I can remember Grump bitching about G&R and Glidden's Clevelands out horsepowering him on the top end. Said the Fords were making better that 50hp more than his sbc's. Have a bunch of pics of G&R, Glidden ( Billy as a 7-8 year old) Maskin & Kanners, Booth, Dyno, Grump (68 Camaro, Vega and Monza) Dyno, Billy the Kid Stepp and others at PID and Keystone strips in Pa. The good old days fer sure!!
Me in the right lane at Keystone. That's my buddy's cleveland waiting in the left lane.. still has the car!
Natural law. Sons are put on this earth to trouble their fathers.
I can remember Grump bitching about G&R and Glidden's Clevelands out horsepowering him on the top end. Said the Fords were making better that 50hp more than his sbc's. Have a bunch of pics of G&R, Glidden ( Billy as a 7-8 year old) Maskin & Kanners, Booth, Dyno, Grump (68 Camaro, Vega and Monza) Dyno, Billy the Kid Stepp and others at PID and Keystone strips in Pa. The good old days fer sure!!
Me in the right lane at Keystone. That's my buddy's cleveland waiting in the left lane.. still has the car!
Is that a `71 your buddy has?
Those were actually one of, if not the quickest Mustangs made back then.
351 CLEVELAND BASICS AND PERFORMANCE TUNING FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE-STREET CARS AND SPORTS CARS During the 1960s Ford had manufactured small high winding V8 performance engines that demanded a lot from the driver and were some of the most expensive engines Ford manufactured. Although such engines provided spirited performance in lighter vehicles such as the Shelby Cobra and the 1965 Mustang, they were not as well suited for powering heavier vehicles. Ford had also manufactured large V8...
George has been building these motors for a long time. Follow this guide and you will have a powerful Cleveland ready to wup some chevy arse
Had to drop a line to my cousin to verify. It is a 71...
Bill
Nice.
Here's an example of what I remember reading/hearing.
71 Boss 351 - 13.9 @ 102, howstuffworks.com - The quickest early Mustang on the list. Its solid-lifter 351 Cleveland outperformed all prior big-block stompers in stock form.
I can remember in the mid 80’s David Painter’s ‘boat anchor’ 67 coupe owned the streets around here. It was funny to see him drive to the track (or the street races), call out some trailered big block Chevy and take their money every time. Never saw him miss a shift, never saw him break and never saw him lose a race. Here we are almost 30 years later awash in a sea of aluminum headed dyno queens and he’d still be quicker than most.
<--- Nothing but love for old school Ford power.
Is this the same David Painter that has the shop right off 35 in Burleson?
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