[Historybuff]

At one point DeTomaso and Shelby were in bed together (I mean business wise) DeTomaso shepherding the building of a Can Am-style car styled by Pete Brock but the two fell out over funding when Shelby yanked the money to build more Daytona coupes. When DeTomaso unveiled the car as the Ghia 70P he claimed the 289 engine was pumping out over 500 hp. which I think Shelby and Ford laughed at (if it was that powerful, why would Ford bother to go to the 427 in the Cobra and Ford GT?). My question is: did anyone ever hear of DeTomaso making some alloy blocks? I seem to remember something about him making alloy heads that were extremely fragile. I think the real 70P and maybe a couple clones were sold once DeTomaso's factory closed but I don't know if they went to the new owners with alloy blocks. I for one would like to to see one with the aluminum block 289 and what power it cranks out.