[Mr427]

Hi FE fans:

One small addition to the legend of the SCJ. When you walked into a Ford dealership and asked the saleslpeople to hand over the keys to a Cobra Jet, that is what you got. Std CJ that could be optioned to fill a good size phone book.

However, if you actually sat down with the salesman and asked to go through the options manual and specified a locking differential with a 3,91 or 4,30 ratio, everything else changed. It was built into the system because the tech people at Ford figured correctly that someone who wanted a low ratio and a 4-speed and eliminated all fancy amenities, knew what he was doing and Ford knew where he was going, of course. To the nearest drag strip or stoplight grand prix to eat other people´s lunches. The SCJ came in he car and no questions asked. It had all been tested a year before in the Shelby GT-500KR and in a few select cars built by the good people at TASCA Ford.

Just my 2 cents.