This was posted on the fordnatics miling list...
> Ford *says* they dismantled the Windsor transfer lines (the engine
>building machinery) after doing that last run of Sportsman 351 blocks
>last year. There are no more Windsors, nor does Ford still have the
>tooling to make them. The Windsor is *gone*. Jim Dingell can't even
>get F4TZ blocks, though there is still a small supply of crate motors.
>
> Ford has most comprehensively burned their bridges behind them. If you
>want a Windsor you're going to have to buy a Saleen, or (if they're
>actually being sold) one of the Kuntz 427 Windsors from 427 Mustang, I
>think they were calling themselves.
>dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us
But boy was it a fun 35 year run!
Frank Marrone MK I Tiger B9471116
marrone@wco.com 1966 LTD
Series I Alpine "fix me"
Yamaha Seca 900
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