Engine first start

[89 Fox 427]

Me and Bangr started running plug wires onto the distributor, but Fox had to finally kick us out and do it himself.

Quoted to reiterate that 100 years of knowledge was ultimately not enough without the help of some amateur

As im laying under the car telling bangr to set lash on cylinder 8 and he's like "i just set that one"..

Mfer that's cylinder 4!

 

[AutomaticWeapon]

Gotta love when a plan comes together.
Kudos and congrats to all involved, you deserve it.

 

[Mister3]

I was crying, those tears flooded the car thats all

Good job y'all !!!

 

[Mixed up]

Good job y'all !!!

Praying to the Ford gods

 

[89 Fox 427]

Good job y'all !!!

As the t shirt says..

Don't get it right, just get it running

 

[Mixed up]

What with the hood prop .that's going to look good at the track put a few coats of stain and clear and it's all good

 

[Fastfox750]

What with the hood prop .that's going to look good at the track put a few coats of stain and clear and it's all good

And if he breaks a control arm he can replace it with the 2x4!

 

[ratssass]

And if he breaks a control arm he can replace it with the 2x4!

wood that work?

 

[70grnova]

wood that work?

Only if it's PT.

 

[ratssass]

We should have made a video of the distributor gear change. It may be the only one of it's kind......ever! A 10 ton porta power with a hastily garage built jig made of scrap metal. Then they made me change the advance bushing and springs. Been literally more than 40 years since I laid eye's on a mechanical advance distributor. How it ran is a mystery to me. And that Ford firing order, with #1 cylinder on the wrong damn side of the motor. Me and Bangr started running plug wires onto the distributor, but Fox had to finally kick us out and do it himself.

lol....it would be 4 hrs long.

 

[Mitch H]

What with the hood prop .that's going to look good at the track put a few coats of stain and clear and it's all good

Do you realize where 89Fox is located?

That "hood prop" was reportedly one of the early prototypes of the legendary 1Gary!

They were supposedly designed initially for the Top Fuel Dragsters like Uno G used to work on, and occasionally pilot, but since those dragsters did not have hoods, the project was scrapped.

 

[Fastfox750]

wood that work?

Depends, if you have anything bigger than a 3/4 race cam they wood have to be oak!

 

[Hollow65]

Thread of the year! I’ve been going back through this thread off and on all morning. Good stuff right here. This is what this community is about.

 

[Mark D.]

Holy shit! Where’s the rest of Mitch!? Dudes looking slim.

All the guy does is work. Hell most of the time he doesn’t even take a lunch break.Needs to slow down a bit but too stubborn to do so.

 

[89 Fox 427]

I'll have you guys know that when i get some extra time I'll be making a custom hood prop out of wrenches welded together so i don't want to hear any more about my wood prop

 

[Thebestupsman]

How about just get an oem hood prop? Lol

 

[89 Fox 427]

How about just get an oem hood prop? Lol

Might as well start using worm clamps

@ratssass please don't tell them my secret

 

[ratssass]

Might as well start using worm clamps

@ratssass please don't tell them my secret

what's it worth for those files?

 

[89 Fox 427]

Dickless let you pet her isn't that enough?

 

[ratssass]

Dickless let you pet her isn't that enough?

eh....she wasn't thrilled. I'm not totally convinced she was just clearing her throat.