I agree with Scott's assessment. I think we're all talking about an inventory
issue here. Although Ford may have quit making 260s at some point in time, it
may have taken years to ship them all and have them installed. And Ford would
want to get rid of them all out of their inventory, before offering the 289 as
a substitute. It is typical for companies to announce new products long before
they are made available to the general public. In this case the "new and
improved" 289 was first given to race organizations to maximize Ford's
publicity. Then the bean counters said, "Hey, make sure you get rid of these
old 260s. Remember Rootes still has a contract with us."
You could still find 260s in Fairlanes, Falcons, Rancheros and Comets in '65
and '66 until they ran out of them.
My 2 cents
--- On Thu, 1/27/11, Scott Hutchinson <shutchin@netjets.com> wrote:
From: Scott Hutchinson <shutchin@netjets.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] More cubes for Tiger
To: atwittsend@verizon.net, tigers@autox.team.net
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 10:43 AM
I imagine a deal was made sometime in the early sixties based on a prototype.
The prototype had a 260. Somebody very high up at Ford said 'you can have
7,000 some odd 260s for x dollars/pounds'. If the subject even came up about
the 289 then the person at Ford said well that will be x+ dollars/pounds.
The leader/decision maker at Rootes, who may have driven the prototype and
found the performance adequate, said the 260 will be fine.
Contracts were written and a bunch of 260s were cranked out and put on a boat.
When the number of cars exceeded the number of engines a phone call was made
to whomever was the sales contact at Ford and more were requested.
Ford said, 'we don't make that anymore. But you can have a derivative that is
better.'
And so goes the story.
I do have one question for you lucky Tiger Mk II owners. Does the 289 in a Mk
II have screw in rocker studs? I had heard this was an upgrade that was
requested due to some unfortunate events surrounding high rpms.
Stuck in the snow in New England with an Old Tiger in the garage.
Scott Hutchinson
Pilot, NetJets Aviation
Mobile 843.290.2805
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