<VV> Hot to trot Mustang? No Corvair

[Jack Kean]

Funny.
 
 A good friend of mine purchased (OK. It was really his dad who purchased it) a slightly used 1969 Z28 in early 1972. We were in high school at the time. What a neat, well-balanced car, right out of the box (his had ~30K miles on it). 
 
 It was getting a little tired (or that was the excuse we used), so we went to the local Chevy dealer, got a copy of the Chevy performance catalog, and started ordering. When we were done, he had assembled a reasonable copy of a factory trans-am motor. Even with a very radical cam, and high compression pistons, this motor still idled below 900 rpm. It did not have much low end, even with 3.73 gears (we lived in Houston at the time, so it did not matter). However, once it was rolling, it was quite a good ride, and still very drive able. We even added a factory cowl induction unit that was plumbed beneath the hood into the heater plenum. Little did we realize what kind of a noise that was going to make.
 
 Later that year, he purchased one of the first sets of angle plug heads in the area. You should have heard the remarks when we got this car inspected. We entered numerous high-speed autocrosses with this car (Texas World Speedway had a very nice road coarse at the time). Even on Firestone Wide Ovals (we must have been nuts!), it worked very well.
 
 What a shame. He sold it for $2500 a few years later.
 
 -jack kean

----- Original Message ----
From: Sethracer at aol.com
To: chaz at ProperProPer.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 10:18:41 PM
Subject: <VV> Hot to trot Mustang? No Corvair

 
In a message dated 8/19/2006 1:17:00 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
chaz at ProperProPer.com writes:

Does  anyone know anything about this 1968 Mustang fastback with 302 ci / 345 
hp  Special Order engine ? I'm pretty sure it was not a Mach I or a Shelby,  
but I can't find any info on that  engine.

Chaz






If it was actually a 69-70, that would have been the BOSS 302 Mustang, a  
Mach 1 'Variant". Basically a stripped down fastback with out the "scoop" on the  
rear fender top. Ford's Homologation special that allowed the "super" motor 
into  Trans-Am. Chevy did the same with the 67-69 302 Z28. The Fords haven't  
quite reached the prices of the original Z28s yet, but they are knocking on the 
 door! PS, neither the Camaro Z28 nor the Boss 302 Mustang was much of a  
street car. Too high strung!  - Seth Emerson
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