Found this cool follow up video of the restoration of the Lime green Gt500 barn find from a few months back, looks like they saved a lot of the original parts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo7XV9bTUqo
Great watch. Thanks for the heads up. Same plan I am taking on my BOSS. Mike G.
Great post, thank you.
Jerry did a fine job on that video. Well worth watching!
Great video- love to see more like that with preservation approaches. I'd be interested in knowing what the detailer was using on the fender to remove and neutralize the rust in the stone chips but not damage the paint while doing it. I've see people use Phosphoric acid (stronger but maybe leaves a residue) or Citric Acid (less strong) to neutralize and prep rust but I'd be worried about the paint.
Quote from: Royce Peterson on November 17, 2020, 10:14:12 AM
Jerry did a fine job on that video. Well worth watching!
Royce, any idea as to the origin of the non-original 427? They said it was from 1968.
- Phillip
Quote from: propayne on November 17, 2020, 11:42:59 AM
Quote from: Royce Peterson on November 17, 2020, 10:14:12 AM
Jerry did a fine job on that video. Well worth watching!
Royce, any idea as to the origin of the non-original 427? They said it was from 1968.
- Phillip
It is my understanding that it is/was a 68 427 block ,CJ balancer I don't remember what the heads were. I don't think that there was any info other specific info other then it had been replaced after the 428 engine was blown by a previous owner. A friend was the appraiser and did the work.I have a call into him and waiting to hear back.
Quote from: Bob Gaines on November 17, 2020, 01:55:57 PM
Quote from: propayne on November 17, 2020, 11:42:59 AM
Quote from: Royce Peterson on November 17, 2020, 10:14:12 AM
Jerry did a fine job on that video. Well worth watching!
Royce, any idea as to the origin of the non-original 427? They said it was from 1968.
- Phillip
It is my understanding that it is/was a 68 427 block ,CJ balancer I don't remember what the heads were. I don't think that there was any info other specific info other then it had been replaced after the 428 engine was blown by a previous owner. A friend was the appraiser and did the work.I have a call into him and waiting to hear back.
I heard back and was told it was a 68 427 shortblock and they apparently back in the day used the 67 GT500 heads ,balancer etc. It sounds like a service replacement shortblock but who knows. I guess it dosn't matter ether way.
Can anyone tell me where I might find a copy of the 1967 GT350/GT500 master assembly manual shown at the 2:00 minute mark?
Quote from: 2112 on November 17, 2020, 10:38:58 PM
Can anyone tell me where I might find a copy of the 1967 GT350/GT500 master assembly manual shown at the 2:00 minute mark?
Think Branda and Virginia Mustang both sell them
Quote from: 2112 on November 17, 2020, 10:38:58 PM
Can anyone tell me where I might find a copy of the 1967 GT350/GT500 master assembly manual shown at the 2:00 minute mark?
Branda sells it .I think Branda got them from the Vinman years ago. Branda took the collection of blueprint drawings and reduced the size so that they could be published in a smaller reference manual . I have a full size set acquired 25 years ago or more which is harder to manage. Some are useful some are not . For example they are not real accurate with many details but the drawings give a general idea. They are best used used along with other corroborating information or they may confuse more then help. Do not take every aspect of them at face value . Confirm all details .
Quote from: 68krrrr on November 16, 2020, 10:24:52 PM
Found this cool follow up video of the restoration of the Lime green Gt500 barn find from a few months back, looks like they saved a lot of the original parts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo7XV9bTUqo
Thanks for posting. Great to hear they found a correct motor and that acid wash on the paint had remarkable results
Quote from: Bob Gaines on November 17, 2020, 11:30:01 PM
Quote from: 2112 on November 17, 2020, 10:38:58 PM
Can anyone tell me where I might find a copy of the 1967 GT350/GT500 master assembly manual shown at the 2:00 minute mark?
Branda sells it .I think Branda got them from the Vinman years ago. Branda took the collection of blueprint drawings and reduced the size so that they could be published in a smaller reference manual . I have a full size set acquired 25 years ago or more which is harder to manage. Some are useful some are not . For example they are not real accurate with many details but the drawings give a general idea. They are best used used along with other corroborating information or they may confuse more then help. Do not take every aspect of them at face value . Confirm all details .
Quote from: J_Speegle on November 17, 2020, 11:26:35 PM
Think Branda and Virginia Mustang both sell them
Thank you
Went to high school with Bob the detail guy.
Cool vidéo!
RE: the Shelby manuals. You'll have to add in your own notes that pertain to your car as it seems the manual really was printed/drawn rather late in the product run of the 67's. Some stuff is correct for all the cars, but, watchout.
No idea. who has it? If it had a '68 date code there were only two batches that could have made it into GT-E's. January 1968 and March 1968. Most 427 blocks that have been found in unmolested GT-E's are August 1967 castings, regardless of when the car rolled off the line. Heads are almost always December 1967.
Quote from: propayne on November 17, 2020, 11:42:59 AM
Quote from: Royce Peterson on November 17, 2020, 10:14:12 AM
Jerry did a fine job on that video. Well worth watching!
Royce, any idea as to the origin of the non-original 427? They said it was from 1968.
- Phillip
I own the car in the video #2684 and the 427, its a later 68 block, I am rebuilding it now and plan to install it in a Ford GT40
I'm also the Fat guy in the video's... Kind of a weird deal on this car, I had never met Jerry or Jeff until they came to appraise it, I had no idea it was going to go viral... Hopefully Jerry is making some money with the videos!
Video seems to be gone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEVVfGudNfw