FOUND!
Proud to report a success story locating a hipo 289 engine after owner (Darren Beasley) reached out to me to record the vin in my kcode database. It was a 6R09K vin so I contacted Howard Pardee (SAAC Registrar) who confirmed it belongs to a 1966 Shelby GT350. Mr. Pardee put me in contact with the GT350 owner (Damon) and I was able to link up the two parties.
This is why I have a database. These wins are very rare but I’m a believer the more vins I record the higher the likelihood we can have more success stories like this.
Congratulations to the GT350 and hipo 289 owners tonight.
Merry Christmas!