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Originally Posted by Harpoon PV2
Well, there is no question where XPH-260-1 went! It is still in CSX2000. ...
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CSX2000’s original engine was a 1962 model Ford Fairlane 221 2V one. After A.C. Cars removed it prior to the car being sent to California, it dropped out any memory or record I have been able to locate on either side of the ocean.
Dean Moon’s shop installed an engine identified as XHP-260-1 on its rocker arm covers.
Shelby American employee John Morton reported in his book that the engine installed to complete the car in California got into poor condition and was replaced.
That is perhaps the explanation of the engine with a rocker arm cover marked XHP-260-5 being used in CSX2000 published by Hot Rod Magazine.
Before Jim Cowles passed away, he tried to get the current owners of the car to positively identify the engine or at least the cylinder block in CSX2000 this century. All he got back was a poor quality cell phone picture of the stamping. What is in the car today still has to wait on somebody getting a clear view of the stamping.