Posts by fourspeed

I too have seen a 66 K GT convertible T-5 that had the welded on reinforcement plate to pair up with the export brace. The car is a different one than the car Fred owned. Probably exported to Europe for someone serving in the military back in the day.

Hankster66 and Dan Case, Could you recommend a source to read up on these GT-40 heads? I know next to nothing about them and would like to learn. I am especially interested in the differences between these and standard hipo heads. Or if either of you would care to share what you have learned so far that would be great. Thank you.

Hello Nevadarick, it looks like you have multi-carburetion on your fastback. Is it the three two barrel setup? How do you like it?

Hello Mr. Jon. As Fred has said, there are no remaining records for 65/66 mustang production. Because of that, you have to do some homework on your own if you want the reproduction window sticker to be accurate as when the car was built by Ford. I would ask around to see if there is a local chapter of the Mustang Club of America near you that you could join and learn from. Better still if there is a judge who is experienced with these hipo cars or an older member who can mentor you. BTW, nice color exterior and interior car.

Please merge my old and new accounts. Old name was fourspeed, and is the new account name that I requested. Thank you, Brian

Thanks for sharing this information. I enjoyed reading about this old drag car. It is very interesting to examine the build of these beasts from back in the day.

I do not have any first hand experience driving a K code with the lemans spec cam. Having said that, the lemans cam is the sweetest sounding cam in a K code with its lope and solid lifter sound. The sound will spin your head around searching for it when you hear the idle or low rpm operation. I suspect that the wonderful sound is resposible for the sale of many lemans spec cams.

Edited by - fourspeed on 01/22/2011 22:48:19

Back in the 60's, Holman-Moody did everything for and with FORD. My best friend's dad had a Holman-Moody built medium riser 427 in the family boat, another neighbor had a tunnel port 427 in a flatbottom. Holman-Moody also built a lot of street motors for the local hot shots. Another friend had a Holman-Moody balanced and blueprinted hipo 289 in a plain jane 66 k coupe-talk about a sleeper. Some of the old Holman-Moody alumni are still around. Some are grinding cams, some are building incredible cars for those who can afford them.

I've been told ,by those older and wiser, that dual exhaust cars had the longer style of tie downs and single exhaust cars had the shorter style. I've never personally seen the shorter style on GT's or K codes.

Edited by - fourspeed on 09/27/2010 18:29:35

I was suprised to see so many K codes at Asheville. I counted at least 9 genuine hipos, and that was not including the Shelbys. I did not make the entire rounds so there could have possibly been more. Among the unusual, were three 66 K GT cars painted the special order Sapphire Blue metallic. Charles' 65 K convertible restoration has to be seen to be believed. This was a great show, especially for hipo enthusiasts.

There was a 65 Caspian Blue convertible that had hipo badges on the fenders but I never got close enough to see if it was a legitimate hipo. For others that were at the show, was it the genuine article or just a badged 65 convertible?

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Edited by - fourspeed on 09/09/2010 20:04:08

I echo the "thanks a million" quote from Bo, and thanks even more to that greatest of generations, better men and women than me.

I've got a friend with an early 65 k code, I believe with an October build date. It has the road draft tube on it. I also know of another early k fastback with the same arrangment. The tube comes out of the valve cover as shown in Bob Mannel's excellent book page 5-31.

I have an original US Royal dual redline from 1966, they did not have tiger paw on the tire.

Ronald, the Arvinode system makes the sweetest music. I do not have one on my car, but I heard HiPoHerb's system on his K car and it is perfection in an exhaust note. If my car were originally equipped with the Arvinode system, it would receive one of the new reproduction systems.

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I have a new unused goodyear power cusion dual redline tyre and four used ones with some tread. Shall I save these for my pension fund?

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The Goodyears would have a similar value as my current retirement fund after economic meldown here in the USA. But the elusive NOS or near NOS US Royal Super Safety tire is another matter altogether.

Can any Shelby experts tell me who ground the camshafts for the 65 GT 350 R model B Production racers? Can you post the specs? I was curious as to how much of a difference there was between the 65 R models camshaft and the stock K code camshaft. I also wonder if perhaps different cams were used for different track layouts?

That was exactly what I was looking for, Thanks to all who replied.

I saw HipoHerb's fastback with this system on it at the 45th show. I asked Herb to start her up so I could hear the Arvinode system. He very gracioulsy complied. All I need to say is, am I ever jealous. This system sounds absolutely wonderful. Not too soft, not too loud, just right.

Can someone please post the specs for the OEM Boss 302 camshaft? I know that some people have swapped the Boss 302 cam for a K code cam and was curious what the differences were exactly. Thanks.

Edited by - fourspeed on 04/20/2009 21:16:14

I have one of Tony's deluxe kits and it is first rate. It is the closest that we will ever see to 1965 or 66. I can highly recommend their product.