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Your on the money Excaliber concerning the 289's,,I was thinking strictly 427's at the time,,second to my 30 year love affair for 427s {I had my first at 16}is my passion for a rough idleing,,lifter clacking,,wicked 289 hi po,,,and there really werent that many,,seems everyone who had a 289 4bbl in the 60's were hi pos,,but any one who ever heard one would know the difference,, only thing is,and I swear,,if I had any kind of cobra with a small block,I would ditch the 427 emblems and call it a 289,makes more sense to me,,
now I am going out on a BIG limb and saying the Shelby and chevy deal wasnt true,,but it is a myth,,I read this just a few days ago in the shelby registry,MIND YOU,it was late,,and maybe a couple beers,,I could have misinterpeted,it is at the office,,so I will reread,but the take I got was not to do with the cobras,
but a sports car Shelby was to design and supervise building for chevy,for unknown reasons chevy bailed out ,this was before cobra was a ethought of,,again,unless I was mistaken,as per shelby,,Cobra was a completely ford oriented brain child from the get go,,I dont want an argument on this,,i will recheck tomorrow and post,but I would recommend everyone here to have this book,it is in reprint again,,,sells to saac members for 135.00,,and used ones on ebay bring 300 to 400,,the info here is priceless,,and 100% accurate,,any one who isnt a saac member,,I would be glad to get the book for you,,no profit involved,
ok,,I LOVE the CSX4000 cars,,I WANT a CSX4000 car,,nuff said,,
I still dont see why it is 30k more than a Kirkham though,,hehe
thanks Guys,,good nite,,Tim