[DeTomaso] The Old & the New Dawg Engine - 351-C NASCAR BLO

[John Bentley (jab)]

You'd be surprised what Ford made for factory sponsored cars during that
time.  During the Cleveland development Bob Corn, Dennis Dailey, and
Wayne Gapp (of Gapp and Roush engineering) were racing a Fairlane with
Ford support.  These guys are actually doing the engineering designing
the block and racing on Ford's dime.  Yeah, there were "specials"
available. :)

JB

 

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On Behalf Of Daniel C Jones
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 6:17 AM
To: Mad Dog Antenucci
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] The Old & the New Dawg Engine - 351-C NASCAR BLO

> Okay, private to you and you ONLY....

Which is why you sent this reply to the list...

> How did you know it was Jack Roush and Dyno Don? ;-]

Ford made a bunch of special race parts for the factory backed
teams.  For instance, I have pictures on my website of an
aluminum 351C (block and heads) with a Ford part number and
a casting date of 1968, 2 years before the production 351C
was released to the public.  The block was a 4.1" bore and
they ran stroker cranks.  These engines were reserved for match
race purposes.

> P.S. How can you tell if the story is accurate if no one is
> there to hear it?

I'm not implying your specific parts came from Roush or Dyno
Don but many of these parts were destined for such teams and
not available to the general public (or were too expensive
for the privateers).

Dan Jones
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