Sigh... A 'minor' setback. In my haste to snap a few pics of parts I didn't bother to inspect the pistons real close. Yup, .010 too small. S'posed to be .040 and they were .030. I Also failed to notice there were no verticle ports. DOH! Ordinarily I wouldn't get too jacked up about it, stuff happens...

Randy - A little late, but congrats on the new ride. Watching the Altereds as a kid was one of my favorite things to do, ever. I knew a couple of the guys that were involved in one of the former Nanooks, I believe it to be the one that Bucky Austin just purchased. Are you and Nanook going to be in B...

Lippy - I am saddened by this news as well. I have never met Larry, you or Leon but in speaking with you on the phone, and you and Leon through the boards I know you are all great people and this sort of thing is not supposed to happen to great people. I can't imagine the hurt that Larry is feeling ...

Engine is finally at the machine shop, pistons just showed up today so I drop those to the machinist tomorrow, fuel injection and magneto came back from Spud Miller last week. I am beginning to get just a teensy bit excited. http://www.murphysromance.com/Images/Hat.jpg http://www.murphysromance.com/...

I just read all 8 pages before I realized this thread had been around a while. But I gots kids, so I'm gonna pop in. Actually, The Totally Awesome Missus Murff (aka Nancy) and I each have 1.5 kids, 1 each from previous 'encounters'. Nancy has a daughter, Sarah, who was 11 when Nancy and I got marrie...

Another 'garage' day today, and it was Hendrix day today. Love the sets with Buddy Miles. Funny, when I really zone in on the Falcon it really helps me to have on some period music. You know, what would have been on the radio from '68 to '71 if I had been doing this build then. And on days like this...

Murff, here's wishing your son a safe and speedy return home, and tell him THANKS! Lippy and family. Thanks Lippy, will do. I meant to ask you, are you interested in a little horse trading on your plates? IIRC your injectors are ported through your plates, aren't they? I ported mine to my intake at...

Thanks to all for the kind words, is much appreciated coming from guys with histories like yours. I am humbled. 4 day weekend for Christmas so it's garage time. Install the windshield bar for the cage and fit a new trans tunnel on the Falcon, and the altered starts getting stripped to the chassis fo...

The Sounds of the Drags..vintage 1960 or so (old fuel engines sounded pretty good)...pretty cool record 8) "The BIG Sounds of the Drags". I have that album, one of my favorites. One of my older brothers bought it when it first came out and I listened to it over and over. Found my copy abo...

Lippy - Yup, 351. As a metter of fact, when I made the decision to change to a mag, Leon offered me a base for the 351 and I'm pretty sure it was yours! Next day I found a complete unit on ebay so I didn't need to start from scratch. And I believe it was either you or Leon that was partially respons...