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RUG-S was a 1967 GT500 Transmission.  Big input, big out put.

Thank you, Diana.  Probably should have gone to that one.

I think you'll find that those were installed by Ford for all 390 CID cars.  GT500s started out using that chassis.

Mark,

Very nice tribute to your wife.  I'm sure she knows what the source of your inspiration is.

Sending you an IM.

Induction porn...

And the gas filler in the fender plus the higher than stock spoiler.

Looks like it might be an Eleanor.  If that's the case, he's welcome to it.

I believe that the SRG pulls their data from actual Ford/Shelby production records and then bounces that off the information published in the registry.  Discrepancies are resolved on their master spreadsheet before being published.  Dave Mathews can probably add to this.

I have a number of high quality photos from scanned slides (scanned at 4800 dpi) from SAAC 7 (42) and SAAC 8 (129) posted on my website.  You are welcome to them all, all I ask is the I be given credit for them. You may preview them on my website and request the ones you'd like to use.  All photos are in .jpg format.

No the Supersnake never sported the silly Eleanor movie car hood.   

+1, "the silly Eleanor movie car hood".  Thank god the Eleanor infatuation seems to have finally worn off.

ALSO, what is the difference between a Medium Riser and a High Riser 427?  Is it the Intake, the Intake & Heads or is it more?  If it is Intake & Heads will a Medium Riser Intake fit with the High Riser Heads?

It is both the heads and associated intake manifold.  A high riser uses high riser heads (that is where the engine gets its name, not from the intake) and a high riser intake.  Same situation for a medium riser: medium riser heads, medium riser intake.

For more then 40 years I have read various articles on this car stating that it originally ran a 427 High Riser for maximum performance after its original anemic 335 horsepower 428 was removed by McCain and the boys for its original owners the 2 airline pilots... that wanted to Drag Race the car. A High Riser would have been the first choice for that application No? The Thunderbolts already had a proven track record in Drag Racing so as I was told that it was a simple thought process not to put in a lesser Medium riser Version of the 427. Race cars were always evolving so what was run at this test or at that track may have been completely different then what first was used. I don't think anyone is still alive that would have personal first hand knowledge of how things were in the beginning of 1967 on that car.

I've never seen a picture of the Super Snake with any other hood than the standard one, certainly not one tall enough to clear the carburetors on a high riser.  I really don't think they would have run the car without a hood at 170+ mph.  My conclusion is that this car probably always had a medium riser installed in it.  Perhaps Chuck Cantwell could shed some light on the car's configuration.  Wasn't he driving the car for the tire test?  Or am I just a confused old man and I've mixed up the cars and tests again?

Re posting diagram from earlier Pertronix thread.  Hook it up this way and it will work right.

Agreed. This is how I have mine wired on my '67. I have never had a bit of trouble in using it for over 20 years. If you are nervous about failures, carry an extra breaker plate, points, and condenser in the glove box.

Did I mention how much I hate setting points?

Richard,

Multimeters can also be had cheaply at both Lowe's and home depot.