[Tom Howland]

The motor is a 427 Windsor. The builder is GMP Speed and Machine in Santa Cruz. He’s using a Dart block and heads, Eagle stroker kit, JE pistons, and Comp roller cam. And Webers. He does all the machining. He’s doing 3 motors this Dec., mine being one of them. He’s lending me a plastic block and trans so I can set up motor, trans mounts and headers.
I was seriously going Roush until I found Grant on Tue. He talks freely about what he does and why. I know all the buzzwords but he was able to put it all together and make sense for me. The biggest plus being he’s only 30 min. from my house.
I’ve got a lot of work ahead. I think I need to up size the radiator. A new fan and shroud. And do shrouding in front of the radiator, which the car does not have. I want to down size the trans tunnel. A new e-brake handle and location. Change both master cylinders to Tilton and lower the floor at the pedals.
The last time the car goes out will be on Mon. as I have an appointment to 4 corner weight the car. My motor is off set 1” to the left and I want to see if that is proper compensation for the driver’s weight. I have an excellent opportunity to change that now if needed. They will also do a 4-wheel alignment and wheel balancing. The wheel balancing will be tricky because the outside weights will be placed inside the tire like a tire patch.
I’ll go over to Gilroy in the early morning when it’s cold and bring the car home Tue. early morning without the radiator fan.

Daryl, Doug,
Thanks for the offer. I’m going to try working on the car every Sat. plus one day during the week, for sure not Wed. This Sat. would be removal day. Open for business at 9:00 AM, I’ll buy lunch. 350 Browns Valley Rd. Corralitos, Home phone 728-3065