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Wow, great info!  Thank you!  Marvin burnt a valve in the original 428.  Hence the need for more go fast goodies.  Dad got the long block, fixed the head and had both milled.  He put it all in a 67 fairlane, with a rebuilt C6.  Thanks guys!  My goal is to maybe get in contact with the current owner, and maybe get some pics to show Dad.  Thanks again!
Mike

correction, Marvin Wyandt

Thanks!  I talked to my Dad, and he said the original owner was Marvin White (RIP) from Scranton, PA.  He says he thinks Marvin bought the car new, in Allentown, PA.  Marvin owned a print shop, and was always at work, but he loved that car.   The guy never put water in the radiator.  Straight coolant.  I remember going to his house with Dad to tune it.  The thing was mean!  He was supposed to race the owner of a local towing company, Ralph Johnson, with his Yenco Camaro at the Pocono drag lodge.   I think that was a 69.  It just never happened.  Of course, Dad says if he was driving, he'd take out that camaro.  Dad was an old racer.  He campaigned a 62 Galaxie 406 tripower.   Also, Marvin was going through a divorce in the late seventies, and sold the car for $10K to somebody in Allentown.  Yea, ten thousand!  Ugh!  Thanks for the replies.  Mike

Thanks for the replies.  I couldn't find anything about Larry in the forums,  I can't get into the 67 registry.  One member on a facebook site said his 67 GT 500 with Brittany Blue paint and black interior was one of 438! Wow. Some day I'll have one!  Thanks again!
Mike

Thanks.  Dad worked at the dealership.  The parts guy called Ford Racing Division.  The short block came with domed 12 to 1 pistons.  It came with the off set rods (LeMans).  The heads were separated and required assembly.  They had the lightweight sodium valves.  He remembers the ports being large, like tunnel wedge.  He used the 428 intake though.  Mike

I'm looking to see if this car is still out there: My dad, a mechanic, worked on a local guy's 67 GT500.  (Scranton, Pa.)  Circa 1969 - 1971.  Brittany blue, with white interior.  He ordered a nascar 427 long block from Ford Racing Divison and installed it in the Shelby. 4.86 gears, hooker headers, electric fuel pump at the tank.  It was bad azzz.  I remember riding in the back as a kid for the test drive.  My Dad is still around, just wondering if its still out there.  Mike