had the firewall move back a slight amount to provide clearence for the 427 FE engines. This wasnt done on the T-Bolts. This shock tower treatment HAD to be done on the 427 T-Bolts and FX Comets if you wanted to run headers and change the spark plugs. Maybe he was going to put the 427 in the trunk? Dosent matter to me one way or the other as I think the hood LOOKS cool but the subject of the thread is "Thats not the way they came" and the hood is supposed to be steel.....not fiberglass. Good guy or not ! Maybe the scoop holes were added and placed into a steel hood ? A good body man can do wonders for looks. Like I said I dont care one way or the other but Im stating the facts. If you dont believe me ask Travis Miller.....not one of the west coast guys. Maybe Wesley will say someting next time you see him. I may be a bit older than Travis but he knows his Fords and is probibly the best tech guy NHRA still has. I worked with Marty Barrett and Greg X. in the old days and those guys knew their stuff and tought me a lot. Travis is an old fart like me and I lived thru that era and knew Ronnine Sox AND "Dyno" Don very well. We had many late evening BS sessions on their old cars and some of the "Tricks" they used to do before they passed away. I have LOTS of "Dyno" Don stories I could tell.